New paper on the role of sensory development in language learning

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Mike

The latest paper from our lab is out in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. We review how babies learn from visual, auditory, and tactile perception, and extend those findings to illustrat... Read More

New paper on infant attention

Posted on February 1, 2019March 15, 2019 by Mike

It’s been a busy week for the B.A.B.Y. lab! Our paper yesterday in Current Biology demonstrated how social feedback guides song learning in birds. Our new paper, led by Gina Mason, is out today ... Read More

New paper on female guidance of birdsong learning

Posted on January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 by Mike

The latest paper from our lab is out in Current Biology. In the field of birdsong learning, most researchers focus on male singers rather than females, who in many species don’t sing. Our work... Read More

B.A.B.Y lab research in Scientific American

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Mike

Rachel Albert, a B.A.B.Y. lab Ph.D now at Lebanon Valley College, recently authored an article in Scientific American on our recent findings from a study on parental responses to infant babbling. I... Read More

New paper on the social functions of infant babbling

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Mike

A new article in Science Daily reports on our recent discoveries about the social functions of infant babbling. Traditionally, baby babbling was thought of as simple motor exercise, but we have foun... Read More

New paper on the role of social motivation in song learning

Posted on July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 by Mike

A new article in the Cornell Chronicle reports on our latest paper investigating the role of social motivation in learning how to communicate. Infant songbirds and humans learn from social feedback... Read More

B.A.B.Y. Lab Researcher Sara Schroer ’17 Featured in Cornell Chronicle

Posted on May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 by Mike

Honors thesis student and all-around wonderful person Sara Schroer is being featured by Cornell as one of our star graduating seniors! Next year she will attend the Ph.D program in developmental ps... Read More

Babies influence mothers’ speech

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Mike

If someone spoke to you in a high pitched, animated manner, you might be a little confused. This style of talking is known as infant-directed speech (IDS) and is characterized by high pitch, slower ... Read More

B.A.B.Y. Lab at the Ithaca Festival!

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Mike

Come find us at Ithaca Festival! The Cornell B.A.B.Y. Lab will be hosting an activity booth on Cayuga Street (between Buffalo and Court St.) on Saturday and Sunday starting at noon. You can watch how... Read More

B.A.B.Y. Lab on NPR

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Mike

Lab director Dr. Michael Goldstein be interviewed on the NPR affiliate WSKG on Wednesday (4/15) afternoon as a guest on Community Conversation: A Public Discussion On Child Care. There will be a liv... Read More