Lauren J. Myers
@proflaurenmyers.bsky.social
Developmental Psychologist. Associate Professor at Lafayette College. Cognitive development & media researcher. Passionate about great pedagogy. #Academicmama of 2. She/hers
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📣 New publication alert! In the edited volume, Digital Media & Early Childhood Dev. Featuring my youngest daughter in photos! 😃
Troseth, Barr, Zosh, Strouse & Myers (2024). Video Chat: A Tool for Young Children’s Engagement and Early Social Learning.
Access here ⬇️
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Troseth, Barr, Zosh, Strouse & Myers (2024). Video Chat: A Tool for Young Children’s Engagement and Early Social Learning.
Access here ⬇️
drive.google.com/file/d/1ZDIz...
Happy recommendation letter day to all who celebrate! 🎉☺️ I have a Pavlovian association between Thanksgiving & rec letters…
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Happy recommendation letter day to all who celebrate! 🎉☺️ I have a Pavlovian association between Thanksgiving & rec letters…
I need a good article or chapter that explains regression in an accessible way for an undergraduate audience. Any suggestions?
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November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I need a good article or chapter that explains regression in an accessible way for an undergraduate audience. Any suggestions?
#PsychSky
#PsychSky
🎓 Professor John Shaw of the Lafayette College Psychology Dept will be retiring at the end of the 2025-26 year! 📚 We're creating a book filled with student well wishes & memories! 🎉 📕 (Don't worry, he's not on BlueSky so he won't see this.) 🤫 Share your well wishes&photos ⬇️
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November 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
🎓 Professor John Shaw of the Lafayette College Psychology Dept will be retiring at the end of the 2025-26 year! 📚 We're creating a book filled with student well wishes & memories! 🎉 📕 (Don't worry, he's not on BlueSky so he won't see this.) 🤫 Share your well wishes&photos ⬇️
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November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Great article about the psychology of guilty pleasures by my colleague @jjtogans.bsky.social at Lafayette College! 🎉
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Guilty pleasures are more than just giving in to temptation | Psyche Ideas
Psychologists are discovering what’s going on when you do something you enjoy, but also feel weird or embarrassed about
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November 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Great article about the psychology of guilty pleasures by my colleague @jjtogans.bsky.social at Lafayette College! 🎉
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psyche.co/ideas/guilty...
Finished listening to this audiobook on my daily walk today and it was great! I found it informative, empowering & inspirational, and I’m leaving the book with some actionable strategies to treat & prevent burnout. One that I’ve been particularly enjoying is gratitude practice. 💕
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Finished listening to this audiobook on my daily walk today and it was great! I found it informative, empowering & inspirational, and I’m leaving the book with some actionable strategies to treat & prevent burnout. One that I’ve been particularly enjoying is gratitude practice. 💕
#psychsky I have an unprecedented amount of recommendation letters to write this fall, many with a Dec 1 due date. But one of my students received this warning from PsyCAS that materials need to be submitted *2 weeks* ahead of the due date so they can be verified. Have others heard of this change?!
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
#psychsky I have an unprecedented amount of recommendation letters to write this fall, many with a Dec 1 due date. But one of my students received this warning from PsyCAS that materials need to be submitted *2 weeks* ahead of the due date so they can be verified. Have others heard of this change?!
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I wrote for @psychologytoday.com on how food insecurity harms child development. I’m hoping our leaders can restore SNAP funds moving forward to prevent these harms to our nation’s kids. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/orig...
Food Insecurity Harms Child Development
Sixteen million US children may lose food benefits this week. Research demonstrates that food insecurity has short-term and long-term effects on children's mental and physical health.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I wrote for @psychologytoday.com on how food insecurity harms child development. I’m hoping our leaders can restore SNAP funds moving forward to prevent these harms to our nation’s kids. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/orig...
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
Excited for the Play it Forward conference today in Philadelphia! 🎉 I use playful learning landscapes in my upper-level class for undergraduates. I’m eager to learn more about these great projects that integrate playful learning into everyday spaces.
October 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Excited for the Play it Forward conference today in Philadelphia! 🎉 I use playful learning landscapes in my upper-level class for undergraduates. I’m eager to learn more about these great projects that integrate playful learning into everyday spaces.
I brought back French macarons from Paris for my wonderful departmental colleagues. Does this count as departmental service? ☺️
September 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I brought back French macarons from Paris for my wonderful departmental colleagues. Does this count as departmental service? ☺️
J’aime beaucoup Paris!!! 💕 I’m already planning another trip here in a few years to bring my husband. ☺️
September 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
J’aime beaucoup Paris!!! 💕 I’m already planning another trip here in a few years to bring my husband. ☺️
I’m in Paris for a week! 🇫🇷 My friend & I are eating crêpes, going to museums, shopping & exploring the city. The highlight today was going to the top of the Eiffel Tower. What a beautiful city! 🤩
September 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’m in Paris for a week! 🇫🇷 My friend & I are eating crêpes, going to museums, shopping & exploring the city. The highlight today was going to the top of the Eiffel Tower. What a beautiful city! 🤩
For years, I’ve struggled with using ruby scripts to export observational coding data from Datavyu. But I am finally getting the hang of it! 🎉 Also I highly recommend having your scripts tell you that you’re amazing - it’s a nice confidence boost. ☺️
September 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
For years, I’ve struggled with using ruby scripts to export observational coding data from Datavyu. But I am finally getting the hang of it! 🎉 Also I highly recommend having your scripts tell you that you’re amazing - it’s a nice confidence boost. ☺️
Love these! 🤣 Never mind that my collaborators and I have published papers with figures that look like the confidence interval one…😉
September 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Love these! 🤣 Never mind that my collaborators and I have published papers with figures that look like the confidence interval one…😉
In 2022, Gabrielle Strouse & I gratefully received an NIH R15 grant to study grandparent-grandchild interactions over video chat. We've completed our study with 186 triads participating & today is the last day of our grant funding! We'll be presenting and publishing from this dataset for years. 🎉
August 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In 2022, Gabrielle Strouse & I gratefully received an NIH R15 grant to study grandparent-grandchild interactions over video chat. We've completed our study with 186 triads participating & today is the last day of our grant funding! We'll be presenting and publishing from this dataset for years. 🎉
This is good general advice for applicants to psychology PhD programs, down to a rubric for evaluating statements of purpose, so sharing this more widely!
I will be reviewing applications for the University of Michigan Clinical Psychology doctoral program this fall. If you are interested in applying, here’s some info I prepared for applicants: sites.lsa.umich.edu/aidangcw-lab...
2026 Applicants – Personality Processes and Outcomes Laboratory
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August 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This is good general advice for applicants to psychology PhD programs, down to a rubric for evaluating statements of purpose, so sharing this more widely!
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looking for reading recs for undergraduates on observational research methods in early childhood classrooms...
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August 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
looking for reading recs for undergraduates on observational research methods in early childhood classrooms...
Happy #caturday! This is Pumpkin (L) & Lucy (R) and they are our bonded pair. Moments before this photo, they were grooming each other! 💕☺️
August 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Happy #caturday! This is Pumpkin (L) & Lucy (R) and they are our bonded pair. Moments before this photo, they were grooming each other! 💕☺️
Reposted by Lauren J. Myers
A new paper w/ @kabuss.bsky.social & Vanessa LoBue, and led by @joscelinrocha.com & Brendan Ostlund now in Infancy @infantstudies.bsky.social
When the World Pivots: Changes in Infant Negative Affect Trajectories Following the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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When the World Pivots: Changes in Infant Negative Affect Trajectories Following the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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When the World Pivots: Changes in Infant Negative Affect Trajectories Following the Onset of the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Research on the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on infant emotional development has produced mixed results, often limited by methodological constraints, such as not having access to data prior to and afte....
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August 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A new paper w/ @kabuss.bsky.social & Vanessa LoBue, and led by @joscelinrocha.com & Brendan Ostlund now in Infancy @infantstudies.bsky.social
When the World Pivots: Changes in Infant Negative Affect Trajectories Following the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
When the World Pivots: Changes in Infant Negative Affect Trajectories Following the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Hey folks: A little while aback, @jschleiderphd.bsky.social and I created a repository of SOPs to help folks prepare for grad applications.
If you'd like to add your SOP, feel free to use this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Of note, mask as you desire as I will be posting them as is.
If you'd like to add your SOP, feel free to use this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Of note, mask as you desire as I will be posting them as is.
Example Grad School Personal Statements
Clinical Psychology Graduate School Personal Statement Examples Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, PhD Jessica Schleider, PhD University of Michigan Stony Brook University Updated: June 7, 2021 Why did we c...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Hey folks: A little while aback, @jschleiderphd.bsky.social and I created a repository of SOPs to help folks prepare for grad applications.
If you'd like to add your SOP, feel free to use this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Of note, mask as you desire as I will be posting them as is.
If you'd like to add your SOP, feel free to use this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Of note, mask as you desire as I will be posting them as is.
Excited for my first foray into qualitative research starting today with a 3-day intensive training workshop with ResearchTalk and the UNC Odum Center for Research in the Social Sciences. #sabbatical 🎉
July 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Excited for my first foray into qualitative research starting today with a 3-day intensive training workshop with ResearchTalk and the UNC Odum Center for Research in the Social Sciences. #sabbatical 🎉