Projects

PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS: Ages 5-10 Male and female Speakers of English as a second language and Monolingual English speaking children PURPOSE: The goal of the project is to understand how second language learning in adults differs from second language learning in children. The researchers concentrate on specific aspects of English grammar, [...]

PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS: Ages 22 months-2;6 Male and female English speaking only Normal hearing PURPOSE: At this age, children acquire an extraordinary amount of new language. In this study, we are interested in understanding the periods of rapid change in children’s language and the developments that occur at this time. We [...]

We have two ‘Questions’ studies currently recruiting participants for different age groups. Questions Study (1) PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS: Ages 3;5-5;6 Male and female English speaking or bilingual Normal hearing PURPOSE: The goal of this study is to understand how children learn to produce and understand simple and complex questions. LENGTH: The [...]

PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS: Ages 3;0-6;0 Male and female English speaking or bilingual Normal hearing PURPOSE: We are interested in what children understand about verbs. LENGTH: The study consists of one 1-hour session. PROCEDURE: In a session, the child plays a game on the computer, in which they see different actions taking [...]

PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS: Ages 2;0-3;0 Male and female English speaking or bilingual Normal hearing PURPOSE: The goal of this study is to explore the relationship between memory and language development. LENGTH: The study consists of one 1-hour session. PROCEDURE: During the sessions, the child will play memory and language games with [...]