Through Skype A Scientist, I was matched with a student doing a research project on parenting and child development. After a Zoom call and several e-mail exchanges, she asked me to be her mentor and we signed a mentorship agreement - my first time officially mentoring a student! 🚀

Folge-Umfrage: Wie sagt ihr am ehesten? „Ich habe das Buch _____“

Mountain Climber (m/w/d) am Max-Plank-Institut für Körpergewichtsübungen

"Wir sammeln die Ideen in einem ______"

American coach giving feedback: "Honestly, I was SHOCKED. You absolutely CRUSHED it. Really, I'm a FAN GIRL" German coach giving feedback: "Biiiisschen besser, aber" *proceeds to give a detailed explanation of everything you've ever done wrong, starting the day you were born*

Meet us at the Pint of Science Germany e.V. in #Göttingen for a cold pint of beer and lots of science: May 22 with Zurna Ahmed 🏳️‍🌈, May 23 with Julia Fischer & Lena Ackermann (lenaackermann.bsky.social), May 24 with Richard Vogg & Baptiste Sadoughi. Full program: pintofscience.de/events/goettin…

Me, in every talk I give: Children are amazing word learners! Their vocabulary increases tenfold in just six months! Lil' word learning machines! Cillian Murphy: Houd mijn bier vast

Came across an old journal while decluttering. October 2010: "Tomorrow, the long-awaited student life finally starts. I have been waiting for this day for so long and marked it in all my calendars months ago." 🥹

Diese Woche gibt es wieder Linguistik bei Real Scientists DE, diesmal mit Stefan Hartmann

New preprint online🥳 With Lena Ackermann (lenaackermann.bsky.social), Meike Förster, Juliane Schaarschmitt, Robert Hepach and Nivi Mani we investigated how children's interest in a category influences their word learning and retention. authorea.com/users/653358/a…

[Admin] Wie wir Schmerzen wahrnehmen - Begrüßt unsere Wiederholungstäterin Dr. Helena Hartmann zurück auf dem Kanal! realscientistsde.blogspot.com/2023/08/wie-wi…

Developmental/vision peeps: Do children who are later diagnosed with myopia learn to rely on cues other than facial features to recognize people? Perhaps in a way similar to people with prosopagnosia?

Lena Ackermann (lenaackermann.bsky.social) Nivi Mani Good news: Our paper on children's interest modulating novel word retention is out now and openly available for everyone! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

We got rid of our old couch and won't get a new one until next week. The humans don't mind, but he does, so we built him a lil replacement couch 🐈

Excited for another year of volunteering with Letters to a Pre-Scientist! My first letter to my middle school pen pal is on its way to the US 💌

For the third year in a row, the BeCog / RTG 2070 doctoral students have invited me to their retreat to talk about mental health in academia. Looking forward to share my journey, the reasons for the current mental health epidemic among ECRs and what to do when you're struggling!

Brezel is a vet certified "super cat" 🦸🐈