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!

Flurps and Zazzes!

for children 6-7 years old

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. After you participate, we'll email you a $5 Amazon gift card as a thank-you! (One gift card per child per study. Child must be in the age range for the study and be visible in the consent video, so that we don't go broke paying random adults on the internet.)

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Mind and manners

For two-, three-, and four-year-olds

In this study, you and your child will hear short stories about people making requests in different ways. After each story, your child will compare two characters - for instance, answering "Who was being nicer?" or "Who would you rather play with?" After you participate, we'll email you a $4 Amazon gift card as a thank-you! (One gift card per child per study. Child must be in the age range for the study and be visible in the consent video, so that we don't go broke paying random adults on the internet.)

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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 on one side: e.g., a ball rolls off a table and falls to the round. 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. Although every session helps, if you complete at least 12 sessions over the course of 2 months, we'll be able to send you a personalized report about your child's looking patterns once video coding for the study is complete. (Sad note about how long careful science takes: this is likely to be in a few years.)

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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!