2019
January 2019
Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy Presented at BCCCD19
Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy participated in the ninth annual BCCCD meeting in Budapest, Hungary (BCCCD19, January 3-5, 2019).
Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy Presented at BCCCD19
Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy participated in the ninth annual BCCCD meeting in Budapest, Hungary (BCCCD19, January 3-5, 2019).
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2018
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December 2018 Congratulations to Julie L. Freschl for successfully defending her dissertation proposal on December 12th! |
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September 2018
The Baby Lab Welcomes Two New Graduate Students to the DBS Program
Erinda Morina and Mollie Hamilton started the DBS PhD program this fall. Erinda Morina earned her bachelor’s and master’s in Public Health from the University of Medicine Tirana in Albania, and then she earned a B.S. degree in Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Mollie Hamilton earned a bachelor’s degree in Opera Performance and two master’s degree in French Studies and Cognitive Science. Erinda will be working with Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro and Mollie with Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy.
The Baby Lab Welcomes Two New Graduate Students to the DBS Program
Erinda Morina and Mollie Hamilton started the DBS PhD program this fall. Erinda Morina earned her bachelor’s and master’s in Public Health from the University of Medicine Tirana in Albania, and then she earned a B.S. degree in Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Mollie Hamilton earned a bachelor’s degree in Opera Performance and two master’s degree in French Studies and Cognitive Science. Erinda will be working with Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro and Mollie with Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy.
July 25th to 28th 2018
CHEN CHENG gave her first talk at a major international conference, at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society in Madison, WI! Congratulations Chen!
CHEN CHENG gave her first talk at a major international conference, at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society in Madison, WI! Congratulations Chen!
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July 11, 2018 HIU MEI (DORIS) CHOW has defended her dissertation titled "AN EXAMINATION OF THE INTERACTION OF ATTENTION AND CROSSMODAL CORRESPONDENCES WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACHES" on July 11. Congratulations to Dr. Chow, the fourth PhD of the Baby Lab! 
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June 30 - July 3rd, 2018
Under the mentor-ship of Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy, her graduate students, Cheng Chen and Julie Freschl, and lab manager Sangya Dhungana, presented their posters at the International Congress Of Infant Studies (ICIS) in Philadelphia, PA. The following posters were also presented at this meeting: Cheng C., Kaldy Z. & Blaser E. Using eye movement and pupillometry to uncover the role of endogenous attention in VWM. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, June 30 - July 3, Philadelphia, PA Cheng C., Kaldy Z., Dhungana S. & Blaser E. Successful updating of object-location bindings in Visual Working Memory in 20- and 25-month olds. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, June 30 - July 3, Philadelphia, PA Freschl, J., Melcher, D., Carter, A. S., Kaldy, Z., & Blaser, E. (2018). Visual Temporal Integration Windows are longer in 2-year-old toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, June 30-July 3, 2018, Philadelphia, PA. |
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May 29, 2018
Dr. Allison Fitch and Dr. Hayley Smith received their doctoral hoods today!
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May 10, 2018
Under the guidance of Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy, her undergraduate research assistant, Natalia Sabogal, was awarded the Barnett Prize for the best undergraduate research paper-- "When Do Labels Aid Short-term Memory?", (2017-2018) at the Psi Chi Graduation Reception to honor Psychology graduating undergraduates. 
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April 27, 2018
Under the guidance of Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro, eight of our undergraduate research assistants, Erinda Morina, Neuba Silva, Newton Jordao, Xenia Leviyah, Kaitlin Parent, Valerie Goutama, Aleksandra Sabov, and Nicolas Raymond attended the 24th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference. This conference is held each year, where 1,200 student from campuses across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts present their findings from a wide range of academic disciplines. The following posters were presented within this conference: Leviyah, X.,Chow, H.M, & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2018). Interactions between stimulus salience and timing determine the extent to which a sound alters visual detectability. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 27, 2018, Boston, MA Morina, E., Raymond, N., Izen, S.C., & Ciaramitaro, V.M (2018). Maintained negative biases in social anxiety via biased adaptation to happy and angry faces depends on face gender.Poster presented at the 24th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 27, 2018, Boston, MA Jordao, N., Chow, H.M, & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2018). Video Gamers Outperform Non-Video Gamers in Crossmodal Attention. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 27, 2018, Boston, MA Parent, K., Goutama, V., Izen, S.C., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2018). How the Emotion We See is Influenced by the Emotion We Hear Depends on the Visibility of a Face. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 27, 2018, Boston, MA Sabov, A.,Chow, H.M, Leonardo, B., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2018). A neuronal signature for correspondences between abstract shapes and sounds. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 27, 2018, Boston, MA Silva, N.,Chow, H.M, & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2018). Does Musical Training Improve Crossmodal Attention? Poster presented at the 24th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 27, 2018, Boston, MA |
Xenia Leviyah presents her poster: "Interactions between stimulus salience and timing determine the extent to which a sound alters visual detectability."
Newton Jordao presents on his poster: "Video Gamers Outperform Non-Video Gamers in Crossmodal Attention."
Neuba Silva presents her poster: "Does Musical Training Improve Crossmodal Attention?"
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Both Valerie Goutama and Kaitlin Parent present their poster: "How the Emotion We See is Influenced by the Emotion We Hear Depends on the Visibility of a Face."
Nicolas Raymond presents his poster: "Maintained negative biases in social anxiety via biased adaptation to happy and angry faces depends on face gender."
