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Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yale University and 2025 APS Janet Taylor Spence Award recipient Julia Leonard’s research focuses on seeking to understand how children approach learning, their ...

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Scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant emotional development, ...