Current Studies

Please note you'll need a laptop or desktop computer (not a mobile device) running Chrome or Firefox to participate.

Here are some studies that we're currently running!

Baby laughter games

For babies ages 3 months to 2.5 years

In this study, you and your baby will perform a series of short games, including the crowd-favourite, “Peekaboo”! Sometimes repetition is what makes something funny, so we will ask that you perform each game three times.

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Flurps and Zazzes!

for 6- and 7-year-olds

First your child will hear a story about two groups of kids building towers. Then we'll ask him or her to guess how the kids will behave towards others in their group vs. the other group, and how much the kids have in common with their group members.

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Look and Listen

For babies ages 4-18 months

Your child will watch videos of two speakers on the screen saying nonsense syllables. The sound will match just one of the speakers. We want to see who your baby likes to watch!

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Words & Objects!

For infants between 9 and 18 months of age.

In this study, your baby will see eight objects from an unfamiliar category (e.g., eight bike bells) along with either beeps or words. Then, your baby will see new objects side by side with other examples from the same category they've just learned about.

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Your baby, the physicist

For children between 4 and 12 months old at their first session

Your baby watches pairs of short videos of physical events. On one side, something pretty normal happens: e.g., a ball rolls off a table and falls to the ground. On the other side, something surprising happens: e.g., the ball rolls off a table and falls UP! To better understand individual children's responses, we especially need dedicated families to complete multiple experiment sessions.

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Looking for more ways to contribute to research from home? Check out Yale's site, The Child Lab, for ages 4 through 12!