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Karla Holmboe

@karlaholmboe.bsky.social
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Professor of Developmental Science at the University of Bristol. Investigating executive functions in infancy and early childhood. Obsessed with longitudinal research.

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Last few days to apply for this Research Associate position in my team. We are embarking on a 7-year longitudinal study and you could be part of it! Deadline is Sunday 19th July 23:59 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Very special day today - we just finished data collection in the LEAF study - 3 years and 2 months of testing babies and toddlers, more than 1600 longitudinal test sessions. I am so happy we got to this point!
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
New paper alert! In this new mini-review, we discuss recent research on the neural substrates of executive function development in children under three. Enjoy! www.frontiersin.org/journals/dev...
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Frontiers | Neural substrates of executive function development in children under three: a mini-review of recent advances
Executive functions (EF) are higher-order cognitive functions, including inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility. In 2019, Fiske and Ho...
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I’m in Uppsala, Sweden, and we’re off to a good start 😋
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I feel incredibly lucky to live close to this 🍃
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We (Karla Holmboe, Mara Cercignani and @rogierk.bsky.social) will soon be advertising for a postdoc on BLOCCS (Bristol Longitudinal study Of Childhood Cognition from infancy to School), funded by the Wellcome Trust.
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The pioneering child development study monitoring babies’ brains
A unique study is tracking the development of hundreds of babies whose parents have also been studied since birth.
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Saw this April Fools’ Day meme, but honestly, I want one of these!
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Andy Ribner @andyribner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Excited to announce THREE new publications in the last couple weeks.
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Fully funded PhD supervised by me and Naomi Sweller: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Funded PhD: Bringing high-density fNIRS into developmental science: The neural correlates of early executive functions and the mediating role of parent-child interaction at University of Bristol on Fi...
PhD Project - Funded PhD: Bringing high-density fNIRS into developmental science: The neural correlates of early executive functions and the mediating role of parent-child interaction at University of...
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Still can't believe we got to see the premiere run of 'The Greatest Showman: The Musical' in little Bristol. We are unapologetic musical fans in our house, so the excitement about this stage adaptation was through the roof. Was worried it would disappoint, but oh my it did not! Just incredible! 🤩
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We’re ready for the greatest show!
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I’m honestly so relieved that February is over. Such a hard month. Tilly’s tree is in full flower, lighting up the whole garden. Spring is coming
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
15 years since I lost my beautiful firstborn baby, Tilly, and 3 weeks since I lost my dad. It's not the easiest of evenings. Matilda Holmboe Wiltshire, 07/09/2010-23/02/2011 Lars Klüver Holmboe, 28/03/1945-01/02/2026 Love you both, and miss you so much
My dad sitting with baby Tilly in his arm. Dad looks so proud and happy.
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Advice please! We'll soon release a public version of the Early Childhood Inhibitory Touchscreen Task. Anybody will be able to use the task and it will be almost free (only a small annual fee to cover essential app updates). But where should we put the documentation? OSF, a dedicated website? Help!
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
It's my birthday today. I'm feeling rather sad because I lost my dad last weekend. February seems to be the month where I lose loved ones - Tilly nearly 15 years ago and now my dad. I am trying to make some sense of it, but the truth is this kind of shit just happens and somehow we live through it.
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I have not really felt able to share this the last couple of days. On Sunday my dad died suddenly and unexpectedly from a burst aorta. I'm still reeling from it. Next week I am going to Denmark for his funeral. I miss him terribly.
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Lorijn Zaadnoordijk @lorijn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
It's finally out! #devpsy #neuroskyence #cogsci
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Waking up this morning to the usual radio news bulletin of misery - topped off with “researchers have found that brain changes during the menopause are similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s disease”. The amount of sh.. women have to go through!
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
#caturday (how can she be so cute?)
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Been watching Trumps speech in Davos over my lunch break, but I've got to stop now as it's making me so angry it can't be healthy. Back to work now.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
If you're interested in a short behind-the-scenes of the retraction of a mega-metascience paper—the first of its kind (the retraction, not the paper)—this might be for you! Had to gloss over so many details to observe allotted time but happy to share an extended version of my slide deck with links.
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Manuscript rejection and a very negative review today. This reviewer had only negative things to say about our work. Reviews like that still hurt, but at this stage of my career I hate even more that the first author (their first paper) had to experience this. Academia is so harsh sometimes.
