Early Learning & Cognition Lab at UCSD

14/03/2024

Reminder to submit your nominations for the APA Boyd McCandless Award for Early Career Contributions in Developmental Psychology by THIS FRIDAY, March 15! Info here:

This award recognizes young scientists who have made distinguished contributions to developmental psychology.

07/05/2021

Hey moms of 9-year-olds! Looking for a fun, at-home activity for your 9-year-old?

What do children do when trying learn about new things? Help us find out in this short online study for 9-year-olds with UCSD’s Early Learning & Cognition Lab! Click on the button below to fill out an interest form. An experimenter will contact you from there! Sessions are about 10 minutes long and entirely over Zoom. We hope to meet you soon!

05/05/2021

Hey moms of 9-year-olds! Looking for a fun, at-home activity for your 9-year-old?

What do children do when trying learn about new things? Help us find out in this short online study for 9-year-olds with UCSD’s Early Learning & Cognition Lab! Click on the button below to pick a time that suits your schedule. Sessions are about 10 minutes long and entirely over Zoom. We hope to meet you soon!

20/04/2021

Come discover with us! The Early Learning & Cognition Lab at UC-San Diego looks at how children choose to learn about the world around them. This engaging and interactive online study takes place on Zoom, and can be completed from anywhere in the world! Learn more & sign up here: http://elc-lab-ucsd.com/participate-online

07/04/2021

28/12/2020

Looking for a fun and interactive activity for your child to participate in over Zoom? Check out our online studies page! You can sign up a for a time with a researcher that works best for your schedule!

The Early Learning & Cognition Lab is happy to announce that we now have several fun, interactive studies that children can complete online!

28/12/2020

We have had a quite a few exciting publications this year! Check out this review paper with our PI Caren Walker and Andrew Shtulman:

Developing an Understanding of Science

26/01/2020

Take a look at our new paper, co-authored with Alexandra Rett and Liz Bonawitz.

We assessed whether an artifact’s design can facilitate recognition of abstract causal rules. In Experiment 1, 152 three-year-olds were presented with evidence ...

24/06/2019

New research from the lab was featured in UCSD news and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences! The research looks at the impact of culture on abstract reasoning in kids:

Psychology research with children in the U.S. and China suggests there isn’t a universal trajectory for how abstract thought develops – and that culture may play a role.