Current Projects

SPELL (a study about how 18- to 27-month-olds learn words)

What is this study about? When we learn a word, we are not only learning the label itself but the properties of the thing it…

LINK – Leveraging Interests and Nurturing Knowledge

What is the LINK project about?  Learning new words can seem really easy, especially when many children do this so effortlessly. In reality, it is…

STL – Sense To Learn

What is this study about? We are studying how sensory information, like sight, touch, and smell, influences how children learn new words and understand language.…

Toddler Word Learning Study – Ongoing, not currently recruiting

Study ongoing,  not currently recruiting What is this study about? We are exploring how children learn language before they enter school. We plan to follow…