A group photo of our research assistants at the 24th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference.
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March 24 - 27, 2018
Under the mentor-ship of Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro, her graduate students, Doris Chow and Sarah Izen, and research assistants Brianna Leonardo and Erinda Morina, presented their posters at the 25th CNS Annual Meeting. The following 4 posters were also presented at this meeting: Morina, E., Izen, S.C., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2018). Weakened adaptation for negative compared to positive emotions in individuals high in social anxiety. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of The Cognitive Neuroscience Society, March 24-27, 2018, Boston, MA Izen, S.C., Bethancourt, X., & Ciaramitaro, V.M (2018). Seen and heard emotions of a crowd alter perception and state affect. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of The Cognitive Neuroscience Society, March 24-27, 2018, Boston, MA Chow, H.M, Leonardo, B., Sabov, A., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2018). Is a round shape integrated with a /bouba/ sound? Enhanced neuronal signals at the intermodulation frequencies of congruent audio-visual stimuli. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of The Cognitive Neuroscience Society, March 24-27, 2018, Boston, MA Ciaramitaro, V.M., Izen, S.C., Lapp, H.E., Harris, D.A & Hunter, R.G. (2018). Seen and heard emotions alter perception and cortisol. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of The Cognitive Neuroscience Society, March 24-27, 2018, Boston, MA Under the mentor-ship of Dr. Mohinish Shukla, his graduate students, Mihye Choi and Ertugrul Uysal also presented their work at the same conference. Choi M., Uysal, E., Shukla, M. (2018). Phoneme learning in a musical context. Poster presented at CNS, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. cnsposter_mihyechoi.pdf Uysal, E., Choi M., de Villiers, J., Shukla, M. (2018). Some Complex Concepts Require Language: An eye-tracking study with 12- to 24-mo-old infants and adults. Poster presented at CNS, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. cnsposter_ertuuysal.pdf |
Doris Chow, our graduate student, and Brianna Leonardo, our research assistant presenting their poster: "Is a round shape integrated with a /bouba/ sound? Enhanced neuronal signals at the intermodulation frequencies of congruent audio-visual stimuli."
Erinda Morina, one of our research assistants, presenting her poster: "Weakened adaptation for negative compared to positive emotions in individuals high in social anxiety."
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March 23 & 24, 2018
Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro's graduate student Sarah Izen and research assistant Cheryl Ellis ran a total of 17 individuals, who ranged from children, high school student, to young adults, in their current face study at the Museum of Science Health Fair. The Museum of Science held this health fair to spark the interest of those who want to know more about how our brains work and how to become a part of science! 
Two high school student who participated in our face study.
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Sarah Izen, our graduate student, running a high school student at the Museum of Science Health Fair.
Cheryl Ellis, our research assistant, running a high school student at the Museum of Science Health Fair.
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March 6, 2018
HAYLEY SMITH has defended her dissertation titled "THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF VISUAL ATTENTIONAL MECHANISMS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER" on March 6. Congratulations to Dr. Smith, the third PhD of the Baby Lab!
HAYLEY SMITH has defended her dissertation titled "THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF VISUAL ATTENTIONAL MECHANISMS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER" on March 6. Congratulations to Dr. Smith, the third PhD of the Baby Lab!
February 7, 2018
Shivaun Bennett, (Baby Lab Research Assistant in Spring 2017, BS in 2017) just got accepted to the Nurse Practitioner's Program of Simmons College! Congratulations, Shivaun!
Shivaun Bennett, (Baby Lab Research Assistant in Spring 2017, BS in 2017) just got accepted to the Nurse Practitioner's Program of Simmons College! Congratulations, Shivaun!
February 5, 2018
A research paper by Dr Zsuzsa Kaldy and her collaborators at De Paul University (Sheila Krogh-Jespersen) and University of Chicago (Amanda Woodward) just got published in Autism Research! Other co-authors were Dr. Alice Carter and Annalisa Valadez.
Krogh-Jespersen, S., Kaldy, Z., Valadez, A., Carter, A. S., & Woodward, A. (in press). Goal prediction in 2-year-old children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder: An eye-tracking study. Autism Research. PDF
A research paper by Dr Zsuzsa Kaldy and her collaborators at De Paul University (Sheila Krogh-Jespersen) and University of Chicago (Amanda Woodward) just got published in Autism Research! Other co-authors were Dr. Alice Carter and Annalisa Valadez.
Krogh-Jespersen, S., Kaldy, Z., Valadez, A., Carter, A. S., & Woodward, A. (in press). Goal prediction in 2-year-old children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder: An eye-tracking study. Autism Research. PDF
2017
October 21, 2017
Under the supervision of Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro, three of her undergraduate research assistants, Erinda Morina, Xenia Leviyah, and Audrey Zutrau, recently attended the annual New England Psychological Association Conference at Williams James College.
Below on the left is a picture Xenia Leviyah presenting her poster:
Attention determines how exposure to emotional information effects mood. Xenia Leviyah, Sarah Izen, and Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro, New England Psychological Association, Williams James College, MA, October 21, 2017.
Below in the middle is a picture of Erinda Morina presenting her poster:
Changes in perceiving and reacting to emotional faces in individuals high in social anxiety. Erinda Morina, Sarah Izen, and Dr. Vivian M. Ciaramitaro, New England Psychological Association, Williams James College, MA, October 21, 2017.
