Don’t miss this opportunity to hear I-LABS Co-Director Dr. Patricia Kuhl speak at the UW Frontiers of Science and Engineering Symposium! The symposium highlights distinguished women scientists and engineers at the UW. It is free and open to the public. Friday January 20 2017 3:00-5:00 (reception starting at 2:30) Savery Hall Room 260 Read more about the event here. Hope to see you there!
New Publication: Speech discrimination in 11-month-old monolingual and bilingual infants
A new MEG study by Naja Ferjan Ramirez was published in this month’s Developmental Science. Findings indicate that the dual sensitivity of the bilingual brain is achieved by a slower transition from acoustic to phonetic sound analysis. Naja’s photo from the study was featured on the cover of the magazine! Read the Developmental Science article.
Study: Children can ‘catch’ social bias through nonverbal signals expressed by adults
New research from I-LABS Allison Skinner suggests that preschool-aged children can learn bias even through nonverbal signals displayed by adults, such as a condescending tone of voice or a disapproving look.“ This research shows that kids are learning bias from the non-verbal signals that they’re exposed to, and that this could be a mechanism for the creation of racial bias … Read More
Mary Gates Scholarship Awarded
Congratulations to Hiu Tung Gloria, Lam, who was recently awarded with the prestigious Mary Gates Research Scholarship! Gloria is an international student from Singapore, a senior majoring in Speech and Hearing Sciences. She has been working on her honors thesis with Drs. Christina Zhao and Patricia Kuhl. Her research examines the relationship between early music training and working memory. Mary … Read More
Naja Ferjan Ramirez featured at TEDx Ljubljana
Dr. Naja Ferjan Ramirez spoke at TEDxLlubljana in her native country of Slovenia. Ferjan Ramirez is an expert in the study of bilingualism and its development. Watch the talk here, beginning at 1:02:32.
Ask I-LABS Outreach: How Do I Talk to My Kids About Race?
Having open, honest conversations about race with children helps counteract racism. Here’s how. We may want to live in a “colorblind” or “post-racial” society where race doesn’t matter, but the reality is that stereotypes do matter and they affect all of us. I study racial stereotypes in children and teens. I see how they grapple with stereotypes and how they … Read More
People of I-LABS: Eric Larson
In the “People of I-LABS” series, we get to know individuals from our team. For this post, we introduce Eric Larson, a research scientist who specializes in developing analysis methods for MEG. 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 … Read More
New Research Explores Children’s Race and Gender Identities
A study by I-LABS Onnie Rogers provides a glimpse into how children perceive their social categories.“ Kids are thinking about race and gender, and not just in terms of being able to identify with these social categories, but also what they mean and why they matter.” Read more here
Patricia Kuhl Recognized In Seattle Magazine’s Hall of Fame
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
People of I-LABS: Allison Master
In the “People of I-LABS” series, we get to know individuals from our team. The first post in this series shines the spotlight on Allison Master, a research scientist specializing in social cognitive development. 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 … Read More