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We are excited to see all families with infants and toddlers in our lab again! Our staff is fully vaccinated.
If you have a child and would like to participate in a study, we would love to hear from you today!
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Hello and welcome to the Early Minds Lab at UMass Boston! Here at the Early Minds Lab we are interested in learning about the thoughts babies, toddlers and young children have and how they learn about the world around them. In our studies, children sit on their parents' lap while they either watch a short series of videos on a computer monitor while we track their gaze, or watch some pictures on a tablet and play a fun memory game. Visits typically last about 30 minutes. We offer $20, free parking, and a small thank-you gift. On-campus studies: We are currently recruiting infants and toddlers between the ages of 8-42 months. If you would like to participate, please sign up here: http://babylab.youcanbook.me/. We are also recruiting children between 6 and 8 years old. The study simply requires your child to touch some objects and make judgments about these objects based on a sound played through the laptop, while we record your child’s responses and hand movement (a camera will record your child’s hands, but not their face). You will receive $20 compensation. Email crossmodallaboratory@gmail.com. Online studies: We are currently recruiting children between the ages of 24 months and 5 years. Toddlers will play a fun memory game through a free video chat software (Zoom). The study should take about 15-30 minutes and we offer a $10 Amazon gift card. To schedule an appointment, please contact: Tashauna.Blankenship@umb.edu We are also recruiting children between 6 and 12 years old. The study simply requires your child to view some images of shapes on the computer screen, and then press keys on the keyboard. This 15-20 minute study can be done entirely over Zoom, and we offer a $5 Amazon gift card. Email crossmodallaboratory@gmail.com. You may also call us at 617-287-6363 for more information. We are easily accessible from I-93 and have free parking available on the UMass Boston campus. We are also on the Red Line (JFK/UMass station). |
UMB at the Children's Museum
We have been conducting some of our studies at the Children's Museum of New Hampshire, in Dover, NH.
We have been conducting some of our studies at the Children's Museum of New Hampshire, in Dover, NH.