Slusser, Santiago, & Barth Publication

A paper by former post-doc Emily Slusser, lab alum Rachel Santiago ’12, and Hilary Barth, entitled “Developmental Change in Numerical Estimation”, was published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General in February 2013. You can download the original publication as a PDF.

Slusser, Santiago, & Barth Publication

A paper by former post-doc Emily Slusser, lab alum Rachel Santiago ’12, and Hilary Barth, entitled “Developmental Change in Numerical Estimation”, was published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General in February 2013. You can download the original publication as a PDF.

Schug, Shusterman, Barth, & Patalano Publication

A paper by former post-doc and current Visiting Assistant Professor, Mariah Schug, Anna Shusterman, Hilary Barth, and Associate Professor Andrea Patalano, “Minimal-group membership influences children’s responses to novel experience with group members”, was published in Developmental Science in January 2013. You can download the original publication as a PDF.

Schug, Shusterman, Barth, & Patalano Publication

A paper by former post-doc and current Visiting Assistant Professor, Mariah Schug, Anna Shusterman, Hilary Barth, and Associate Professor Andrea Patalano, “Minimal-group membership influences children’s responses to novel experience with group members”, was published in Developmental Science in January 2013. You can download the original publication as a PDF.

Summer ’12 at the Labs

This summer, the Labs worked on a variety of ongoing and new research projects. Our undergraduate research assistants presented their projects at the annual campus-wide Hughes Summer Program Poster Session: Evaluating spatial bias in preschool-aged children – Jillian Roberts & Madeline Kidd (Advisor: Hilary Barth) Implementing and comparing models of estimation bias in “R” – … Read more

Sullivan & Barth Publication

A paper by lab alum Jess Sullivan ’08 and Hilary Barth, “Active (not passive) spatial imagery primes temporal judgments”, was published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology in June 2012. Read an article about this research in the Wesleyan Connection newsletter here. You can also download the original publication as a PDF.  

Sullivan & Barth Publication

A paper by lab alum Jess Sullivan ’08 and Hilary Barth, “Active (not passive) spatial imagery primes temporal judgments”, was published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology in June 2012. Read an article about this research in the Wesleyan Connection newsletter here. You can also download the original publication as a PDF.  

Update: The Power of Play

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.