Press/Media

Recent news items about the UMass Boston Early Minds Lab or members of our team!
Nov 15, 2025
BABY BLOG of the International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS)
Candice Koolhaas, Zane Mourad, and Dr. Kaldy published a blog post on one of our recent studies in the Early Minds Lab on what limits toddler's memory capacity.
July 7, 2025
It's Innate!
Dr. Kaldy was interviewed for the podcast "It's Innate!" about her career in science and our lab's latest work on how attention and working memory work together in children. The episode is called "A happy little dance between attention and working memory (with Zsuzsa Kaldy)​"
April 3, 2025
Under the Cortex
Dr. Kaldy was interviewed for the podcast "Under the Cortex" about our Psychological Science paper on the external mind. The podcast is titled: Young Minds, Smart Strategies: How Children Decide When to Use External Memory Aids. 
September 7, 2024
PsyPost
Our PI Dr. Ciaramitaro worked on an amazing project with Dr. Sarah Hayes-Skelton about social anxiety relates to processing emotional information.
June 4, 2024
Tobii.com
Dr. Kaldy gave a webinar talk with other colleagues about our eye-tracking studies. This event was organized by Tobii.
May 4, 20234
​UMass Boston
Our PhD student Candice Koolhaas received a 2023 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) award from the U.S. Department of Defense. Congratulations, Candice!
Mar 4, 2024
APA Spotlight!
Our journal article in Developmental Psychology on the effect of interference on children's memories is featured as an APA Spotlight. 
 Aug 3, 2022
Brains ON!
Dr. Kaldy was interviewed for the podcast Brains On! on the development of memory in kids and why we can't remember events from our first few years of life.
Jun 14, 2022
WBUR
Dr. Kaldy was interviewed on our local NPR station for a segment on brain development and childcare!

Past Press/Media

Jan 21, 2021
UMass Boston
Our team receives an NIH (National Institute of Health) grant to study memory development in children!
Fall 2016
UMass Boston
Our labs research on visual working memory was highlighted in an article Through the Eyes of a Child.
Spring 2015
UMass Boston
Our PI Dr. Kaldy was highlighted as an outstanding faculty at UMass Boston!
Nov 20, 2013
The Mass Media
​Our lab was featured in an article on The Mass Media: What Are Babies Thinking? An inside look at the Infant Research Center at UMass Boston.
Jan 29, 2013
Boston Magazine:
Our lab was highlighted in Boston Magazine: Brainy Babies - Boston is a growing hub for research into the infant mind.
Feb 4, 2011
UMass Boston News
Our lab was featured in an article on UMass Boston News: At UMass Boston Infant Cognition Lab, Babies' Memories Tested