 University of Toronto |
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For Parents
Who are we? What do we do? We are researchers at the Institute of Child Study, University
of Toronto. We are interested in what infants understand about themselves
and others and how that knowledge develops over time. More specifically,
we study something called "face processing". This means that
we are interested in learning about how babies categorize, recognize
and perceive human faces. For example, past research has shown that
babies prefer to look at human faces over other objects and that babies
prefer to look at female over male faces. We want to learn even more
about how babies process faces. We ask questions like, “At what
age can babies recognize their parents' faces?” and “Do
babies prefer to look at infant over adult faces?”. Your participation
can help us answer questions like these and many more! But how can we tell what babies are thinking?
One of the most interesting and challenging things about studying infants is that they cannot answer questions or tell you what they are thinking. So how do we begin to understand what they are thinking? Past research has shown that babies tend to look longer and more frequently at new and interesting stimuli. At The Early Social Development Lab we use looking time paradigms to help determine what babies are thinking. These faces are an example of the stimuli we use in some of our studies:
Who Can Participate? At the Early Social Development Lab we study babies aged
0-9 months. We have many new and ongoing projects and are ALWAYS looking
for infants to participate in our studies. Even if your child does not
fall into the above age category you can still sign up! We will gladly
add you to our database and contact you when an age-appropriate study
begins. Most parents find their visit to our lab interesting and educational
and choose to come back for future studies! If you are a parent (or are expecting) and think you might be interested in participating please contact us today! Our research depends on your participation.
Phone: 416 934 4574 email: esdl at oise.utoronto.ca
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Early
Social Development Lab 56 Spadina Rd. Toronto, ON M5R 2T3 (416) 934-4574 |
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