Ellen Roche

I mostly live under a rock these days, but yesterday realized we have 6 wks to mobilize to flip the house (& perhaps senate). Volunteering to GOTV makes all the difference. My friends and I have reached more than 1 million voters in close races in the last 10 yrs. Here's what we've learned. Join us!

Excited to share lessons learned from our real-world caregiver-child #fnirshyper study at #neuroergonomics2026 (Mon at 10:30) We were committed to inclusion of diverse families which influenced everything: - budget - recruitment - personnel - tasks - montage - analysis @umdleadlab.bsky.social

I just got a sneak peek of this symposium and it is SO fantastic and inspiring! So sad to miss @infantstudies.bsky.social but if you’re there do not miss @elliektaylor.bsky.social @rachelromeo.bsky.social @dtandon.bsky.social and Rose Perry’s talks! #icis2026

Come join the wonderful @umdleadlab.bsky.social as our new lab manager this summer! Our lab is inclusive, creative, fun, and we’re engaged in all kinds of cool early developmental neuro (fMRI and fNIRS) research focused on language, executive function. and socioemotional development.

Parents and educators share how immigration raids are disrupting their (already precarious) childcare experiences. rapidsurveyproject.com/article/list...

Trump is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to lawful protests against ICE in Minneapolis. He's made this threat before, but seems more focused on it than ever. Here's what you need to know⤵️ https://bit.ly/4qxW3Tf

👀 Fantastic new review of disparate literature on stress & development across cog, emo and phys domains. "Early Life Stress Effects on Children's Biology, Behavior, & Health: Evidence, Mediators, Moderators, & Solutions" @nicolebushphd.bsky.social @alliesullivan.bsky.social & Amanda Noroña-Zhou

I've been on the internet since the 90s and this remains one of the very best things I've encountered here. Thanks @mastroianni.bsky.social for all your writing but especially this, you beautiful bouncing baby bog boy. "So you wanna de-bog yourself" www.experimental-history.com/p/so-you-wan...

New study from @ndersen.bsky.social and colleagues combines two of my favorite things - haunted houses and physiological synchrony research. "Scared together: heart rate synchrony and social closeness in a high-intensity horror setting." 👻❤️⚡❤️🧟

"Writing is one of the most peaceful ways of communication...Writing is a form of listening, a process of thinking...the foundation upon which academic work is built. Writing is the heart of freedom of expression. Unbelievably, this opinion piece in our student paper, would lead to my detention."

Weeks before agents arrived in Somerville in search of Rümeysa Öztürk, the White House developed their strategy to crack down on student protesters in a private meeting. Quietly, Öztürk's visa was canceled. Then came the warrant for her arrest. trib.al/KGutFoj

Powerful new commentary from thorbiie.bsky.social & @iheomairuka.bsky.social in @the74.bsky.social "Let us be clear: Agency in child-rearing is not a Silicon Valley innovation It is ancient wisdom..." www.the74million.org/article/the-...

👀 New @nature.com paper from Chenyu Yue, Na Wang & co identifies adenosine signaling in mPFC as a shared underlying mechanism of action in both ketamine and ECT, and thus a potential therapeutic target for depression. Super interesting read! 🐁 ⚡️

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name! #clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social

So many things to be concerned about. Here’s one more! Based on everything we know about infant development, we should be exceedingly cautious about letting our littlest play with generative AI toys & bots. If you agree please sign & share our scientific statement: gsolen.ucsd.edu/position-sta...

Rounding out our #flux2025 neural synchrony symposium - Kathryn McNaughton will share findings (with chair Elizabeth Redcay) across behavioral synchrony & neural similarity using fMRI in both typically developing and ASD adolescents. Join us at 3 in Hyde 1! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32025922/

Looking fwd to our neural synchrony symposium today - & especially learning more from @pvrticka.bsky.social on synchrony in #fNIRS. For a preview check out an excellent 2025 review led by @saradefelice.bsky.social - join us 3pm in Hyde 1. 🧠 ⚡️ 🧠 #flux2025 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fantastic talk on differential pathways of threat and deprivation across brain and behavioral outcomes from childhood > adolescence from Margaret Sheridan. Many open questions on how plasticity actually works. #flux2025

