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On March 28th, the Cognitive Development Labs attended the Easter Candy Hunt at the Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Middletown, CT. Lab members had a wonderful time handing out candy and playing fun research games with the children who attended. Thank you to the Middletown Parks and Recreation Department for organizing this event, and to the Woodrow … Read more
On March 25th, members of the Cognitive Development Labs volunteered at the fourth annual Pre-K Family Math Night at Edna C. Stevens Elementary School in Cromwell, CT. Preschool children and their families had a chance to play fun, research-based math games created by lab members and students from Professor Shusterman’s research methods course. Thank you to … Read more
The Cognitive Development Labs presented four posters at the very first International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS 2015), which took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The conference was held from March 12th – 14th in the Beurs van Berlage. Lab Coordinator Lonnie Bass presenting “Children’s Mirror Image Discrimination Abilities” with Gwynne Hunter ’10, Kimberly Gutowski, and Anna … Read more
The Cognitive Development Labs presented three posters at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD 2015) in Philadelphia. The conference was held from March 19th – 21st in the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Former lab coordinator Jessica Taggart (below) presented work done with Jillian Roberts ’15, current lab coordinator Lonnie Bass, and Hilary Barth … Read more
On October 25th, members of the Cognitive Development Labs attended the Halloween Fall Festival in Middletown for the second year in a row! Lab members had a wonderful time meeting local families while handing out candy and playing number games with trick-or-treaters. Lab members Jillian Roberts ’15, Sonia Zavala ’15, and Davey Bales ’15 represent … Read more
On September 23rd, the Wesleyan Connection (Wesleyan University’s online newsletter) published a blog post about the Cognitive Development Labs’ ongoing collaboration with the Connecticut Science Center. The Cognitive Development Labs recently received a $3000 stipend from the National Living Laboratory Initiative to support this collaboration. You can read the blog post here. Research Assistant … Read more
On September 15th, Richard Kunert published a post on his blog (Brain’s Idea) citing a study published by Blue Lab’s own Julia Leonard ’11, Talia Berkowitz (Lab Coordinator ’10-’12), and Professor Anna Shusterman. Their research investigated the effects of friendly touch on children’s compliance behavior in a delay-of-gratification task. Current lab member Abby Archibald ’15 … Read more
On July 31st, undergraduate researchers from the Cognitive Development Labs presented their summer projects at Wesleyan University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session. Anna Schwab ’16 and Sheri Reichelson ’16 present their summer project, “Developmental Changes in Estimating Spatial Locations” Elissa Palmer ’16 and Sonia Zavala ’15 present their summer project, “SES-Based Differences in … Read more