We study questions like:

• Do eating behaviors in infancy track into later childhood?

• If infants are fed more often, do they eat less during each feeding?

• How does liking for sugar and sweet tastes develop?

• Is there a pattern to infant sucking that predicts future appetite?

• How does picky eating develop?

• Why are some infants more persistent in asking for food than others?

• How does parenting shape the development of different eating behaviors?

• Is food more soothing to some infants than others?

• How does food contribute to parent-child bonding?

• What is the biology underlying how infants eat?

We study these questions using questionnaires, game-like tasks with children and their parents, recording heart rates, and  measuring hormones in saliva. Many of these activities can be done remotely.