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Abby Lee and Siqi Liang present at 8th Annual Psychology@TC Student Research Conference!
On May 9th, out research assistants, Abby Lee and Siqi Liang, presented their posters"Meta-analysis of educational RCT's: Fadeout and persistence from 6-24 months post-intervention", "Pathways to prosociality: Language ability as a mediator between home cognitive stimulation and children’s prosocial behavior at age 3.5" and "Exploring Pathways from SES to Child Executive Function: A Preliminary Examination of Maternal Stress and Play" at the 8th Annual Psychology@TC Student Research Conference.
Abby Lee and Siqi Liang present at EPA 2025!
Our research assistants, Abby Lee and Siqi Liang, presented their posters titled "Maternal Play and Empathy Development in Children Aged 4.5 to 5-Years" and "Meta-analysis of educational RCT's: Fadeout and persistence from 6-24 months post-intervention" at the Eastern Psychological Association 2025 conference hosted in New York.
Happy Holidays from the Stroller Lab!
We hope you all had a restful and warm winter break! We had a wonderful time celebrating each other and the end of a successful year.
Active Research Projects
Building Understanding of Developmental Differences across Years (BUDDY)
A growing body of research has found socioeconomic disparities in children's language and memory development in early childhood. The BUDDY Study first followed approximately 200 children through the first three years of their life understand how brain function, language, and memory develops during this important period. The second phase of the BUDDY Study will follow these children until age 4.5.
Development of Cognitive Control Strategy Use
Throughout the first decade of life, children become increasingly adept at planning ahead for and complete goals. The ability to manage activational and motivational resources in order to complete a goal is known as Cognitive Control. The Development of Cognitive Control Project aims to understand why children elect to use different cognitive control strategies to prepare for the same goal. To better understand the use of cognitive control strategies, I examine behavioral performance, brain activity (EEG), and executive functioning (a grouping of cognitive skills