Developmental Psych | prof @Concordia | Language acquisition | Bilingualism | Infants & toddlers | Open science | R | Women in sciencehttps://bsky.app/profile/kbyers.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kbyers.bsky.social/post/3lxx6a6lkhc2aWas glad to be a part of this paper with @pwdonh.bsky.social @drcharlotte.bsky.social and Denise Klein. A true collaboration! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:3dfxpb2uobrlxzh2ft76e5lu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxx6a6lkhc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kbyers.bsky.social/post/3kahgevaeoo2kPrepreprint! Family language strategies (e.g. one-parent-one-language) don't explain kids' language exposure, but individual parents' approaches (i.e., using a lang. regularly/sometimes/never) do! Mothers' effect on exposure was 2x fathers' --> gendered caregiving roles. psyarxiv.com/x4jbm/28 Sep 2023 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:3dfxpb2uobrlxzh2ft76e5lu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kahgevaeoo2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kbyers.bsky.social/post/3kaexuuzov22yNew preprint with an exciting and unexpected result! The ADHD vocabulary size advantage: Monolingual and bilingual young adults with ADHD have larger vocabularies than controls. Co-authored PhD student extrodinaire Melanie Brouillard (seriously, it was all her idea). osf.io/h2fcj/ https://osf.io/h2fcj/27 Sep 2023 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:3dfxpb2uobrlxzh2ft76e5lu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kaexuuzov22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kbyers.bsky.social/post/3kad37uvwtc24Great new piece about challenges for parents transmitting heritage languages from Kat Chow @atlantic.bsky.social, where I and other colleagues are quoted! https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/09/children-learning-immigrant-family-languages/675423/26 Sep 2023 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:3dfxpb2uobrlxzh2ft76e5lu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kad37uvwtc24