Below on the right is a picture of Audrey Zutrau who also attended this conference as part of the research portfolio.
Under the supervision of Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro, three of her undergraduate research assistants, Erinda Morina, Xenia Leviyah, and Audrey Zutrau, recently attended the annual New England Psychological Association Conference at Williams James College.
Below on the left is a picture Xenia Leviyah presenting her poster:
Attention determines how exposure to emotional information effects mood. Xenia Leviyah, Sarah Izen, and Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro, New England Psychological Association, Williams James College, MA, October 21, 2017.
Below in the middle is a picture of Erinda Morina presenting her poster:
Changes in perceiving and reacting to emotional faces in individuals high in social anxiety. Erinda Morina, Sarah Izen, and Dr. Vivian M. Ciaramitaro, New England Psychological Association, Williams James College, MA, October 21, 2017.
Below on the right is a picture of Audrey Zutrau who also attended this conference as part of the research portfolio.
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October 13, 2017
Sylvia Guillory's research paper that was based on part of her dissertation was accepted for publication at the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology!
Sylvia Guillory's research paper that was based on part of her dissertation was accepted for publication at the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology!
July 7, 2017
Allison Fitch has defended her dissertation titled "EXPLORING TODDLERS’ USE OF LANGUAGE TO UPDATE MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER" on July 7, 2017. Congratulations to the second PhD of the Baby Lab! Allison will start working as a postdoctoral researcher at Boston University in August, 2017.
Allison Fitch has defended her dissertation titled "EXPLORING TODDLERS’ USE OF LANGUAGE TO UPDATE MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER" on July 7, 2017. Congratulations to the second PhD of the Baby Lab! Allison will start working as a postdoctoral researcher at Boston University in August, 2017.
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May 26th, 2017
Under the supervision of Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy and Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro, three research assistants recently graduated with honors. Laura Keegan graduated with honors from the Honors College. Nilam Thaker graduated with honors from the Honors College and Honors in Psychology. Danielle Briggs also graduated with honors from the Honors College and Honors in Psychology. Congratulations you three on your hard work and dedication! Good luck with your future endeavors!
Under the supervision of Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy and Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro, three research assistants recently graduated with honors. Laura Keegan graduated with honors from the Honors College. Nilam Thaker graduated with honors from the Honors College and Honors in Psychology. Danielle Briggs also graduated with honors from the Honors College and Honors in Psychology. Congratulations you three on your hard work and dedication! Good luck with your future endeavors!
May 19th-22nd, 2017
Two of our undergraduate research assistants Danielle Briggs & Brianna Leonardo presented their research for the first time at an international conference (International Multisensory Research Forum, May 19-22, 2017, Nashville)! Their work is mentored by PI Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro and graduate student Doris Chow. We had a great time in the Music City! The group presented the following posters:
Briggs, D., Chow, H.M., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). The interdependence of visual salience and audiovisual synchrony on auditory contrast detection. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum, May 19-22, 2017, Nashville, TN. PDF
Leonardo, B., Chow, H.M., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017) Do global or local features make an abstract shape appear more "baba" or "kiki"? Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum, May 19-22, 2017, Nashville, TN. PDF
Chow, H.M. & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). What makes a shape /baba/ to a child versus an adult? Changing contributions from shape contour, protrusion number, and protrusion size in sound-shape correspondence. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum, May 19-22, 2017, Nashville, TN. PDF
Ciaramitaro, V.M., Chow, H.M., & Eglington, L.G. (2017). Crossmodal attention alters contrast sensitivity for amplitude and frequency modulated auditory information via a mechanisms of contrast gain. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum, May 19-22, 2017, Nashville, TN. PDF
Two of our undergraduate research assistants Danielle Briggs & Brianna Leonardo presented their research for the first time at an international conference (International Multisensory Research Forum, May 19-22, 2017, Nashville)! Their work is mentored by PI Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro and graduate student Doris Chow. We had a great time in the Music City! The group presented the following posters:
Briggs, D., Chow, H.M., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). The interdependence of visual salience and audiovisual synchrony on auditory contrast detection. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum, May 19-22, 2017, Nashville, TN. PDF
Leonardo, B., Chow, H.M., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017) Do global or local features make an abstract shape appear more "baba" or "kiki"? Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum, May 19-22, 2017, Nashville, TN. PDF
Chow, H.M. & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). What makes a shape /baba/ to a child versus an adult? Changing contributions from shape contour, protrusion number, and protrusion size in sound-shape correspondence. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum, May 19-22, 2017, Nashville, TN. PDF
Ciaramitaro, V.M., Chow, H.M., & Eglington, L.G. (2017). Crossmodal attention alters contrast sensitivity for amplitude and frequency modulated auditory information via a mechanisms of contrast gain. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum, May 19-22, 2017, Nashville, TN. PDF
May 16th, 2017
Sylvia Guillory has defended her doctoral dissertation on May 16, 2017. She is the first student to graduate with a PhD from the Baby Lab! Congratulations, Dr. Guillory!
Sylvia Guillory has defended her doctoral dissertation on May 16, 2017. She is the first student to graduate with a PhD from the Baby Lab! Congratulations, Dr. Guillory!
