Dr Sam Roberts

How much and what type of touch do infants receive at night-time? Using videos of mother-infant pairs, we showed that infants who spent more time in their mother's bed received more static touch, but not more stroking touch. @ingridboedker.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Be sure to check out, "Intentional communication reduces social stress by increasing the predictability of conspecifics’ behaviour," co-authored by WG grant recipient Anna I. Roberts! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Happy to be interviewed by @matthfield.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... If loneliness is caused by a lack of genuine social connection, it seems unlikely use of AI chatbots could reduce loneliness. AI simulates social connection, but cannot replace it. @RCBB_LJMU @LJMUPsychology

Many thanks to all organisers of #EHBEA2025 for putting on such an inclusive and welcoming conference! @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2025.bsky.social

Great first plenary @ehbea2025.bsky.social by @prof-r-hill.bsky.social, who reflected on how the STRANGE framework, devised by @mikemwebster.bsky.social and Christian Rutz, relates to primate fieldwork (e.g. the impact of tolerance of human observers on social network datasets).

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Very much looking forward to presenting this paper on the Construction of the Views oN Infant Sleep (VNIS) Scale at #EHBEA2025 this week in sunny (?) Newcastle! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ingridboedker.bsky.social @incaringtina.bsky.social

We now recruiting pregnant mothers-to-be in their third trimester, between the ages of 18 and 45 and who live in the UK, for an online longitudinal study. For more details, see : nighttimecaregiving.study/longitudinal/

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