Results for "child development"

Projects

IDEAL Study

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This study is focused on evaluating the early development of language, communication and autism characteristics in Latino children living in Texas. This study is a multi-method study where we use 1) parent report, 2…

Thinkery Connect - Exhibit Modification Study

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Thinkery Connect is a museum-university-community partnership between Austin’s children’s museum, Thinkery, and The Center for Applied Cognitive Science at The University of Texas at Austin Department of Psychology (…

Neural and socioemotional development in early childhood

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The Kids Lab is looking for research assistants. The Kids Lab studies the sociocultural and family factors that influence children’s social, emotional, and brain development. We study both healthy trajectories…

Children's reasoning about fantasy and reality; superstitious and pseudoscientific beliefs.

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We study children's understanding of the fantasy/reality distinction, their use of supernatural explanations, and their beliefs in superstition and pseudoscience.

Faculty

Jakki Bailey

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School of Information
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Dr. Bailey examines the psychological implications of immersive virtual reality (VR) on child development, and is currently studying VR's influence on children's cognitive skills and social responses. Her past…

Esther Calzada

Affiliated Departments:
College of Education, School of Social Work
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Ethnic-racial identity in preschool and elementary school children; prevention of behavior problems and promotion of socioemotional and academic functioning in young children from minoritized communities; role of…

Jessica Church-Lang

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Psychology
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Alison R. Preston

Affiliated Departments:
Psychology, Neuroscience, Dell Medical School
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The goal of the Preston Lab is to understand the neural mechanisms that support learning and memory in the human brain. Our research focuses on how interactions between the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex promote…

Erin M Rodriguez

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Educational Psychology
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Dr. Erin Rodriguez studies family and sociocultural influences on children’s coping and adaptation to stress. The primary focus of her work is on families faced with a child’s chronic medical illness. Her current…

Jacqueline D Woolley

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Psychology
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My research addresses how children and adults make the distinction between fantasy and reality. A number of our studies investigate how children make reality status judgments when they encounter novel information. We…