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
It's honestly a bit hard to focus on work - every morning when I turn the radio on to listen to the news, it's just Trump, Trump, Trump and his imperialist, thieving and bullying agenda. I try to block it out, but it keeps intruding as a constant worry at the back of my mind.
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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🚨 anyone with methodological skills, an intrest in psychiatric genetics and having impact no psychiatric care should consider this PhD position in Amsterdam with Wouter Peyrot! Its work related to THE first example I give when asked when and how genetics might actually influence care. 🚨
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Vacatures - PhD student: Genetic Prediction in Psychiatry - Amsterdam UMC
Do you want to develop cutting-edge genetic prediction methods to improve early detection of serious mental illness? Join our ERC-funded PhD project and work with large-scale genetic data in an international research team.
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year all! We have a little tradition in my family of cooking and eating what we most desire on New Year’s Eve. Most years this involves smoked salmon for starter, Hainanese chicken for main course, and Danish kransekage for dessert. I honestly can’t think of anything much better to eat! ☺️
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Daughter and I spent the whole day making these gluten-free chocolate & caramel eclairs. It was a major effort!
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
We’re driving down to Devon for Christmas and my girls are belting out the entire Hamilton album. We’re having the best time ☺️
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Today has been a chocolate truffle making kind of day 😋
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Christmas tree and sweet cat - what more could you want? 🥰
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This is mind-blowing in the best possible way! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Blood cancer therapy reverses incurable leukaemia in some patients
Seven out of 11 patients with incurable cancer who had the treatment appear to be cancer-free.
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Today I’m making Christmas pudding 😋🎄
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
“The songs I listened to most this year. #SpotifyWrapped” - well, the songs my daughters listened to most this year 😆 Except for Lady Gaga, we all listened to her!
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Duo has become my treat in the evening after a long day at work. I really enjoy it and now I can play simple tunes on a piano from sheet music, which I’m really pleased about 🙂
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Exactly how I feel about this horrid policy, just couldn’t put it as eloquently as Grumpy Philosopher
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Made this cake today, and yum! 😋
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Listening to the new album by Florence + The Machine and I rather like it. Also so cool that she’s the daughter of my top boss (the Vice Chancellor of the University of Bristol, Evelyn Welch)
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
#caturday
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Meriah DeJoseph @meriahdejoseph.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Just published! ✨ Across 15+ timepoints, we found that unpredictability in economic hardship – not only severity – shapes young children’s self-regulation. Understanding these dynamics can help us design supports that promote stability and adaptive development. 👉 bit.ly/4oIZO75
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Hidden dynamics of economic hardship: Characterizing economic unpredictability and its role on self-regulation in early childhood | Development and Psychopathology | Cambridge Core
Hidden dynamics of economic hardship: Characterizing economic unpredictability and its role on self-regulation in early childhood
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
I would quite like to go to the loo but I’m not sure I’m allowed? #Caturday
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Rapunzel chilling out ☺️ #caturday
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
#caturday ❤️
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Exciting PhD opportunity on parental mental health and early executive function development in the UK and South Africa! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Please share 😊
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Funded PhD GW4 BioMed DTP - The impact of parental mental health on the brain bases of early executive function development at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Funded PhD GW4 BioMed DTP - The impact of parental mental health on the brain bases of early executive function development at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Today, for the first time, I felt tempted to use AI to draft a short research proposal. I had got deadlines mixed up and only had the afternoon to write the proposal. In the end, I didn't use AI -
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Rapunzel is becoming a very pretty young lady ❤️
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Nadege Roche-Labarbe @nadegeroche.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Do not miss this opportunity to get involved in shaping our society's events 👶🧠 and network with a fantastic community !
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Ah Strictly is back and it feels like this is what I need to get through a very busy autumn 🪩💃🕺
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
There's a lot of terrible things happening in the world right now, but this little gem of a story on the BBC made me giggle 🤭https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62zxjy0j91o - I hope the Kingdom of Kubala can find somewhere else to stay..
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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
In the BBC News this morning they mentioned (in connection with the Charlie Kirk assassination) that at the University of Utah people are allowed to carry guns. This just blows my mind. If I saw somebody with a gun in my university, I would run/hide and call the police!
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 08/09/2025
v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚 Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to! Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
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