Infant Perception-Action Laboratory

08/09/2025

I am so proud of Lily and Samantha who won an achievement award at the undergraduate research symposium exhibition. Congrats!

08/09/2025

Congrats to Asante for successfully defending his thesis!👏👏👏

07/08/2024

It is my immense pleasure to share that John P. Connell has successfully defended his dissertation. Congrats 🎉 Dr. Connell! I am so proud of you!

05/08/2024

I am so proud of Gracie Stallings (2nd from left below) who won an Achievement Award last night at the undergraduate EUReCA ceremony. Congrats, Gracie!

05/21/2023

Last night I had the immense honor to be the hooder for Drs Abby DiMercurio and Kaleb Kinder, both graduates from our Cognitive and Developmental Science program at UT. Congrats for an amazing achievement!

04/27/2023

We had a great lab show at EUREcA -- the UTK undergraduate research forum -- this week. Allison Tentorio, Avery Prefer, Anna Lynne, & Paiton Frazier presented their posters on research done in our lab. John Connell and Abby DiMercurio who worked with them also are on the pictures. This was a fantastic research team. Congrats on achieving an amazing work and showcasing great findings!

04/11/2023

I am very proud to announce that Abby DiMercurio passed her dissertation defense with flying colors. Congrats Dr. DiMercurio!

06/23/2021

One of our lab’s doctoral students, Abby DiMercurio, had her work highlighted by the University of Tennessee’s Office of Research and Engagement! Check out the story here:

For thousands of years, philosophers and researchers have been asking the same question: How does a powerful and complex human […]

03/24/2019

Doctoral students Abby DiMercurio and John Connell present their research at the Society for Research in Child Development in Baltimore!

03/01/2019

UT Knoxville needs you! The Infant Perception-Action Lab is looking for families with children between 0 and 2 years to participate in studies on perceptual and motor development in babies!

Sign up online: https://ipal.utk.edu/interested-complete-our-easy-form/

Studies are short and fun! Sessions can be scheduled at your convenience. We provide free parking, childcare for siblings, and a thank you gift for participating!

You can also see what's been happening in the Child Development Research Group by seeing our 2019 newsletter here: http://cdrg.utk.edu/2019-newsletter.html

Please share this invitation with anyone you know who may be interested! For more information, you can contact us by phone at (865) 974 - 6060, or by email at [email protected].

01/25/2019

Dr. Rebecca Wiener's doctorate hooding from this past December. We are very proud of all her work! She is now working in industry as a User Experience Researcher at Newell Brands in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Congratulations Rebecca!