- BCD Lab visits the Vision Science Society 2017 Annual Meeting at St. Pete Beach, FL
Friday, May 19th to Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 Members of the Brain, Cognition and Development Lab traveled to the 2017 Vision Science Society Conference in St. Pete Beach, FL to present posters on our current EEG and eye-tracking work. Dr. Lisa Scott, Dr. Ryan Barry-Anwar, Allison Carr and Travis Jones all presented posters. Check it out! ...
- The BCD Lab Attends University of Florida’s Homecoming Festivities
Friday, October 14, 2016 Members of the Psychology Department’s Brain, Cognition and Development Lab attended the Gator Growl Festival on the Plaza of the Americas on Friday to give kids an opportunity to learn more about the brain and give parents information about important developmental milestones and an opportunity to sign up to participate in research. ...
- Dr. Scott, Arjun Iyer, Hillary Hadley, and Charisse Pickron Travel to the Annual Vision Science Society Meeting in St. Pete Beach, FL
Monday, May 23, 2016 Read more "Dr. Scott, Arjun Iyer, Hillary Hadley, and Charisse Pickron Travel to the Annual Vision Science Society Meeting in St. Pete Beach, FL"
- Seeing through the eyes of an expert: What can we learn from the way experts see the world?
Monday, January 4, 2016 The research of UF’s Brain, Cognition and Development Lab, along with work by Dr. Jim Tanaka and Dr. Mike Tarr is highlighted in this news article about perceptual expertise! Original Article Read more "Seeing through the eyes of an expert: What can we learn from the way experts see the world?"
- UF’s Institute for Child Health Policy Children’s Health Research Event, Oct 27, 2015
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Graduate Student Arjun Iyer, presented a poster summarizing our work on early infant learning from book reading in the first year of life! Read more "UF’s Institute for Child Health Policy Children’s Health Research Event, Oct 27, 2015"
- Dr. Scott is hired at the University of Florida as a part of UF Preeminence
Saturday, September 26, 2015 Dr. Scott moves her research lab to the University of Florida as a part of the UF’s Preeminence focus on neuroscience and the brain. Read more "Dr. Scott is hired at the University of Florida as a part of UF Preeminence"
- NSF Career Award Funds Dr. Scott
Saturday, August 15, 2015 Dr. Scott’s work is funded in part from an NSF Career Award (2011-present) Original Article Read more "NSF Career Award Funds Dr. Scott"
- Naming People and Objects in Baby’s First Year May Offer Learning Benefits Years Later
Monday, December 15, 2014 Listen to our online abstract to learn more about this study from author Hillary Hadley. Click here! Original Article Read more "Naming People and Objects in Baby’s First Year May Offer Learning Benefits Years Later"
- UMass Amherst Psychology Research Suggests Infants Begin to Learn about Race in the First Year
Check out articles about this work in: Science Daily, Scienctific American, The Huffington Post, BET, U.S. News & World Report, The Huffington Post (2014) Original Article Read more "UMass Amherst Psychology Research Suggests Infants Begin to Learn about Race in the First Year"
- Parents Naming Objects Shapes Infants’ Understanding of the World, UMass Amherst Psychology Research Shows
Wednesday, July 20, 2011< Original Article Read more "Parents Naming Objects Shapes Infants’ Understanding of the World, UMass Amherst Psychology Research Shows"
- The Parent Review: Bridging Science and Parenting. Report. “In Development, Ongoing Research: Infant ability to recognize faces may add to autism knowledge.”
Monday, September 1, 2008 Original Article Read more "The Parent Review: Bridging Science and Parenting. Report. “In Development, Ongoing Research: Infant ability to recognize faces may add to autism knowledge.”"
- Media Press Release. “Infants fine-tune visual and auditory skills in first year of life.”
Monday, December 10, 2007 Original Article Read more "Media Press Release. “Infants fine-tune visual and auditory skills in first year of life.”"
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🚨Publication Announcement!
We’re excited to announce a recent publication by Grace Wallsinger, a PhD student in the BCD Lab. This paper, published in Developmental Psychobiology, explores how 6- and 9-month-old infants respond to faces from familiar and unfamiliar race groups. In our study, we found that 6-month-olds showed stronger brain responses to faces from race groups they […]
BCDLAB 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. 👶🧠
BCDLAB 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. 👶🧠
End 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! 🥳🎉
Dissertation 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 […]