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Przemek Tomalski

@tomalski.bsky.social

Assoc Res Prof Inst of Psychology, Polish Academy of Science, head of BabylabPAN, Warsaw, Poland I study infant neurocognitve development-body movement, attention, speech and social interactions. Views are mine.

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Almost 55,000 preschool children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates Study shows clear link between Israeli aid restrictions and malnutrition among children aged between six months and five years

Please let this peace plan work. At last there is hope.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

09.10.2025 16:40 — 👍 255    🔁 38    💬 12    📌 0

I'm hoping to recruit one grad student for 2026-27, in the developmental science area!

24.09.2025 00:50 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Huge congratulations to our PhD student, Craig, for his fantastic poster spotlight talk yesterday at @ieee-icdl.bsky.social - well done on a great talk and poster presentation!

#ICDL2025

18.09.2025 07:13 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Particular congratulations to Agata from Babylab PAN (supervised by @tomalski.bsky.social) on her fantastic spotlight talk and poster yesterday!

What a wonderful presentation! #ICDL2025

19.09.2025 07:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Congratulations, also, to Joanna from Babylab PAN (supervised by @tomalski.bsky.social) who delivered a fantastic 15 minute presentation titled "Talking Hands: Maternal Speech and Hand Movements in Mother-Infant Interactions" 🌟

#ICDL2025

20.09.2025 21:23 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Very proud and glad to be on the team for this study! Want to know more about semantic integration of bilingual Polish-Norwegian toddlers? Check-out our new paper!

10.08.2025 09:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Book: The Dawn of Everything, by David Graeber and David Wengrow

Book: The Dawn of Everything, by David Graeber and David Wengrow

I have just finished The Dawn Of Everything and I highly recommend it if you're interested in the structure of society or how we look at history. It's a commitment (525 pages and reasonably dense) but it's eye-opening. And gives you hope for the future - there are *other* ways of doing things.

23.04.2025 10:52 — 👍 768    🔁 119    💬 59    📌 15
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apnews.com/article/gaza...

27.07.2025 06:51 — 👍 2375    🔁 1219    💬 207    📌 122
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The former Attorney General of Israel, Michael Benyair is now calling Israel's actions in Gaza genocide.

"To eternal shame. Jews, who suffered a genocide 80 years ago, are committing genocide in Gaza. Shame, rage, and sorrow"

29.07.2025 00:43 — 👍 2554    🔁 985    💬 51    📌 44

In a sane world, every newspaper would run on A1 tomorrow:

“IDF THREAT: IF JOURNALISTS PHOTOGRAPH GAZA, WE WILL STARVE GAZA”

28.07.2025 21:04 — 👍 2107    🔁 931    💬 51    📌 18
Nature-based Learning Programme Development Manage - Cardiff University - Job Details Job Details: Nature-based Learning Programme Development Manager (KTP Associate)School of PsychologyWe have an exciting new

We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work with Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd and WWT on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership!

🦉Join us as we inspire the next generation of nature lovers.🌳

krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

23.07.2025 12:00 — 👍 8    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 2
Dark blue background to the left of image with Cardiff University logo in top left corner, red Babylab dragon and ident to the centre. Cream box overlays the blue background. Centred dark blue text reads "are you a medical or allied health professional based in the UK? Do you work with children with Down syndrome under 5? We want to hear your thoughts on using wearable head-mounted cameras in your practice". A QR code to the bottom left with dark blue text that reads "Find out more about our new remote study using the QR code or link in the caption"

Right side of image shows a young child with Down syndrome in a light blue t-shirt with the Babylab Dragon and text reading “Little Scientist”. She is wearing a soft, light blue foam helmet with a small camera attached to the front, just above eye level.

Dark blue background to the left of image with Cardiff University logo in top left corner, red Babylab dragon and ident to the centre. Cream box overlays the blue background. Centred dark blue text reads "are you a medical or allied health professional based in the UK? Do you work with children with Down syndrome under 5? We want to hear your thoughts on using wearable head-mounted cameras in your practice". A QR code to the bottom left with dark blue text that reads "Find out more about our new remote study using the QR code or link in the caption" Right side of image shows a young child with Down syndrome in a light blue t-shirt with the Babylab Dragon and text reading “Little Scientist”. She is wearing a soft, light blue foam helmet with a small camera attached to the front, just above eye level.

Cardiff Babylab is excited to launch a new, remote study for medical and allied health professionals in the UK!

We are inviting professionals to give their thoughts on integrating wearable head cameras into their practice.

Find out more: www.cardiff-babylab.com/tinyexplorer...

28.07.2025 11:42 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Dlaczego ciągle musimy powielać stare błędy? Zniesienie N0 to jeden z bardziej kontrowersyjnych pomysłów, choć nie bezsensowny. „Wycenianie” publikacji przez komitety PAN już przerabialiśmy, podobnie jak limit 2N, który nie bez powodu wiele lat ...

Czy musimy ciągle powielać stare błędy? – pyta prof. Maria Lewicka #UMK, odnosząc się do propozycji zmian w kryterium I ewaluacji.

Wśród pomysłów: zmniejszenie limitu osiągnięć do 2N, odejście od dzielenia udziałów w publikacjach wieloautorskich oraz „wycenianie” publikacji przez komitety #PAN ⬇️

28.07.2025 11:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Brain Surfaces of 70 primate species

Brain Surfaces of 70 primate species

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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!

🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...

27.07.2025 17:26 — 👍 495    🔁 225    💬 15    📌 26

Wishing to see
starving people fed
is not political
it’s not taking sides
it’s being human
and having a heart
that beats for all
not just some.

