What happens? Babies take part in a baby-friendly fMRI scan, where we safely and non-invasively measure how their brains respond while they watch movies or look at pictures. Families are free to stay during the study to help make sure babies are comfortable and happy.

Eligibility: Newborns to 18 months, normal or corrected-to-normal vision.

Time commitment: 1–2 visits, about 1 hour each.

What happens? Your baby watches short videos or simple animations while being recorded during an asynchronous study so we can use the recording to measure their looking time and reactions.

Eligibility: Newborns to 18 months, with normal or corrected-to-normal vision/hearing.

Time commitment: One online session lasting about 20–30 minutes.

What happens? Children complete simple games or watch short videos in a child-friendly fMRI scan, where we safely and non-invasively measure how their brains responses. To make it fun and practice staying still, kids first get to start the study in a pretend scanner before the real thing.

Eligibility: Children ages 3–10, normal or corrected-to-normal vision, fluent english speakers 

Time commitment: 1–2 lab visits, about 1 hour each.

What happens? Children play short games asynchronously, where the do activities looking at pictures of objects and answering simple questions about what they see or remember.

Eligibility: Children ages 3–10, normal or corrected-to-normal vision/hearing, fluent english speakers

Time commitment:  One online session lasting about 20–30 minutes.