Lookit: Online experiments from the Early Childhood Cognition Lab

Age range: 8 months to 18 months
Duration: Ten minutes
What happens: Your child will first see videos of a woman walking from right to left, over and over. We\'ll then show a short piece of her trip either backwards or forwards, and see what your child predicts will happen next.
What we\'re studying: How infants represent the \"arrow of time.\"

Bringing science home

Here at MIT's Early Childhood Cognition Lab, we're trying a new approach in developmental psychology: bringing the experiments to you.

Help us understand how your child thinks

Our online studies are quick and fun, and let you as a parent contribute to our collective understanding of the fascinating phenomenon of children's learning. In some experiments you'll step into the role of a researcher, asking your child questions or controlling the experiment based on what he or she does.

Participate whenever and wherever

Log in or create an account at the top right to get started! You can participate in studies from home by doing an online activity with your child that is videotaped via your webcam.

News

June 30, 2014	An MIT News press release discusses Lookit here. The project was also featured in Boston Magazine and on the Science News blog. Stay up-to-date and connect with other science-minded parents through our Facebook page!
June 6, 2014	Walk through a study with some of our first participants here!
Feb. 5, 2014	Beta testing of Lookit within the MIT community begins! Many thanks to our first volunteers.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. 1429216 and by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. 1122374. Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.