This is the Word and Object Reasoning Development Lab, i.e., WORD Lab. Here we study the processes that underlie young children's cognitive development - particularly how they learn about words and objects.
We are very excited because we have recently renovated our lab space!
We've renovated the lab!
New Waiting Room
Young children are in the midst of learning a great deal about the world around them, including learning several words a day and all about new categories. How they are able to learn so much so quickly and efficiently is one of the questions we seek to answer with our research.
We use various methods to explore children's cognitive development and how it is effected by the past, the recent past and what is going on in the moment that we are testing. We hope that the findings of our work will contribute to our collective understanding of developmental psychology and ultimately help others with learning impairments.
You can also find out more about the kinds of things we study in the WORD Lab, by a watching this clip of Jessica Horst and Jo Frost or reading about our research in Nursury World Magazine.