{"id":111,"date":"2020-05-17T11:56:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T02:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kotoboo.org\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2024-04-25T21:10:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T12:10:22","slug":"theteam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/index.php\/theteam\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kotoboo Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video autoplay controls loop preload=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kotoboo-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kotoboo_NPO1-1024x597.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kotoboo_NPO1-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kotoboo_NPO1-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kotoboo_NPO1-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kotoboo_NPO1-1536x896.png 1536w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kotoboo_NPO1.png 1569w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contributions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Comics<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Drawings:<\/strong> Clara<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Texts:<\/strong> Monica<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Themes<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Screen Time:<\/strong> Camillia, Sho, and Sarah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Language at Home<\/strong>: Irena, Hiromichi, Leticia, Caroline, Yuka, Meg, and Magda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Language Across the World<\/strong>: Camila, Georgia, Laia, Rachel, and Youtao<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bilingualism<\/strong>: C\u00e9cile, Irena,\u00a0Andrea, Rachel, Laia, and Magda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sign Languages<\/strong>: Charlotte<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Literacy:<\/strong> Camillia, Charlotte, Leticia, and Sarah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Developmental Diversity:<\/strong> Andrea, Hiromichi, and Meg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Myth Busters:<\/strong> Everyone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Translations<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>French<\/strong>: C\u00e9cile and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/camilliabouchon\/home\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>Camillia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Japanese<\/strong>: Hiromichi, Mei, Yuka, Carlee, and Aaron<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arabic<\/strong>: Yasmeen and Amalia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spanish<\/strong>: Andrea, Camila, and Laia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mandarin Chinese<\/strong>: Mingdi, Jiarui, and Youtao<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brazilian Portuguese<\/strong>: Leticia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ukrainian<\/strong>: Ganna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Web and Social Media<\/mark><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Website management<\/strong>: Monica, C\u00e9cile, Hiromichi, Youtao, and Sarah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Twitter<\/strong>: Charlotte, Andrea (English), and Rachel (Japanese)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instagram<\/strong>: Leslie and Rachel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facebook<\/strong>: Yuka<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Profiles<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Clara-4-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Clara-4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Clara-4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Clara-4-768x771.png 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Clara-4.png 895w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/ephemereon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Clara<\/mark><\/a> is a Master 2 student in Neuroscience and an intern at the LSCP (ENS, Paris) working on how different inputs from different cultures affect language acquisition. She dreams of combining science and art, and doodles all day long. She speaks French, English, Spanish and Arabic. <br>#art #scienceisfun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/monica-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/monica-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/monica-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/monica.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/monicab.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Monica<\/mark><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"> <\/mark>dreams of creating educational language learning games for children and adults, for native and second languages. She is a post-doctoral researcher at the IRCN Babylab in Tokyo, and moonlights as a writer. She speaks a bunch of languages, and adores listening to languages she does not know. <br>#thewriter #JaneAustenJr #webdesign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/camila-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/camila-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/camila-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/camila-1.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/camilascaff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Camila <\/mark><\/a>works on the role of socio-ecological diversity in language and cognitive development. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher affiliated at the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine in Zurich and the Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique in Paris. She speaks French, Spanish, English, and a little bit of Tsimane\u2019.<br>#languageacrosstheworld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hiromichi-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hiromichi-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hiromichi-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hiromichi.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hagi-hara.jimdofree.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Hiromichi<\/mark><\/a> is a postdoctoral researcher at the IRCN BabyLab, The University of Tokyo, Japan. He is interested in how word meanings emerge and change along with development. He is also a pediatric occupational therapist. He speaks Japanese and English.<br>#languageathome #developmentaldiversity #translation #web<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cecile-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cecile-1-1.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cecile-1-1-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">C\u00e9cile<\/mark> works on the role of social environment in the language acquisition process, doing an intervention study in daycares. She is a PhD candidate at the Cognitive Science and Psycholinguistics Lab, at ENS, Paris, and speaks French, English, and Italian.<br>#bilingualism #translation #web<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Charlotte-300x225.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/charlottehauser\/accueil\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Charlotte<\/mark><\/a> works on the syntactic description of French Sign Language, using both fieldwork with Deaf consultants and experimental studies. She is a Maitre de conf\u00e9rence (Teacher\/researcher) at the Universit\u00e9 de Paris 8 (SFL CNRS lab) and speaks French, English, and signs French Sign Language. #signlanguage #socialmedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Andrea.