Developing Minds Lab

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

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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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