Current Baby Science Studies

The studies below are for children under 24 months old and are currently running in-person at UC San Diego. Click on any study title to sign up directly, or sign up through this form to receive information about future studies.

Looking to Learn: Measuring Infants' Curiosity Age Range: 10 - 13 months* Babies are naturally curious about learning about the world around them. In this study, we are studying curiosity by tracking babies' eye gaze: what draws their attention and when do they seek more information? Participation involves a 15 - 30 minute visit to our child-friendly lab, where your baby will watch two short videos with different patterns of objects and shapes while we measure their time looking at the screen. *Infants between 10 months, 0 days and 13 months, 30 days on the date of the session are welcome to sign up!

Future Studies

If your child isn't eligible for a current study, or if you would like to be contacted by a researcher when a new study is available, you can sign up for our Baby Science contact list. You may be contacted for future studies from other Kid Science labs are your child grows!

Please click the following link to go directly to our sign-up form (mobile-friendly display): Baby Science Labs Sign-up Form. Or, fill out the form directly below!

Our researchers will get in touch with you with study opportunities when we have a study that's the right age range for your child. At that time, we'll provide details about the research study and you can choose to participate! 

Who we are 

Social Cognition and Learning Lab

Led by Dr. Lindsey Powell, we study questions like: How do infants and children understand others' goals, emotions, and beliefs about the world? How do they use these states of mind to predict others' behavior?How do infants and children learn about and understand components of social interactions?

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Visual Learning Lab

Led by Dr. Bria Long, we study questions like: How do children’s perception and cognition develop? How do we learn to connect incoming patterns of light with our knowledge about objects, their verbal labels, and the categories they belong to? How do we learn to derive visual meaning?

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Language and Infant Learning Lab

Led by Dr. Martin Zettersten, we study questions like: How do language and cognition develop? How do children learn new words and concepts? What are the driving factors that motivate learning?

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