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DSEC Lab @dseclab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Does your frontal lobe really “finish” developing at the age of 25? 🤔 Your frontal lobe doesn’t magically stop developing! What changes after adolescence is the rate of development. Check out this fantastic video made by DSEC Lab members Léa Francoeur & Shira Klein to learn more!

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Please share widely: Queen's University has the great pleasure of welcoming Dr. Ronald Dahl for a public lecture on Friday, October 2nd, 2026 from 2:30-4PM (KIN101). There will also be a public reception at the University Club following his talk. Don't miss it!

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Sally Xie @xallysie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

SFU social psych is hiring a tenure-track Asst Prof!! 🤩🎉 Our search prioritizes Black scholars. Come join a wonderful dept full of smart, kind people, and do psych research surrounded by mountains, ocean, a city, and natural beauty in BC. Please share widely & happy to answer qsts! flyn.im/dGFOwuT

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We have a newly minted PhD in the house! Please join me in congratulating Dr. @danielnault.bsky.social on his successful doctoral defence today! 🎓

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m coming back from #Flux2026 filled with ideas and inspiration! It was so great to reconnect with some of my favourite colleagues, meet new folks, and hear all about the cutting-edge research in developmental neuroscience.

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Youth Imagine the Future @youthimaginefuture.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

@YouthImagineTheFuture is seeking reliable, hard-working people with eco-hearts & some experience to apply for a Festival Administrator & an Event Coordinator - 200 hours & 40 hours respectively. Short contracts, approx. Oct. 5-Dec. 5, 2026. Apply by Aug 27th.

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The Development of Social and Emotional Communication Lab has had a fun & busy summer! Please allow me to toot my students' horn just a bit (clockwise, from top-left):

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The @dseclab.bsky.social will be in Montreal this week for Development 2026! Riley Bonar, Emma Canning, & Katrina Mascherin will be presenting during Lightning Talks 6, on Weds @ 9am (Palais). Come by if you are interested in how teens attend to, interpret, & express emotions nonverbally!

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I'll be sharing my lab's hot-off-the-presses work on neuromelanin, an in-vivo neural marker of dopamine function, and its relationship with emotion recognition in youth at #APS2026 in Barcelona! 🧠

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I’ve got some good news to share… I was granted tenure at Queen’s! This one feels like a particularly big milestone. When I was 12, I decided I wanted to be a psychologist when I grew up; I was already in my fourth year of graduate school in clinical psychology when I realized...

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I'd like to extend my gratitude to the stellar W26 team of trainees in the DSEC Lab! We have a fantastic lab culture, all thanks to these collaborative, creative, and hard-working people whom I have the good fortune to mentor. We accomplished a lot, learned a lot, and had a great time doing it! 🩵🧠

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

It’s been a week already, but the @dseclab.bsky.social is still buzzing from all the exciting science we got to learn about at the @affectscience.bsky.social conference! 🤩

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DSEC Lab @dseclab.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The DSEC Lab is in Pittsburgh for #SAS2026! 🎉 We’re excited to present some of the latest findings from the lab and to learn from the incredible work being shared by others at the conference! Our team will be presenting on Friday and Saturday, so stay tuned for some conference highlights!

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Wow - what a pre-conference! It was a thrill to co-host the first ever Developmental Affective Science pre-conference to the @affectscience.bsky.social conference this week. I was blown away by the group's energy, enthusiasm, and ideas! 🪴

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I'm thrilled to welcome Dr. Johanna Jarcho as our first Seminar Series speaker of the term in the Centre for Neuroscience at Queen's. 🙏 Don't miss her talk, "Rethinking the role of memory in the development of social anxiety", tomorrow (Jan 21)!! neuroscience.queensu.ca/calendar/dr-...

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

As the Fall '25 semester ends, I wanted to shout out this wonderful team of students who work diligently to advance our understanding of adolescent development. I am fortunate to work alongside such an inspiring group of trainees. Looking forward to more science & fun next year! 🧠

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

@affectscience.bsky.social notices are out! 🎉 If you’re going to #SAS2026, consider attending its very first Developmental Affective Science pre-conference too! @eriknook.bsky.social and I hope to see you there. 🤞🏻 Spread the word!

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Excited to share this: @eriknook.bsky.social and I are hosting a pre-conference on Developmental Affective Science before this year's @affectscience.bsky.social (March 12, 2026). If you're thinking of attending #SAS2026, consider joining us for the pre-con too! ✨

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The Department of Psychology at Queen's University (Canada) is hiring! The position is for an established researcher (Associate/Full Professors) in social affective neuroscience. The full ad can be found here: www.queensu.ca/psychology/n... Please share widely! 🍁🧠

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Congratulations to Riley Bonar for his successful Master’s thesis defence yesterday! Thank you to the evaluation committee for the engaging discussion and insightful questions. Riley, you have so much to be proud of—can’t wait for the next steps of your academic journey!

