Welcome to the Cognitive Development Lab (CDL) 

Directed by Dr. Simone Nguyen, the CDL investigates how children and adults develop concepts and use cognitive processes such as categorization, language, and reasoning to understand the world. 

Our research examines how individuals think, learn, and organize information in complex domains, including food, people, and objects in everyday environments. A central focus of our work is food cognition - how children and adults understand, represent, and reason about food. 

Thank you for visiting our site and for your interest in our research!