Infant Neuromotor Control Lab

Check out our spotlight on Beth Smith, PT, DPT, PhD, director of the Infant Neuromotor Control Lab! Beth's research examines movement patterns to identify developmental trajectories in infants' central nervous systems.

https://foundation4pt.org/exploring-infant-neuromotor-development-an-interview-with-beth-smith/

Are you interested in learning how infant brain activity and movement patterns change as your baby learns to reach for objects? Our study at USC/Children's Hospital Los Angeles hopes to find out. This study is for infants with typical development (less than 6 months of age), who are not yet reaching and grasping objects.

If you are interested or know someone who is, please send us a message or email us at [email protected]

Congratulations to recent INCLab PhD graduate Weiyang Deng on his recent publication in Infant Behavior and Development

Correlation between performance and quantity/variability of leg exploration in a contingency learning task during infancy Quantity and quality of motor exploration are proposed to be fundamental for infant motor development. However, it is still not clear what types of mo…

INC Lab at CHLA Health Fair

Interested in participating in a paid research study at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles with your infant?
We are reaching out to families with babies (younger than 8 months of age) who may be interested in seeing their babies interact with an infant sized, human-like robot. Your participation can help us gain a better understanding of infant learning and motor development.
If you are interested, please use the link below to provide your contact information:
https://redcap.link/pm6lrn1i

Congratulations to our undergraduate research assistants Willis Wang and Isabel Reed's successful poster presentation at the 2021 Conference of North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8OL3Tdcot4&t=0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCbi1r4u624&t=0s

Tang, W., et al., 2021 NASPSPA Differences Between Infant Leg Movement Characteristics In Laboratory and Home EnvironmentsOther presentations from our lab: Deng, W., et al.: https://www.yo...

Check our PhD student Weiyang Deng's recent verbal presentation at the 2021 conference of North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.

Deng, W., et al., 2021 NASPSPA Non-linear analysis of full day leg movement between infants with typical development and infants at risk of developmental disabilitiesOther presentations fr...

Interested in participating in a paid research study at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles with your infant?
We are reaching out to families with babies (younger than 8 months of age) who may be interested in seeing their babies interact with an infant sized, human-like robot. Your participation can help us gain a better understanding of infant learning and motor development.
• The study takes place at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and will last for about an hour
• You will be compensated.
If you are interested, please use the link below to provide your contact information:
https://redcap.link/pm6lrn1i
HS-14-00911, PI: Smith, version 01/16/21

Big congratulations to Marcelo, PhD candidate, for his latest publication entitled "Collecting Infant Environmental and Experiential Data Using Smartphone Surveys" in the Pediatric Physical Therapy Journal!

Link to the abstract: https://journals.lww.com/pedpt/Abstract/2021/01000/Collecting_Infant_Environmental_and_Experiential.14.aspx

Marcelo also makes a special appearance to talk about the paper in the journal's podcast. To listen, click the link below, then click the download button under the Volume 33, Issue 1 section. Marcelo speaks at the 29th minute.

Link to the podcast: https://journals.lww.com/pedpt/Pages/podcastepisodes.aspx?podcastid=1

Collecting Infant Environmental and Experiential Data Using ... : Pediatric Physical Therapy derstand differences in child development and physical therapy from a variety of cultures and traditions. An infant's development is shaped by experiences in everyday life, and everyday experiences vary around the world. Hence, it is important to quantify these experiences to better understand varia...

A new paper out of our lab entitled "Infant Leg Activity Intensity Before and After Naps" was recently accepted and published to the Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behavior. Congratulations to all authors! Please take a read in the link below!

Infant Leg Activity Intensity Before and After Naps in: Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour - Ahead of print Wearable sensors are being used to measure intensity of infant physical activity across full days. The variability of infant activity intensity within and across days is important to study given the potential impact of physical activity on developmental trajectories. Using retrospective data, we ana...