Lab for Child Development at Johns Hopkins University

This past fall, we had the exciting opportunity to have one of our studies published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences! The findings are the first to demonstrate that young children distinguish between improbable and impossible events, and learn significantly better after impossible occurrences. Results of this study, conducted by former doctoral student who is now an associate professor at the College of New Jersey, Dr. Aimee Stahl, and our own Dr. Feigenson, suggests parents and teachers can create these heightened learning moments for kids!

Check out the video below to learn more!

Toddlers Understand Concept of Possibility Children too young to know words like “impossible” and “improbable” nonetheless understand how possibility works, finds new work with two- and three-year-old...

As we put some more effort into growing our page and improving our social media presence, I want to introduce our Fall 2024 Baby Lab team! 👶🏻 As always, our lab is headed by Dr. Lisa Feigenson and Dr. Justin Halberda. This semester we also have 6 great grad students, 8 wonderful research assistants, and a brand new lab manager!📚Will all these hard workers we have a super team to start the school year strong!💯

We will use this page to share study info, recruitment events, sweet study participants, and more!📸📚🏘️ Feel free to share content as you like and promote us to family/friends who may be interested in participating! ✨We always love to grow our Baby Lab family. Hope to see you around the lab soon! 😊

Check out our research in the latest issue of the Johns Hopkins Magazine!

New study is the first to show that curious babies become curious toddlers A new Johns Hopkins study is the first to show that curious babies become curious toddlers

Did you know we're now conducting our research ONLINE?
You and your baby or child can participate from the comfort of your own living room! Studies typically last 10-15 minutes, and you will receive an Amazon gift credit as a thank you for your time.
Find out more here: https://labforchilddevelopment.com
Sign up for an easy online appointment here: https://corexmsnswyjhpdsdt99.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0VZoSHNCD1HVTM2

Highly curious babies become highly curious toddlers!
Our findings, led by Dr. Jasmin Perez and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, are summarized here in US News & World Report: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-06-29/high-curiosity-in-infancy-carries-through-to-toddler-years

Babies' random choices determine what they prefer! Check out our research on "choice-induced preference," as reported by NPR and others:
https://hub.jhu.edu/2021/06/28/curious-babies-become-curious-toddlers/

Our research about babies' understanding of objects and their properties was featured in a recent New York Times article! You can read about it here!

How Play Energizes Your Kid’s Brain Scientists have long studied play to gain insights into the developing human mind.

Check out some of our recent findings featured in the Washington Post! A huge thank you to all of our families who participated in our Countbox studies! If you have a kiddo at home who you'd like to have participate in our cool science games give us a call at (410) 516-6068 or fill out our webform here: http://pbs.jhu.edu/laboratory-for-child-development-signup-form/

Babies understand how to count years earlier than previously believed Babies who are years away from being able to say words like “one” and “two” already have a sense of how to count, according to new research from Johns Hopkins University released Oct. 24.

We just released our 2019 Newsletter! Check out some of our cool findings and what we've been up to this past year.
https://labforchilddevelopment.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/2019-newsletter-2.pdf

If you're interested to see what fun studies your kiddos are eligible for you can send us an email at [email protected] or if you're new to us you can fill out a form to participate here: https://pbs.jhu.edu/laboratory-for-child-development-signu…/

So glad to have met so many awesome people in the community! Thanks for stopping by our table! Did you miss us? We’ll be facepainting at the 2020 JHU Spring Fair in April!

Come get your face painted for free at the Abell Street Fair and hear about some cool science!!