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Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science (GEMS) Conference

We had a great time at this year's MCCSC Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science (GEMS) conference! We hope to have inspired more girls to pursue STEM in their future!

Cognitive Development Lab Member Elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Congratulations to Cognitive Development Lab student Anh Thu for being elected to Phi Beta Kappa! We are so proud of you and look forward to following your accomplishments.

March Storytime at Morgenstern's

We had so much fun with everyone at our March Multilingual Storytime! We hope you will join us on Saturday, April 6 at 10 am for our next Multilingual Storytime and activity!

March Storytime at Morgenstern's

Join us Saturday, March 2 at 10 am for Multilingual Storytime. Lab members will read stories in Korean, Vietnamese, and English, and we will have supplies for a Saint Patrick's Day themed craft! 

February Storytime at Morgenstern's

We were so happy to see everyone at our February Multilingual Storytime! Join us on Saturday, March 2 at 10 am for our next Multilingual Storytime and a fun activity!

February Storytime at Morgenstern's

Join us Saturday, February 3 at 10 am for our next Multilingual Storytime! Come learn about Chinese New Year and enjoy stories read by lab members in Chinese and English. We hope to see you there! 

January Storytime at Morgenstern's

We had a great time at Morgenstern's reading stories about snow in Japanese and English and making snowmen! Join us for our next Multilingual Storytime on Saturday, February 3 at 10 am.

January Multilingual Storytime at Morgenstern's

Join us at Morgenstern Books on Saturday, January 6 at 10 am for storytime! Reading will be in Japanese and English, and we will have materials to create your own snowman. We hope to see you there!

Morgenstern's Interview With Cognitive Development Lab

Morgenstern's interviewed Dr. Linda Smith and Lab Manager Kelly Irwin about our Multilingual Story Time events! Click here to read the full interview and be sure to follow our lab website, Facebook, and Instagram to stay up to date with lab events and child scientist opportunities!

Morgenstern December Multilingual Storytime

Thanks for coming to our December Multilingual Storytime at Morgenstern Books! We had a great time, and we hope to see you all at our next storytime event!
Thanks for coming to our December Multilingual Storytime at Morgenstern Books! We had a great time, and we hope to see you all at our next storytime event!
Thanks for coming to our December Multilingual Storytime at Morgenstern Books! We had a great time, and we hope to see you all at our next storytime event!
Thanks for coming to our December Multilingual Storytime at Morgenstern Books! We had a great time, and we hope to see you all at our next storytime event!

Cognitive Development Lab Members Elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Congratulations to Cognitive Development Lab students Ivy, Austin, and Noah for being elected to Phi Beta Kappa! We are so proud of you and look forward to following your accomplishments.

Join us at Morgenstern Books!

Join us at Morgenstern Books on Saturday, December 2 at 10 am for storytime! There will be reading in English, Korean, Arabic, and Telugu. We hope to see you there!

Dr. Hiromichi Hagihara Visits the Cognitive Development Lab

Dr. Hiromichi Hagihara, Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Human Sciences at Osaka University, visited the lab and gave a talk titled "Early Nouns Mean Holistic Relations Rather Than Specific Entities."
Dr. Hiromichi Hagihara, Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Human Sciences at Osaka University, visited the lab and gave a talk titled "Early Nouns Mean Holistic Relations Rather Than Specific Entities."
Dr. Hiromichi Hagihara, Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Human Sciences at Osaka University, visited the lab and gave a talk titled "Early Nouns Mean Holistic Relations Rather Than Specific Entities."
Dr. Hiromichi Hagihara, Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Human Sciences at Osaka University, visited the lab and gave a talk titled "Early Nouns Mean Holistic Relations Rather Than Specific Entities."

Thank You For Coming To See Us At Morgenstern's!

We had a lovely time seeing our child scientists at our Multilingual Storytime Event in Hebrew this Saturday at Morgenstern's! Come see us again at our next Storytime on 12/2/2023 for more fun and activities!    
We had a lovely time seeing our child scientists at our Multilingual Storytime Event in Hebrew this Saturday at Morgenstern's! Come see us again at our next Storytime on 12/2/2023 for more fun and activities!  
We had a lovely time seeing our child scientists at our Multilingual Storytime Event in Hebrew this Saturday at Morgenstern's! Come see us again at our next Storytime on 12/2/2023 for more fun and activities!  
We had a lovely time seeing our child scientists at our Multilingual Storytime Event in Hebrew this Saturday at Morgenstern's! Come see us again at our next Storytime on 12/2/2023 for more fun and activities!  

Safe Trick-or-Treat At Danny Smith Memorial Park!

We had so much fun giving out spooky season goodies to everyone at Danny Smith Memorial Park's Safe Trick-or-Treat Event! Click here to sign up to be a child scientist today!   
We had so much fun giving out spooky season goodies to everyone at Danny Smith Memorial Park's Safe Trick-or-Treat Event! Click here to sign up to be a child scientist today!   