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Andrea.png 640w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Andrea-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Andrea-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrea-sander-montant\/\">Andrea<\/a><\/mark> is a Mexican-Canadian graduate student at Dr. Byers-Heinlein\u2019s Infant Research Lab at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Her research focus is early language acquisition in bilingual environments. She is passionate about language in all its expressions and about doing creative and impactful science communication. She speaks Spanish, English and French. <br>#bilingualism #translation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sho-1-300x298.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sho-1-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sho-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sho-1.png 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylab.ircn.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Sho<\/span><\/a> works on the role of the social environment on early language learning. She directs the IRCN Babylab in Tokyo and speaks German, Japanese, English, and French.&nbsp;<br>#screentime<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Yuka_square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Yuka_square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Yuka_square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Yuka_square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Yuka_square-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Yuka_square.png 1168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/yuka-tatsumi\/home\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Yuka<\/mark><\/a> is a lab manager at the Center for Language Science at Pennsylvenia State University. She recently graduated from Middlebury College with a Neuroscience major and a Linguistics minor. She has worked as an intern at RIKEN Brain Science Institute Language Development Lab in Japan. Her interests include: phonetic acquisitions, emotional prosody, word memory processing and multilingual brain. She speaks Japanese, English, and Mandarin Chinese.<br>#languageathome #socialmedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Carlee-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Carlee-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Carlee-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Carlee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Carlee-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Carlee-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Carlee-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carlee is a graduate student at Dr. Yuki Hirose\u2019s lab in the Department of Language and Information Sciences at the University of Tokyo. They are interested in bilingualism and second language acquisition\/processing (phonetics\/prosody). They are Japanese-American and speaks English and Japanese.<br>#translation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Caroline-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Caroline-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Caroline-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Caroline-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Caroline is a Psychology PhD student in Dr. Daniel Swingley\u2019s lab at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies early word learning and how infants deal with the variability in the speech they hear. She speaks English and French. <br>#languageathome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Mingdi-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Mingdi-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Mingdi-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Mingdi-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Mingdi-1.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mingdi is presently a project assistant professor at Keio University\u2019s Baby lab. She received her Ph.D. degree in Systems Life Sciences (Bio-imaging) from Kyushu University in Japan after receiving her B.S. degree from Department of Mechanical Engineering of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in China. Her research interests include social interaction between multiple persons, particularly mother-infant interaction under naturalistic situations (e.g., at home). Recently, she has been working on cognitive and physiological functions of infants and their mothers during daily interactions using ECG, fNIRS hyperscanning and day-long recordings. She speaks Mandarin, English, and Japanese. #translation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Youtao-2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Youtao-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Youtao-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Youtao-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Youtao-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Youtao-2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtaolu.net\/\">Youtao<\/a><\/mark> is a postdoctoral researcher at the IRCN Babylab in Tokyo. He is interested in differences across languages and how these differences affect learning and processing. He received his Ph.D. degree in cognitive science from Brown University. Besides languages and linguistics, Youtao has a broad interest in many other subjects and wants to get more involved in science communication. He speaks Mandarin and English, and is learning Japanese and Cantonese. He sketches for fun. #languageacrosstheworld #web<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Laila-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Laila-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Laila-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Laila-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Laila.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fiblalaia?lang=en\">Laia<\/a><\/mark> is a Postdoctoral researcher at Dr. Byers-Heinlein&#8217;s Infant Research Lab at Concordia University, located in Montreal Canada. She is interested in how children&#8217;s early home environments influence their language development, particularly word learning. She studies that across different populations and cultures including monolingual, bilingual and multilingual children. Laia speaks Catalan, Spanish, English, French and some German. <br>#bilingualism #languageacrosstheworld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Leslie-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Leslie-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Leslie-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Leslie-1.png 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leslie is interested in cognitive child development, from all aspects. She speaks French, English and a bit of Spanish and American Sign Language.<br>#socialmedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Ganna-300x297.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Ganna-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Ganna-1024x1014.png 1024w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Ganna-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Ganna-768x761.png 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Ganna-1536x1522.png 1536w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u2605Ganna.