Do babies pay attention to ratios?

Your baby will look at pictures of orange and blue shapes.

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Learning words from conversations

In this study, we ask (1) whether 15- and 18-month-old babies prefer to learn words from interactive dialogues than from monologues and (2) how this preference (if any) is linked with babies ability to learn words for objects that are hidden at the time of learning.

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Wear a Fitbit for Science: Assessing the Relationship Between Sleep, Pain, and Cognition

In this research study, we want to learn more about the relationship between sleep, pain, and cognition in children and adolescents suffering from chronic pain compared to otherwise healthy youth using a Fitbit watch and digital cognitive tasks.

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Picture book for better word learning - Version 2

In this study, babies will first watch a video of an experimenter pointing to colorful objects and naming them, including one that is hidden. This study is only for families who have NOT previously completed the original "Picture book for better word learning" study.

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Can You Find Another?

This study will take place on a video call, live with a researcher!

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Baby Learning Patterns

This study will take place on a video call, live with a researcher! We study what patterns babies can learn from their environments.

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Learning about hidden creatures

In the first part of this longitudinal study study (at 14-16 months), we test babies' ability to imagine and name a thing they have never seen. We also measure their memory and attention. When babies are 22-24 months, we repeat the same tests and also ask them to learn new facts about a creature they have never seen. We then test if they can recognize that creature on a picture.

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Guess who?

In this 10-minute study, children will be told short stories about hypothetical children and will be asked whether they think these characters are boys or girls.

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Bouncing Balls

Your child will see two balls bouncing on a screen and hear a gentle impact sound!

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Whose Cookies?

In this study, your child will play a guessing game with some friends, helping them figure out which plate has just the right amount of cookies.

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Cue the Music! (Chinese)

In this study, your baby will first be enjoying short clips of women singing a tune to them (and hopefully you'll enjoy it as well!) in English, Cantonese, or Mandarin.

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Talk to a reporter about what it's like to participate in online studies!

This posting is not a research study, but a request from a reporter to speak to Lookit users, especially families who do not have the ability to travel to a lab for in-person studies.

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See numbers, hear numbers! 3.0

In this study, your baby will hear different numbers of sounds, and watch movies with different numbers of shapes in them.

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Who is more helpful on average?

In this study, we’re looking to study whether babies are sensitive to how helpful someone is on average.

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What's their goal?

In this study, your baby will first watch a video where two female experimenters will introduce themselves.

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Children’s understanding of video chat

How do children use and understand video chat? In this study, your child will play a short game with a researcher from the lab over Zoom. The game will take no more than 15 minutes!

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How Do Children Learn the Number One?

In this study, your child will see a series of pictures that animate. This study is a three part study that can be completed at your own pace!

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Picture book for better word learning

In this study, babies will first watch a video of an experimenter pointing to colorful objects and naming them, including one that is hidden.

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Actions and Goals

In this Zoom-based study, your baby will watch videos of a person either (i) reaching for toys in a particular location, or (ii) accidentally making contact with a particular toy.

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Health survey for teens

In this research study, we want to determine average levels of sleep, mental health, school functioning, pain, and other domains in adolescents without chronic pain.

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How am I feeling?

In this study, we are looking at how caregivers and their babies interact.

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Let's learn new words! ¡Aprendamos nuevas palabras!

In this study, your child will see two new objects and hear two labels for each of these objects: each object will have a name in English and another in Spanish. We want to see how children learn new names for objects!

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Toddlers and Technology

We are interested in the ways technology shows up in the lives of toddlers and would love for primary caregivers of 24-36 month-old children to complete this survey

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Share your feelings!

In this study, we look at how you share your feelings with your family members. We ask that your baby, yourself, and a grownup in your family take part in the study together. We will show you some pictures including bubbles, stuffed animals, and food. For half of the study, you will be asked to share your feelings about those pictures with your baby, and for the other half, with the grownup in your family.

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Meet the Wuggles!

Your child will play a game that involves matching pictures of alien “wuggles” based on their emotions.

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Magic Markers

This study will take place on a video call, live with a researcher!

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Scene and Heard

This study will take place on a video call, live with a researcher!

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Infant's Perception of Humor

In this study, your baby will be watching several short video clips.

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Who did it?

Your child will see images of children showing different emotional expressions after an event, and will be asked to choose which child is responsible for the event. We want to see who your child chooses!

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Metaphor Picture Game

During this game, you will read descriptive phrases (for example, "Which watermelon has freckles?") to your child, and they will be asked to choose a picture that best goes with them.

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Il tu@ piccol@ sa a cosa stai pensando?

In questo studio il tu@ bambin@ guarderà alcuni video che mostrano una persona con una credenza 'vera' o una 'falsa' credenza riguardo a una situazione per un paio di minuti.

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Freeze!

In this study, we are looking at how caregivers and their babies interact when something unexpected happens.

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Do Babies Prefer Real Human Faces?

Your baby will see two faces on a screen saying “ba”.

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Does a smartphone disrupt play time?

In this study you will be asked to interact with your baby and at certain points during the interaction to carry out some simple tasks on your phone.

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My Favorite Sounds

In this study, your baby will sit in a highchair or infant seat (or on your lap) while they view some short video clips.

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And Yet It Moves!

This study will take place on a video call live with a researcher! We're interested in how babies distinguish agents from objects.

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