Cognitive Development Lab is on Instagram!

Go ahead and give our new Instagram page a follow to learn about exciting opportunities for our child scientists, lab and community events, and more! Be sure to also check out our Facebook page for more information and resources.  

Join us at Morgenstern Books!

Join us at Morgenstern Books on Saturday, November 4th at 10 am for storytime! Hadar Karmazyn-Raz (Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cognitive Development Lab) will read from Ten Apples up on Top and Leaf Man in Hebrew. Activities include balancing bean bags and making leaf people to take home. Read more about the event here!

Former Lab Member Charlene Tay Speaks on The Future of AI

Former Cognitive Development Lab member, Charlene Tay, was interviewed about the future of artificial intelligence. Charlene is now the Senior Director of Data Science at The Engineered Innovation Group. Click here to read more about Charlene's story and her research!

Analytical Connectionism Workshop

Lab member Hadar Karmazyn-Raz is speaking at the University College London in the UK on September 7th. Her workshop will be about Infant’s natural play: ‘webbing’ knowledge at multiple time-scales. She will talk about the temporal statistics of infant natural play with objects and how it creates knowledge structures that resemble story-telling, with central main theme-objects tethered to multiple comment-objects around them. For more information, check the workshop site!

 

New Paper Alert!

A new paper by Andres Mendez, Chen Yu, and Linda Smith on sustained visual attention was just published in Developmental Science. They found that 1-year-old infants control sustained attention through head movements that increase the visibility of an object. Read along here!

Storytime Saturday at Morgenstern Books!

Join us on Saturday, August 19th at 10am for storytime and a discussion about the importance of block play! Activities will include book reading, movement activities, and play with blocks and shapes. Suitable for all ages! Families can access the handouts here!

Look for us at Morgenstern's Bookstore!

Hiroki Yamamoto (Postdoctoral Researcher in the Cognitive Development Lab) will read from Harry the Dirty Dog and Mouse Paint in Japanese. He will also sing some songs in Japanese to "help get the wiggles out."  Staff from the Lab will provide families with dog pictures, Kanji writing, transparency sheets, and markers for activities. Read more about the event here!

Find us on Facebook!

Have you seen our Facebook page yet? Check out our page for child scientist opportunities, community events, and facts about cognitive and language development from our team of experts!

Cognitive Development Lab on the radio!

Tune in to Hola Bloomington as lab member Sara Benham talks about IU's Child Scientist Program

In the first segment of WFHB Hola Bloomington, Josefa Madrigal interviews Dr. Sara Benham, language development researcher, about IU's Child Scientist Program. She invites the community to participate in the program as well as the upcoming events at the Monroe County Public Library.

En la primera parte de la WFHB Hola Bloomington, Josefa Madrigal entrevista a Sara Benham Ph.D., investigadora del desarrollo de lenguaje, con el programa de El Niño Científico. Hace una invitación a la comunidad para participar en la investigación y también hace una invitación para que participen en los eventos que se llevara a cabo en la biblioteca pública.

Cognitive Development Lab at the Monroe County Public Library!

Bloomington families are welcome to join us at the Monroe County Public Library as Dr. Linda Smith and others from the lab share their expertise on a variety of topics:

  • The Importance of Play on Monday, November 7th from 10am-11am

Join cognition and language expert, Professor Linda Smith, to learn about the importance of play through playful explorations with toys and everyday objects. For ages 0-5.

  • One Language, Two Languages, Three on Monday, December 5th from 10-11am.

Join cognition and language experts, Professor Linda Smith and Dr. Sara Benham, to learn about the advantages and challenges of learning multiple languages during early development through fun activities. For ages 0-5.

Lab Visits

In September, the Cognitive Development Lab welcomed IU PBS alumna, Dr. Ji Son, Professor in Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles for a visit after her wonderful talk entitled, "The Importance of Being Coherent: Using Cognitive Science to Design Introductory Statistics."

 

(from left to right) Dr. Ji Son, Dr. Linda Smith, and Dr. Emily Fyfe

New Paper Alert!

Dr. Hadar Karmazyn-Raz and Dr. Linda Smith published a wonderful paper about their recent findings on parent-child play. They used methods from network science to detect how parents and children create stories with their play. Read along here!

Find us on Facebook!

Check out our Facebook page for more information about child scientist opportunities, lab events, news, and resources!

 

Have you seen the Cognitive Development Lab around town?

The lab has been busy meeting future scientists at many of our community outreach events. We love meeting new families and sharing our work. We set up a booth at Bloomington's Food Truck Friday event and enjoyed watching children (and furry friends!) of all ages play our word fishing game!
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we joined Bloomington's Fiesta del Otoño (Fall Festival) to meet new families, share our work, and cheer on the dance competition (while eating delicious arepas of course!)
We are all set up and waiting for families to arrive! 
Un futuro niño científico / A future child scientist!