April 25th and 28th, 2017
Congratulations to a number of our undergraduate research assistants (Nora Portillo, Brianna Leonardo, Laura Keegan, Carlos Valentin, Xenia Leviyah, Erinda Morina, Danielle Briggs, Sherry Green, and Nilam Thaker) who recently presented their research at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference at UMass Amherst and the UMass Boston College of Liberal Arts Research Showcase. They presented the following posters:
Briggs, D., Chow, H.M., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). The interdependence of visual salience and audiovisual synchrony on auditory contrast detection. Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Keegan, L., Smith, H., & Kaldy, Z. (2017). The effect of familiarity on visual search performance of 2-year-old toddlers with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Leonardo, B., Chow, H.M., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). Do global or local features make an abstract shape appear more "baba" or "kiki"? Poster presented at the University of Massachusetts Boston College of Liberal Arts Showcase, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Leviyah, X., Izen, S., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). Mood Changes After Brief Exposure To Emotional Information: Positive and negative affect changes in relation to visual and auditory emotional information. Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Morina, E., S., Izen, S., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). Investigating the effects of social anxiety on the perception of negative emotions in faces. Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Portillo, N., Valentin, C., Green, S., Izen, S., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). How does race bias our perception of emotion? Emotional judgements of same-race vs different-race faces after adapting to happy or angry. Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Thaker, N., Fitch, A., & Kaldy, Z. (2017). Do Labels Help? Exploring the Interaction Between Visual Working Memory and Verbal
Labels in Very Young Infants. Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Congratulations to a number of our undergraduate research assistants (Nora Portillo, Brianna Leonardo, Laura Keegan, Carlos Valentin, Xenia Leviyah, Erinda Morina, Danielle Briggs, Sherry Green, and Nilam Thaker) who recently presented their research at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference at UMass Amherst and the UMass Boston College of Liberal Arts Research Showcase. They presented the following posters:
Briggs, D., Chow, H.M., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). The interdependence of visual salience and audiovisual synchrony on auditory contrast detection. Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Keegan, L., Smith, H., & Kaldy, Z. (2017). The effect of familiarity on visual search performance of 2-year-old toddlers with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Leonardo, B., Chow, H.M., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). Do global or local features make an abstract shape appear more "baba" or "kiki"? Poster presented at the University of Massachusetts Boston College of Liberal Arts Showcase, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Leviyah, X., Izen, S., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). Mood Changes After Brief Exposure To Emotional Information: Positive and negative affect changes in relation to visual and auditory emotional information. Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Morina, E., S., Izen, S., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). Investigating the effects of social anxiety on the perception of negative emotions in faces. Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Portillo, N., Valentin, C., Green, S., Izen, S., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2017). How does race bias our perception of emotion? Emotional judgements of same-race vs different-race faces after adapting to happy or angry. Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
Thaker, N., Fitch, A., & Kaldy, Z. (2017). Do Labels Help? Exploring the Interaction Between Visual Working Memory and Verbal
Labels in Very Young Infants. Poster presented at the Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, April 28, 2017, Amherst, MA. PDF
April 6th-8th, 2017
Graduate students Ali Fitch and Chen Cheng, accompanied by Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy and Dr. Erik Blaser attended the 2017 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting: Developmental Science and Society in Austin, Texas. They presented the following posters:
Cheng, C., Kaldy, Z., Dhungana, S., & Blaser, E. (2017). Using object history to predict future behavior: Are young infants essentialists? Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 6-8, 2017, Austin, TX. PDF
Fitch, A., Groth, A., Ganea, P., Carter, A. S., & Kaldy, Z. (2017). Toddlers with ASD can use language to form expectations about the visual world. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 6-8, 2017, Austin, TX. PDF
Graduate students Ali Fitch and Chen Cheng, accompanied by Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy and Dr. Erik Blaser attended the 2017 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting: Developmental Science and Society in Austin, Texas. They presented the following posters:
Cheng, C., Kaldy, Z., Dhungana, S., & Blaser, E. (2017). Using object history to predict future behavior: Are young infants essentialists? Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 6-8, 2017, Austin, TX. PDF
Fitch, A., Groth, A., Ganea, P., Carter, A. S., & Kaldy, Z. (2017). Toddlers with ASD can use language to form expectations about the visual world. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 6-8, 2017, Austin, TX. PDF
March 2017
Graduate students Doris Chow and Hayley Smith are the recipients of the International Student Research Grants from the Office of Global Programs at UMB. Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy and Dr. Erik Blaser have also received a faculty research grant from the same office.
Graduate students Doris Chow and Hayley Smith are the recipients of the International Student Research Grants from the Office of Global Programs at UMB. Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy and Dr. Erik Blaser have also received a faculty research grant from the same office.
January 2017
Graduate students Doris Chow and Mihye Choi are the recipients of the Graduate Student Assembly Craig R. Bollinger and the Dr. Robert W. Spayne Research Grants, respectively. Doris was awarded the Bollinger grant to support her dissertation research where she plans to examine multisensory influences on perception and attention early in development using visual and auditory stimuli calibrated along a meaningful, amodal, dimension: stimulus salience, to be equally interesting and engaging. She plans to quantify how the relative salience of a stimulus in one modality alters attention and detectability of a stimulus in another modality. Mihye’s award for her master’s work will investigate how infants learn phonemes based on frequency distributions of speech sounds in an ambient language. She is studying whether infants are still able to discriminate the sounds when presented with speaker variations and how infants use visual information in order to learn phonemes. Congratulations, Doris and Mihye!
