Faculty in the Developmental Science (DS) area study how human functioning changes across a wide range of ages, from infancy through adulthood. The short videos below introduce each DS lab. They are intended to help prospective students and visitors see what day-to-day research looks like in our area.
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Cognition, Affect, and Psychophysiology Lab (CAP Lab)
- PI: Martha Ann Bell | Lab website | Lab tour
The CAP Lab studies brain-behavior relations, with an emphasis on frontal lobe development in infants and children. Its longitudinal work examines individual differences in working memory, inhibitory control, attention, self-regulation, and temperament, using behavioral measures along with EEG and heart rate.
iLanguage, Environment, Attention, and Parenting (iLEAP) Lab
- PI: Robin Panneton | Lab website | Lab tour
The iLEAP Lab studies how infants and young children learn to understand and produce language, including the roles of environmental experience, attention, perception, and caregiver interaction such as play.
Memory Development and Policy Lab
- PI: Jamie Edgin | Lab website | Lab tour
The Memory Development and Policy (MaP) Lab works at the intersection of memory science, disability advocacy, and policy. Building on long experience in cognitive assessment of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the lab aims to improve access and inclusion in educational, medical, and forensic settings, including abuse prevention and forensic interviewing.
JK Lifespan Development Lab
- PI: Jungmeen Kim-Spoon | Lab website | Lab tour
The JK Lifespan Development Lab studies risk and protective factors for physical and mental health in children, adolescents, and young adults from a bio-psycho-socio-spiritual perspective. Projects examine how stressful experiences, self-regulation, social relationships, and religiousness relate to psychopathology and health risk behaviors, including longitudinal neuroimaging studies of adolescent risk decision-making.
Affective Neurodynamics and Development (AND) Lab
- PI: Tae-Ho Lee | Lab website | Lab tour
The AND Lab studies how neural connections underlying cognitive and affective development change across the lifespan, with a focus on interpersonal dynamics such as parent-child attachment, peer relationships, and social influence. The lab combines behavioral, psychophysiological, and neuroimaging methods to examine neural change within and between brains.
Positive Social Development (PSD) Lab
- PI: Zehra Gulseven | Lab website | Lab tour
The PSD Lab studies positive social development in childhood and adolescence, focusing on prosocial behavior and moral development and their individual, parental, cultural, and contextual correlates.
RAICES Lab
- PI: Dominique La Barrie | Lab website | Lab tour
The RAICES (Resilience, Adolescents, Identity, Culture, Education, and Socialization) Lab studies how cultural and socialization processes, including ethnic-racial socialization and family cultural values, shape youth resilience, identity, and well-being, with particular attention to Black and Latinx youth and families. The lab uses surveys, interviews, and systematic reviews.