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Liz Simpson @Lizzy_Simpson

Psychology Professor @UMiamiPsych @UnivMiami, Director @UMSocCogLab, one of @Many_Babies & @ManyPrimates. Developmental science, infant social behavior. She/her

Joined March 2009
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Liz Simpson@Lizzy_Simpson
18 Sep 2025
Rethinking the study of newborn sociality: Challenges and opportunities. Free link until Nov 7th. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrac…
Face to face newborn and woman both with open mouth smiles and eye contact.

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Automated Quantification of Affect Synchrony: Links to Autism Risk and Social Communication in Infancy doi.org/10.1007/s10803-026-0…

Automated Quantification of Affect Synchrony: Links to Autism Risk and Social Communication in...

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - Interpersonal affect synchrony (IAS), the moment-to-moment coordination of emotional expressions in parent-child interactions, is a key marker of...

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For those in the US, from @APA - take 2 minutes today to urge Congress to reject the administration’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget proposal that seeks a complete dissolution of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate and a staggering 54% cut to the @NSF
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@chris_bail
May 25
Tell Congress to Reject Unprecedented Cuts and at the National Science Foundation: votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAAA…
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A day to remember. Congrats to Giulia D’Adamo! We show that human relationality, contagious behavior, and motor resonance begin before birth in mother–fetus dyads—opening new paths for neurobiology and clinical research. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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RT @AthenaAkrami: Academic friends, A few of us drafted an open letter calling for protection of civilians & of educational, research, medi…

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We, the undersigned academics and researchers from around the world, express our profound concern over recent military strikes on Iran, the retaliatory responses, and the reported impact on civilian...

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Simon Howard@DrSimonHoward
Mar 31
The PRIDE Lab (Psychology of Racism, Identity, Diversity & Equity) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami, directed by me, invites applications for a full-time Research Associate (Lab Manager) position. umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com…

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Cross-cultural & cross-species comparisons of mutual gaze & infant emotion: Challenging WEIRD, barren, institutional, zoo, & other rare rearing environments assumptions - by Jaddi, Kishimoto, & Bard doi.org/10.1037/com0000444 (preprint: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/24…)

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Charisse B Pickron@CharissePickron
Feb 20
New paper! Had lots of fun writing this with Dr. Bayet From a Baby’s Point of View: How Infants’ Face Diets Shape Their Face Perception - Charisse B. Pickron, Laurie Bayet, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

From a Baby’s Point of View: How Infants’ Face Diets Shape Their Face Perception - Charisse B....

Individual variations in face-perception expertise become apparent by the second year of life. We propose that infants’ “face diet”—the nature and quantity of t...

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Neonatal mimicry of caregivers at home: Feasibility of an asynchronous online paradigm #OpenAccess by @lauriebayet & team! doi.org/10.1111/infa.70070

Neonatal Mimicry of Caregivers at Home: Feasibility of an Asynchronous Online Paradigm

While early life sets the stage for later learning, comparatively less is known about newborns' cognition than that of older infants. A striking example is the lack of consensus regarding the extent...

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Male and female empathy across 24 countries and 60 latitudinal degrees #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2025.…
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Zanna Clay@zannaclay
Jan 14
EMPATHY In a new article in Behaviour "The Evolutionary & Developmental Origins of Empathy: Honouring Frans de Waal’s Legacy", I consider how mimicry, contagion and early social experiences shape later social-emotional development. #OpenAccess here👉:brill.com/view/journals/beh/…
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Impact of Surgical Masks on Newborns' Spontaneous Face Processing Skills doi.org/10.1111/infa.70064

Impact of Surgical Masks on Newborns' Spontaneous Face Processing Skills

At birth, newborns prefer upright faces over other stimuli, indicating that they already pay specific attention to facial internal features, with expectations about their featural configuration. The...

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UMiami-Psychology@UMiamiPsych
15 Nov 2025
New pub by Dr. Lynn Perry & colleagues: Videos and Vocabulary: How Digital Media Use Impacts the Types of Words Children Know #OpenAccess in #DevelopmentalScience doi.org/10.1111/desc.70091 🧵 1/2

Videos and Vocabulary: How Digital Media Use Impacts the Types of Words Children Know

The last decade has seen an exponential rise in children's digital media use, as well as growing evidence that it is associated with changes in children's vocabulary. However, while high rates of...

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UMiami-Psychology@UMiamiPsych
14 Nov 2025
Congrats, Dr. @tiffany6390! 👏
University of Miami
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14 Nov 2025
#UMiami graduate students showcase big ideas in just 180 seconds at the 10th Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition. bit.ly/3LGgpdx @UMGradSchool
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Individual differences in sick face sensitivity: females are more sensitive to lassitude facial expressions than males - @tiffany6390 Free for the next 50 days: authors.elsevier.com/c/1m5EH…
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Tay@BioTay
8 Nov 2025
1/2 Violencia letal en bonobos El 18 de febrero, 5 hembras dieron una paliza mortal a un macho en LuiKotale Bonobo Project (Congo). Los autores creen que pudo deberse a una agresión ligera a una cría dos días antes. Los detalles son horribles. (paper) cell.com/current-biology/ful…
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A Quarter Century Review of Research on Infant Behavior and Development sciencedirect.com/special-is…
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UMiami-Psychology@UMiamiPsych
9 Nov 2025
We’re hiring at the University of Miami! Adult Division in our Psychology Department, open topic/focus area, Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (tenure-eligible). umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com…
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Stage 2 report now out! Newborn Auditory Brainstem Response and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome doi.org/10.1002/jnr.70083 #OpenAccess
Drawing of an infant getting an ABR screening, and two different waveforms shown, one for typical and one for infants later dying of SIDS, pointing towards early detection risk identification and potential intervention, showing a baby sleeping.

ALT Drawing of an infant getting an ABR screening, and two different waveforms shown, one for typical and one for infants later dying of SIDS, pointing towards early detection risk identification and potential intervention, showing a baby sleeping.
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UMiami-Psychology@UMiamiPsych
8 Oct 2025
Dr. Daniel Messinger is hoping to accept a doctoral student for fall 2026 admission. If you are interested in working with Dr. Messinger, please visit umkids-lab.psy.miami.edu for more information. For more information, see psy.miami.edu/graduate/how-t…
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daniel messinger@danielmessinger
3 Nov 2025
New longitudinal study at the University of Miami! news.miami.edu/as/stories/20…

University of Miami joins international study on autism risk in young children

Psychologists in the College of Arts and Sciences are monitoring the development of infants and toddlers whose parents have a sibling with autism.

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