Graduate students Doris Chow and Mihye Choi are the recipients of the Graduate Student Assembly Craig R. Bollinger and the Dr. Robert W. Spayne Research Grants, respectively. Doris was awarded the Bollinger grant to support her dissertation research where she plans to examine multisensory influences on perception and attention early in development using visual and auditory stimuli calibrated along a meaningful, amodal, dimension: stimulus salience, to be equally interesting and engaging. She plans to quantify how the relative salience of a stimulus in one modality alters attention and detectability of a stimulus in another modality. Mihye’s award for her master’s work will investigate how infants learn phonemes based on frequency distributions of speech sounds in an ambient language. She is studying whether infants are still able to discriminate the sounds when presented with speaker variations and how infants use visual information in order to learn phonemes. Congratulations, Doris and Mihye!
2016
December 2016
Graduate students Allison Fitch & Chen Cheng were accepted to present their respective work at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development in April 2017!
Graduate student Doris Chow was accepted to attend the Rethinking the Senses Spring School in April 2017 in Dubrovnik, Croatia!
Graduate students Allison Fitch & Chen Cheng were accepted to present their respective work at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development in April 2017!
Graduate student Doris Chow was accepted to attend the Rethinking the Senses Spring School in April 2017 in Dubrovnik, Croatia!
September 2016
The Baby Lab welcomes two new graduate students: Ertu Uysal, who is working under the supervision of Dr. Shukla, and collaborator Julie Freschl, who is working under the supervision of Dr. Erik Blaser.
The Baby Lab welcomes two new graduate students: Ertu Uysal, who is working under the supervision of Dr. Shukla, and collaborator Julie Freschl, who is working under the supervision of Dr. Erik Blaser.
July 2016
We have uploaded our Summer 2016 Newsletter for the lab. Check it out for all the newest updates and information! Click Here!
May 2016
Under the supervision of Dr.Vivian Ciaramitaro (center), three more research assistants recently graduated with honors. Daniel Harris (right) graduated with honors from the Honors College and Honors in Psychology. Brandon Mui (left) graduated with honors from the Honors College and Honors in Biology. Kimberly Ellis (not pictured here) also graduated with honors from the Honors College. Congratulations you three on your hard work and dedication! We will miss you!
Under the supervision of Dr.Vivian Ciaramitaro (center), three more research assistants recently graduated with honors. Daniel Harris (right) graduated with honors from the Honors College and Honors in Psychology. Brandon Mui (left) graduated with honors from the Honors College and Honors in Biology. Kimberly Ellis (not pictured here) also graduated with honors from the Honors College. Congratulations you three on your hard work and dedication! We will miss you!
May 26-29, 2016
Sylvia Guillory, a graduate student studying under Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy, attended the Association for Psychological Science's 28th Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois. She presented the following poster:
Guillory, S., Blaser, E., Ivester, R., & Kaldy, Z. (2016). Expectations can influence cognitive resource allocation in a visual short-term memory task: evidence from behavioral and pupillometric measures. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 28th Annual Convention, May 26-29, 2016, Chicago, IL. Poster
Sylvia Guillory, a graduate student studying under Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy, attended the Association for Psychological Science's 28th Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois. She presented the following poster:
Guillory, S., Blaser, E., Ivester, R., & Kaldy, Z. (2016). Expectations can influence cognitive resource allocation in a visual short-term memory task: evidence from behavioral and pupillometric measures. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 28th Annual Convention, May 26-29, 2016, Chicago, IL. Poster
May 23-26, 2016
Graduate students Ali Fitch and Chen Cheng, accompanied by Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy and Dr. Erik Blaser attended the International Conference on Infant Studies in New Orleans, Louisiana. They presented the following posters:
Fitch, A., Ganea, P., Harris, P., & Kaldy, Z. (2016). Infants continue to trust language input even after multiple false testimonies. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, May 24-26, 2016, New Orleans, LA. Poster
Fitch, A., & Kaldy, Z. (2016). Preverbal infants’ use of labels in visual working memory: An eye-tracking study using Delayed Match Retrieval. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, May 24-26, 2016, New Orleans, LA. Poster
Cheng, C. Kaldy, Z., & Blaser, E. (2016). Development of Visual Working Memory in 13- to 16-month olds in an anticipatory looking task. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, May 24-26, 2016, New Orleans, LA. Poster
Graduate students Ali Fitch and Chen Cheng, accompanied by Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy and Dr. Erik Blaser attended the International Conference on Infant Studies in New Orleans, Louisiana. They presented the following posters:
Fitch, A., Ganea, P., Harris, P., & Kaldy, Z. (2016). Infants continue to trust language input even after multiple false testimonies. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, May 24-26, 2016, New Orleans, LA. Poster
Fitch, A., & Kaldy, Z. (2016). Preverbal infants’ use of labels in visual working memory: An eye-tracking study using Delayed Match Retrieval. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, May 24-26, 2016, New Orleans, LA. Poster
Cheng, C. Kaldy, Z., & Blaser, E. (2016). Development of Visual Working Memory in 13- to 16-month olds in an anticipatory looking task. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, May 24-26, 2016, New Orleans, LA. Poster
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May 23, 2016
Undergraduate Abrar Ahmed and Professor Vivian Ciaramitaro at the Biology Honors Ceremony. Abrar worked with Professor Ciaramitaro's Social Perception Lab in order to complete a project for her Biology Honors Program. Congratulations Abrar! |
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May 13-18, 2016
Graduate students: Chen Cheng, Doris Chow, and Sylvia Guillory; professors: Erik Blaser, Vivian Ciaramitaro, and Zsuzsa Kaldy; and undergrauate: Teddy Haile attended the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Annual Conference in St. Pete Beach, Florida (May 13-18, 2016). Students and faculty presented the following posters:
