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Liz Simpson
@simpson.bsky.social
Associate professor of psychology at the University of Miami. Developmental science, infant social behavior. She/her
Director of @soccoglab.bsky.social
ManyBabies6 - Neonatal imitation: https://manybabies.org/MB6/
Individual differences in sick face sensitivity: females are more sensitive to lassitude facial expressions than males - @tiffany6390.bsky.social

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November 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Stage 2 report now out! Newborn Auditory Brainstem Response and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome doi.org/10.1002/jnr.... #OpenAccess
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Rethinking the study of newborn sociality: Challenges and opportunities. #devpsy Free link until Nov 7th:
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September 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Want to learn more? Join us this Sept for a PhD application info session! Interact with faculty & current graduate students! Details will be posted by @umiamipsych.bsky.social when they're available. Meanwhile, please share our Developmental PhD Program brochure: dev.psy.miami.edu/2025-develop...
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I study social cognitive development in infants, children, & primates, focusing on face perception, social interaction, & positive emotions. Recruiting a student to study individual differences in newborn sociality. My lab: @soccoglab.bsky.social people.miami.edu/profile/c5b4... (thread 9/10)
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Dr. Rebecca Shearer conducts community-based research with early childhood programs to promote social-emotional skills, school readiness, & early school achievement through classroom-level investigation & intervention. people.miami.edu/profile/rshe... (thread 8/10)
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Dr. @lynnkperry.bsky.social studies linguistic regularities (shape bias) & social regularities (peer interactions), language dev in kids w/ lang delays, hearing loss, & ASD. Recruiting students to study interaction in lang/literacy dev w/ hearing loss. people.miami.edu/profile/lkp3... (thread 7/10)
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Dr. dmessinger.bsky.social studies early interaction of healthy & disturbed dev. Uses objective measures, big behavioral data. Focuses on emotional, social, & language dev in poverty & autism. Recruiting students to study interactions in preschools. people.miami.edu/profile/dmes... (thread 6/10)
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Dr. Daryl Greenfield's community-based partnership research is on early science & engineering to improve multiple areas of learning & development in children from birth through 8 years of age, including language, literacy, & executive functions. people.miami.edu/profile/dgre... (thread 5/10)
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Dr. Britton, affective neuroscientist. Intersection of emotion (approach-avoidance, threat processing, valence flexibility, empathy) & executive funct (flexibility, response inhibition, working mem) related to anxiety. Psychophys, virtual reality, fMRI. people.miami.edu/profile/j.br... (thread 4/10)
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
...& children from diverse ethnic & cultural backgrounds. Our outstanding faculty are committed to graduate training & mentorship. Applications are due Dec 1st. The following faculty are accepting new PhD students... dev.psy.miami.edu/research/ind... (thread 3/10)
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
...in academia & beyond. Our program focuses on understanding children’s cognitive, language, social, & emotional development in typically-developing, atypically-developing, & at-risk populations. Our dev studies typically include bilingual children... dev.psy.miami.edu/graduate-tra... (thread 2/10)
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Join us! The Developmental Psychology Doctoral Program at the University of Miami (dev.psy.miami.edu) invites applications for fall 2026. Students are fully funded & receive excellent research training for careers... #DevSci #DevPsy #PsycSciSky #AcademicSky #PhDLife #GradSchool #UMiami (thread 1/10)
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Approach avoidance responses to facial expressions in young children: A study using a dance pad - by Ikeda doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
May 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Maternal care predicts facial expression processing in macaques #OpenAccess by O’Callaghan, Whitehouse, Paukner, Witham, & @bridgetwaller.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
March 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A happy face advantage for pareidolic faces in children and adults doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
November 27, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Follow my grad students, @tiffany6390.bsky.social & @shuoz.bsky.social for research on developmental science, face perception, individual differences, & social interaction. #Psychology #SocialCognition #Infancy
November 15, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Maternal distress increased as infants aged for mothers with more than one child, but not for first-time mothers whose distress levels remained low & stable across this period. Stress related to mother-infant dysfunctional interactions lessened over the first 8 months.
November 3, 2023 at 7:04 PM
Fun! Here’s mine.
September 24, 2023 at 12:16 PM
ManyBabies6 - Neonatal imitation - Study design meeting - all are welcome! Oct 5th (6pm, EST)/October 6th (8am, AEST): stanford.zoom.us/j/9448251163...

Project update video (5 min):
drive.google.com/file/d/1m0QX...

tldr: Need to decide what stimuli to use

Survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 21, 2023 at 9:16 PM
Are you interested in applying to the University of Miami Psychology Ph.D. Programs? Join us and interact with faculty and current graduate students!

Info Session:
Sept 28th 7-8:30 PM EST

Zoom: bit.ly/umpsy-phd-zoom

How to apply to our programs:
www.psy.miami.edu/graduate/how-to-apply
September 21, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Our department is hiring!
'23-'24 Psychology Faculty Hire for the Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience Division
Arts & Sciences – Psychology Department umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMFacu...
September 14, 2023 at 6:34 PM
Dr. Guangyu Zeng graduated from our psyc PhD program in May & now works as an assistant professor of developmental psychology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, directing an infant research lab! Congrats, Zeng! #CaneGrad https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wwkuG-YAAAAJ&hl=en
August 14, 2023 at 10:20 PM