Waves Emotion Lab at Florida Atlantic University

Our latest research on brain development has just been published with in Child Psychiatry & Human Develoment. Read it here.

Mindfulness-Training in Preadolescents in School: The Role of Emotionality, EEG in Theta/Beta Bands, Creativity and Attention

Humans are social beings. When does our social mind begin to develop?

https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1e8ax_rUrU46pD

Our recently published study provides more evidence that affectionate touch and breastfeeding buffers against the negative influence of maternal depression on infant behavioral and physiological development!

https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/511604

Check out our developmental psychology research methods book!

Conducting Research in Developmental Psychology: A Topical Guide for Research Methods Utilized Across the Lifespan This comprehensive guide offers a rich introduction to research methods, experimental design and data analysis techniques in developmental science, emphasizing the importance of an understanding of this area of psychology for any student or researcher interested in examining development across the l...

Touch plays an important role in early development. In a recently published study based on Dr. Hardin's dissertation project, we examined a formalized mother-infant touch training protocol called kangaroo care. It was found that this skin-to-skin procedure favorably influences both neurodevelopmental trajectories and infant neurobiological functioning.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163638319301365?via%3Dihub

Mindfulness meditation has been reported to have both physical and mental benefits in adult populations. Now the WAVES Emotion lab has found evidence that mindfulness meditation is associated with brainwave changes in the frontal and central regions of children; reflecting a lower neurological risk for anxiety development.

Mindfulness Meditation Intervention Alters Neurophysiological Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Preadolescents | Journal of Psychophysiology | Vol 34, No 3 Abstract. Mindfulness meditation interventions (MMIs) are formal training programs which utilize mindfulness techniques to improve attentional control and reduce stress and anxiety. Past investigat...

Our Kangaroo Care research is getting noticed.

Mother/infant skin-to-skin touch boosts baby's brain development and function As the world prioritizes social distancing due to COVID-19, research shows that extended use of Kangaroo Care, a skin-to-skin, chest-to-chest method of caring for a baby, can positively benefit full-term infants and their mothers, with important implications for post-partum depression. The study pro...

Hi there!
Do you:
• Have a child between 4 and 8 years old diagnosed with
an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)?
• Want to help researchers understand the emotional
development of children with ASD?
• Want to better understand how your child recognizes
emotions and relates to your family members and
strangers?

Participating in this research will help scientists to better understand how children with an ASD process and recognize the emotions of their family members and strangers. You will also learn more about
your child’s emotional responses!

Message us to learn more about this opportunity! ✨😀

http://psy2.fau.edu/~jones/

Welcome to the page for the WAVES Emotion Lab at Florida Atlantic University! Students can participate in a 1 to 3 credit DIR with our lab, where you will have the opportunity to be a member of a dynamical research team. Hope to see new faces in Summer and Fall of 2019!

If you would like to participate in one of our studies, message us! Check out the link below to check out our ongoing studies!

W.A.V.E.S. Laboratory Welcome to the WAVES Laboratory Developmental Research Group Welcome to the WAVES Emotion Lab at Florida Atlantic University! The purpose of the WAVES Emotion Lab is to understand the factors that contribute to the development of socio-emotional Wellness during infancy and childhood. Our focus is on...

We are still recruiting for our infant emotions study! Mothers and their 12-15 month old infants are invited to participate.

Visit our website to learn more about our studies and lab managers:
http://psy2.fau.edu/~jones/jones/experiments.html

Experiments Emotions are ubiquitous and impart meaning to everyday experiences and social interactions. Our lab focuses on studying the development of emotions from infancy through early childhood, employing neuro- and psychophysiological perspectives. We study the factors that precipitate both risk and resilie...

Participants in our mother-infant bonding study receive a free Boppy or Kangaroo Care wrap, in addition to other great incentives! We are still recruiting pregnant women and need your help! Please share our most recent flyer.