Social Development and Learning Lab

Our research focuses on how children come to understand the social world. Sign up for a study today! Visit www.bu.edu/sdll or call us at (617) 358-7236.

The SDLL is directed by Dr. Peter Blake and has been part of the BU Child Development Lab group since 2012. We study things such as cooperation and competition, ownership and private property, fairness and other social norms, and learning through imitation and communication. Often we have children interact in fun, game-like situations with peers or parents. Studies take place in the psychology dep  ...