Every weekday, ScienceAdviser Editors deliver the world of science via newsletter, keeping subscribers up to date on the most important trends and breakthroughs. Today’s ScienceAdviser “Protostar” is I-LABS faculty, Dr. Christina Zhao, whose research into how infants process music and speech made her a finalist for this year’s NOMIS and Science Young Explorer Award. From the Protostar interview with Dr. … Read More
Ruth Feldman hosts workshop on parent-child interbrain synchrony
Dr. Ruth Feldman, an internationally recognized neuroscientist and clinical psychologist, visited I-LABS recently to host a workshop and give a university-wide seminar. Dr. Feldman’s work concerns the development of biobehavioral synchrony or the ways in which close, warm relationships build the brain, confer resilience, and promote creativity. Her studies were the first to detail the role of oxytocin in the formation of human social bonds. … Read More
Andrea Stocco develops online test to measure memory
Diagnosing memory health issues in the best of circumstances is extraordinarily difficult. Patients typically make multiple visits to their doctor and take a rash of tests, many of which can produce flawed results — people who take the same test more than once, for example, will often score higher, potentially masking memory loss. It’s even harder in rural America, which … Read More
Liesbeth Gijbels is a 2024 Graduate Medalist
Liesbeth Gijbels was named one of 3 UW College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Medalists. This award honors exceptional graduate students who completed their advanced degrees this year. Gijbels contributed outstanding scholarship during her graduate career, with 8 peer-reviewed publications, innovations in online testing due to the pandemic, and an internship with Meta. Medalists are selected on the basis of … Read More
Former I-LABS postdoc pens opinion piece for CNN
Onnie Rogers, former I-LABS postdoc and currently Associate Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University, wrote an opinion piece for CNN that recognizes barriers faced by elite Black female athletes like gymnast Gabby Douglas. Rogers was a former elite gymnast herself, and now does research on how children and adolescents make sense of their racial, ethnic and gender identities.
Q&A: UW research shows neural connection between learning a second language and learning to code
I-LABS faculty member Chantel Prat and her graduate student Iris Kuo are featured in this UW News Q&A feature. Their work concerns how the brains of adults, who have varying skill levels in computer programming, read lines of code in a computer programming language. The brain’s response to viewing errors in both the syntax (form) and semantics (meaning) of code appeared identical … Read More
What babies think: Meltzoff interviewed in Der Spiegel
Der Spiegel is a German newsmagazine that is published weekly. It is one of the most widely circulated magazines in Germany, and throughout Europe. In a recently-published story called “What Babies Think”, I-LABS co-Director Andrew Meltzoff was quoted about the cognitive skills that infants and children exhibit, and how these are studied in a research lab. The story was published on March … Read More
Neva Corrigan interviewed for New Scientist magazine
New Scientist interview on study showing adolescent brains changed in unexpected ways during Covid-19 lockdown Dr. Neva Corrigan was the lead author on new research about the structural changes in adolescent brains pre- and post-pandemic. As reported in the popular science magazine New Scientist (Jan. 2024), the data showed that cortical thickness in teenagers, following the pandemic, was abnormally reduced across widespread areas … Read More
Reducing the gender gap in computer science
Very early in elementary school, boys and girls have equal interest in learning skills used for coding, and confidence in those lessons. A shift in girls’ interest in computer coding and decrease in their confidence to learn starts around third grade.However, boys’ interest and confidence continue to grow over the years. Dr. Allison Master (now at the University of Houston) with … Read More
US Senator Maria Cantwell visits I-LABS
I-LABS recently hosted US Senator Maria Cantwell to brief her on the latest science about early childhood development. I-LABS scientists discussed many topics including how early learning predicts later language proficiency, how children pick up cultural norms including biases and prejudice, and how non-invasive imaging reveals discoveries that revolutionize what we know about infant and child brain function. Our deepest thanks … Read More