WPU Center for Developmental Science

Building on some of her recent work on pregnancy, childbirth, and mental health, our PI, Dr. Megan Conrad, recently published this article on health information-seeking by pregnant women on the internet. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UMUQPFXGYTBEFCENZYMM/full?target=10.1080/02646838.2022.2088711

More photos of our amazing labbies at WPU Commencement 2022! Undergrad RAs Heidy, Jeneen, and Genesis pictured with PI Dr Megan Conrad, Pio the WP Mascot, and Dr. Richard Helldobler, WPU president.

Congrats to our labbies who graduated from William Paterson University College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences today!! Always so bittersweet seeing them leave, but we know they are going on to great things. Congrats to Genesis, Jeneen, and Heidy on completing your BA degree!

WPU Center for Developmental Science volunteered at this recent on-campus event for Rise Against Hunger, which packaged meals for children. The event produced enough packaged meals to ensure almost 100 children have a hot meal at school for the entire year!

See if you can spot our lab PI, Dr. Megan Conrad, in this video :-)

William Paterson University & Rise Against Hunger 2022 Students, faculty, and staff come together to package thousands of meals for children in need across the globe

PAID RESEARCH STUDY FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 8-10 YEARS.

The researchers at the WPU are studying how children recall and share past personal events/experiences. The study is completely online and includes a Zoom portion with your child to complete some activities (~30 minutes). Then, you (the parent) will complete a brief survey afterwards (~ 20 minutes). You will receive a $15 Amazon gift card for participating!

To schedule a time to participate go to:

CDS Child Memory Study - WPU Center for Developmental Science We are currently recruiting for an online study using the Zoom platform. In this specific study, we are looking at how children recall and share past personal events/experiences.If you currently live in the United States have a child between the ages of 8-10 and access to internet connection at

Check out this study by MSU Spatial Development!

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Our PI, Dr. Megan Conrad, was recognized at the WPU Faculty Author Reception today, an annual event to celebrate the scholarly achievements of the University community. Last year our lab published 4 scholarly papers! Read more about them below:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02646838.2021.2009451https://www.birthpsychology.com/wp-content/uploads/journal/published_paper/volume-35/issue-1/uQBQ45d6.pdf
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10645578.2020.1865089
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022096520304392

Calling all Kid Scientists between the ages of 8-10! The researchers at the WPU Center for Developmental Science are studying how children recall and share past personal events/experiences. The study is completely online and includes a Zoom portion with your child to complete some activities (approximately 30 minutes). Then, you (the parent) will complete a brief survey afterwards (approximately 20-30 minutes). You will receive a $10 Amazon gift card for participating! To schedule a time to participate go to:
https://calendly.com/devresearchwpunj/cds-child-memory-study
Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.

This was an exciting weekend for the CDS lab! We were so honored to present our latest research studies at the Eastern Psychological Association conference held in New York City. PsyD student Raghad Hassabelnaby and Dr. Megan Conrad presented recent data from part of Raghad’s dissertation study looking at personality and memory disclosure in adults. We were joined by our undergrad researchers (Jeneen, Jordynn, Heidy) and recent graduate Genesis to present a poster on our study of parent-child interaction about animals. Congrats to all of our students on their great conference presentations!! We look forward to sharing more of our research results with our CDS families soon.

The Center for Developmental Science at William Paterson University is currently recruiting 4-6 year olds for our study on animals and storybooks. You will be asked to join us in a 20-30 minute Zoom call where you and your child will read a book, answer some questions, and later complete some online surveys. As a thank you for your time, we will send you a $10 Amazon gift card upon study completion!

You can follow the link below to reserve an available timeslot:
https://geerdtsm.wixsite.com/cdslab/projects-1

***We also have weekend hours to fit your schedule!***

PARTICIPATE | cdslab We are currently conducting a new study using Zoom about how children learn about animals from different kinds of storybooks. In the study, you and your child would read a storybook together and then we will play some games with your child to see what they learned about the animals.  

New publication on pregnancy and childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic from our lab PI Dr. Megan Conrad.

Thank you to all the new mothers who participated in this research study!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/imbe48aqd1yu35n/Conrad%202021%20JOPPPAH.pdf?dl=0