Welcome
Come & discover how babies and children learn about their world
Early childhood is a special time in human development. It is a time when we acquire various critical perceptual and thinking skills and much of the basic knowledge that makes it possible for us to understand the world around us. The primary way in which we acquire knowledge is through our senses and the research in our laboratory - funded by a multi-year grant from the National Science Foundation- aims to determine how infants use their vision and hearing to perceive, learn, and understand the world around them and how their use of these two senses changes and improves as they grow. Through our studies we hope to gain a better understanding of the development of critical perceptual and cognitive skills during normal development and, in the process, provide important insights into the underlying basis for a variety of developmental disabilities. Some of the principal issues that we are currently investigating are (a) the development of face and voice perception, (b) the integration of sensory/perceptual information, and (c) the development of time and sequence perception and its possible contribution to sensory integration as well as to higher-level cognitive skills such as event perception and speech and language. Our research utilizes cutting-edge behavioral observation methods that enable us to determine what babies perceive and know at various stages of their development. To participate in our studies, all you need to do is contact us and arrange an appointment for you and your child at our lab located in the Behavioral Sciences Bldg. of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. For more information about our research please feel free to browse the other pages. We hope to see you at our lab where you are sure to have an informative and fun experience!
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Your visit only takes a half hour.
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Free on-campus parking is available.
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Participation is fun for your child and you.
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You are with your child at all times and get to experience the excitement of scientific discovery.
