Hello parents!

In our research we try to understand…

…How infants track moving objects.

…How children understand where and when a hidden object reappears

…How infants can reach for a moving object

...How infants understand others intentions and actions

What do we do to find out the answers to these questions, what happens in the babylab, and what is the purpose of this research? To find the answers to these questions reed on below.

Why do this type of research?

We do primarily basic research. One goal is to find out how human infants develop their abilities to perceive, act, and reflect on the world. An applied goal is to find better methods for the early diagnosis of handicaps.

How do we study infants' ability to direct gaze, reach and " understand"?

All our studies are designed to be as much fun for the child as possible while they, at the same time, generate useful results. From birth, children like to track moving colorful objects with their eyes. When they are slightly older, they like to reach for objects and they like to manipulate them. By measuring the movements of the child we can find out how they perceive the objects, how skilful they are in approaching and tracking them and what they expect will happen to the objects in the near future. To this end the babylab has a vast variety of measurement resources. We measure eye movements, reaching and brain activity. All methods measure signals outside the body!

What happens in the babylab?

We try to keep the sessions as short as possible and mom or dad is always close to the child! Sometimes we take a brake for feeding or diaper change. To facilitate your visit, we have a paid parking space. We can also arrange for babysitting if older siblings come along.