app02 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:26:27 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The It's Innate! Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Motor Development” https://itsinnate.fireside.fm/tags/motor%20development Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Two opinionated developmental cognitive scientists wax theoretical about how infants and children acquire knowledge! en-us episodic A podcast by two developmental cognitive scientists Deon Benton & Jenny Wang Two opinionated developmental cognitive scientists wax theoretical about how infants and children acquire knowledge! no cognitive development, developmental psychology, cognitive science, nature vs. nurture, psychology, social science, science Deon Benton & Jenny Wang theitsinnatepodcast@gmail.com Episode 46: Walking the walk and talking the talk (with Kelsey West) https://itsinnate.fireside.fm/46 78b28e29-80c4-49b7-a8db-921019116a6c Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Deon Benton & Jenny Wang full Deon Benton & Jenny Wang 1:47:59 no <p>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.</p> <p>In the second segment, we chat about a paper Dr. West published in <em>Developmental Science</em> exploring the relation between infants' locomotion and parents verb use.</p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p>Schneider, J. L., &amp; West, K. L. (2025). A matter of time: Developmental cascades for developmental science. <em>Infant Behavior and Development</em>, <em>80</em>, 102078. <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163638325000529" rel="nofollow noopener">Link</a></p> <p>West, K. L., Saleh, A. N., Adolph, K. E., &amp; Tamis‐LeMonda, C. S. (2023). “Go, go, go!” Mothers’ verbs align with infants’ locomotion. <em>Developmental science</em>, <em>26</em>(6), e13397. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/desc.13397" rel="nofollow noopener">Link</a></p><p>Special Guest: Kelsey West.</p> developmental psychology, cognitive development, infant development, developmental cascades, motor development, language development, infant locomotion, walking and language, gesture development, early language acquisition, autism spectrum disorder, infant learning, developmental science, scientific research, academic careers, mentorship, graduate school, imposter syndrome, peer review, 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

Special Guest: 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

Special Guest: Kelsey West.

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