People of I-LABS Vibrant, super-smart and caring: these are just a few of the qualities that describe the dozens of interdisciplinary researchers at I-LABS. Their innovative ideas and technological savviness help drive the Institute’s reputation as a world leader in child development and brain science. And their kindness, professionalism and sense of humor greet all of the hundreds of families … Read More
NSF Celebrating Women’s History Month – How to Increase Women in STEM
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is celebrating Women’s History Month by focusing on gender disparities in scientific fields. They reached out to I-LABS co-Director Andrew Meltzoff. As he describes in the video below, research at I-LABS has shown that children acquire stereotypes about ‘who does STEM’ at surprisingly early ages. Fortunately, children’s beliefs about STEM are malleable, rather than fixed in … Read More
Democratizing Science
Jason Yeatman, I-LABS researcher, and collaborators, have made neuroscience experiments easier to share and reproduce. View the interactive demo of this exciting neuroscience tool below. Read more about this work in UW Today here. Link to AFQ Browser
People of I-LABS: Jose Ceballos
People of I-LABS Vibrant, super-smart and caring: these are just a few of the qualities that describe the dozens of interdisciplinary researchers at I-LABS. Their innovative ideas and technological savviness help drive the Institute’s reputation as a world leader in child development and brain science. And their kindness, professionalism and sense of humor greet all of the hundreds of families … Read More
I-LABS Roundtable: Children as consumers
The next I-LABS Roundtable is on 2/27 is called “Children as consumers: The case of Croatia (EU), presented by Ružica Brečić. She is from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, EU. Consumer research recognizes developmental differences in information processing among children of different ages. The fact that most children experience media and marketplace as part of their daily lives—and that consumption … Read More
How babies think: Latest Zero To Three article
Read the latest Zero To Three article by I-LABS Outreach Specialist, Amelia Bachleda, and UC Davis professor, Ross Thompson.
People of I-LABS: Brianna Yamasaki
Vibrant, super-smart and caring: these are just a few of the qualities that describe the dozens of interdisciplinary researchers at I-LABS. Their innovative ideas and technological savviness help drive the Institute’s reputation as a world leader in child development and brain science.And their kindness, professionalism and sense of humor greet all of the hundreds of families that volunteer each year … Read More
How babies’ brains process touch
Through the use of safe, new brain imaging techniques, UW researchers provide one of the first looks inside the infant’s brain to show where the sense of touch is processed — not just when a baby feels a touch to the hand or foot, but when the baby sees an adult’s hand or foot being touched as well. I-LABS researchers, … Read More
I-LABS co-Director one of world’s 50 most influential psychologists
Meltzoff among 50 most influential psychologists in the world Andrew N. Meltzoff is among the top “50 most influential living psychologists in the world,” according to an analysis published in January 2018. The named scientists include Nobel prize-winner Danny Kahneman, renowned scientist Michael Posner, and others. The complete list in alphabetical order can be found here:https://thebestschools.org/magazine/most-influential-psychologists-world/ Andrew Meltzoff holds the … Read More
People of I-LABS: Denise Padden
Vibrant, super-smart and caring: these are just a few of the qualities that describe the dozens of interdisciplinary researchers at I-LABS. Their innovative ideas and technological savviness help drive the Institute’s reputation as a world leader in child development and brain science. And their kindness, professionalism and sense of humor greet all of the hundreds of families that volunteer each … Read More