Cognition, Affect, and Psychophysiology Lab (The CAP Lab)

Current research projects in the CAP Lab (data collection in progress):

1) Cognition and emotion from infancy through adolescence ---  The final visit of our longitudinal study from infancy through early adolescence.  Child have participated during infancy (5 and 10 months), early childhood (2, 3, and 4 years), middle childhood (6 and 9 years) and now during early adolescence. 

2) Attention biases during adolescence --- Ran's dissertation study on temperament and the tendency to look toward or away from faces.

3) Cognitive reappraisal during adolescence --- Tatiana's research on cognition and emotion regulation.

4) Inhibitory control during toddlerhood --- Our quarterly longitudinal study of cognition and attention at 15, 18, 21, and 24 months.

5) NEW!!! Brain processes during infant inhibitory control --- Our new study of cognition and attention at 9 months and 12 months. We begin recruitment on this new study this summer!  With Rachel Diana (Psychology).

Plus, our ongoing work (data collection is complete):

1) Development of inhibitory control during infancy --- Our monthly study of attention and cognition from 5 to 12 months.

2) Cognition and emotion in adulthood --- Our "mom study" with mothers of the children in our longitudinal study now doing their adolescent visit.

3) Mother-child dyad synchrony --- Physiological and behavioral synchrony between mothers and children during toy play.

Plus, our collaborative work with others:

1) Maternal emotion coaching --- Emotion coaching and child outcomes during early and middle childhood.  With Julie Dunsmore (Psychology) and Jungmeen Kim-Spoon (Psychology). 

2) Mathematical operations --- Math problem solving with middle school age children and undergraduate math education majors. With Andy Norton (Mathematics) and Katy Ulrich (Teaching & Learning).