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  • BCDLAB at SRCD 2025BCDLAB at SRCD 2025

    Starr Martin (Undergraduate Research Assistant) presented her poster at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota! Her poster demonstrated the effects of facial expression, situations, and sentence frames on preschool aged children’s ability to learn emotion words. 👶🧠 Read more "BCDLAB at SRCD 2025"

  • BCDLAB at VSS 2025BCDLAB at VSS 2025

    Maeve Boylan (Post-doc) and Grace Wallsinger (Graduate Student) presented their posters at the conference hosted by Vision Sciences Society (VSS). Maeve’s poster demonstrated how age and training conditions affect infants’ attention to objects. Grace’s poster demonstrated how race familiarity affects infants’ attention to faces. 👶🧠 Read more "BCDLAB at VSS 2025"

  • End of the Year CelebrationEnd of the Year Celebration

    The BCD Lab has gathered to celebrate the accomplishment of another successful academic year of research, our students overcoming rigorous academic challenges, and looking forward to future opportunities and endeavors. We hope you also had a wonderful year, congrats to all and good luck for what comes next! 🥳🎉 Read more "End of the Year Celebration"

  • Dissertation Defense SeasonDissertation Defense Season

    We are so proud to announce that our very own PhD student, Jamie Newland,  has successfully defended her dissertation this past April 2025. Defending a dissertation is no small feat—it’s the culmination of years of research, perseverance, and hard work. We celebrate the dedication, resilience, and passion that brought Jamie to this moment. She has ...

  • BCDLAB at Undergraduate Research Symposium Spring 2025BCDLAB at Undergraduate Research Symposium Spring 2025

    Naya Thompson (Undergraduate Research Assistant) presented her poster at UF’s Undergraduate Research Symposium for the Spring 2025 semester! Her poster demonstrated the effects of Event-Related Potentials on brain processing of faces and objects. This really shows the importance of face processing when it comes to navigating the world. 🌎 Read more "BCDLAB at Undergraduate Research Symposium ...

  • Dissertation Defense SeasonDissertation Defense Season

    We are so proud to announce that two of our PhD students, Mina Elhamiasl and Julia Farrell,  have successfully defended their dissertations this past December 2024. Defending a dissertation is no small feat—it’s the culmination of years of research, perseverance, and hard work. We celebrate the dedication, resilience, and passion that brought Julia and Mina ...

  • 🚨 Publication Announcement!🚨 Publication Announcement!

    We’re excited to announce a recent publication by Julia Farrell, a PhD student in the BCD Lab. This paper, published in Developmental Psychobiology, explores how preschool children differentially view faces based on factors like face race, sex, and orientation (upright or inverted). Using eye-tracking, we found that children’s visual orienting and attention strategies differed when faces ...

  • 🪧 BCDLAB at NCF SfN Chapter 2024🪧 BCDLAB at NCF SfN Chapter 2024

    Bailey Garner (Research Coordinator II) presented her poster at the 14th Annual North Central Florida Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Conference. Her poster demonstrated the effects short-term label training has on infant visuocortical processing. Labels play an important role in how infants understand their surrounding environments throughout development. 🧠👶 Read more "🪧 BCDLAB at NCF ...

  • 🚨Publication Announcement!🚨Publication Announcement!

    We are thrilled to announce the publication of a paper in Cerebral Cortex by our talented PhD student, Mina Elhamiasl! The paper delves into the developmental trajectories of the EEG dominant rhythm (6 to 9Hz) across infancy, shedding light on crucial aspects of early brain development 🧠. Using a novel sustained attention task, the authors found ...

  • Dr. Scott Receives the AAW 2021 Woman of Distinction AwardDr. Scott Receives the AAW 2021 Woman of Distinction Award

    On March 30th, Dr. Lisa Scott was awarded the UF Association for Academic Women’s (AAW) 2021 Woman of Distinction Award at the UF’s Women’s History Month Reception.  Read more "Dr. Scott Receives the AAW 2021 Woman of Distinction Award"

  • Dr. Scott’s Research Leads to New PSADr. Scott's Research Leads to New PSA

    Dr. Scott’s research has been integrated and featured in a new PSA highlighting the importance of “Reading the Right Books at the Right Time.” In her groundbreaking and impactful research, Dr. Scott showed that babies from 6- to 9-month-old exhibit increased attention and learning, which is accompanied by more specialized brain responses, when their parents ...

  • Dr. Scott fights for paid parental and medical leave for faculty at UFDr. Scott fights for paid parental and medical leave for faculty at UF

    Dr. Scott was integral in getting administration to approve 8 weeks of both paid parental and medical leave for faculty. See the link below for more details of this victory. http://www.uff-uf.org/bargaining-victory-paid-parental-and-medical-leave/ or https://www.alligator.org/news/uf-faculty-fight-for-paid-parental-and-medical-leave/article_a339c18e-a767-11ea-b8db-6798b5b53b3b.html Read more "Dr. Scott fights for paid parental and medical leave for faculty at UF"

  • Dr. Scott’s interview on Wisconsin Public Radio (NPR)Dr. Scott's interview on Wisconsin Public Radio (NPR)

    Dr. Scott was interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio where she discussed the importance of clear masks in infants’ development. Check out Dr. Scott’s interview here. Our PI also wrote a very informative article on the same topic which is freely available on The Conversation. Read more "Dr. Scott’s interview on Wisconsin Public Radio (NPR)"

  • Dr. Scott Featured in Learning Sciences Exchange VideoDr. Scott Featured in Learning Sciences Exchange Video

    Our PI, Dr. Lisa Scott, was featured in a video published by the Learning Sciences Exchange (LSX). LSX is a groundbreaking international fellowship program bringing together scientists who have dedicated their careers in understanding child development. LSX’s aim is to create a platform where the general public, policy makers, and parents can get the most ...

  • BCDLAB member’s article on what transgender folks go through in academiaBCDLAB member's article on what transgender folks go through in academia

    BDCLAB member Ethan Kutlu recently wrote an article on the struggles that transgender individuals go through, especially in academia. The piece was published on the Linguistic Society of America’s website. If you would like to learn more about it, you can read the article through the link below: https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/pressing-need-trans-visibility-academia-case-trans-immigrants-graduate-school Read more "BCDLAB member’s article on what transgender ...