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The Child and Family Research Laboratory investigates core components of cognitive development in infancy and early childhood, such as language, attention, and self-regulation. Our research explores these developmental domains in relation to social and environmental factors, including parent-child interactions, family characteristics, socioeconomic conditions, and digital media use.

Some of the key research areas within our work include:

• Cognitive and linguistic development in preschool-aged children
• Mother-infant interactions and the factors that influence these interactions
• Screen media use of both children and parents and its relationship with cognitive development
• The development of attention in infants and the factors that impact it