Rochester Baby Lab

Stop by the 2nd floor of the RMSC tonight to do a quick 1-minute experiment with Rochester Baby Lab researchers Shirlene, Ally, Becca, and Rebecca. Kids of all ages welcome!

We are at the Rochester Science Museum tonight on the 2nd floor for the member opening of the Ripley's exhibit. Stop by and do a fun 1-minute study!

Check out this new article on Fatherly.com that features Celeste and Steve's latest publication. If you read to the end, you'll get a special peak at a theory they cut out of the research paper - just in time for Halloween!

This Is Why Human Babies Take So Much Longer To Develop Than Most Animals Chew on that, baby geniuses.

Our "Rational Snacking" research featured on this week's On The Media episode, "Who Deserves To Be Poor?"
http://www.wnyc.org/story/who-deserves-to-be-poor/ … via WNYC Radio

Who Deserves To Be Poor? The notion that poverty stems from a lack of will power and a poor work ethic is as old as America. Why that needs to be dispelled.

Rochester Baby Lab research is featured on this week's BBC World "The Why Factor" with Mike Williams (around minute 9:30, if you're impatient and want to skip ahead).

Why Are We Getting Smarter, The Why Factor - BBC World Service Mike Williams examines the Flynn Effect and finds out why we are all getting smarter.

End of semester Seedlings Party! Congrats to all our graduating seniors (Valerie, Sarah, Alex, Tessa, Bella, and Jayde (not pictured), our underclassmen (Sophie and Haley(not pictured)), and our staff (Shaelise, Shannon, and Josh) on a wonderful year!

Baby Lab research on curiosity highlighted in a new feature in Nautilus Magazine.

Curiosity Depends on What You Already Know - Issue 33: Attraction - Nautilus Humans have a drive to eat. We have a drive to drink. We have a drive to reproduce. Curiosity is no different, says George Loewenstein,…

Baby Lab on the cover of this week's City Paper! Featuring Baby Lab regulars Andra Smith, Stefanie Peruzzini, and their clever kiddos!

Signs of intelligent life Babies can't talk, but they have a lot to share about how our brains develop

Congratulations to Baby Lab researcher Lauren Emberson for her recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences! Thanks to all the families who participated in this study and made this research possible.

http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/babies-expectations-may-help-brain-development-110552/

Babies’ expectations may help brain development : NewsCenter A series of experiments with infants 5 to 7 months old has shown that portions of babies’ brains responsible for visual processing respond not just to the presence of visual stimuli, but also to the mere expectation of visual stimuli, according to researchers from the University of Rochester and the…

Some new and dapper Baby/Kid Lab representatives arrived today!

Great day at the Rochester Public Market today! Thanks to everybody who came out!

Research from the Baby Lab on this episode of The Truth about Life and Death on BBC World Radio, "Babies' Minds".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02200jw

Babies' Minds, The Truth About Life and Death, Health Check - BBC World Service Why babies' laughter is key to how their minds work