Patricia Kuhl has been recognized by Seattle Magazine as one of the “trailblazers who have transformed Seattle in extraordinary ways.” Through her groundbreaking research in language and brain development, Kuhl showed how early language exposure alters the brain and determined that “parentese” (a natural way parents speak to babies) lays the foundation for infants to distinguish sounds and understand language. Read … Read More
Sarah Lytle on High-Quality Interactions with Children
I-LABS’ Dr. Sarah Lytle spoke about effective early learning interactions at a Birth-to-Three Policy Meeting on October 5. I-LABS Director of Outreach and Education, Dr. Sarah Lytle, recently spoke at a Birth-to-Three Policy Alliance meeting. Dr. Lytle provided an overview of how the brain develops in the first 2,000 days of a child’s life (birth to age 5) and explained how the important wiring takes … Read More
UW Perspectives features 3 I-LABS brain scientists
The August issue of UW Perspectives was focused on brain research. Not surprisingly, three I-LABS faculty members’ research was featured in the issue: Jason Yeatman’s work on the roots of dyslexia, and Andrea Stocco and Chantel Prat’s pioneering brain-to-brain communication research. Read the issue of Perspectives here.
Predicting rate of second language learning
New research shows that brain ‘resting state’ is predictive of how easily adults can pick up a second language. Is there a way to predict the aptitude for second language learning by adults? Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) graduate student Brianna Yamasaki explains a new study designed to answer this question. Yamasaki and colleagues measured brain activity from … Read More
Ask I-LABS Outreach: How Early Does Learning Begin?
It’s common to want to give babies the best possible start in life, and many parents wonder how early they can begin giving their child enriching, brain-building experiences. Photo: Flickr, Jlhopgood In this edition of Ask I-LABS Outreach we turn to a topic that fascinates most people: how early does learning begin? I’ve been studying very early learning for decades. I started … Read More
Columns Magazine: ‘How Does Baby Learn?’
From how babies’ brains respond to speech and touch to the latest impacts early learning science has made in society, UW’s Columns magazine features I-LABS in its March 2016 issue. The story, “How Does Baby Learn?,” describes how I-LABS is “revolutionizing theories of human development.” The 4-page feature covers I-LABS’ most recent research and outreach accomplishments and gives sneak peeks … Read More
Media Coverage: How to Talk to Kids About Race?
Adults often don’t know how to talk about race with children, and I-LABS’ Onnie Rogers is trying to help. Rogers, a research assistant professor at I-LABS and in the UW College of Education, uses in-depth interviews to reveal how race and gender stereotypes affect Black children and how they think about themselves. Kids will tell her that skin color “doesn’t … Read More
I-LABS Modules on National List of Early Literacy Resources
The I-LABS Outreach Training Modules have been included in a national list of early literacy resources compiled by the nonprofit think tank New America and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. Designed as an interactive map, “Integrating Technology in Early Literacy” is meant to show the scope of how technology is being used by early learning programs. It … Read More
Watch CNN’s Reenactment of “Brain-to-Brain” Communication
Above: CNN’s Nick Glass interviews Andrea Stocco, an assistant professor at I-LABS and in the UW department of psychology. A UK-based reporting team from CNN International came to Seattle this fall to film the “brain-to-brain” experiment, a collaboration between I-LABS’ Andrea Stocco and Chantel Prat and UW Computer Science and Engineering’s Rajesh Rao. The nearly 5-minute segment reenacts the research team’s recently … Read More
I-LABS on Screen Media: ‘The More Interactive, The Better’
The television station Q13, a Fox News affiliate covering Seattle and Tacoma, featured I-LABS Outreach Director Sarah Lytle in a recent special on the role of screen media and child development. Lytle spoke about best practices parents can use in selecting media for their children and she emphasized the importance of choosing devices, programs and apps that encourage active interactions between … Read More