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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Some new work from my lab suggesting limits on the benefits of mother-infant synchrony. The idea isn't new, of course, but this work offers some nice empirical support for more nuance in this area. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

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APA PsycNet

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

One of the best grant-writing strategies I adopted was asking Dr. Alex Burt for a pre-review. Now she is offering this more broadly, in more and less formal capacities. Info here: smart-workshops.com/win-nih-info

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Winning the NIH Grant Game — SMaRT Workshops

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Just recorded beautiful EEG data from a 9 year old, who is basically a geriatric participant in my lab, and am realizing that this is what you adult folks see all the time. What a charmed life you lead.

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Society for Research in Child Development @srcdorg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Save the Date for the SRCD 2027 Biennial Meeting Theme: Prioritizing Children: Innovation, Inclusion, and Impact in Developmental Science See you in Atlanta, GA (USA) April 8-10, 2027! Learn More: bit.ly/SRCD27 #SRCD27 #SRCD #DevelopmentalScience #ChildDevelopment #DiscoverAtlanta

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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

With @remyfurrer.bsky.social, a new piece in Nature Human Behavior. The standard description of a polygenic score as a "genetic predisposition" essentializes a statistical construct. It's not language policing: PGS are a new kind of entity; now is the time to think carefully about what they are.

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Polygenic risk scores are not genetic predispositions - Nature Human Behaviour

Nature Human Behaviour - Polygenic risk scores are not genetic predispositions

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

If you are struggling on the job market right now, know this: When I was on the job market, I got one of the worst sinus infections of my life while at one of my interviews.

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Revisited a favorite past paper that appeared alongside some other great science in this important message from journalist Joanne Chen. greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

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Why Parental Stress Isn’t Just About the Parent

Taking care of yourself as a parent isn't an indulgence; it has a substantial effect on the well-being of your children.

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The 25th Occasional Temperament Conference (OTC25) will be held at Texas A&M University Nov. 6-8, 2025. OTC is an international conference uniting researchers & practitioners with special interests in the study of. Please visit the OTC25 website for conference and call for abstracts, then share!

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OTC Conference | 25th Occasional Temperment Conference

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10/05/2025

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

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Two women standing, smiling, and embracing each other with grass, water, and the sky in the background. The woman on the left is wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. The woman on the right is wearing a black dress.

Two woman stand next to each other and hold onto one another. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. In the background is the fence of an ICE detention center.

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This group of research assistants, staff, and postdocs has worked SO INCREDIBLY HARD this year and I am so dang proud of them.

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Jeremy Koster @jeremykoster.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I am hiring a full and part-time post-bachelor's level research assistant for in-person work in my laboratory. We have a great environment here with a competitive salary ($45,000/year for full-time positions) for cost of living. Applications due 2/10/25. tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_Externa...

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Research Assistant - Brooker

Job TitleResearch Assistant - Brooker Agency Texas A&M University Department Psychology Proposed Minimum SalaryCommensurate Job LocationCollege Station, Texas Job TypeStaff Job Description Our Com...

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Every year we send holiday cards to families participating in our active studies. This year a family sent us a card back and it was so cute my heart exploded. Also, since this is my professional account, can this go into future “plans for retention” grant sections?

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 14/01/2025

Gov. Greg Abbott threatened Texas A&M President Mark Welsh III’s job after a conservative activist shared a university email inviting some staffers and PhD students to a conference that limited participation to people who are Black, Hispanic or Native American. www.texastribune.org/2025/01/14/t...

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Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas A&M president’s job over claim that university broke DEI ban

Abbott's comments came after A&M invited staffers and students to attend a conference that a conservative activist said broke the state’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

New research from graduate and undergraduate students in my lab now published in the latest issue of Emotion. We linked maternal depression symptoms to out-of-context negative emotion in infants, even beyond tendencies to display negative emotion more generally.

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Kevin M. King @kevinmking.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The basic principle is that reviewers are tired, they're rushed, they're reading your and 10 other grants on top of their normal workload. Anything you can do to make it easy for them will help. Here's a list of my suggestions.

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Work led by DOME Lab graduate student Sarah Peoples showing that as early as age three, coordinated efforts across the brain and heart seem to be protective against childhood outcomes like stress and anxiety. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

Congrats to the new Dr. Sejal Mistry-Patel, who found, as part of her dissertation, that moms’ perceptions of smartphone-based support positively predict mother-infant relationship quality, suggesting phones are neither ALL good nor ALL bad, but likely have many possible impacts on development.

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 18/05/2024

So proud of these DOME Lab graduate and undergraduate students, awarded for their hard work this year and representing a dozen others who are helping to make it all happen.

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

Thanks to Cooper's BBQ and #SOBP2024 for hosting a great event!

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 06/05/2024

This is exactly why one would purchase adorable onesies for their research. (Posted with permission).

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

Had a great time talking about developmental science in the mountains last week. Thank you to Utah State Psychology for being such wonderful hosts.

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 09/04/2024

Had a visit to the lab from TAMU President General (Ret.) Mark Welsh. It was a great opportunity to share some of our science and to introduce him to some of the amazing students working in the lab. They were SO excited.

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

Thrilled to share this new paper with student, Sarah Peoples, and college, Liz Davis. We found a predictable patterns of activation across preschoolers' neural and cardiac systems of regulation and preliminary evidence for links to more/less adaptive behaviors. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

Had a wonderful time hearing about amazing science and presenting out own work on maternal brain plasticity at the Winter Conference on Neural Plasticity.

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Annmarie MacNamara @macannmarie.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

The MAClab at Texas A&M is looking for a post-doc! Details below. Please share! drive.google.com/file/d/1Gi1gmPY_HFXaL4cgAwIe6se6BWlBLZd1/view?usp=sharing

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

Important changes at NSF Developmental Science regarding the number of proposals submitted with the same PI or co-PI as well as proposals that will be considered by the same PI already funded by NSF-DS. new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

Looking for a research assistant position? Want experience with TMS and neuroimaging before applying to grad school? Come join us! I am thrilled to have a new project using TMS and imaging to look at the cerebellum in cognitive decline. tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TAMU_E...

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Training in rigorous + joyful science. The undergraduates in my lab are as delightful as they are smart.

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Excited and honored to be included among this round of new APS fellows. Clearly do not know how to share the APS post with my own comments added. Happy to be better at developmental science than at social media.

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

Congratulations, APS Fellows! www.psychologicalscience.org/members/fell...

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

My undergraduates are insanely smart and productive and looking to me for high-quality training while I’m like, “wait, why did I walk into this room again? Was I coming to get something?”

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

This feels like a very strategic week to remind people about this exciting, upcoming conference that will include lots of smart people presenting new science on one of my favorite topics, neural plasticity. Also, Puerto Vallarta. www.utsc.utoronto.ca/conferences/...

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Very excited to see this paper move to in press. My student Jenny Kling and I found that preschoolers (4yo) showed neural evidence for reappraisal (via Late Positive Potential) during self-directed reappraisal of images only when levels of SES were high. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Socioeconomic Status Moderates Neural Markers of Cognitive Reappraisal Across Preschool

Emotion regulation (ER) is critical for children’s healthy socio-emotional development, in part through its modulation of negative emotions that might…

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

I’ve been married to a social psychologist for more than a decade, but nobody in my house more masterfully executes the foot-in-the-door technique than my 7-year-old wanting screen time or sweets.

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Sometimes my lab meets up with celebrities.

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Dr. Rebecca Brooker @rebeccabrooker.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Trying out this new space to connect with other developmental and neuroscientists! 👋

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