LEARNING, EMOTION, and DEVELOPMENT LAB
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Lab overview
The Learning, Emotion, and Development (LEAD) lab at UMD examines the intersection of cognitive and emotional development. A major focus of our work is investigating how various forms of stress affect the ways in which children, adolescents, and adults learn and process information. Our research involves diverse populations and methods, including in-person and online studies, computerized tasks, surveys, and interviews. We also study how instructors utilize inclusive pedagogical strategies in Introductory Psychology, and their effects on student learning. Our lab values diversity in the background and perspectives of our lab members, and we work hard to create an environment where all lab members feel respected and valued. Below are a few of the research questions we are investigating;
How does early life unpredictability influence the development of emotion regulation and mental health?
How do childhood unpredictability and future orientation predict academic effort, and risky behavior?
How does volunteering impact moral development and empathy in adolescents?
Lab Director
Madeline Harms is originally from Topeka, KS. She graduated from Wellesley College with a major in Psychology in 2008 and completed her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development in 2015. She then worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2018) and began her work as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2022. She works with undergraduate and graduate students conducting research using behavioral and survey-based studies. She aims to characterize the way adolescents and young adults adapt to changing environments through exploration and information seeking.
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