UC Davis Memory and Development Lab

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We're partnering with the Integrated Attention Lab to explore attention in virtual reality!

Calling all Junior Scientists!

Seeking a few more participants for a one-of-a-kind study!

Is your little one full of energy and mischief these days? Participate in our HIPPO camp study for a fun activity to do with them!

We are looking for families with toddlers between the ages of 18 and 24 months to participate in our study on how the developing brain supports learning new words!

Our studies are educational and fun, families receive storybooks, $50 compensation, and a 3D print of their toddler's brain!

Call us at (530) 754-4575 or email [email protected] and ask about the Hippocamp study!

Feisty Fritz 🤣

Dr. Ghetti (head of the Memory and Development Lab) was recently interviewed by KCRA Sacramento about the results of our recent publication on brain activity in response to recently learned words: “What we are seeing is at the period where the brain develops very fast, also the ability to learn is increasing. Words are one marker of the remarkable learning that children are able to do in such a short period of time. You are right that we can help their learning by talking to them, reading to them, and engaging them in conversations."
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/brain-activation-sleeping-toddlers-shows-memory-words

https://www.kcra.com/article/how-uc-davis-mind-researchers-used-sleep-for-insights-about-toddlers-and-memory/38028964 #

Brain Activation in Sleeping Toddlers Shows Memory for Words Very young children learn words at a tremendous rate. Now researchers at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis, have for the first time seen how specific brain regions activate as two-year-olds remember newly learned words — while the children were sleeping. The work...

Check out our latest research about how toddlers make decisions under uncertainty

Response latencies and eye gaze provide insight on how toddlers gather evidence under uncertainty Leckey et al. show that toddlers approach difficult decisions by accumulating evidence slowly and seeking additional information.

Looking for FUN and ENGAGING activities for your toddler as the weather cools down?

We are recruiting male toddlers between 27 and 32 months old to participate in an exciting new neuroimaging study at UC Davis to better understand episodic memory development!

Families receive educational children's books, $50 compensation, and a 3D printed copy of their toddler's brain!. Call us at (530) 754-4575 or email [email protected] and ask about the Brain Jams study!