UCD Babylab

Meet Lydia 🤗 Lydia is a master student at the Babylab , where she is working on our ongoing GLOVE project 👶 she is currently inviting infants that are around 9 months old, and their parents to participate 🤗you can find more Information and reach out to Lydia directly via the link in our bio 🔗

Research at the UCD Babylab looks a little bit different - no lab coats here! Get a little peek 👀 at what the UCD Babylab looks like, and maybe visit us yourself 🤗🧸

Find our ongoing studies on our website 🔗

Our lab member Evija crushed it this week at the All Ireland Psychology Student Congress at the winning the prize for the Best Undergraduate Lightning Talk 🏆 In her presentation, she shared some exciting findings from our ongoing TEDDY study on toddlers’ pretend play and their cognitive development 👶 As always, thanks to all of our wonderful participants who have made this study possible 🙏🚀

Meet Shujie 🤗 Shujie joined the UCD Babylab as a Master Student last year and has been supporting the ongoing Bailey’s study of the project. Before coming to UCD, he studied in the Netherlands at the University of Twente and Amsterdam - we are happy to have him!

Last week Abby, Shannon and Tobi, our PhD candidates from the UCD Babylab, visited the Cognitive Development Society Conference in Montreal 🇨🇦 to share some findings from our ongoing projects, , TEDDY, and STAMP 📊

The Cognitive Development Society Conference is a huge event, bringing together researchers in the field of development and cognitive psychology from across the globe 🌎 It was a great opportunity for us to connect with other researchers and to get inspiration for our own research here at UCD.

Calling parents of infants! In our new study, the GLOVE project, we are exploring the role of motor skills in children’s early social development 🧠

Babies are growing and learning new skills each day, such as crawling, grasping, and playing with objects. They learn by performing actions themselves, but also by watching others! 📈✨ therefore, social and motor development are closely linked - something we want to explore further.

If you’re interested in participating in our GLOVE (Grasping, Learning and Observing) project, find the link to sign-up in our bio or reach out to us🤗

Get to know… Chellian!

Chellian original wanted to become an astronaut, so we are glad to have him with us now at the UCD Babylab to explore the immense galaxy of children’s early development. He is currently inviting infants and their parents to a study about weaning. You can find out more via the link in our bio 🤗

Calling all new dads! We are inviting first-time fathers to talk about their experience of becoming a dad with us in our new study 🤗We are interested in men’s experience of transitioning into the role of fatherhood - what was that like? How did that feel? Or even just when did you find sleep?

If you are interested, or you know someone who might be, you can find more information in our bio ☺️ we’d love to chat with you!