Sheri Reichelson ’16 presented a poster entitled, “Does the Arbitrary Grouping of Physical Options Influence Children’s and Adults’ Choices?” at the Eastern Psychological Association’s 2016 Annual Meeting in New York, New York on March 4th. Sheri received an Eastern Regional travel grant from the Psi Chi Grants Committee and Boards of Directors to fund her … Read more

On Saturday October 24th, members of the Cognitive Development Labs attended the Halloween Fall Festival on South Green in Middletown. Lab members had a wonderful time handing out candy to trick-or-treaters and speaking with interested families about ongoing research. Lab coordinators Maddy Barclay and Ali Zax represent the Blue and Yellow labs at the Fall Festival.

On July 30th, undergraduate researchers from the Cognitive Development Labs presented their summer projects at Wesleyan University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session.   Anthony Gutierrez ’15 presents his poster, “Number Concepts in Children’s Picture Books.”   Professor Anna Shusterman discusses the findings from “New Discoveries in How Children Understand ‘Two,’” a poster by Kayla Schlenz ’16. … Read more

  The Living Lab at the Connecticut Science Center is an ongoing collaboration between the Science Center and the Cognitive Development Labs at Wesleyan University that aims to educate the public about child development by immersing museum visitors in the process of scientific discovery. Families visiting the museum are invited to participate in ongoing research projects, … Read more

During the summer of 2015, members of the Cognitive Development Labs will be going to KidCity Children’s Museum in Middletown, CT on Saturday mornings to play research games with kids and talk to interested families. We will be in the birthday party room on the second floor — feel free to drop by and say hello! … Read more

On April 30th, Wesleyan University’s Psychology Department held its annual poster session to showcase the accomplishments of its students and faculty from the past year. The Cognitive Development Labs were represented by eleven lab members presenting a total of ten posters. Thank you to everyone for their hard work and dedication, and congratulations on another productive … Read more

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