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Diane Lickenbrock, Ph.D.

@dlickenbrock.bsky.social
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Developmental Psychologist, Professor, studying socio-emotional development of babies

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Diane Lickenbrock, Ph.D. @dlickenbrock.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
First day of classes year 15 at WKU!!!! Let's do this.
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Diane Lickenbrock, Ph.D. @dlickenbrock.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Very happy to share this good news!
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University Distinguished Professors and University Faculty Award Winners
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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🚨Faculty position just dropped. We are seeking a Psychology Clinic Director at the @unm.edu Dept of Psychology psychclinic.unm.edu, this position is focused on clinical training of PhD students in sunny, affordable, and progressive New Mexico. Come join us! unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Diane Lickenbrock, Ph.D. @dlickenbrock.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Western Kentucky University M.S. in Psychology is having a virtual open house! Sign up to check it out! Applications for consideration for the Fall 2026 cohort are due March 1st. Historically we have been able to provide a nice funding package for students as well. Please share!
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Diane Lickenbrock, Ph.D. @dlickenbrock.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Final grades are in! :)
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Diane Lickenbrock, Ph.D. @dlickenbrock.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Three meetings canceled this week! Is it Christmas already?!? In all seriousness, this is very well appreciated because it's letter of recommendation season and I have a million letters due by 12/1.
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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Reminder! We have an upcoming Special Issue at Developmental Psychology. LOIs are due to the guest editors by November 30. @apajournals.bsky.social
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NPR @npr.org · 29/10/2025
Volunteers with the LiTEArary society read to children who live in "book deserts" and bring them their own books. n.pr/47sxHCe
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Volunteers foster literacy by reading to children and giving them books
Volunteers with the LiTEArary society read to children who live in "book deserts" and bring them their own books.
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Kalsea Koss @kalsea.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Check out recent work from UGA HDFS by lead author Cory Carvalho!
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Diane Lickenbrock, Ph.D. @dlickenbrock.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The Department of Psychological Sciences at Western Kentucky University is hiring a chair! Spread the word! wku.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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Dr. Allison G. Harvey @allisonharvey.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name! #clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social
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Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?
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Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
University of Colorado Boulder Psychology & Neuroscience is searching for TWO tenure track assistant professors!! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... #socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob #psycjobs #psychology 1/n
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Assistant Professor
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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!) To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website: www.sinclairlab-rice.com Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
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Sinclair Lab
The Learning & Behavior Change Lab at Rice University, directed by Dr. Sinclair
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Delighted that PINE Lab will be accepting applications for PhD students to start Fall 2026! Please share with applicants looking for developmental & neuroscience programs? Our website is updated with current studies, questions, and guidance about fit: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
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Contact 3 — Plasticity in Neurodevelopment Lab
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 04/09/2025
Any RL grad students/postdocs who want to get in this starter pack? Comment on the post below.
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Julia Leonard @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Like a parent, AI can guide or smother. It's time to think about how we build this relationship. Check out my new essay with Brett Smith www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/deve...
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Will AI Become a Helicopter Parent?
Like a parent, AI can guide or smother. It's time to think about how we build this relationship.
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Brian Trainor @briantrainor.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
When I became a faculty member I had no idea how many letters I would write (grad/med/vet school, promotion etc). I've been told I write strong letters, here are some things I do to write the best letter possible
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Katie Hoemann @katiehoemann.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Want to do a PhD with me and the Emotions in Context Lab? We’re looking for new grad students to join us next fall! Check out the lab website to learn what we’re working on now and in the near future: www.emotionsincontextlab.com/join/
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Join – EMIC
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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
My lab has an open post-doc position! We will begin reviewing applications as they come in. The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic... 1/3
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Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology-2
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 29/07/2025
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Obituary for John Flavell, who passed away this spring. He was a wonderful guy. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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John H. Flavell, influential scholar of developmental psychology, has died
Remembered for his humility and generosity, Flavell was a giant in his field.
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Jen Christiansen @jenchristiansen.com · 25/06/2025
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
OK, It is not just the HBCD release... docs.hbcdstudy.org It’s the ABCD Release time too! docs.abcdstudy.org nbdc-datahub.org That means the ABCC 3.0.0 is live!!! The largest release yet from the ABCD-BIDS Community Collection. This is going to be fun!! 👇 Let’s dig in.
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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Alert! ... for the child development world! @fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social ‪ The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive. Check here: docs.hbcdstudy.org and here: nbdc-datahub.org Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
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NPR @npr.org · 21/06/2025
A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S. revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.
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Why is caregiving so hard in America? The answers emerge in a new film
A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S. revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.
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NPR @npr.org · 11/06/2025
The Department of the Interior is requiring the National Park Service to post signage nationwide by June 13, asking visitors for feedback on any information they feel misrepresents American history.
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National Park signage encourages the public to help erase negative stories at its sites
The Department of the Interior is requiring the National Park Service to post signage nationwide by June 13, asking visitors for feedback on any information they feel misrepresents American history.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Over 90% of NIOSH employees have received “reduction-in-force” letters, placing them on administrative leave ahead of permanent layoffs.
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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Now out in Current Directions in Psychological Science-- The Wobbly Bits of Development: Variability, Fluctuations, and Synchrony as Temporal Markers Linking Temperament and Psychopathology With @aliciavallorani.bsky.social & @kgunther.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/2
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Interesting. When comparing expectant mother's responses to infant crying, there was no difference between whether the tests were carried out at home in in a lab setting. The authors suggest this means that some types of research data can be collected...1/2 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Do Expectant Mothers Exhibit Different Autonomic Responses to the Infant Cry Stimuli at Home Versus in the Laboratory?
