Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer

CONGRATS Rachel, that is outstanding news! Well-deserved and a huge round of applause for your persistence 🥳

The CDC revives debunked 'link' between childhood vaccines and autism A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated "Vaccines do not cause autism" has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding.

This website update is unacceptable anti-science that seems designed to be misleading. As pointed out in the article, many high-quality studies run over the past ~25 years, involving millions of people in total, have shown there is no link between vaccines and autism. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Check out this overview of amazing work on youth voting! 🗳️ @dcosme.bsky.social and colleagues present a developmentally-informed approach that will support youth civic engagement and break the disempowerment cycle. This is so important, because young people are the future of our communities.

If you think your kids aren't old enough to hear about what's happening in this country, remember that there are millions of kids their same age who don't have that choice.

Students walk out of Little Village schools, hold march in protest of recent ICE activity Little Village high school students walked the streets calling for an end to ICE and deportations in Chicago.

In an over 2-mile walk, hundreds of students made their way from Little Village Lawndale High School to the Little Village Arch, denouncing recent ICE action and supporting immigrant communities.

Thank you! One of my favorite parts about this talk is identifying their strengths and opportunities, so I think it's a good one for young people to watch!

The surprising science of adolescent brains Neuroscientist Jennifer Pfeifer digs into the fascinating brain changes driving young people’s behavior during the critical years of adolescence. She debunks some of the biggest misunderstandings abou...

If we keep saying this generation is being destroyed, how will adolescents ever believe in their own potential? My TEDx talk is live on @ted.com. Changes in their brains, bodies, and social worlds create opportunities for young people to grow & thrive - with our support. www.ted.com/talks/jennif...

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science - Volume 8, Number 3 Table of contents for Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8, 3

Papers from July to Sept 2025 at AMPPS are killer. We don't have formal print issues, but we have this-- journals.sagepub.com/toc/ampa/8/3

Vanderbilt University's Peabody College is hiring a TT Assistant Prof in Clinical Psychology (child/family focus) with expertise in AI methods (ML, NLP, LLMs, CV).

📅 Review begins Nov 15, 2025

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The Biological Psychiatry family of journals is now officially on Bluesky!

Follow us for the latest research in psychiatric neuroscience, cognitive neuroimaging, and global open science from our three leading journals.

Call for Editorial Fellows at Developmental Psychology!

*Early Career (w/i 10yrs PhD)

*Commitment to addressing the needs of underserved populations or increasing access to psychological knowledge & publishing

*1-yr term; $1,000 USD

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🧠📊 New research examines potential bias in brain age algorithms across racial groups

📈 Study of 6 popular algorithms found lower accuracy for African American participants (r=0.51-0.85) compared to White/Hispanic participants (r=0.57-0.89)/1

Clothespins decorated with paint markers and pens, with affirming messages. Like "bee you" with a drawing of a bee. And "you're sweeter than pie" with a checked motif. And "you can do it" and "unleash your creativity."

If you need a little hope this morning - the current tween trend involves decorating clothespins with affirming messages, then clipping them on friends' backpacks when they're not looking.

Here are a few that my 11-year-old decorated this weekend ❤️

The people doing the non-glamorous government jobs right now are really putting in the work. thank you tireless NIH workers. 💕🫡

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
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Thank you for telling your story, Dani. If I can speak on behalf of the DIB committee here one last time I want to say we see you, and would love to talk with you further about how we can do better.

Kirsten Donald (Univ of Cape Town) challenges the field #flux2025 about the importance of studying brain development in Africa, which will have 40% of the world’s children by 2050. New tool: Hyperfine 64mT SWOOP MRI enabling greater access to imaging. @fluxsociety.bsky.social

Brilliant talk on gut microbiome, brain, and development by John Cryan (Univ College Cork) #flux2025 “Microbiomes were here first - they’re like friends with (social) benefits.” Consider birth exposures, but remember microbiome is modifiable. @fluxsociety.bsky.social

It’s almost like science fiction - Ron Whelan from Trinity College Dublin tells #flux2025 about the future of longitudinal remote EEG - 2D, 1 atom thick electrodes!!! 🤯 @fluxsociety.bsky.social

Margaret Sheridan inspires us all with reflections and insights at her Linda Spear mid-career award talk 👏 Reminding us of the incredible growth and value of our field! #flux2025 @fluxsociety.bsky.social

Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus gave a dynamic talk on synchronization of behavior and brain during storytelling in multiple contexts: Hebrew and Arabic, physical books vs tablets, phone interruptions, and interventions! #flux2025 @fluxsociety.bsky.social

Ivy Nkrumah (Univ of Cape Coast, Ghana) delivered a video presentation on bilingual language processing and inhibitory control in Twi-English bilingual children. Results suggested more proficient L2 speakers applied a global inhibition strategy while less proficient used L1 to access L2. #flux2025

Science of Learning symposium #flux2025 - sponsored by the Jacobs Foundation. First up: the LEVANTE research network which embraces open science principles to studying learning variability in children around the world. @fluxsociety.bsky.social

“Science is not only what we produce, it’s how we relate.” 💚 #flux2025 — President Eveline Crone @fluxsociety.bsky.social

Eveline Crone gives thoughtful opening remarks at @fluxsociety.bsky.social - thanking all the organizers and also acknowledging our challenging times. Very excited for the next 3 days of developmental cognitive neuroscience in Dublin! #flux2025

Thanks Arielle 🥰 See you soon!

Thank you John! ☺️

Thank you!

Anyways, it was an incredible opportunity and unforgettable day. So grateful to be part of the TEDx Portland family. 5/ bsky.app/profile/jenn...

Also! Speakers don't have creative control over the tone of the different headlines and captions or clarifications (including my name 🫠 😅). So this isn't just a talk about adolescent brains 🧠 - I talk about puberty & hormones, decision-making & rights, social media & mental health. 4/