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com.ua\/citations?hl=uk&amp;user=nJ94e0EAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\">Ganna <\/a><\/mark>is a graduate of Kyiv National University named after T. Shevchenko, teaches mathematics at the Kyiv National University of Economics, author of the idea and script for the interdisciplinary educational comic Blaise Pascal and Combinatorics. The sphere of scientific interests is mathematical modeling, data analysis and student mathematical Olympiads. She dreams of creating a series of comics about mathematics and mathematicians. <br>#translation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sarah_square-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sarah_square-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sarah_square-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sarah_square-1.png 719w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sarah is a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam. Her project focuses on how literacy affects the way children learn language.<br>#screentime #web<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Aaron-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Aaron-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Aaron-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Aaron-1.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/aarontnakamura\/\">Aaron <\/a><\/mark>is a dorky, joyful human working as a research technician at IRCN, the University of Tokyo. He is interested in trauma and how it alters three distinct domains: brain functions, identity development, and language acquisition. He speaks English, Japanese, very minimal Mandarin Chinese, and a bit of Manglish (Malaysian English). <br>#translation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rachel-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rachel-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rachel-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rachel.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rachelkytsui.github.io\">Rachel <\/a><\/mark>works on bilingualism and cross-cultural differences in early language development and is interested in how variations in language environment impacts infants\u2019 language experience. She is a post-doctoral researcher at RIKEN CBS Laboratory for Language Development in Japan, and speaks English, Cantonese, Japanese, and Mandarin.<br>#bilingualism #languageacrosstheworld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Leticia-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Leticia-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Leticia-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Leticia-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Leticia-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Leticia-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Leticia.jpg 1845w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/leticiaskolberg\">Leticia <\/a><\/mark>is a Brazilian researcher interested in investigating how children uncover the structure of the sentences they hear, and what helps them understand spoken and written words and sentences. She has a PhD in Linguistics from the State University of Campinas, in Brazil, and will soon start a postdoc at the Laboratory of Developmental Psychology and Child Education at the University of Paris. She speaks Brazilian Portuguese, English and French. #languageathome #literacy #translation <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Megumi-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Megumi-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Megumi-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Megumi-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Megumi.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meg has been an Assistant Professor at Tsuda College since April 2023, after working at the Baby Lab of the International Research Institute for Neurointelligence at the University of Tokyo. She is interested in both linguistic theoretical and experimental research on the relationship between social interaction and language learning in infants, and on children grammatical competence and performance. She has been working on her doctoral dissertation, and she is a mother of two kids.<br>#languageathome #developmentaldiversity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Magda-3-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Magda-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Magda-3-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Magda-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Magda-3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Magda-3-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Magda-3-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Magda is a PhD student at the MultiLADA lab at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw in Poland. She&#8217;s interested in monolingual and bilingual language development. In particular, how children acquire words and organise their vocabularies. She speaks Polish, English and French. #languageathome #bilingualism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alumni<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/georgia-2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/georgia-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/georgia-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/georgia-2.png 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/georgialoukatou\/home\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Georgia<\/mark><\/a> participated during her postdoc at the University of Stanford on the role of linguistic and cultural diversity on early language learning. <br>#languageacrosstheworld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" data-id=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/camillia-1-300x298.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/camillia-1-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/camillia-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/camillia-1.png 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/camilliabouchon\/home\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Camillia<\/mark><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\"> <\/mark>participated during her lectureship at University Paris Nanterre on speech perception and processing and later literacy skills emergence.<br>#screentime #literacy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" data-id=\"1043\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mei-3-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mei-3-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mei-3-1024x1006.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mei-3-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mei-3-1536x1509.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mei-3-2048x2012.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Mei <\/mark>participated during her fifth-year of medical school at the University of Tokyo and internship at the IRCN Babylab in Tokyo. #translation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/irena-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/irena-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/irena-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kotoboo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/irena-1.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irenapodcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-light-green-cyan-color\">Irena<\/mark><\/a> participated during her Ph.D at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University on early language development in infants with Hearing Loss and her postdoc at the IRCN, The University of Tokyo on daylong recordings. <br>#languageathome #bilingualism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:85px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 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