MB Newsletter - May 2022

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May 2022

vote!

MB Governing Board election; click here for more info about the candidates and election process

The ManyBabies Governing Board election is underway! All MB project contributors are eligible to vote and should have received a personalized ballot link in their inboxes on May 16. If you did not receive your ballot, please email us ASAP!

Submit your votes before the end of the voting period: May 27 @ 23:59 PT

research spotlight

MB1 follow-up honors thesis

Taylor Stone, Lafayette College

Taylor Stone, a graduating senior at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, US, learned about ManyBabies while taking a class from Dr. Lauren Myers. Her experience in that class inspired her to conduct a secondary analysis of MB1 data for her senior honors thesis. Specifically, she used video recordings from 4 labs (PIs: Sara Cordes, Robin Panneton, Dare Baldwin, and Derek Houston) to examine aspects of infant and caregiver behavior during the experiment.

Results indicated that older infants (13-16 months) made more “bids” for attention to their caregivers during the experiment than did younger infants (6-9 months) (Fig. 1). The number of infant bids was positively correlated with the duration of fussiness throughout the experiment (Fig. 2), but was not associated with looking time to IDS (the primary measure of interest in MB1). Taylor also looked at how caregivers’ reactions (or non-reactions) to infants’ bids related to overall fussiness – if you’re interested in learning more email us and we’ll let Taylor know!

Taylor’s project is a great example of the many questions that can be investigated using openly available ManyBabies data and project materials. We applaud Taylor for her great project and Lauren for incorporating MB into her teaching! Please get in touch if you are interested in learning how you can do the same or if you have a project you'd like us to highlight.

events

MB Office Hours will be held on the first Thursday* of every month!**
*Friday for some of you :) **schedule subject to change, so check the calendar!

Stop by to get questions answered, share ideas, or just say "Hi!"
No need to RSVP, just drop in.

You can find the Zoom links via the ManyBabies calendar, which is now available on our website (view, subscribe).

June Office Hours: June 2 @ 15:00 and 23:00 UTC

announcements and opportunities

Signup form
http://nextgenpsychscholars.com

International Congress of Infant Studies: ICIS is scheduled to take place July 7-10 in Ottawa, Canada. The registration deadline is June 2!

SRCD Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant: Apply by June 30.

project updates

reporting project contributions

If you are contributing to an active MB project, we ask that you fill out your project’s CRediT Form to report your contributions as soon as possible. You will be able to update your contribution report throughout the course of the project, and so responses should reflect actual contributions so far and/or plans to collect data (but not other planned contributions). Contact us with any questions.

MB2 CRediT Form

MB2 leaders are looking for a 5-year postdoc to be part of the project dedicated to systematically investigating the replicability and validity of infant Theory of Mind measures. See here for details.

MB2P: We are preparing the violation-of-expectation pupillometry spin-off. If interested, please contact Robert Hepach.

MB3 CRediT Form

If you are interested in acting as a mentor to a new laboratory, please contact Melanie Soderstrom.
Labs interested in collecting data: please fill out this brief (2-min) survey (Note: If your lab has previously completed this form, you do not need to fill it out again). Contact Ingmar Visser with any questions.

MB3N CRediT Form

The team is making progress on study design, tech issues, and localization efforts. Contact Judit Gervain with any questions or to get involved.

MB4 CRediT Form

MB4 is on track to kick off data collection in Summer 2022! You can learn more about the MB4 project on the website, and sign up for data collection updates here. A project update was sent out to the MB4 listserv on May 19th. If you did not receive this update (but should have), or if you have any questions, please contact Kelsey Lucca.

MB5 CRediT Form

The group is working on incorporating contributor feedback into the Stage 1 manuscript. If you are interested in collecting data or helping out with other tasks such as creating stimuli and piloting the study, please let us know by filling out this survey.

committees

We are planning to gradually form committees to help handle specific needs. If you are interested in learning more about committee opportunities for one of the following MB committees (or have an idea for additional committees), please contact manybabiesconsortium@gmail.com.

Diversity and Outreach: coordinate MB’s efforts to increase diversity of membership and testing populations

Communications: assist with the creation of the MB newsletter, manage MB social media accounts, coordinate press releases

Statistics and Analysis: consult with project analysis teams on analysis methodology (e.g., model specification, power analyses)

Software and Tech Implementation: coordinate and manage centralized MB resources (e.g., data validator, OSF) and consult with project leads and contributors regarding tech issues and implementation

Ethics: help coordinate project ethics considerations and submissions, consult with MB contributors about specific issues with obtaining ethics approval, manage data sharing policies and efforts

reminders

ORCiD

As part of our mission to promote open science practices, we strongly recommend that all MB contributors obtain an ORCiD. The sign-up process is fast and easy! We're happy to help.

Update your MB profile

As always, check to make sure you’re on the MB contributor dashboard. Fill out the form on this page to be added or to update your info.

MB activity tracking

Don’t forget to keep an updated record of your ManyBabies-related activities and initiatives (e.g., workshops, talks, etc.), which are tracked in this spreadsheet. To add an entry, please complete this form.

MB sign-up form

You can find our sign-up form on our website. Pass this link along to anyone who might be interested in getting involved with MB for the first time (or fill it out yourself if you're interested in contributing in a new way!).

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