Bret Eschman

Read my lips. 👀 As babies learn to speak, they use more than just their ears to learn about the sounds we are making. They also use their eyes, studying how subtle movements and different mouth shapes produce a variety of sounds - and then working to emulate what they see. Here’s a cool example. Watch as this dad whistles for his daughter. After a few examples, she gives it a try - pursing her lips and vocalizing a high pitched squeak. What an amazing observer! It’s a great reminder of the importance of face-to-face interaction. Get up close and talk with your baby. Your face is teaching valuable lessons. This sweet little whistler was shared to IG by hinzmanfam_.

@samuelmehr @JinjingJenny1 @lkfazio Anyone have an extra code? I feel like I’m late to the party!

🧵21 things I wish someone would’ve told me as a new Assistant Professor: 1. It’ll take forever to get started and your lab setup. Take however long you’re hoping and double it. Maybe triple it. 2. Seek out new mentors and collaborators. They don’t need to be in your department.

Check out our newest publication assessing the role of infant intersensory processing in the relation between SES and childhood working memory! @BretEschman @Kait_Testa @BethanyKRamirez @LorraineBahrick sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

My first paper is available online! authors.elsevier.com/a/1h6DDbDG47JG2

This paper was the source of many headaches but I am so excited to see it is now available online! psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-72…

Here is one (unexpected) way to share that our new paper was recently published! @oakeslisa ucdavis.edu/news/babies-re…

Applications due March 1.

Thanks to everyone who read/shared our paper! This seems like a good time to announce that I will (hopefully) be accepting 1 or 2 Masters students for the Fall 2023 semester (see program description below). DMs open if you have any questions! utc.edu/arts-and-scien…

🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 In this new @PsychScience paper, @ross_sheehy and developed a novel n-back paradigm to measure visual working memory in infants and adults! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…

Some really great stuff here!

A new analysis cites the US as the only country in the developed world that does not guarantee any paid maternity leave. edsource.org/updates/u-s-ra…

Early-career faculty: do yourself a favor and download our huge (updated) database of funding opportunities with have your name on it. We list 572 (!) funding opportunities, along with description, deadline, amount, eligibility, etc. Download here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-op…

@Kaityn_Contino Love this! Can’t wait to hear about the project!!

I got to cite @BretEschman in a project we are working on and its so fun to be able to cite friends!

Elon Musk’s Twitter deal is on again. As a frame of reference for both the scale of his wealth & our collective priorities, the $44 billion offering price is equal to the federal government’s full investment in #childcare for American children & families for nearly 5 full years.

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Results suggest both developmental and stimulus-dependent changes in scanning efficiency! Further, we suggest these low level visual metrics (saccades and fixations) can a sensitive indicator of cognitive processing.

We were interested in how individual differences in saccade and fixation patterns (i.e., scanning efficiency) change with development, scene content and perceptual load.

New paper alert with @ross_sheehy and @eereynolds8! Check it out: #sec001" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

After reading my bio, she exclaimed, “ah ha! I knew you weren’t a real teacher, it says here you’re just an assistant!” And I think that pretty much sums it up.

How was my first week on the tenure track, you ask? Well, last night, after a lengthy discussion with my niece trying to convince her that I am no longer a college student and am a college professor, I decided to pull out my phone and show her the @UTChattanooga faculty website.