Cognition and Language Learning Research Group

Our booth at the in Halifax last Sunday! 🦉🩵

Special thank you to everybody who made this happen, especially all of our amazing lab members (including those we didn’t get a photo of) and the wonderful team who put this event together!

We had such a blast! Thank you to all who stopped by our booth to learn about the wonderful work we are so lucky to do 🩵🥰

Calling all parents! Participate in a fun activity with your baby and contribute to science from the comfort of your home!

We are currently looking for toddlers between the ages of 15 and 20 months (1 year 3 months and 2 years) to participate in an online study on how many languages babies expect people to speak.

Children learning only English (monolingual) and children
learning English and another language (bilingual) can participate in this study.

After participating in the study, families will be entered in a draw to win a $150 prepaid VISA
gift card.

If you are interested in helping us with our research, please follow this link to sign up for a timeslot:

https://languagedev.wixsite.com/gcll/language-expectations

Participation involves completing a one-time virtual activity where you and your child will watch a series of videos on your computer and listen to speakers tell a story.

This study does not require a researcher to be present, so you can participate whenever it is convenient for you. If you know any families who might be interested, please share this post!

If you have any questions, please contact our team at [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram and like our page .language.learning .language.learning for more chances to win fun prizes!

Additionally, we have a new referral program in place. If you participate and encourage others to participate, please let us know and we will place both names in our draw to win a $100 CAD gift card to Chapters/Barnes & Noble!

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Are you interested in how your child learns language? We are the Cognition and Language Learning Research Group (GCLL) at Dalhousie University. We look at how children learn language and the sociocultural factors that play into their development.

We are looking for new participants aged 0-8. We would love to have your family participate! We offer a few studies that your child can participate in – both virtual and in-person options. All are designed to be as fun as they can be for your little one! Plus, each study offers a unique prize for participating.

If you are interested in helping us with our research, please see our website to view the studies applicable to your child: https://languagedev.wixsite.com/gcll/current-studies.

If you have any questions, please contact our team at [email protected].

Follow us on Instagram and like our page for more chances to participate and win fun prizes!

Additionally, we have a new referral program in place. If you participate and encourage others to participate, please let us know and we will place both names in our draw to win a $100 gift card to Chapters/Barnes & Noble!

We are looking for children in Halifax between the ages of 4- to 6-years old for our research looking at how cultural context plays a role in children's word learning.

A $10 CAD Amazon gift card will be provided to participating families.

To get involved, email us at [email protected], or scan the QR code and fill out the contact form on our website.

We are looking for Canadian families with English-speaking children between the ages of 5 and 8 years old to participate in an online study looking at children’s reasoning about social groups. Participating families receive a $10 CAD Amazon egift card.

To book a virtual appointment through Calendly, scan the QR code or reach out to [email protected].

We are looking for families residing in Canada or the United States with children between the ages of 5 and 7 years old who are fluent in English to participate in an online study exploring how speaker diversity affects children’s language learning!

To participate, email us today at [email protected]!

Happy Halloween, from the GCLL to you! We hope you have a safe, fun, and dry Halloween! 🎃🖤🧡💜

Interested in learning more about fNIRS? Swipe to learn more! Want to participate in one of our fNIRS studies? Check out the links in our bio or send us an email!

We are looking for families with toddlers between the ages of 15-20 months old, who are learning English and at least one other language, to participate in an online study investigating how many languages they expect others to speak!

To sign up, please contact us at [email protected]!

We are looking for families with babies in Halifax between the ages of 10-13 months to participate in our in-person study on infant word learning! After participating, families receive a $10 Amazon gift card and a free storybook.

This study uses fNIRS, a completely safe neuroimaging technique that uses light to understand how hard the brain is working.

To participate, email us today at [email protected]!

We are looking for families with bilingual toddlers between the ages of 15-to-20-months-old, who are learning English and another language, to participate in an online study investigating how many languages they expect others to speak!

To sign up, please contact us at [email protected] and someone will be in touch with you as soon as possible.