International Congress of Infant Studies

International Congress of Infant Studies

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The International Congress of Infant Studies is a not-for-profit organization devoted to the promotion of research on the development of infants https://infantstudies.org/

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Kaletsch & Liszkowski (2026): infants' pointing frequency predicted subsequent language abilities; infants' early deictic gesture use (especially hold-out-give) is influenced by caregivers' responsiveness #Pointing #Gestures #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comDoes Caregivers' Responsiveness Influence the Early Development of Deictic Gestures? Longitudinal and Training Evidence in Relation to Subsequent Language DevelopmentInfants' deictic gestures, like hold-out-give (HoG) and pointing, are early manifestations of intentional, referential communication and predict later language acquisition. But what factors predict t...
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Piuze et al. (2026): Bilingual exposure was not associated with stronger inhibitory control in toddlers aged 16–24 months. However, performance improved with age, supporting the ECITT as a sensitive measure of early executive function development #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

doi.orgA Test of the Cognitive Benefits of Bilingualism With the Early Childhood Inhibitory Touchscreen TaskThere is some evidence suggesting that bilingual children differ from monolingual children in cognitive processing due to their exposure to a more complex environment. While several studies have supp...
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Crying is one of infants’ earliest signals. Across 53 studies, Mannarino et al. (2026) found no clear overall diff in cry pitch btwn preterm & full-term infants. Mixed findings & methodological var'y show why more consistent research is needed #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comAcoustic Features, Parental Perception and Developmental Correlations of Crying in Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta‐AnalysisInfants born preterm present a higher likelihood of differences in social and emotional communication. Crying, as the earliest form of human communication, may provide valuable information about earl...
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Padilla Colón et al. (2026) observed different joint agency episodes in Argentine Indigenous Wichí communities (multiparty, non-verbally mediated, surrounding materials) & urban Eurodescendant families (dyadic, verbally mediated, domestic toys) #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comPathways to Agency: Cross‐Cultural Evidence From Indigenous Wichi and Eurodescendant Caregiver‐Infant InteractionsThis study reveals a new social interactional framework—joint agency—that permits us to better understand the early development of agency in infants being raised in culturally distinct socialization ...
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Marin et al. (2026): 4-5mos infants looked longer when sound was temporally misaligned with collision, not when collision changed colour unexpectedly ➡️ suggests that infants may already have expectations about how collision events unfold in the physical world #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comInfants Anticipate the Timing of Sounds From Dynamic Collision EventsIn everyday perception, expected sounds are predicted by the movement of dynamic objects. Here, we asked if four-to five-month-old infants' understanding of physical events allows them to use motion ...
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- @leilalarson.bsky.social @glall91.bsky.social et al. (2026): nutrition, psychosocial stimulation and food security in rural Bangladeshi children are important for resting state EEG, even months after exposure #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comBrain Activity of Young Children in Bangladesh Is Associated With Biopsychosocial Conditions at the Individual‐, Family‐, and Household‐LevelAdversities in early life compromise children's nurturing care and impact their development. This study explored the biopsychosocial conditions associated with electroencephalography (EEG)-based bra.....
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Liu (@diliu.bsky.social) and Feigenson (2026) found that infants understand surprise as a response to information that is new to the observer. Unlike happiness, repeated surprise from the same person suggests multiple new discoveries #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comInfants Understand That Surprise Is Caused by Novel InformationInfants use others' emotional expressions to make inferences about the world, for example by inferring candidate causes of their happiness or sadness. However, one emotion—surprise—is less clearly li...
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- @kaylinhill.bsky.social, Malachowski, @amyneedham.bsky.social, @klhumphreys.bsky.social (2026): Some babies explore objects at a fast pace. Others stay with one toy and study it. Surgency was linked to faster exploration tempo #Play #FreePlay #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comUnderstanding Object Exploration: The Role of Temperament Early in LifeObject exploration presents infants and young children with valuable opportunities for learning across domains. What factors motivate and constrain exploratory behavior? In the present studies, we hi...
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- @arekbialek.bsky.social @wimpouw.bsky.social @babajideowoyele.bsky.social & Filip (2026) studied the earliest inf-initiated, obj-related joint activities: throwing&passing exchange constitute paired-action seq. incl. intentional communication #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comInfant‐Caregiver Object‐Related Paired Actions as Communication DevelopmentHuman communication is grounded in social interaction, and infants begin to communicate before producing their first words. In interaction with caregivers, they engage in coordinated object-related a...
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Wei, Surrain et al.'s (2026) findings highlight music's embodied and enactive contributions to language & motor devt, and provide novel insights into how music relates to devt in multilingual home environments #Music #Language #Multilingual #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comTuning in to Development: How Home Music Activities Relate to Language and Motor Skills in Toddlers From Monolingual and Multilingual Home EnvironmentsMusic and language are both multimodal inputs that shape early development, supporting shared attention, sensorimotor coordination, and embodied engagement. Although structured musical training has b....
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Rachwani, Herzberg & Adolph (2026): flexibility in postural control is integral to learning to sit. Trunk control enables infants to adapt to novel threats to balance by maintaining stability over progressively smaller bases of support #MotorDevelopment #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

