The Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience conduct research studies on an ongoing basis to better understand cognitive development in infants, children, and adults.
For more information about our specific studies and opportunities for participation in our research, please click on the menu links to the left to view study listings by age group and/or populations of interest.
Engaged in joint collaborations around the world (including projects in Romania, Italy, England, Canada, and Chile), the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience has been a pioneer in human brain and cognition research since its inception.
In particular, our work with event-related potentials (ERPs) in infants is a centerpiece of our laboratories' research. We are currently conducting several studies focusing on memory and the development of face perception. A long-range goal of the lab is to determine the "where?" and the "how?" of both memory and face/object recognition in the brain.
Some of the questions that we are currently studying include: How do babies and children process faces, and how does memory develop? Do these processes change as they grow older? How does experience play a role in these changes?
Our work is not confined to infants who are developing normally. We are also conducting research with several populations of infants and children who are either at risk for falling off a typical developmental pattern such as those who experience premature birth or whose mothers suffered from diabetes during pregnancy or those who have already been diagnosed as not developing in a typical fashion.
Through the use of new technologies designed to explore the relation between electrical activity produced by the brain, brain structure, brain function, and cognitive processes, we hope to use these techniques to investigate a range of normative and related clinical phenomena.
Engaged in joint collaborations around the world (including projects in Romania, Italy, England, Canada, and Chile), the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience has been a pioneer in human brain and cognition research since its inception.
