Learning & Development Lab

Meet our new undergraduate research assistants! We are so excited to have Casey, Sheila, Aryaa, Mikey, and Pauline join us this semester! 🎉

We are excited to share that Dr. Benitez was recently interviewed by La Onda Radio to talk about language development and bilingualism! Dr. Benitez appears in this broadcast between the 31 and 43 minute mark!

Estamos muy emocionados de compartir que Dra. Benitez recientemente fue entrevistada por La Onda Radio para hablar sobre el desarrollo del lenguaje y el bilingüismo. ¡Pueden encontrar a la Dra. Benitez en la transmisión entre el minuto 31 al 43!

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We’re back in the lab! 👩‍🔬 We started off the fall semester with our first lab meeting! We’re so excited for a new semester filled with new research assistants and new projects. Here’s to a great semester of research! 📚✨

This easy tie-dye activity is a great way to explore colors and encourage creativity, without the mess of traditional tie-dye!

Infants learn from the little moments! Simply sharing your attention with an object or toy helps build important social and communication skills!

Did you know water can walk? Create a fun rainbow, explore how water moves, and how colors mix together! 🌈

Little feet are always on the move! By exploring and moving, children continue developing their walking skills until they are 5-7 years old.🚶‍♀️👶

🎢 Pool Noodle Marble Run! This Science Experiment Saturday, turn pool noodles into a backyard marble racetrack! Easy to build, fun to test. Try adjusting the angles and track order. Does a steeper track make the marble go faster? What happens if you add a loop? 👀

Babies cry with an accent before they even learn to talk!