Your Face is the Clue!

For 4- to 7-year-olds currently residing within the United States

This study will take place on a video call, live with a researcher! Clicking on the “Schedule a time to participate” button will send you to an online calendar where you can select a date and time that works for you. In this study your child will meet and interact with different puppets. We are interested in whether children of your child’s age use emotions as communicative signals in their interactions

Decades of research has examined children’s expressions of emotions. However, most of this work has regarded emotion as reaction to events. In reality, emotions may also be used on a daily basis while communicating with social partners. This study examines the origins of this ability. Particularly, we explore when children may reliably begin to intentionally use emotions to communicate with their social partners.

20-30 minutes

As a token of appreciation, you will receive a $5 Amazon.com e-gift card within 2 weeks of completing this study. You are eligible for this compensation if your child is in the eligible age range and visible on the Zoom call for the duration of the study and has not participated in the study before.