Psychology Professor @UMiamiPsych @UnivMiami, Director @UMSocCogLab, one of @Many_Babies & @ManyPrimates. Developmental science, infant social behavior. She/her
Miami, FL
Joined March 2009
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Congratulations to Eraine!
This summer, Eraine Leland, a 5th-year Developmental Psychology PhD student, was awarded the Psi Chi Graduate Summer Mamie Phipps Clark Diversity Research Grant to support her research on children’s social development in Head Start classrooms.
ALT Psi Chi Mamie Phipps Clark Diversity Research Grant congratulatory graphic featuring Eraine Leland, a fifth-year Developmental Psychology PhD student at the University of Miami. The graphic includes her portrait and University of Miami Psychology branding.
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Join us! Opening for a full-time faculty position in the department’s Child Clinical Program at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (tenure-eligible). The start date of the appointment is August 15, 2027. careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/…
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Applications for 2027–28 are now open!
📅 Apply by December 1, 2026 — all materials must be received by the deadline.
Don’t miss your chance to join us! Learn more & apply:
🔗 psy.miami.edu/graduate/how-t…
ALT “Did You Know?” graphic from the University of Miami Psychology Department. Text states that Psychology is the largest Ph.D.-granting department at UM, with 75 enrolled Ph.D. students, including 10 on clinical internship, and 10–20 incoming Ph.D. students per year. University of Miami logo and contact information appear at the bottom.
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Infant heart rate variability is not associated with infant or mom smiling. Instead, it rises up to 10 seconds before mutual (baby and mom) smiling. Seems like mutual enjoyment affords infant self-regulation. tinyurl.com/5e22pxp4
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The science behind a baby’s smile.
Two new studies suggest that smiling and other positive interactions with caregivers help shape infants’ emotional development.
news.miami.edu/as/stories/20…
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Can we train children to better recognize and avoid cues of sickness? 🦠 Findings from our new paper suggest that children’s disease detection system is malleable!
@ZengGuangyu, Sarah Maylott, @arushi_malik, Shuo Zhang, @krizzyvj, @Lizzy_Simpson
doi.org/10.1002/icd.70134
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Congrats to Shuo, for defending her master's thesis! She discovered infants may have stable levels of social attention, a trait linked to empathy in adults. Cheers!
ALT Title slide says: Development and consistency of infant social attention: Interindividual differences in social prioritization across stimuli and with age. 7 smiling people on a zoom meeting.
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A day to remember. Congrats to Giulia D’Adamo! We show that human relationality, contagious behavior, and motor resonance begin before birth in mother–fetus dyads—opening new paths for neurobiology and clinical research.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Academic friends,
A few of us drafted an open letter calling for protection of civilians & of educational, research, medical & cultural institutions; and for practical support for students and scholars.
Please read, share & sign if you agree:
sites.google.com/view/protec…
#IranWar
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The PRIDE Lab (Psychology of Racism, Identity, Diversity & Equity) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami, directed by me, invites applications for a full-time Research Associate (Lab Manager) position.
umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com…
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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.…
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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/beh/…
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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.70091
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Congrats, Dr. @tiffany6390! 👏
#UMiami graduate students showcase big ideas in just 180 seconds at the 10th Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition. bit.ly/3LGgpdx
@UMGradSchool
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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-biology/ful…
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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…
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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…
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New longitudinal study at the University of Miami! news.miami.edu/as/stories/20…
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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…
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Well done @guardian for having the guts to publish this
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
theguardian.com/world/ng-int…
