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Infant Social Learning Study
We are currently recruiting and testing 1-month-old infants' ability to learn
and the relevance of this learning for their later social development during
the first year of life. During the 1-month visit, we will be looking at the
infant's learning while he/she is sleeping. To do this, each infant will hear
tones while we present light puffs of air below his/her eyelid. The puff of
air will naturally cause the infant to blink or squint his/her eyes even
though he/she is sleeping. After several pairings of the tone with the air
puff, the infant will start to blink after the tone but before the air puff
is presented and eventually when the tone is presented without the air puff.
This indicates that the infant has learned that the tone predicts the
presentation of the air puff. Parents and their infant are then invited to
return to our lab when their infant is 5-, 9-, and 12-months of age. During
these visits, the mother and infant will participate in a number of social
tasks, such as peek-a-boo and imitation, as well as have their brain activity
recorded.
If you are interested and would like more information, please contact Kathryn
Yoo Chon at the Child Development Lab at the University of Maryland.
Kathryn Yoo Chon:
kyoo@umd.edu
301-405-6233
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