We are a research unit at the ANU Research School of Psychology exploring how young children learn new words and what role naps play in learning.
We are exploring how monolingual children respond to hearing new words for new objects and how sleep affects learning. We show pictures on a computer and use a special camera to see what children notice. The study involves 3 sessions: 1 visit to the university and 2 home visits. Parents are with their child at all times and each session takes about 30-60 minutes.
16/01/2026
We are seeking submissions for a special issue on The Role of Sleep in Children’s Learning and Memory. For full details and submission guidelines, please see the link below.
The Role of Sleep in Children’s Learning and Memory Special Issue in journal Behavioral Sciences: The Role of Sleep in Children’s Learning and Memory
29/07/2025
New paper out from our lab. We would like to thank all the parents and hard working babies who contributed to the study at ANU.
Strike a Pose: Relationships Between Infants’ Motor Development and Visuospatial Representations of Bodies
Strike a Pose: Relationships Between Infants’ Motor Development and Visuospatial Representations of Bodies Infants discriminate faces early in the first year, but research on infants’ discrimination of bodies is plagued by mixed findings. Using a familiarisation novelty preference method, we investigated 7- and 9-month-old infants’ discrimination of body postures presented in upright and inverted ori...