Language and Development Lab at UCSD

We are still recruiting for our bilingual study! If you have a child aged 3 to 5 who speaks English/Spanish or English/German, we would love to have you participate in our short study via Zoom. All participants will receive a $5 USD Amazon gift card for their time! Visit ladlab.com/guessing-portal to learn more or sign up for a time that works for you!

If you have questions, please contact us via this page or at [email protected].

Guessing Game —

Bonjour/Hi parents!
My name is Elisabeth Marchand, and I am a PhD student at the Language and Development Lab at the University of California San Diego. I am interested in how bilingual children learn numbers across their two languages.
I am looking for bilingual children (Spanish/English or French/English) aged 3-5.5 years for a 18-20 min online study via zoom! The study consist of 2 games about numbers. At the end, children receive a 5$ Amazon gift certificate.
If you are interested, you can sign up via the link below to set up a meeting (under current studies). If you have any questions, you can also email me at this address: [email protected]. Thank you for helping us understand how kids learn!

Guessing Game for Bilinguals —

The UCSD Language and Development Lab is excited to invite you and your child to participate in virtual studies with one of our researchers! Check out ladlab.com/online-research to sign up or learn more.

Online Research — Our lab has begun conducting studies online! We meet with you live, on Zoom, at a time that works best for you, and work with you to conduct the studies with your child. To find a study that works for you, click the images below.

Thank you for continuing to support developmental research through the Language & Development Lab at UCSD. With the spread of COVID-19 and in keeping with UCSD suggestions, our lab has ceased all in-person data collection until we are confident that it will pose no risk to the health of you, your child, or any of our lab members. We wish you and your family the best during this time, and we hope that you are safe and well!

Are you interested in volunteering with LAD Lab? We're now accepting research assistant applications for Fall 2019. Check out ladlab.com/volunteer for more information!

We had a great time supporting our Summer Training Academy for Research Success (STARS) students at the annual UC San Diego Summer Research Conference. Congratulations to Janelle Silvas and Yaa Konadu Akuaku, who were valuable members of our summer research team and gave fantastic presentations on number development in children.

Our latest newsletter describing some of our recent findings is now available! Thank you to all directors, families, and participants for your collaboration. Our research would not be possible without you! Check it out here:

Parent Newsletter: UCSD Language and Development Lab

Calling all little scientists! The Language and Development Lab, a member of Kid Science Labs, is currently looking for children aged 2.5 to 6.5 years old to participate in a study exploring children's understanding and development of numbers.

If you think your child would like to be a "child scientist," check out our direct link to sign up: http://www.ladlab.com/sign-up

If you'd like more information about this or other projects, visit our website at http://www.ladlab.com/contact or call us at 858-246-0576!

Sign-up Q: What does a visit entail?Studies are structured as child-friendly games, (e.g., computer games, puppet shows) and children receive a small prize (e.g., certificate, toy) to take home.

Our summer newsletter describing some of our recent findings is now available! Thank you to all directors, families, and participants for your collaboration. Our research would not be possible without you! Check it out here:

Parent Newsletter: UCSD Language and Development Lab

The LAD Lab's first newsletter of 2018 is now available! Thank you to all directors, families, and participants for your collaboration. Our research would not be possible without you! Check it out: https://tinyurl.com/y8bzgomk

This weekend, the LAD Lab got together to have some fun, support a good cause, and increase awareness of eating disorders!

Calling all babies! The Language and Development Lab, a member of Kid Science Labs, is currently looking for infants aged 20-24 months old to participate in a study exploring babies' understanding and development of color categories.

If you think your baby would like to be a "child scientist," check out our the direct link to sign up: http://www.ladlab.com/sign-up

If you'd like more information about this or other projects, visit our website at http://www.ladlab.com/contact or call us at 858-246-0576!

Sign-up Q: What does a visit entail?Studies are structured as child-friendly games, (e.g., computer games, puppet shows) and children receive a small prize (e.g., certificate, toy) to take home.