John Cryan’s microbiota-social cognition talk was a revelation and made me want to eat some sauerkraut and give some to all my neighbors. 🥦 🫐 🧠 🍏 🥬 @jfcryan.bsky.social #flux2025

🎓 FLUX is proud to spotlight Gavkhar Abdurokhmonova. Her research focuses on understanding how children's early language experiences shape their brain, cognitive, and socio-emotional development. Read about her journey, motivations, and advice for other young scientists: 👉 buff.ly/19APuWX

Is neural synchrony a dev. mechanism? How do we know? One methods insight - we should be cautious about interpreting brain synchrony w/o behavioral context. Our 2nd speaker, IM Haresign, wrote a great paper on this w/ E. Phillips & @profsamwass.bsky.social - learn more Sat @ 3! #flux2025 🧠⚡️🧠

I’ve wondered how we meaningfully interpret brain synchrony findings across regions in humans (eg motor v PFC). Going much deeper - @honglab.bsky.social will share how GABA- v glutamatergic neurons sync up - distinctly! - across two interacting mice - learn more 3pm Sat at #flux2025 🐁 🧠 ⚡️ 🧠 🐁

Great talk on combining behavioral and EEG data during parent-child dialogic reading to predict language outcomes from Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus at #flux2025 @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social symposium

My lab has an open post-doc position! We will begin reviewing applications as they come in. The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic... 1/3

I am so excited to moderate this symposium at #flux2025. Please join us Saturday, 3pm in Hyde 1. Across 4 methods & stages (direct neural recording, EEG, fNIRS, fMRI | mice, babies, toddlers & adolescents) we'll explore whether neural synchrony represents a developmental mechanism. Please join us!

Thank you @amandahess.bsky.social & @nytimes.com for this critical commentary on AI toys marketed to young children. We have no evidence that these kinds of toys support healthy development, and so many reasons to be cautious. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/a...

Tuesday: 3 of us on my corner Wednesday: 7. I banged so joyfully I chipped my spoon Thursday: a dozen Tonight: dozens. Soup pot? Bass drum. People walk by, ask what we’re doing, grin, & start clapping along. Join us every night at 8 to free dc. #freedc #fuckfascism 🥄 🎶 🥣 🍳 🥁

Fantastic coverage of the legal battle unfolding in DC. Who's in charge of my local police force? The people I elected, or the people attempting a coup? Notably - in addition to rescinding protections for immigrants Bondi's order is an attempt to punish protestors like me. #freedc

We just published an excellent commentary in Vaccine by @gavinyamey.bsky.social & Chris Beyrer breaking down how the current regime is laying waste to US vaccination programs & what we can do about it: ✅Congress must withdraw support for RFK Jr ✅Speak up...loudly ✅Study anti-vax movements ✅VOTE

Turn down for what. 🔥 Proud of this movement & the way we organize and push back together. #HandsOffHeadStart #TogetherForHeadStart www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

Fantastic round-up of what's happening in DC. Thank you @51st.news and @streetsensedc.bsky.social.

TONIGHT: It’s time for a new phase of national campaign work that puts pressure on institutions enabling Trump. You’ll learn to plan and execute a non-cooperation campaign, and how to coach others to do the same. Plus, Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu joins us: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Super interesting new study from @joscelinrocha.com @drkoraly.bsky.social @kabuss.bsky.social V. Lobue, B. Ostland - "Multilevel growth models show that infant neg. affect decreased post COVID onset, contrary to hypotheses." onlinelibrary-wiley-com.proxy.library.georgetown.edu/doi/full/10....

D.C. residents rallied near the White House this morning to protest President Trump’s federal takeover of city law enforcement. Free DC led a rally near LaFayette Square this morning, where speakers called on D.C. area residents to fight back President Trump’s ‘fascist’ federal takeover.

The University of California system is publicly mobilizing against federal attacks. That’s historic. It's time for ALL of us in US #highered to act. Join our movement at standtogetherhighered.org. #academicsky #highered #standtogether 🔗 universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/stand-up-for-uc