Rochester Baby Lab

10/06/2017

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!

10/06/2017

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!

10/20/2016

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!

Chew on that, baby geniuses.

10/11/2016

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

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.

07/19/2016

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).

Mike Williams examines the Flynn Effect and finds out why we are all getting smarter.

05/08/2016

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!

02/26/2016

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

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,…

02/18/2016

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

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

07/21/2015

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/

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…

02/11/2015

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

09/27/2014

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

07/30/2014

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

Why babies' laughter is key to how their minds work