Thank you for a great year!

2024 recap in numbers

🌏 684 contributors in 52 countries
- MB Contributor Dashboard
📄 8 publications
- MB1L, MB1T, MB1-Meta, MB4, MB5 (Stage 1 Registered Report), MB-Demo (main), MB-Demo (Tools of the Trade), MB-ManyWebcams
🖥️ 3 open science workshops
- Project Management, Power Analysis, Behavioral Coding Software
💡 24 new ideas submitted
☑️ 350+ contribution reports
- MB CRediT table
👶 "Many" babies tested :)
🥰 Countless emails, shared documents, github commits, zoom meetings, slack comments, ...

Announcements

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MB Ethics Protocol Library

View the brand new library HERE

Thanks to those who have already shared! Please help us build this resource by sharing your protocol(s)!

Share your ethics protocol

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Update on call for ideas

Thanks to everyone who submitted an idea for a future ManyBabies project! We're reviewing submissions and will be in touch about next steps in the new year!

Call for mentors

ICIS is looking for summer 2025 mentors for its Founding Generation Summer Fellowship Initiative.

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Stop by the monthly
MB Drop-In Hour

Thursday, 9 January
16:00-17:00 UTC

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Project Updates

MB-Demographics

The MB-Demographics "Tools of the Trade" paper has been published! This paper includes lots of practical guidance for authors, reviewers, and editors looking to implement the reporting guidelines outlined in the first MB-Demographics publication. View the paper here.

MB2: Theory of Mind

Tobias Schuwerk (Munich) and Hannes Rakoczy (Göttingen) received funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the second funding period of MB2 studies. The grant supports a three-year PhD position and additional project expenses.

MB4I: Individual differences spin-off

A summary report of our preliminary findings was submitted to KindFund, which supported our study on individual differences in infants’ social preferences and prosocial behaviors across cultures.

MB5: Hunter & Ames model

We are making some final preparations to begin pilot testing in the new year. A project update was recently sent to MB5 listserv. If you didn’t receive it, you can subscribe via this link or by emailing us.