On April 25th 122 undergraduates presented their research at Wesleyan University’s Psychology Department annual poster session. The Cognitive Development Labs were represented by eight lab members and presented a total of seven posters. Jenny Chelmow and Kaila Scott each presented their senior thesis research, and Kerry Brew presented her Master’s thesis! Congratulations to all for … Read more

Last week was an exciting week for the Cognitive Development Labs! We presented two posters at the 2019 SRCD Biennial Meeting held March 21st – 23rd in Baltimore, Maryland. Professor Shusterman also gave a talk titled “Early knowledge of small number word meanings in toddlers”. The conference was attended by Post-doc Chenmu (Julia) Xing, lab … Read more

The Cognitive Development Labs presented two posters at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association. The meeting was held from February 28th – March 2nd 2019. The labs were represented by Yellow lab member Jenny Chelmow, Faculty member Chenmu (Julia) Xing, and lab coordinator, Katie Williams . Lab member Jenny Chelmow presented her poster … Read more

The Cognitive Development Labs presented three posters at Psychonomic Society’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The conference was held from November 14 – 18th. The labs were presented by lab coordinator, Katie Williams, former lab member Joanna Paul, and Faculty members Hilary Barth and Chenmu (Julia) Xing. Postdoctoral assistant Chenmu (Julia) Xing presented her … Read more

On July 26th, researchers from the Blue and Yellow Labs presented their summer research projects at Wesleyan’s Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session. They did an excellent job disseminating what they have learned this summer! Jenny Chelmow ’19 presents her poster, “How Do Preschoolers Replicate Proportions.” Hannah Ratner ’20 presents her poster, “Testing Children’s Early Concepts … Read more

On July 11th, the Cognitive Development Labs traveled to College of the Holy Cross for the annual Small Liberal Arts Conference, a gathering of small developmental psychology labs across the Northeast. Thanks to all who shared their research! A big thank you to Flo Anggoro for organizing the event and College of the Holy Cross for … Read more

On April 26th Wesleyan University’s Psychology Department held its annual poster session. Over 100 undergraduates presented their work from the past year! The Cognitive Development Labs were represented by nine lab members and presented a total of 7 posters. Blue Lab member Natalie May B.A. ’17, M.A. ’18 presents “Start With Yourself: A Teacher Intervention … Read more

This spring, researchers in the Blue and Yellow Labs have participated in community events around Middletown. In March, members of the Blue Lab shared games from our Preschool Math Curriculum with families at Preschool Math Night, hosted by the Cromwell Early Childhood/School Readiness Council. We loved playing Bead Tower, Fish Friends, Math Garage, and Math Bus … Read more