Clear Masks for Caregivers Mean Young Children Can Keep Learning from Adult Faces

In light of COVID-19, Dr. Scott recently published an article exploring how wearing face masks can impact face learning in infants and young children and recommendations for caregivers and educators. See link below to learn more! https://theconversation.com/clear-masks-for-caregivers-mean-young-children-can-keep-learning-from-adults-faces-139432

New Lab Photo

Despite the restrictions due to COVID-19, our lab still meets weekly over Zoom. Click ‘New Lab Photo’ above to see our updated 2020 lab photo.

COVID-19

Due to COVID-19, our lab will be closed until further notice. We will temporarily pause enrollment until the University of Florida reopens and approves in-lab research again.

PSA

Dr. Scott just returned from Hollywood, CA where she worked with a film director to produce a public service announcement about reading to infants in the first year of life. Check back for the complete PSA in the fall!

Goodbye Gabriella, Welcome Zoe!

Our lab’s very own super lab technician Gabriella Silva is leaving us for her new adventure in graduate school. Gabriella will be starting her clinical psychology PhD at the University of South Florida (Tampa). We are extremely happy to welcome Zoe Pestana, our new lab technician, all the way from Massachusetts. She is working towards […]

Congratulations to Dr. Scott!

This past year Dr. Scott was promoted to full professor and awarded the Women in Cognitive Science Leadership Award.

BCDLAB at VSS 2019

BCDLab attended the Vision Science’s Society 2019 conference, held in St. Pete Beach, Florida. We had three poster presentations (photos included below). Another successful VSS in the books!

Dr. Scott’s work published on BOLD

Dr. Scott wrote a Blog Post: “The Importance of Faces for Infant Learning.” She was invited by BOLD (Blog on Learning and Development), Jacobs Foundation (October, 2018). Check it out if you want to learn more about all the important things infants learn from faces! https://bold.expert/the-importance-of-faces-for-infants-learning/

BCD Lab in the news!

Our lab was featured in Fox 13 News in November. Check out this link to learn more about what we are currently studying.

BCD Lab attended the mini ERP Boot Camp

Our lab attended the mini ERP boot camp hosted by The Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida and instructed by Dr. Emily Kappenman.