Developing Minds Lab

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We study object, number, and social cognition in infants, children, and adults.

Lab News

  • Jessica Applin successfully defended her dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Applin!
  • Rakiya Washington has been selected to receive the Outstanding Student Researcher Award from the Boston University Research Opportunities Program. Well done, Rakiya!
  • Graduating senior, Shiba Esfand, has accepted a full-time Research Assistant position at McLean Hospital’s Lab for Affective and Translational Neuroscience! Congrats Shiba!
  • Rakiya Washington has been awarded funding from Boston University UROP for her Summer 2021 research project in the Developing Minds Lab! Congrats Rakiya!
  • Gracie Blades has been awarded funding from Boston University UROP for her Fall 2020 research project in the Developing Minds Lab! Congrats Gracie!
  • The Developing Minds Lab just released our 2019-2020 Newsletter! Read it Here!
  • Dr. Tashauna Blankenship has accepted an assistant professor position at the University of Massachusetts Boston, beginning Spring 2021! Congrats Tashauna!
  • Kate Cropp and Jiaqi Zhao have been awarded funding from Boston University UROP for their spring 2020 research projects in the Developing Minds Lab! Congratulations, Kate and Jiaqi!
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Recent Publications

  • Visual memories bypass normalization Psychological Science
  • Rules infants look by: Testing the assumption of transitivity in visual salience Infancy
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Contact Us

  • Email us devmind@bu.edu
  • Give us a call (617) 358-1830
  • Visit us Room 109, 64 Cummington Mall Boston, MA 02215

Information for Students

Want to volunteer? We are currently seeking outstanding undergraduate research assistants.

Interested? Find out more!