Wesleyan University
This year, we teamed up with Mattel to investigate the developmental benefits of playing with toys. We recently completed testing for the Power of Play project and want to thank all of the local families who participated! Please check out our Power Of Play Newsletter for more information about this study.
Members of both labs presented at this year’s Psychology Department Research Poster session at Wesleyan. Posters covered many of the Labs’ ongoing and completed projects. Individual differences in probability weighting: Evidence from a gambling task – Jason Saltiel & Lily Kaplan (Advisors: Andrea Patalano & Hilary Barth) How feedback improves children’s numerical estimation – Shipra … Read more
Blue Lab members helped staff and run the 1st Annual Preschool Math Night in Cromwell, CT at the Edna C. Stevens School. Preschool children and their families had a chance to play fun, math-related games that were designed and created by Angela Lo, Andrew Ribner, Simoneil Sarbh, Julia Vermeulen, and other students from Dr. Shusterman’s … Read more
Ariel Schwartz and Michaela Swee both graduated in December! They are continuing to work in the labs for Spring 2012.
Members of the Blue and Yellow Labs attended the 2011 Cognitive Development Society Conference in Philadelphia. Many Lab Alumnae were also in attendance, including Jess Sullivan, Julia Leonard, Dominic Gibson, Christian Hoyos, and Kyle MacDonald. We presented multiple posters about our current research projects: Drawing comparisons across children’s performance on numerical and proportion estimation tasks … Read more
The Cognitive Development Labs are teaming up with Mattel, one of the largest toy companies in the world, for the Power of Play Project. This study with 3 & 4 year-olds investigates how playing with toys contributes to development. During the 2011-2012 academic year, the labs will be enrolling families to participate in the study. … Read more
Undergraduates Laura Machlin ’13, Emilie George ’13, and Rachel Santiago ’12 conducted research in the lab this summer. All three students participated in an Undergraduate Research Conference, hosted by Anna Shusterman and the Blue Lab at Wesleyan University, discussing their work with fellow undergraduates conducting cognitive development research at Wellesley College and Barnard College. Laura Machlin ’13 and Emilie George ’13 presented their work … Read more
Pictured Above: Rebecca Lange ’13 presents her poster entitled “Number Development in Oral Deaf and Typically Hearing Children” at the Annual Summer Research Poster Session. Taylor Deloach ’13, Alexander Hoyle ’13 and Isaiah Sypher ’13 also worked in the Blue Lab over the summer and presented at the poster session. Additionally, all four students participated … Read more