The COVID-19 pandemic introduced challenges for keeping participants and research assistants safe during laboratory visits. One solution was administering research assessments in the participant's ho...
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
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Julia Ditzer @juliaditzer.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Considering everything that's going on, this seems likely a timely announcement: Our primer on emotion regulation is out now! 🤩 We break down what emotion regulation is, why it matters, and how to assess & improve it. 🤓 doi.org/10.1093/acre... #PsychSciSky #AffectiveScience #EmotionRegulation
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Cathy Manning @cmanning.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Post-doc position available from Sept 2025 for 18 months on a @leverhulme.bsky.social project into children's perceptual decision-making using diffusion models. Closes 10th March. Pls share! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #VisionScience #PsychSciSky
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International Congress of Infant Studies @infantstudies.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
New on the Baby Blog - Investigating individual differences in social and emotional development by @santimoralesphd.bsky.social infantstudies.org/investigatin... #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #EarlyYears #infantstudies
Text: Latest from the Baby Blog - Researcher Spotlight: Investigating individual differences in social and emotional development by Santiago Morales. Baby lying on its back holding up a book in the background.
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Diane Lickenbrock, Ph.D. @dlickenbrock.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The Department of Psychological Sciences @wkuhilltoppers.bsky.social M.S. in Psychology program is accepting applications (3/1/25 deadline). We have two concentrations: I/O and Psych. Sciences. Please share! www.wku.edu/psychologica...
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Krystal Cashen, PhD. @krystalcashen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
My department at Ohio Wesleyan University is hiring a one-year visiting assistant professor in psychology! Core teaching responsibilities include Intro Psych, Personality, and another course such as Psych of Women & Gender or Behavioral Decision Making. Please share! #psychjobs #PsychSciSky
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Recruitment
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DCMediaGroup @dcmediagroup.us · 12/02/2025
The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later. guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
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LibGuides: Government Information Data Rescue: Home
A guide linking to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data
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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
On difficulties with power analysis using complex statistical models @ AMPPS Cole, @abitantegeorge.bsky.social , Kan, Liu, Preacher, & Maxwell. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
TOTE ASTRICT COLOR
DOCTORS FOR AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
Civil Action No. 25-322 (JDB)
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
Upon consideration of [6] Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order, [8]
Plaintiff's supplemental declarations, [9] Defendants' opposition, [10] Plaintiff's reply, the
hearing on February 10, 2025, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated in the
accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that
1. Defendants Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, and Food
and Drug Administration (hereinafter "defendants") shall, by not later than 11:59 pm on
February 11, 2025, restore to their versions as of January 30, 2025, each webpage and dataset
identified by Plaintiff on pages 6-12 of its Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion for
a Restraining Order [ECF No. 6-1];
2. Defendants shall, in consultation with Plaintiff, identify any other resources that DF A members
rely on to provide medical care and that defendants removed or substantially modified on or
after January 29, 2025, without adequate notice or reasoned explanation; and defendants shall,
by February 14, 2025, restore those resources to their versions as of January 30, 2025;
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The OSF is available for preservation of datasets that need saving. osf.io Contact support@osf.io if you need assistance
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OSF
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JJ Cutuli @jjcutuli.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
If anyone needs the Yrbs raw data that used to be on the cdc website, LMK. #devsci #academicsky #edusky
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Alexis Smith-Flores @asmithflores.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
🎉 I'm hiring a lab manager to start August 2025 and help build my lab at Lehigh. Submit a CV, cover letter, transcript, and 2 reference contacts by March 14th. The full job description is linked below. Please share with any students or mentees who might be interested! #devpsy tinyurl.com/33vtvy79
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Seth Pollak @sethpollak.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The special issue of Development and Psychopathology entitled “The Future of Developmental Psychopathology: Honoring the Contributions of Dante Cicchetti” is published! My intro to the volume is doi.org/10.1017/S095... A link to all of the papers from luminaries is in the field is in the comments
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Continuing the momentum of developmental psychopathology: Lessons learned from the seminal contributions of Dante Cicchetti | Development and Psychopathology | Cambridge Core
Continuing the momentum of developmental psychopathology: Lessons learned from the seminal contributions of Dante Cicchetti - Volume 36 Issue 5
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Diane Lickenbrock, Ph.D. @dlickenbrock.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Happy to share that this article is now out in the world!
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Infant Affect Regulation with Mothers and Fathers: The Roles of Parent Mental Health and Marital Satisfaction - Journal of Child and Family Studies
Parenting is a product of complex, interactive, and interwoven factors, which are affected by a variety of characteristics, including parent characteristics and the family environment. Such characteri...
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Mikko Peltola @mikkojpeltola.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Here's a nice summary of our recent paper on fathers' empathy by @growkudos.bsky.social www.growkudos.com/publications...
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How Men’s Empathy for Children Changes When They Become Fathers: Results from Two Online Studies
Empathy, which involves understanding and sharing another's emotional state, is crucial for parents. It helps them understand and feel their child's emotions, increasing their sensitivity to the child...
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Maria Jalbrzikowski @mjalbrzikowski.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
The Neuroscience of Risk and Development Laboratory loves postdocs!!! Please see the attached ad and email me if you have an interest in developing a T32 project alongside the work going on in the lab. Focus is developmental psychopathology, neuroimaging, and sleep!
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Out now - National Academies consensus report on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science 🧪 It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/ www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...
Cover of the report - it's in a blue/purple color scheme and shows an abstract illustration of a molecule and the title of the report "Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science Consensus Study Report"
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Diane Lickenbrock, Ph.D. @dlickenbrock.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Getting a paper acceptance notification this time of year is a great gift!
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Not every study needs to have a power analysis, but every study needs a sample size justification. I discuss 6 approaches, and 6 ways to think about which effect sizes are of interest in the study you are planning. online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
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