Cheng, C. Kaldy, Z. & Blaser, E. (2016). Accounting for cognitive effort in a visual working memory task in 13- and 15-month old infants. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 13-18, 2016, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Chow, H.M., Harris, D.A., Eid, S., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2016) Early experience alters the developmental trajectory of visual, auditory, and tactile sound-shape correspondence. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 13-18, 2016, St. Pete Beach, FL. Poster
Ciaramitaro, V.M., Izen, S., Lapp, H.E., Harris, D., Phan, A., & Hunter, R.G.(2016). Does hearing an emotion alter how we see emotion in a face and the corresponding physiological stress response. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 13-18, 2016, St. Pete Beach, FL. Poster
Guillory, S.B., & Kaldy, Z. (2016). Quantifying the effect of a distractor on the fidelity of visual working memory representations in 4-7-year-old children and adults. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 13-18, 2016, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Harris, D., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2016). Are mechanisms for processing the gender and emotion of a face interdependent? Not for angry male faces. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 13-18, 2016, St. Pete Beach, FL. Poster
Graduate students: Chen Cheng, Doris Chow, and Sylvia Guillory; professors: Erik Blaser, Vivian Ciaramitaro, and Zsuzsa Kaldy; and undergrauate: Teddy Haile attended the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Annual Conference in St. Pete Beach, Florida (May 13-18, 2016). Students and faculty presented the following posters:
Cheng, C. Kaldy, Z. & Blaser, E. (2016). Accounting for cognitive effort in a visual working memory task in 13- and 15-month old infants. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 13-18, 2016, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Chow, H.M., Harris, D.A., Eid, S., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2016) Early experience alters the developmental trajectory of visual, auditory, and tactile sound-shape correspondence. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 13-18, 2016, St. Pete Beach, FL. Poster
Ciaramitaro, V.M., Izen, S., Lapp, H.E., Harris, D., Phan, A., & Hunter, R.G.(2016). Does hearing an emotion alter how we see emotion in a face and the corresponding physiological stress response. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 13-18, 2016, St. Pete Beach, FL. Poster
Guillory, S.B., & Kaldy, Z. (2016). Quantifying the effect of a distractor on the fidelity of visual working memory representations in 4-7-year-old children and adults. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 13-18, 2016, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Harris, D., & Ciaramitaro, V.M. (2016). Are mechanisms for processing the gender and emotion of a face interdependent? Not for angry male faces. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, May 13-18, 2016, St. Pete Beach, FL. Poster
May 10, 2016
Graduate student, Sylvia Guillory, will participate in the Methods in Computational Neuroscience course at the Summer School at Woods Hole which involves understanding how the brain can solve complex computational problems at the molecular to cognitive/behavioral levels though decomposing these processes into manageable mathematical units. From her participation in this year's course, Sylvia plans to strengthen her computational background and delve into new modeling techniques that will help build her career as a research scientist.
Graduate student, Sylvia Guillory, will participate in the Methods in Computational Neuroscience course at the Summer School at Woods Hole which involves understanding how the brain can solve complex computational problems at the molecular to cognitive/behavioral levels though decomposing these processes into manageable mathematical units. From her participation in this year's course, Sylvia plans to strengthen her computational background and delve into new modeling techniques that will help build her career as a research scientist.
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April 28, 2016
Baby Lab presents at the National Living Laboratory Poster Session, Research Showcase at the Museum of Science Boston Professor Ciaramitaro; graduate students Doris Chow and Sarah Izen; research assistants: Vickee Sanchez, Keri Swenson all presented posters at the National Living Laboratory Poster Session at the Museum of Science, Boston. Students presented the following posters: Does this feel familiar? Repeated exposure strengthens crossmodal correspondence associations. Victoria E Sanchez, Hiu Mei Chow, Sarah Izen, and Vivian, M. Ciaramitaro. Poster The development of emotional interactions across the senses: Interactions between visual and auditory emotional information in children versus adults Keri Swenson, Hiu Mei Chow, Sarah Izen and Vivian M. Ciaramitaro. The strength of associations between abstract shapes and sounds, crossmodal correspondences, decreases for older compared to younger adults. Tracy Tam, Aleksandra Sabov, Hiu Mei Chow, and Vivian M. Ciaramitaro. Poster Does a baba sound feel spikey or round to you? Crossmodal correspondence across the audio-somatosensory modalities. Sandy Eid, Hiu Mei Chow, Daniel Harris, Victoria Sanchez & Vivian M. Ciaramitaro. Poster |
Sophomore, Vickee Sanchez and Professor Vivian Ciaramitaro
Keri Swenson, Sarah Izen, Prof. Vivian Ciaramitaro, Vickee Sanchez, Doris Chow
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April 26, 2016
The Baby Lab attends the UMass Amherst Undergraduate Research Conference
Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro with her undergraduates: Danielle Briggs, Keri Swenson, Anh Phan, Brandom Mui, Tracy Tam, Vickee Sanchez, Sasha Sabov, and Terrence Cook attended the UMass Amherst Undergraduate Research Conference. Anh Phan presented the poster: Cross-modal adaptation to emotional information: Influences on the magnitude and rate of perceptual change. Danielle Briggs presented the poster: Interactions between visual salience and synchrony on auditory detectability in adults. Terence Cook presented the poster: Perceptual biases for negative emotions in social anxiety. Tracy Tam and Aleksandra Sabov presented the poster: The strength of the association between abstract shapes and sounds, cross-modal correspondences, decreases for older compared to younger adults. Victoria Sanchez presented the poster: Does this feel familiar? Repeated exposure strengthens crossmodal correspondence associations.
