Daniel S. Messinger

Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Music Engineering

Curriculum vitae

Department of Psychology

University of Miami

Daniel S. Messinger

Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Music Engineering

About

I model objectively measured big behavioral data to understand social, language and emotional development. Current projects include interaction in preschool classrooms, autism assessment, face-to-face interaction, and attachment.

Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Music Engineering

Director, Early Play and Development Lab

Research Director, Linda Ray Intervention Center

Director, Child Division

Coordinator, Psychological Sciences Program

Salt Lake City, University of Utah, 1994

Short Bio

Dr. Messinger is an interdisciplinary developmental psychologist, and the author of over 120 scientific publications appearing in journals such as Scientific Reports, Developmental Science, and Molecular Autism. He uses machine learning to paint an objective picture of children’s interaction and employs computational models to understand how repeated interactions become development over time. Dr. Messinger has extensive experience leading longitudinal research initiatives funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Institute of Education Sciences.

Dr. Messinger is dedicated to mentoring the next generation of scientists; and has served as primary advisor for 16 doctoral students (including one NSF Fellow and two NIH Fellows), four postdocs, and a physician-scientist. Dr. Messinger serves as Director of the Child Division in the Department of Psychology Program at the University of Miami. He loves talking to prospective graduate students, postdocs, and other researchers. Dr. Messinger investigates the temporal dynamics of communication to understand infants’ and children’s social, emotional, and language development.

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I am recruiting developmental graduate students. Contact me at [email protected]

Selected Publications

Automated measurement of infant and mother Duchenne facial expressions in the Face-to-Face/Still-Face.

Y. Ahn, Itır Önal Ertuğrul, Sy-Miin Chow, J. Cohn, D. Messinger

Infancy, 2023

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Objective quantification of homophily in children with and without disabilities in naturalistic contexts

C. Banarjee, Yudong Tao, R. Fasano, Chaoming Song, Laura Vitale, Jue Wang, Mei-Ling Shyu, L. Perry, D. Messinger

Scientific Reports, 2023

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Chapter Seven - Computational approaches to understanding interaction and development

D.S. Messinger, L.K. Perry, S.G. Mitsven, Y. Tao, J. Moffitt, R.M. Fasano, S.A. Custode, C.M. Jerry

Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Rick O. Gilmore, Jeffrey J. Lockman, New Methods and Approaches for Studying Child Development, vol. 62, JAI, 2022, pp. 191-230

Reciprocal Patterns of Peer Speech in Preschoolers with and without Hearing Loss.

L. Perry, S. Mitsven, S. Custode, Laura Vitale, B. Laursen, Chaoming Song, D. Messinger

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2022

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A granular perspective on inclusion: Objectively measured interactions of preschoolers with and without autism

R. Fasano, L. Perry, Yi Zhang, Laura Vitale, Jue Wang, Chaoming Song, D. Messinger

Autism Research, 2021

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Objectively measured teacher and preschooler vocalizations: Phonemic diversity is associated with language abilities.

S. Mitsven, L. Perry, Yudong Tao, B. Elbaum, Neil F. Johnson, D. Messinger

Developmental Science, 2021

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