Dr Alice Skelton

Very pleased that our latest paper on the alignment between infant vision and colour in natural scenes is now published in Developmental Science 🌈👀👶 doi.org/10.1111/desc.1…

Effects of ‘visual diet’ on colour discrimination and preference amongst people living in rainforest and urban environments | ow.ly/hzyP50TsZYY #ProcB #OpenAccess @AliceESkelton @johnjmaule @asifa_majid @ColourSussex

Effects of visual diet on colour discrimination and preference doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2… Very happy to see this out in the world! We used Go Pros to capture people's visual diet and relate this to colour discrimination and preference of others living in the same environment 🌈

I’m recruiting a research assistant to help collect data in Durham (UK), for a cross-cultural ESRC New Investigator grant aimed at developing culturally grounded tool innovation measures in children across different cultural contexts - please share jobs.ac.uk/job/DJM961/res…

A research team led by Dr Emma Howarth are reviewing intervention outcomes for children who have experienced domestic violence and abuse. Please complete this survey if you deliver a DVA service/intervention to parents and/or children and collect or measure outcomes 👇

@DurhamBabylab @MoJoPromotions This is an amazing idea that I wish I'd had!

Our Babylab ducks have arrived 🦆 @MoJoPromotions

This is going to be awesome. You should come. Link for tickets in bio. @AtlanticBooks @Solarisbooks

A very fun opportunity to look at how our environment shapes creativity in infants and children at Durham - get in touch if you'd like to know more! 🌿👶🎭

and on Thursday Philip will be presenting his poster (P3-F-548) : Perceptual Primitives of Aesthetics are Revealed By Infants’ Visual Preferences for Art, Building Facades, and Abstract Patterns

... and then stop by Taysa's poster (P1-F-115) Chromatic Image Statistics Predict Infants’ Visual Engagement with Picture Books

Stop by my poster (P1-G-167) tomorrow at #ICIS2024 and say hello if you'd like to chat about infant visual development, scene statistics, and visual diets (aka baby head cams!)😀

🎙️Listen to @ForresterGilly explain how newborn babies' movements are linked to their social and language developments in the latest episode of the BBC's Health Check. Gilly spoke to @claudiahammond at this year’s Royal Society Summer Exhibition in London: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

New paper alert! We studied resilience in teens during COVID-19 and found in our sample most maintained or developed resilience. Key factors: friendships, family relationships, and a sense of control @KathFradley @RhiananEllis @JillyGMiller @BentallProf doi.org/10.1007/s40653…

@LevitaLiat How lovely! Also love the use of coffee pot as vase!

From my lovely research placement students this year. Last day today after a whole academic year in my lab. They were amazing and I will miss them.

Today our placement students hosted a poster exhibition to showcase the research they've been doing throughout the year. Great work all!⭐️

This week we're running a pop up Baby Lab alongside showings of First Light as part of @brightfest . First Light was inspired by Baby Lab research into the development of vision and we've loved seeing how it's turned into a performance piece for babies! 💡👶🎭

Excited to be giving a talk tomorrow about- Unlocking adolescent potential: Understanding behaviour, brain, and well-being! at the "Wellbeing@Sussex” Mini-Conference tickettailor.com/events/univers… @Sussex_Psych

So thrilled to be able to reveal this cover! I can’t wait to meet you all on the moor on September 12th Thank you @Solarisbooks for your hard work making Gorse into this beautiful book! Veronica Park’s artwork is stunning, I’m over the moon. Preorder: geni.us/gorse

“Ever/Moor” by Sam K. Horton (@Eythin_Trust) : brokenantlermag.com/issue-two-cnf/…

A group of excellent student researchers are running a survey on factors that influence sleep in babies 0-8 months old. Takes ~20-25 mins, and there are 5 x £25 Amazon vouchers to be won! tinyurl.com/BabySnooze Pls share 👶

this is strangely heartwarming: the canadian pediatrics association now recommends that children engage in risky play—"thrilling and exciting forms of free play that involve uncertainty of outcome and a possibility of physical injury"—because of benefits e.g. to mental health