Liz Simpson

Rethinking the study of newborn sociality: Challenges and opportunities. Free link until Nov 7th. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2…

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/10.1177/09…

Neonatal mimicry of caregivers at home: Feasibility of an asynchronous online paradigm #OpenAccess by @lauriebayet & team! doi.org/10.1111/infa.7…

Male and female empathy across 24 countries and 60 latitudinal degrees #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1016/j.paid…

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/…

Impact of Surgical Masks on Newborns' Spontaneous Face Processing Skills doi.org/10.1111/infa.7…

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.7… 🧵 1/2

Congrats, Dr. @tiffany6390! 👏

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/1m5EH3tz49AN…

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-biolog…

A Quarter Century Review of Research on Infant Behavior and Development sciencedirect.com/special-issue/…

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/UMFaculty/job/…

Stage 2 report now out! Newborn Auditory Brainstem Response and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome doi.org/10.1002/jnr.70… #OpenAccess

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…

New longitudinal study at the University of Miami! news.miami.edu/as/stories/202…

We're hiring at the University of Miami! The Department of Psychology is looking for a Child Clinical Psychology faculty member. umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMFaculty/job/…

Email me (simpsone at miami dot edu) for a full-access copy. Or download the preprint here dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.…

First human newborn paper from my @NSF CAREER Award! Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - with our amazing @UMiamiPsych team: @ZengGuangyu, @yeojin_amy_ahn, @tiffany6390, Sarah Maylott, & @arushi_malik, @danielmessinger doi.org/10.3758/s13428…

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Fundamental features of social environments determine rate of social affiliation pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Functional connectivity in the social perception pathway at birth is linked to attention to faces at four months #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsg…