Megan
@meganchapman.bsky.social
Weekday IMH Clin Psych. Weekend improving, not quite so novice, potter.
Talks health, research, social justice, arts & crafts, occasional scifi fangirling, & African travels.
DPsych(clinical) PhD
Talks health, research, social justice, arts & crafts, occasional scifi fangirling, & African travels.
DPsych(clinical) PhD
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Megan
@meganchapman.bsky.social
· Mar 30
This used to be one of my Twitter mantras, so I guess I should restart it here.
For a moment of mindfulness, nothing beats Elephant watching on the Chobe river in Botswana. And you can do so via their webcam. Just sit back, count the elephants, and enjoy.
www.chobegamelodge.com/the-location/
For a moment of mindfulness, nothing beats Elephant watching on the Chobe river in Botswana. And you can do so via their webcam. Just sit back, count the elephants, and enjoy.
www.chobegamelodge.com/the-location/
"Findings suggest that masked and unmasked static faces equally attract newborns' attention and that surgical masks do not disrupt their face configuration processing. It has implications for recommendations to the general public, especially individuals in contact with newborns"
Bertrand et al. (2026): masked & unmasked static faces attract newborns’ attention w/o disrupting face config processing. But results are restricted to static stimuli; may not generalise to dynamic, multisensory contexts or vulnerable popns #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
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 ....
doi.org
February 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM
"Findings suggest that masked and unmasked static faces equally attract newborns' attention and that surgical masks do not disrupt their face configuration processing. It has implications for recommendations to the general public, especially individuals in contact with newborns"
I'll miss Jon Kudelka @kudelka.bsky.social
Bloody cancer. Much love to his family & friends
Family have requested donations to either Canteen (below), Bob Brown Foundation- give.bobbrown.org.au/
Menzies Institute for Medical Research- utas.edu.au/menzies/donate
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Bloody cancer. Much love to his family & friends
Family have requested donations to either Canteen (below), Bob Brown Foundation- give.bobbrown.org.au/
Menzies Institute for Medical Research- utas.edu.au/menzies/donate
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
I'll miss Jon Kudelka @kudelka.bsky.social
Bloody cancer. Much love to his family & friends
Family have requested donations to either Canteen (below), Bob Brown Foundation- give.bobbrown.org.au/
Menzies Institute for Medical Research- utas.edu.au/menzies/donate
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Bloody cancer. Much love to his family & friends
Family have requested donations to either Canteen (below), Bob Brown Foundation- give.bobbrown.org.au/
Menzies Institute for Medical Research- utas.edu.au/menzies/donate
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
@shaynecalliss.bsky.social your musings on sheep, and life, are missed. Hope you and @callissclan.bsky.social had a lovely Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
@shaynecalliss.bsky.social your musings on sheep, and life, are missed. Hope you and @callissclan.bsky.social had a lovely Christmas
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Chen (2025) found notable diffs in self-regulation, adaptive functioning, social comm & interaction domains btwn US and Taiwanese infants on ASQ:SE-2, showing importance of culturally sensitive adaptation when used in international contexts #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Cross‐Cultural Applicability and Psychometric Properties of an Infant Social‐Emotional Screening Instrument
In this study, the psychometric properties of the 6-month age interval of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ:SE-2) in its English and traditional Chinese versio....
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Chen (2025) found notable diffs in self-regulation, adaptive functioning, social comm & interaction domains btwn US and Taiwanese infants on ASQ:SE-2, showing importance of culturally sensitive adaptation when used in international contexts #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Please indulge me momentarily while I show off this magnificent loaf of sourdough spelt bread that has just emerged from the oven.
#sourdough
#sourdough
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Please indulge me momentarily while I show off this magnificent loaf of sourdough spelt bread that has just emerged from the oven.
#sourdough
#sourdough
12 months. How has it been?
Miss you mum ❤️ 💔💔
Miss you mum ❤️ 💔💔
My mum died last Saturday of ovarian cancer. The final stage of her life was quick. A cancer diagnosis from the emergency department, to palliative care, to dying, all in the space of 18 days. It feels surreal. It will for a while. /1
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
12 months. How has it been?
Miss you mum ❤️ 💔💔
Miss you mum ❤️ 💔💔
So many lyrebirds!
Sound UP! When a gang of young male Superb Lyrebirds surround you, often within less than a metre. I zoomed back to 80mm but often had to lean back to get this footage. I've left it largely unedited to capture the mayhem of the moment. #birds #birding #nature #lyrebirds
October 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
So many lyrebirds!
Went for a wander at Melbourne Zoo this week. Met a lemur with some serious attitude.
October 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Went for a wander at Melbourne Zoo this week. Met a lemur with some serious attitude.
Thought it was important to catch you up on the final outcome of term 3 of pottery. Pretty good, I reckon. I’m really enjoying carving, and the glazes worked pretty well. The bowls are proper salad bowl sized, which is good to see I’m managing bigger pieces of clay. Onwards to term 4.
#pottery
#pottery
October 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Thought it was important to catch you up on the final outcome of term 3 of pottery. Pretty good, I reckon. I’m really enjoying carving, and the glazes worked pretty well. The bowls are proper salad bowl sized, which is good to see I’m managing bigger pieces of clay. Onwards to term 4.
#pottery
#pottery
Wozers! A Nobel Prize for the University of Melbourne. Congratulations to Prof Richard Robson, Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
October 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Wozers! A Nobel Prize for the University of Melbourne. Congratulations to Prof Richard Robson, Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
A reminder that AI is not a substitute therapist, or a friend. This is an interesting article.
www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
The AI Therapist Epidemic: When Bots Replace Humans - Coda Story
They promise judgment-free therapy at your fingertips. What they deliver is an algorithmic echo chamber that validates your worst impulses, isolates you from human connection, and even coaches you tow...
www.codastory.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A reminder that AI is not a substitute therapist, or a friend. This is an interesting article.
www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
Today was the day for a sneak peek at the new Arden train station, part of the soon to open Metro tunnel project in Melbourne. It was really well organised, lots of staff answering questions, and a lovely atmosphere with curious trainspotters taking a look, dad and I included. 1/
August 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Today was the day for a sneak peek at the new Arden train station, part of the soon to open Metro tunnel project in Melbourne. It was really well organised, lots of staff answering questions, and a lovely atmosphere with curious trainspotters taking a look, dad and I included. 1/
My sister is off on a flying adventure to Lake Eyre. Her photos are definitely worth a look.
Departed William Creek just after dawn for a scenic flight over Lake Eyre - truly an inland sea! Quite amazing.
August 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My sister is off on a flying adventure to Lake Eyre. Her photos are definitely worth a look.
Events of today just emphasise that Australia needs to stop sleepwalking around access to firearms. Time to revisit how we came together after Port Arthur, and do something to reduce the amount of firearms in the community.
Sign the petition. Write to your MP. Don’t let it slip from the agenda.
Sign the petition. Write to your MP. Don’t let it slip from the agenda.
Pro-gun groups are mobilising against gun laws, and celebrating the increase in guns in our community.
We've launched a petition to create a National Firearms Register to help close dangerous loopholes and better protect public safety.
Can you sign and share?
▶️ theaus.in/firearm_regi...
We've launched a petition to create a National Firearms Register to help close dangerous loopholes and better protect public safety.
Can you sign and share?
▶️ theaus.in/firearm_regi...
August 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Events of today just emphasise that Australia needs to stop sleepwalking around access to firearms. Time to revisit how we came together after Port Arthur, and do something to reduce the amount of firearms in the community.
Sign the petition. Write to your MP. Don’t let it slip from the agenda.
Sign the petition. Write to your MP. Don’t let it slip from the agenda.
Week 2 of pottery. Time to attempt throwing a bigger piece of clay… and as if by magic, a big bowl appeared. Twice! Let’s see how they trim up next week. And there’s a couple of forms that will become mugs, for good measure.
August 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Week 2 of pottery. Time to attempt throwing a bigger piece of clay… and as if by magic, a big bowl appeared. Twice! Let’s see how they trim up next week. And there’s a couple of forms that will become mugs, for good measure.
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Discovery: mRNA vaccine candidate blocks malaria from reproducing inside mosquitoes, cuts transmission by up to 99.7%. Built on cryo-EM insights into parasite’s fertilisation machinery. A key step towards elimination. In @science.org
🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/reveale...
🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/reveale...
August 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Discovery: mRNA vaccine candidate blocks malaria from reproducing inside mosquitoes, cuts transmission by up to 99.7%. Built on cryo-EM insights into parasite’s fertilisation machinery. A key step towards elimination. In @science.org
🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/reveale...
🔗 www.wehi.edu.au/news/reveale...
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I saw so many responses and reposts yesterday. Lots of y'all said it helped you feel less alone.
I wanted to build on this a little, and gently ask/recommend that you choose kindness whenever possible (with others and yourself) because you never know; your kindness could make the difference.
I wanted to build on this a little, and gently ask/recommend that you choose kindness whenever possible (with others and yourself) because you never know; your kindness could make the difference.
I'm having a rough go of it lately, and have been thinking: everyone is going through something, and you have no idea what it is, or how it's affecting them.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
August 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I saw so many responses and reposts yesterday. Lots of y'all said it helped you feel less alone.
I wanted to build on this a little, and gently ask/recommend that you choose kindness whenever possible (with others and yourself) because you never know; your kindness could make the difference.
I wanted to build on this a little, and gently ask/recommend that you choose kindness whenever possible (with others and yourself) because you never know; your kindness could make the difference.
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Lazarus et al. (2025): A simple act with a lasting impact: Holding babies skin-to-skin in the NICU helped support their development and reduced differences linked to family income. Early touch can be a powerful way to promote equity from the very start #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
doi.org
July 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Lazarus et al. (2025): A simple act with a lasting impact: Holding babies skin-to-skin in the NICU helped support their development and reduced differences linked to family income. Early touch can be a powerful way to promote equity from the very start #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
Cats are excellent listeners. This is a lovely program, for the kids and the cats.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Want to lift your children’s reading skills? Get them to read to kittens
Reading aloud to a non-judgmental audience – such as kittens – can help increase children’s motivation and confidence in reading.
www.theage.com.au
July 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Cats are excellent listeners. This is a lovely program, for the kids and the cats.
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Collected the pots this weekend. Some interesting firing results. Chrome pink has turned out iridescent blue on a few pots. Not what I expected, but nice all the same. Here is a sample of what appeared.
#pottery
#pottery
July 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Collected the pots this weekend. Some interesting firing results. Chrome pink has turned out iridescent blue on a few pots. Not what I expected, but nice all the same. Here is a sample of what appeared.
#pottery
#pottery
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Substitute the word childcare for agecare and reprint - ITS THE SAME!!
Its a TOTAL MISTAKE for profit and care to be in the same sentance.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Its a TOTAL MISTAKE for profit and care to be in the same sentance.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Profit comes before safety inside Australia's childcare centres
For those like me who have been investigating childcare for almost a year now, the news was horrifying but not a surprise.
www.abc.net.au
July 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Substitute the word childcare for agecare and reprint - ITS THE SAME!!
Its a TOTAL MISTAKE for profit and care to be in the same sentance.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Its a TOTAL MISTAKE for profit and care to be in the same sentance.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
