Bowdoin Children's Learning Lab

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Another awesome group of Bowdoin RAs this semester!!

So excited to hear our awesome summer intern, Caty is planning to attend Bowdoin next year!

Our wonderful intern, Caty, enjoying another beautiful day at the farmer's market. We couldn't make it today (too many families visiting our lab!) but we will be back on Friday! Come & play with us!!

Student co-authors, Emma, Francesca & Chelsea holding our SRCD poster before hanging it in the lab!

Professor O'Doherty and Bowdoin '14 alum Madelena presenting our research at the society for research on child development conference in Philadelphia!

Joan Ganz Cooney Center - Can You Turn Screen Time into Family Time? Can you turn screen time into family time? Our new resource, Family Time with Apps: A Guide to Using Apps with Your Kids, provides tips on how...

Bundle up and come visit the toasty warm Bowdoin Children's Learning Lab - message us for current study info!!

Common-Sense, Science-Based Advice on Toddler Screen Time—Finally! It’s a question always sparking hot debate in parenting circles: Do you let your babies and toddlers use screens? For years, the health and child development establishment has been advising parents to avoid exposing their toddlers and babies to screen media. But daily life increasingly includes vide…

Excited to have two families visiting our lab today! If you have a child who is 3 or 4 - please come participate in our research! Just message us or email: [email protected]

Another fun week of having families visit the lab for our research studies! This week we had help from our newest researchers, Katie Billings & Katie Case (and no, you don't need to be named Katie to work in the lab.)

So excited about the great group of researchers we have in the lab this fall! Our studies with 3-6 year-old children are ongoing - if you are interested in participating - please send us a message!