From left to right: Danielle Briggs, Keri Swenson, Tray Tam, Anh Phan, Brandon Mui, Aleksandra Sabov, Vickee Sanchez (Missing fro photo: Terrence Cook)
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Tracy Tam presenting her poster at the conference this past weekend!
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April 2-5, 2016
The Baby Lab attends Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting
Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro, Doris Chow, Sylvia Guillory, Dan Harris, and Ahn Phan presented posters at the 2016 Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting. Sylvia Guillory, Doris Chow, and Professor Ciaramitaro presented their poster: Matching a shape and a sound: Does sound-shape correspondence modulate a neuronal signature of visual shape processing? Dan Harris and Professor Ciaramitaro presented their poster: Interdependent mechanisms for processing the gender and emotion of a face. Ahn Phan and Professor Ciaramitaro presented their poster: Hearing an emotion alters how we see emotion in a face and the corresponding physiological stress response.
The Baby Lab attends Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting
Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro, Doris Chow, Sylvia Guillory, Dan Harris, and Ahn Phan presented posters at the 2016 Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting. Sylvia Guillory, Doris Chow, and Professor Ciaramitaro presented their poster: Matching a shape and a sound: Does sound-shape correspondence modulate a neuronal signature of visual shape processing? Dan Harris and Professor Ciaramitaro presented their poster: Interdependent mechanisms for processing the gender and emotion of a face. Ahn Phan and Professor Ciaramitaro presented their poster: Hearing an emotion alters how we see emotion in a face and the corresponding physiological stress response.
2015
December 21, 2015
The Baby Lab has been awarded a grant by the National Institutes of Health
Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy, Dr. Erik Blaser and Dr. Mo Shukla have been awarded a major research grant by the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development). The goal of this grant is to characterize the role of focused attention in visual working memory in infants and toddlers using pupillometry.
The Baby Lab has been awarded a grant by the National Institutes of Health
Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy, Dr. Erik Blaser and Dr. Mo Shukla have been awarded a major research grant by the National Institutes of Health (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development). The goal of this grant is to characterize the role of focused attention in visual working memory in infants and toddlers using pupillometry.
November 1, 2015
New Lab Manager
Sangya Dhungana began her position as the new Lab Manager in November, 2015. Sangya received her BA in Psychology from UMass Boston in the Spring of 2015. Prior to taking on her new position, Sangya served as research assistant in the lab for nearly three years.
New Lab Manager
Sangya Dhungana began her position as the new Lab Manager in November, 2015. Sangya received her BA in Psychology from UMass Boston in the Spring of 2015. Prior to taking on her new position, Sangya served as research assistant in the lab for nearly three years.
October 9-10, 2015
The Baby Lab Attends the New England Psychological Association Conference
Daniel Harris, Shan Luo & Professor Vivian M. Ciaramitaro present their poster "Why so angry? Investigating gender bias in the identification of emotion" at the New England Psychological Association Conference (NEPA) at Fitchburg State University. Sandy Eid, Hiu Mei Chow, Daniel Harris, Victoria Sanchez & Professor Vivian M. Ciaramitaro present their poster "Does a baba sound feel spikey or round to you? Crossmodal correspondence across the audio-somatosensory modalities". Daniel Harris and Professor Vivian M. Ciaramitaro gave a talk "What’s in a face? Investigating mechanisms for processing gender and emotion in a face".
The Baby Lab Attends the New England Psychological Association Conference
Daniel Harris, Shan Luo & Professor Vivian M. Ciaramitaro present their poster "Why so angry? Investigating gender bias in the identification of emotion" at the New England Psychological Association Conference (NEPA) at Fitchburg State University. Sandy Eid, Hiu Mei Chow, Daniel Harris, Victoria Sanchez & Professor Vivian M. Ciaramitaro present their poster "Does a baba sound feel spikey or round to you? Crossmodal correspondence across the audio-somatosensory modalities". Daniel Harris and Professor Vivian M. Ciaramitaro gave a talk "What’s in a face? Investigating mechanisms for processing gender and emotion in a face".
October 9-10, 2015
Research Assistant, Dan Harris, won the prestigious Honorary Undergraduate Scholars Award
The Honorary Undergraduate Scholars Award (HUS) is awarded at the New England Psychological Association (NEPA) conference. The awards program recognizes recognize students with high achievement in undergraduate records in psychology and aims to encourage students to pursue careers in the discipline.
Research Assistant, Dan Harris, won the prestigious Honorary Undergraduate Scholars Award
The Honorary Undergraduate Scholars Award (HUS) is awarded at the New England Psychological Association (NEPA) conference. The awards program recognizes recognize students with high achievement in undergraduate records in psychology and aims to encourage students to pursue careers in the discipline.