- Donna Ashworth

26.07.2025 13:44 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Our new study in Psych Science @psychscience.bsky.social reveals many interesting-- and concerning -- things about the language on kids' shows, including a grammatical bias in favor of men and boys as agents or "doers" 👇

26.07.2025 15:18 — 👍 36    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 1

if any liberal brits are looking at this and going “oh no, that’s a bit hitlerian,” you might want to check out how he sold the practice to the population (read the alt text)

25.07.2025 14:50 — 👍 157    🔁 61    💬 7    📌 3
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Welcome to Hotel Elsevier: you can check-out any time you like … not » Eiko Fried A journey by Robin Kok and Eiko Fried trying to understand what private data Elsevier collects; what private data Elsevier sells; and what to do about it.

I was reminded today of the heroic work done by @eikofried.bsky.social and
@robinnkok.bsky.social to see what information Elsevier collects on academics and was re-horrified. 🧵 (1/5)

eiko-fried.com/welcome-to-h...

#academicsky

23.07.2025 14:57 — 👍 29    🔁 17    💬 4    📌 1
Fallen tree in the Białowieża Forest, Poland, photo: Jacek Karczmarz

Fallen tree in the Białowieża Forest, Poland, photo: Jacek Karczmarz

The increasingly militarised state border between Poland and Belarus, running through Białowieża Forest (a unique old-growth forest in Europe), is leading to higher tree damage and wildlife roadkill.

🧪☠️🌲

Paper by @katzyna.bsky.social and @michalzmihorski.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

16.07.2025 13:59 — 👍 25    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1

Ok, czyli na naukę w tym @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social rząd ściboli, ale na instytut propagandowy dla ludowców 10 mln się znajdzie! Absolutny skandal! Co na to @ministerstwonauki.bsky.social ?

22.07.2025 19:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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PSL dostanie instytut naukowy. Będzie "szerzyć myśl narodową i patriotyczną" Wincentego Witosa Instytut dostanie na początek 10 mln zł. Będzie podlegał ministrowi rolnictwa, bo 'Witos kojarzy się z rolnictwem i wsią'.

Instytut im. Witosa dostanie na początek 10 mln zł. Będzie podlegał ministrowi rolnictwa, bo "Witos kojarzy się z rolnictwem i wsią".

wyborcza.pl/7,75398,3212...

22.07.2025 18:19 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Really happy to see Claire Essex’s brilliant work on the immediate cognitive effects of kid’s TV published after a long journey during her PhD. Watch this space for her continued work on this in our @ukri.org funded #animatingminds project 🧠🎞️👶

17.03.2025 10:33 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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“I truly hope that people understand what’s happening.”

“I’m a UN pro bono official — I’m not even paid. Yet suddenly I’m a threat to the global economy. Why? Because I asked big tech to comply with international law and stop profiteering from genocide.”

— Francesca Albanese

10.07.2025 18:43 — 👍 1001    🔁 389    💬 11    📌 6
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ABCD Study omits gender-identity data from latest release The removal counteracts the goals of the longitudinal study by “pretending that some aspects of adolescent brain development don’t exist,” says sex differences researcher Nicola Grissom.

The National Institutes of Health has removed gender identity variables from the ongoing Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, @thetransmitter.bsky.social has learned.

By @callimcflurry.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/gender/abcd-...

11.07.2025 20:56 — 👍 35    🔁 19    💬 0    📌 5
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BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, The Psychology of Curiosity at Cheltenham Science Festival Claudia Hammond, Major Tim Peake and panel discuss the psychology of curiosity.

Is curiosity good for us, or should we learn a lesson from what curiosity did to the cat?

A fascinating discussion on the psychology of curiosity, contributed to by Cardiff University’s very own @mjgruber.bsky.social ! Find it here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

26.06.2025 07:57 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Jak niemowlęta uczą się mówić? Zaproszenie na spotkanie z prof. Przemysławem Tomalskim - Portal Polskiej Akademii Nauk Czy nauka mowy zaczyna się w gardle? A może w rękach i nogach? W poniedziałek, 16 czerwca o godzinie 18:00, w Kawiarni Naukowej Festiwalu Nauki w Pałacu Staszica wystąpi prof. Przemysław Tomalski z In...

Już jutro o 18.00 zapraszam na wykład o wczesnym rozwoju mowy u niemowląt w Kawiarni Naukowej - Pałac Staszica w Warszawie i w transmisji na youtube. Więcej w linku: academia.pan.pl/jak-niemowle...

15.06.2025 11:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Are you interested in early cognitive and brain development? - the Bristol University Baby Lab is looking to host MSCA postdoc fellows | The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Matchmaking Platform The platform provides an opportunity for companies, SMEs, Universities, Research Centres, NGOs, to find partners and offer opportunities to future MSCA fellows

If you are looking to apply for an MSCA postdoctoral fellowship in the area of early cognitive and brain development, check out this opportunity in my lab:

www.b2match.com/e/radiance-m...

10.06.2025 08:06 — 👍 3    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Support NIH Staff Now!

More than 6000 scientists have signed a declaration condemning "Administration policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe"

www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

10.06.2025 05:56 — 👍 3821    🔁 1330    💬 45    📌 50
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Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries Exclusive: The climate cost is more than than the combined 2023 emissions of Costa Rica and Estonia, study finds

By me: Climate cost of Israel’s war on Gaza will exceed the annual greenhouse gas emissions of >100 countries - exacerbating planetary catastrophe on top of the horrific death toll and suffering of Palestinians

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

30.05.2025 07:45 — 👍 82    🔁 49    💬 5    📌 6

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