doi.orgInfants Adapt Sitting to a Decreasing Base of SupportAs infants acquire postural control, they learn to keep balance over a progressively smaller base of support. We systematically tested the development of postural control from a floor sit, where infa...
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Insights from Behm et al. (2026) 766 fMRI analyses of awake 1-36mo infants in Saxe/Turk-Browne Labs: 1) 12-24mos provided most usable data 2) maximise data retention: use movies designs, social stimuli & aim to collect multiple expts/session #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comFunctional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Awake Infants: Insights From More Than 750 Scanning SessionsFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in awake infants has the potential to reveal how the early developing brain gives rise to cognition and behavior. However, awake infant fMRI poses signifi...
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Wei et al. (2026) show key precondition for contingent-response hypothesis (i.e., pointing elicits caregivers' responses that facilitate word learning): adults correctly interpret infants' pointing intent and provide appropriate input #pointing #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comWhat Is the Baby “Saying”? Adults' Interpretation of Infants' Pointing GesturesInfants' early pointing gestures predict their language development. One hypothesized mechanism for this relation is that pointing elicits caregivers' responses that facilitate word learning. This co...
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(2/2) By 20 months of age, infants integrated melody and lyrics, listening longer when either feature was modified @angeladou.bsky.social @lkcirelli.bsky.social #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comMelody and Lyrics Are Integrated by Late Infancy During Recognition of Music Learned at HomeFamiliar songs are often more effective than unfamiliar songs at capturing infant attention, regulating emotion, and eliciting rhythmic movements, but how infants rely on lyrics and melody to recogni...
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Lai et al. (2026): Infants use single words (requests: “more”, protests: “no!”) to convey their needs. Caregivers are more likely to respond to infants’ multimodal requests & protests—words that are paired with gestures or actions—than to respond to words alone #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

doi.orgInfants' Multimodal Requests and Protests Elicit Responses From Mothers During Everyday Home ActivitiesDuring early vocabulary growth, infants use single words to express complete ideas. Requests (“milk”) and protests (“no!”) are fundamental ways that infants communicate their needs. However, understa...
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Chai et al. (2026) find a devtal shift towards less gestural & more verbal strategies for initiating interaction ➡️ show key role of gaze & obj-oriented action in early interaction & adaptability of communicative strategies in mum-child exchanges #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comDevelopmental Shift in Multimodal Cue Usage in Early Mother‐Child Conversational InitiationEarly mother–child conversational initiation is increasingly understood as a developmentally dynamic, embodied, and socially embedded process in which caregivers and children coordinate multimodal cu...
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- @samanthaplate.bsky.social, Schneider, & Iverson (2026) find that infant vocal production ‘dips’ around walk onset & babies only begin coordinating vocalization with walking after 1 month of walking experience #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comDips in Development: Learning to Walk Temporarily Disrupts Infant VocalizationInfant development is a dynamic, cross-domain process. Infants acquire new skills, integrate them with well-established behaviors, and do so simultaneously. New skills can bolster development of exis...
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How in sync are parents and babies, and can AI measure it? Sfeir et al. (2026) use theory-guided machine learning to predict dyadic synchrony, opening new doors for studying early relationships #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #MachineLearning #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

doi.orgPredicting Dyadic Synchrony: A Theory‐Driven Machine Learning ApproachDyadic synchrony, defined as the coordination of emotional and behavioral signals between mother and child, is a central mechanism supporting early socioemotional development. However, predicting its...
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onlinelibrary.wiley.comToward Understanding Free‐Flowing Manual Object Contact: Real‐Time Interaction Between Body Position and Object Type in 9‐Month‐OldsInfants manually contact objects differently depending on their body position and the physical properties of objects. Previous studies have examined these factors separately, in structured laboratory...

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1/4 Great week at #ICIS2026 in Panama City, Panama! It was wonderful to catch up with colleagues, meet new people, and both share and hear about latest research.

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Good discussion at the end on research funding, social contexts, and what exciting questions can (and cannot) be asked with this data

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Nick Turk-Browne covers neural mechanisms underlying episodic, statistical learning, and reinforcement learning during infancy! Very cool data using personalized home video memories within awake infant fMRI tasks

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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam
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Honored and thrilled to receive the Early Career Award from @infantstudies.bsky.social! Thanks to my mentees and collaborators for making my research possible and to @nataliebrito.bsky.social for the very kind nomination and @drkoraly.bsky.social and Chuck Nelson for their letters of support!

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Congrats Laurel Gabard-Durnam on the @infantstudies.bsky.social Early Career Award!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ @laurelgd.bsky.social #ICIS2026

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Chen Yu demonstrates how micro-level input statistics can be collected using naturalistic methods and how a computational solution can help us understand these complex datasets

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Masako Myowa presented an amazing array of data integrating ECG, EEG, and microbiome within the context of parent-child co-regulation