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Research explores how young children learn in dynamic communicative environments. Early life is filled with interactions with caregivers, and these experiences shape fundamental cognitive and social capacities such as attention, pattern detection, prediction, and memory. At the Princeton Baby Lab, a combination of experimental, descriptive, computational, and social neuroscience approaches are utilized to understand how everyday experiences influence learning. The lab's research focuses on language learning and communication in typical learners as well as children facing adversity and those who are bilingual. By measuring complexities in eye movements, infant-directed speech, multimodal interactions, and infant-adult neural synchrony, the lab's work seeks to bridge theory and application, with the goal of translating early learning ideas into actionable methods that support children in thriving within their communities.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.