Memory Development Lab at YorkU

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Memory Development Lab at YorkU

A non-profit centre dedicated to the study of children’s learning and memory. Our research provides insight about children's memory and learning.

The MDLaB consists of a team of researchers who are interested in several aspects of 2- to 14-year-old children’s development. We are interested in cognitive and brain development. We hope our research will inform educational interventions. Participants in our studies are volunteers in the Toronto community who generously offer their time to help us with our studies. Our lab was formerly located at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, partnering with the awesome DUCK Lab (). We greatly appreciate the support that we have received from each and every parent and child in both the Greensboro and Toronto communities! If you haven't signed up with us already and you are interested in participating, please contact us via email. You can also sign up for more information at our website. Studies can be completed online from the comfort of you own home, or in person. Visits can be arranged at your convenience – mornings, afternoons, evenings and weekends. Studies typically take 30 minutes to 1 hour and we provide free and convenient access to parking, as well as snacks and prizes for your child. All of our studies are conducted as fun games that children enjoy and you are welcome to watch your child participate the entire time. Your child can become a junior scientist and help us with our research. The director of the MDLaB is Dr. Jeni Pathman, Assistant Professor, York U. This page will keep parents informed about ongoing research in our center and also provide scientific information and resources on child development

10/19/2024

We have a new study open to families in Canada and the USA. It can be done online (via Zoom) and you would be helping us learn about child and adolescent memory - info we hope will be directly useful in legal/forensic settings. Kids have fun, you can listen to the fascinating things they say about their memories for parent-selected events, and help advance science at the same time. Families receive $30 e-gift card (and other thank yous). Go to childmemorystudy.com. Please share widely!

07/27/2023

We had a great time participating. Thanks to all the families that visited us at our table!

05/26/2023

Our lab is recruiting for an online study with children 7, 8, 11 and 12 years old. Families receive a $10 e-gift card; open to families in Canada or USA only. Please share widely. For more info, please go to study website link:

Currently Recruiting: Online Koala Study What you’ll do: You and your child will participate in one or two sessions with an experimenter. The session(s) will take place online, from anywhere you are most comfortable! Because the study will be conducted online, you will need a computer or tablet to...

03/09/2022

Our lab is recruiting for a new online study for children. This study is being lead by our awesome graduate student Tida. Please consider participating and share widely! Study website link: https://t.co/2mSkFXajhH

03/17/2021

New study from our lab officially out! We examined children's memory for "real-world" events. Thanks to all the wonderful families that volunteered to participate and thanks to the awesome Learning and Engagement Branch at the Toronto Zoo. Congrats to graduate student Lina on her first published study! Thanks

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acp.3804

02/17/2021

Time and our ability to remember ‘what happened when’ is critical for our daily functioning. In one line of work, our lab studies how children remember ‘what happened when’ and how this is related to brain development. So we are excited to share our new paper in the journal Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.

Thanks to the awesome children and families that participated in this research! Without you this would not be possible.

Time is a critical feature of episodic memory—memory for events from a specific time and place (Tulving, 1972). Previous research indicates that tempo…

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4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON
M3J1P3

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https://md.lab.yorku.ca/

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