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Happy trails to the dseclab.bsky.social 2025 summer staff! Victoria Cassel (queensuresearch.bsky.social USSRF), Polly Clayton (Matariki Network of Universities), Maria Fernanda Trigo Adami (MITACS), Olivia Merulla (staff), and Kyla Campbell (coordinator) moved our lab's work forward in major ways.

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Major thanks to the @DSEC Lab Summer 2025 team for their hard-work & dedication! L to R, top: Tessa Patton, Navid Shabani Barzegar, Maria Fernanda Trigo Adami, Daniel Nault, Olivia Merulla, Catherine Shevelevich, Riley Bonar. Bottom: Victoria Cassel, Kyla Campbell, me, Rushmeet Singh, Polly Clayton.

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

The @dseclab.bsky.social sends out triannual newsletters sharing information about our ongoing studies, recent findings, & fun activities for youth. Download them at our website or subscribe to learn more about youth's social and emotional communication! www.michelemorningstar.com/our-lab-news...

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

You might have heard me harp on about "encoder effects" in the last few years... and now, our review paper on the topic is finally out in Affective Science! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I'm very fortunate to be the recipient of a SSHRC Insight Grant this year. Our project will investigate how adolescents' processing of social information varies by social context, and how this relates to psychosocial outcomes during the teenage years. www.queensu.ca/gazette/stor...

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Lara Courtepatte, BA,PR of Tutor Teach about nonverbal communication & how it develops across childhood and adolescence. Thank you for sharing our conversation on the Parenting Ed-Ventures podcast! 🎤 Listen to the full episode: linkin.bio/parentingedv...

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Queen's University has a special recruitment initiative for Ph.D. students whose admission was rescinded/who are reconsidering their acceptances to U.S. schools. If you are in this position and are interested in understanding how adolescents learn to navigate their social world, reach out to me! 🍁

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I always enjoy the @psychscience.bsky.social conference, and this year’s #APS25DC was no exception! It was great to reconnect & share ideas with colleagues from around the world. Hope to do it again in Barcelona next year! @chronakigeorgia.bsky.social @kat-roto.bsky.social @danielnault.bsky.social

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Today's the day: #APS25DC kicks off in Washington, DC! @danielnault.bsky.social and I are representing the @dseclab.bsky.social and presenting new findings from our recent studies. Come say hi - we'd love to chat!

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Let's hear it for the Development of Social and Emotional Communication Lab W2025 team! 🙏 This group of talented researchers was instrumental to the lab's biggest accomplishments this year. Big kudos to this superb group! 💫

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

The @srcdorg.bsky.social #SRCD2025 conference was a blast! Riley Bonar & @danielnault.bsky.social gave superb talks about their research, & Daniel chaired an excellent symposium. It was great to hear about exciting new work in the field, and to connect with so many colleagues & friends. 🙏

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The @dseclab.bsky.social is at the @srcdorg.bsky.social #SRCD25 conference! @danielnault.bsky.social and Riley Bonar are both presenting results from their recent studies. Details below!

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

New paper alert: now published in Developmental Psychobiology! Using @theabcdstudy.bsky.social data, we found that pubertal maturation was associated with concurrent & longitudinal change in activation in 'social brain' regions - but not regions typically involved in basic face processing.

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to the Alma Mater Society of @queensuglobal.bsky.social for awarding me the Frank Knox Award for Teaching Excellence for 2024-2025. Getting to share my passion for my field with students through teaching is a privilege that I cherish deeply.

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Major congratulations to our @dseclab.bsky.social students for their fantastic poster presentations at the Psychology Research Day this week! 🙌 Zoe Halpern presented results from her Honours thesis on adolescents' conversation styles with parents versus friends. [...]

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A few weeks ago, I had the immense pleasure of attending the 2025 @affectscience.bsky.social conference in beautiful Portland, OR. SAS has quickly become one of my favourite conferences: the science, the people, and the vibes are top-notch. ✨ Looking forward to future meetings! #SAS2025

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DSEC Lab @dseclab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

#TBT: The visual cliff experiment is a classic in developmental psychology. Infants were placed across from their mothers on a table that gave the illusion of a visual cliff. Their mothers expressed either happy or fearful faces. Do you think any infants crossed the cliff? (✒️Jaqueline Satok)

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Michele Morningstar @profmorningstar.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I'm excited to be sharing results from the @dseclab.bsky.social’s work on the neural correlates of emotion recognition in youth at the Centre for Neuroscience Studies’ #SeminarSeries tomorrow (12pm; Abramsky 002 or online)! 🎉 (Thank you to Tasha Jawa for creating this promo image!)

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