How do children think about categories?

This study is eligible for children between the ages of 14 and 24 months who reside in the United States.

Your child will look at several pairs of images placed side-by-side, varying in their similarity to each other, and will be prompted by an audio recording to look at one of the images! Your child's face will be recorded during the study and we will use their eye movements to understand which images they're looking at.

We want to understand how children's knowledge about categories changes over time. At different ages, children decide objects belong to the same categories based on different visual and language information. If we understand how this process changes across development, we can provide better assessments and interventions for children who struggle with early category learning, including late talkers and children with ASD.

15 minutes

After you participate, we’ll email you a $5 Amazon.com gift card within a week as a thank-you. Your child can only participate in this study once. (One gift card per child; child must be in the age range for the study.)