July 23, 2015
The Baby Lab Attends The Cognitive Science Society Meeting
Allison Fitch attended the Cognitive Science Society Conference in Pasadena California. She presented her research on toddlers and verbal testimony.
The Baby Lab Attends The Cognitive Science Society Meeting
Allison Fitch attended the Cognitive Science Society Conference in Pasadena California. She presented her research on toddlers and verbal testimony.
June 13, 2015
The Baby Lab Attends IMRF
Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro and Doris Chow attend the in 16th International Multisensory Research Forum. They present their reserach on cross-modal interactions.
The Baby Lab Attends IMRF
Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro and Doris Chow attend the in 16th International Multisensory Research Forum. They present their reserach on cross-modal interactions.
June 9, 2015
The Baby Lab Welcomes Two New Graduate Students to the DBS Program
Sarah Izen and Mihye Choi will be starting the DBS PhD program in the Fall. Sarah Izen earned her BA in neuroscience and psychology at Smith College and then received her Master's at Boston University. Mihye Choi completed her BA at Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul, Korea and then earned her Master's degree at Ang University in Seoul, Korea. Sarah will be working with Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro and Mihye with Dr. Mohinish Shukla.
The Baby Lab Welcomes Two New Graduate Students to the DBS Program
Sarah Izen and Mihye Choi will be starting the DBS PhD program in the Fall. Sarah Izen earned her BA in neuroscience and psychology at Smith College and then received her Master's at Boston University. Mihye Choi completed her BA at Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul, Korea and then earned her Master's degree at Ang University in Seoul, Korea. Sarah will be working with Dr. Vivian Ciaramitaro and Mihye with Dr. Mohinish Shukla.
May 26, 2015
2nd Year Graduate Student Present Mentored Research Projects
Graduate students Hayley Smith, Allison Fitch, and Doris Chow presented their mentored research projects. Doris Chow began the symposium with her presentation titled "How much spikier is 'kiki'? Quantifying individual differences in the strength of sound-shape correspondence". This was followed by Allison Fitch and her work on "The role of labels in infants' visual working memory". Hayley Smith concluded the talks with her presentation on the "Susceptibility to distraction in toddlers with and without ASD".
2nd Year Graduate Student Present Mentored Research Projects
Graduate students Hayley Smith, Allison Fitch, and Doris Chow presented their mentored research projects. Doris Chow began the symposium with her presentation titled "How much spikier is 'kiki'? Quantifying individual differences in the strength of sound-shape correspondence". This was followed by Allison Fitch and her work on "The role of labels in infants' visual working memory". Hayley Smith concluded the talks with her presentation on the "Susceptibility to distraction in toddlers with and without ASD".
April 24, 2015
Daniel Harris and Sandy Eid attend the Twenty-first Annual Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference at UMass Amherst
Honors students Daniel Harris and Sandy Eid present
Daniel Harris and Sandy Eid attend the Twenty-first Annual Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference at UMass Amherst
Honors students Daniel Harris and Sandy Eid present
April 10, 2015
Dan Harris presents at ADAA(Anxiety and Depression Association of America) Conference
Honors student Dan Harris presents poster "Face Adaptation: A window into mechanisms of social anxiety" at 2015 ADAA Conference in Miami, FL.
Dan Harris presents at ADAA(Anxiety and Depression Association of America) Conference
Honors student Dan Harris presents poster "Face Adaptation: A window into mechanisms of social anxiety" at 2015 ADAA Conference in Miami, FL.
April 8, 2015
Poster Presented at UMass Boston 4th Annual Community-Engaged Partnerships Syposium: Teaching, Research and Service
Graduate Student Doris Chow and Professor Vivian Ciaramitaro present poster "Research and Education in Parallel: Scientific Outreach through In-site Experiments at the Museum of Science Boston Living Laboratory" at UMass Boston 4th Annual Community-Engaged Partnerships Symposium: Teaching, Research, and Service.
Poster Presented at UMass Boston 4th Annual Community-Engaged Partnerships Syposium: Teaching, Research and Service
Graduate Student Doris Chow and Professor Vivian Ciaramitaro present poster "Research and Education in Parallel: Scientific Outreach through In-site Experiments at the Museum of Science Boston Living Laboratory" at UMass Boston 4th Annual Community-Engaged Partnerships Symposium: Teaching, Research, and Service.
January 31, 2015
Paper Published in Consciousness and Cognition
Graduate student Doris (Hiu Mei) Chow publishes her research in Consciousness and Cognition. Her research was conducted as a Master's student at the the University of Hong Kong. Congratulations, Doris!
Paper Published in Consciousness and Cognition
Graduate student Doris (Hiu Mei) Chow publishes her research in Consciousness and Cognition. Her research was conducted as a Master's student at the the University of Hong Kong. Congratulations, Doris!
January 8, 2015
Paper Published in the Journal of Austism and Developmental Disorders
Graduate student Allison Fitch publishes her research in the Journal of Austism and Developmental Disorders. Her research was conducted as an undergraduate at the University of Connecticut. Congratulations, Allison!
Paper Published in the Journal of Austism and Developmental Disorders
Graduate student Allison Fitch publishes her research in the Journal of Austism and Developmental Disorders. Her research was conducted as an undergraduate at the University of Connecticut. Congratulations, Allison!