Infant and Child Cognition Lab at Victoria University

📖🧩 Do you know a child between 5–7 who enjoys puzzles and storybooks? 🧩📖

The VUW Child Development Lab (ELMo Lab) are currently recruiting for an exciting new study looking at how children remember emotional experiences, and how caregivers may shape this process.

In this study, your child will complete a fun card game and read a storybook. Caregivers will also be asked to complete some surveys.

If you know a child aged between 5–7 who might be interested, or you’d like more information, please email us at [email protected] or sign up through our website: https://elmolabvuw.wordpress.com/research/

Participate in research If you’re interested in participating in our research, please complete the form below and we’ll get back to you shortly. You can also get in touch with us at [email protected].

🧩👦Calling all 5-year-old boys who like puzzles!!🧩👦

Our friends at the ELMo lab need six more 5-year-old boys to help us finish an exciting study looking at how parents support children’s emotional development. In this study, we would ask your child to complete a puzzle activity and open a treasure chest. We would also ask you and your partner to complete an online survey. If you are interested in participating with your 5-year-old, please email us at [email protected] or sign up on our website (https://elmolabvuw.wordpress.com/research/). 😄

🗝🧩 Do you know a 5-year-old boy who enjoys puzzles and treasure chests? 🗝🧩

Our friends at the ELMo lab are nearly done with an exciting new study looking at how parents support children’s emotional development, and we are looking for some 5-year-old boys to help us finish. In this study, we would ask your child to complete a puzzle activity and open a treasure chest. We would also ask you and your partner to complete an online survey. If you know a 5-year-old boy who might be interested in participating or you want more information about our research, please email us at [email protected] or sign up on our website: https://elmolabvuw.wordpress.com/research 😊🙋

💭👶 Do you have a toddler born between 26th July and 2nd November 2022? 👶💭

We're looking for a few more little helpers to participate in a study looking at how toddlers think about the wants and needs of other people!
If you know a toddler who might be interested in playing a helping game with us, head to our website (vuwbabylab.com/for-parents/) or send us a message 🙋

For Parents At the Infant and Child Cognition Lab, we do research on how our tamariki view the world around them! We are interested in how babies and children learn about others, begin to understand communicat…

🧸👶 Do you have a toddler born between 9th February and 27th May 2022? 👶🧸

We are on the look out for 10 more little helpers to participate in a study looking at how toddlers think about the preferences of other people!

If you know a toddler who might be interested in playing a helping game with one of our research assistants, check out our website (vuwbabylab.com/for-parents/) or send us a message 🙋

👶🧩 We are on the lookout for some little helpers! 🧩👶

We have a new interactive study looking at how toddlers choose to help another person, and we are looking for some 17- to 19-month-olds who want to participate!

If you know a toddler who might be interested in helping our researchers play with some toys, please check out our website (www.vuwbabylab.com/for-parents/) or send us an email ([email protected]). 🙋

🤓👶We're on the look out for baby scientists! 👶🤓

We have two new studies running for 5- to 12-month-olds, exploring questions such as how babies make social evaluations of others and how they think about the goals of other people! Your baby might watch a video, choose between characters, or listen to a story being read! If you are interested in learning more about these studies, or in signing up, please email us at [email protected] or check out our website (www.vuwbabylab.com/for-parents/) 🙋

🎄🎁 Meri Kirihimete me ngā mihi o te Tau Hou 🎁🎄

The Baby Lab team will be out of office spending time with our friends and families until January 11th 2023. We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and a great start to the new year!

👶 Calling parents of babies under 6 months! 👶

The VUW Early Intervention in Mental Health Lab is aiming to better understand postpartum mental health, and would be really grateful if any parents (both partners) of babies 6 months and under participated in their survey.

To learn more, follow the information on the attached poster or visit: https://vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_enzVIAIy830NOXc.

🎨📖Would your 4-year-old like to help make pictures and hear stories? 📖🎨

We are nearly done with an exciting set of studies and we are looking for some 4-year-old scientists to help us finish! This study will help us understand whether shared experiences influence what children think other people should know. In the study, we ask children to make some pictures, listen to a story, and then answer a few questions about them! If you have a 4-year-old who might be interested in participating at our study space in Wellington, or you want more information about our research, please email us at [email protected] or register on our website (www.vuwbabylab.com/for-parents/) 😊🙋‍♀️

For Parents At the Infant and Child Cognition Lab, we do research on how our tamariki view the world around them! We are interested in how babies and children learn about others, begin to understand communicat…