To get more girls into tech careers we need to counteract negative stereotypes about the field, UW and I-LABS research shows. Women make up only about 20 percent of the recipients of bachelor’s degrees in computer science, creating a large gender disparity. This gap has received ample attention for its causes and what can be done about it. “Women are missing out … Read More
UW, I-LABS Ask: President Obama, Come Speak With Us!
In a UW video inviting President Obama to be the university’s commencement speaker, I-LABS’ research and Patricia Kuhl make a special appearance. Calling on her recent speech at a White House event on early learning, Kuhl says in the UW video that the university has received more federal research dollars than any other public university every year since 1974. She highlighted some … Read More
Listening with Eyes, New Research on How Brain Understands Sound
New research findings by I-LABS’ Ross Maddox and Adrian KC Lee help explain how the brain helps us hear conversations in loud settings. Imagine the common scenario known as the cocktail party effect. You’re in a loud and crowded room, trying to concentrate on what the person next to you is saying. As you strain to hear the spoken words, you’re … Read More
A New Role in the UW College of Education for I-LABS’ Onnie Rogers
At I-LABS, Onnie Rogers studies identity development among urban youth. Now she takes on a new role at UW as a research assistant professor in the College of Education. In a new faculty profile by the College of Education, Rogers talks about how she became interested in education, calling it a “key mechanism for facilitating social change.” Rogers, who has a … Read More
Sarah Roseberry Lytle Awarded National Zero to Three Fellowship
I-LABS’ director of outreach and education, Sarah Roseberry Lytle, has received a 2-year fellowship that will support her work disseminating the latest science of child development to those who can put the research into action. Lytle, who has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Temple University, is one of 10 fellows in the 2014-2016 class, representing eight states across the U.S. and … Read More
“From the Mouths of Babes” – I-LABS in Discover’s Top Stories from 2014
Editors at Discover Magazine have included I-LABS research in their list of the 100 most important science stories of 2014, which is in the January/February 2015 issue of the magazine. “How does a babbling baby become a talking tyke?” Discover wrote in their list. “In June, researchers found part of the answer.” They’re referring to an I-LABS study showing how both auditory … Read More
UW|360: “No Gadgets Required”
The television program UW|360 explores how online resources developed by I-LABS help parents and other caregivers put research into practice during everyday interactions with children. Photo caption: A screenshot of the UWTV program UW|360’s episode that profiles the I-LABS outreach team’s online training modules. “All the latest research is really telling us that kids are learning just so much in their … Read More
New Research: Babies and Birds
Who wins when smart crows and kids match wits? New Caledonian crows are tops in tool-making, but humans master innovation. I-LABS’ Anna Waismeyer and Andrew Meltzoff collaborated with an international team of scientists to study cognition and problem solving in babies and birds. Crows are famous for their use of tools to solve problems. The study, published by the journal Proceedings of … Read More
In National Geographic, Patricia Kuhl explains why a baby’s brain holds the key to understanding what it means to be human.
Photo caption: In Patricia Kuhl’s lab at the University of Washington, researchers study brain activity in babies less than a year old using a magnetoencephalography device, which measures the magnetic field around a baby’s scalp, to reveal the pattern of neurons firing. How nature and nurture combine to shape the brain is nowhere more evident than in the development of … Read More
Patricia Kuhl Speaks at White House Summit on Early Education
Patricia Kuhl, co-director of the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, is among the invited participants at the Dec. 10 White House Summit on Early Education. The event is intended to bring together philanthropic, business, education, advocacy and political leaders to discuss expanded access to high-quality early childhood education. Kuhl, a world-renowned scientist in early language and brain development, has been asked … Read More