Each time a newborn sucks on the pacifier, a computer delivers sound into the headphones. The sounds are computer-generated versions of vowels. Infants in both countries were tested with English and Swedish vowels. This newborn in Sweden is listening to an English vowel; after long pause in sucking, the vowel is changed. The number of sucking responses to each vowel … Read More
I-LABS Research Featured for the 2011 Education Nation Summit in New York City
I-LABS was proud to participate in the 2011 Education Nation Summit, hosted by NBC in New York City. The summit took place during the week of September 26, 2011 and sought to ‘engage the country in a solutions-focused conversation about the state of education in America’ by bringing parents, educators and students together with politicians and business leaders. As events continue to unfold … Read More
Dr. Kuhl’s TED.com talk: The linguistic genius of babies
FEb 18, 2011. Dr. Patricia Kuhl’s TEDx Rainier talk on language acquisition is now available on TED.com. Dr. Kuhl talks to attendees at the TEDx Rainier event held on October 10, 2010 about I-LABS’ studies on the first critical period of language development in infants. At the age of six months, babies are able to distinguish sounds from all languages, … Read More
White House Showcases I-LABS Research at Early STEM Event
I-LABS co-directors Andrew Meltzoff and Patricia Kuhl have been invited to discuss their research at a White House event on early learning and STEM. Meltzoff holds the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Chair at UW, and Kuhl holds the Bezos Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning. The April 21 event, convened by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of … Read More
Gender Stereotypes About Math Develop as Early as Second Grade
Children express the stereotype that “math is for boys, not for girls” as early as second grade, according to a new study by I-LABS’ researchers Dario Cvencek, Andrew Meltzoff and Anthony Greenwald. The research findings, published in the May/June 2011 issue of Child Development suggests that, for girls, lack of interest in math may come from culturally communicated messages about … Read More
Gender Stereotypes About Math Develop as Early as Second Grade
Children express the stereotype that “math is for boys, not for girls” as early as second grade, according to a new study by I-LABS’ researchers Dario Cvencek, Andrew Meltzoff and Anthony Greenwald. The research findings, published in the May/June 2011 issue of Child Development suggests that, for girls, lack of interest in math may come from culturally communicated messages about … Read More
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visits I-LABS
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited I-LABS to tour the new MEG Brain imaging center and learn more about the new research possibilities. The I-LABS MEG Brain Imaging Center opened in May 2010. It is the first brain-imaging center in the world focusing on children. The new MEG machine allows I-LABS to take a systems neuroscience approach, instead of a … Read More