Walking the walk and talking the talk (with Kelsey West)

This was a fun episode! In the first segment, we chat with Dr. Kelsey West about her journey in developmental science, the importance of mentorship and intellectual curiosity, the joys and challenges of doing science, navigating failure and imposter syndrome, and the developmental cascades framework, including a paper she co-authored on the topic with Dr. Josh Schneider.

In the second segment, we chat about a paper Dr. West published in Developmental Science exploring the relation between infants' locomotion and parents verb use.

Links

Schneider, J. L., & West, K. L. (2025). A matter of time: Developmental cascades for developmental science. Infant Behavior and Development, 80, 102078. Link

West, K. L., Saleh, A. N., Adolph, K. E., & Tamis‐LeMonda, C. S. (2023). “Go, go, go!” Mothers’ verbs align with infants’ locomotion. Developmental science, 26(6), e13397. Link