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On October 21st, researchers from the Cognitive Development Lab presented at the New England Psychological Association (NEPA) in Boston. Current Yellow lab members Meghana Kandlur, Joanna Paul, Praise Owoyemi, and Jamie Hom presented their work entitled “Partition Dependence in Financial Aid Allocations”. This research was done in collaboration with Elizabeth Shackney (’17) with support from … Read more
The Cognitive Development Labs presented two posters at Cognitive Development Society’s Biennial Meeting in Portland, Oregon. The conference was held from October 12th – 14th. The Cognitive Development Labs were represented by former lab coordinator, Alexandra Zax, current lab coordinators, Katie Williams and Sona Kumar, BA/MA student Natalie May, and Faculty members Hilary Barth, Anna … Read more
On July 11th, the Cognitive Development Labs hosted the annual Small Liberal Arts Conference, a gathering of small developmental psychology labs across the Northeast. Special thanks to the labs at Amherst College, Barnard College, Smith College, Wellesley College, and College of the Holy Cross for joining us and sharing their research!
On April 27th, Wesleyan University’s Psychology Department held its annual poster session. Students presented their work from the past year. The Cognitive Development Labs were represented by nineteen lab members and presented a total of ten posters. Jordan Feingold-Link ’18 , Sarah Corner ’17 , and Ilana Ladis ’17 speak with an interested visitor about … Read more
The Cognitive Development Labs presented five posters at the 2017 SRCD Biennial Meeting. The conference was held from April 6th – 8th in Austin, Texas. BA/MA student Sheri Reichelson presented work done in collaboration with current lab coordinator Alexandra Zax, former lab coordinator Lonnie Bass, and Professors Andrea Patalano and Hilary Barth entitled “Partition Dependence in Children’s … Read more
The Cognitive Development Labs presented two posters at Psychonomic Society’s 57th Annual Meeting in Boston. The conference was held from November 17th – 20th. BA/MA student Sheri Reichelson (below) presented work done in collaboration with current lab coordinator Alexandra Zax, former lab coordinator Lonnie Bass, and Professors Andrea Patalano and Hilary Barth entitled “Does the … Read more
On July 28th, undergraduate researchers from the Cognitive Development Labs presented their summer projects at Wesleyan University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session. Ray Peters ’18, Lizzie Shackney ’17, Jamie Hom ’17, and Meghana Kandlur ’18 present their poster, “Partition Dependence in Hypothetical Financial Aid Allocations.” Blue Lab post-doc Pierina Cheung speaks with an interested visitor … Read more
Dr. Hilary Barth and Dr. Andrea Patalano, faculty members in the Psychology Department, have received a major collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation to support a new collaborative research project. The grant will support behavioral research studies on childrens’ and adults’ judgments of number, space, time, and probability. The research project will be conducted in collaboration with … Read more