Where is my Ball?

In this scheduled video chat with a researcher, your child will be assigned to a group and then listen to a short story, which will help us explore how a child's perception of their group membership plays a role in influencing the understanding of others' minds.

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What language should they speak in?

In this scheduled Zoom call, your child will be introduced to different places with rules on language use and asked to judge whether it is okay or not okay if a person does not understand the language spoken around them

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I-Spy in the Basket!

In the study, your child will interact with a live researcher and two friendly animal characters, Mr. Cat and Miss Bunny, on screen. Your child will see some images. Then Miss Bunny will describe one of them, and Mr. Cat will ask your child to evaluate whether Miss Bunny said it right.

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Is that logical?

During this study, your child will hear some fictional stories about different animals and will be asked what they think!

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How many of them have bikes?

We invite your child to help us discover how children learn the words for quantities, in a game where the child decides if a puppy has given the right description of some wacky new creatures.

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“yes, and..” (how conjunctions shape kids’ answers)

In this scheduled video chat with a researcher, your child will watch two short stories about Froggy and Ducky as they go through a series of events, and we will learn how children answer “Do you know…?” questions to see whether they give yes/no answers or add more detail.

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Social image among peers

In this scheduled video chat, a researcher will read stories or show videos to your child about some fictional characters experiencing a conflict. The researcher will ask your child questions to understand what children think about how conversations can lead to different social evaluations.

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Can you find it?

No video call needed -- you just need an iPad, tablet, or touchscreen laptop to participate! In this quick study, your child will play a fun game where they search for and tap on pictures of people and objects on the screen. We're looking for bilingual/multilingual and monolingual children.

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Help Bunny Solve Some Patterns

Your child will make guesses on where they think a star will go next! It is preferred that your child uses a tablet for the game while your session is recorded through your laptop on CHS, but this study can be done on a laptop only if that is not possible.

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I see me, I see you: Recognizing emotions in others

This study takes about 90 minutes total, half for a survey you complete and half for a scheduled video chat with you, your child and a researcher. We will learn about how preschoolers with autism understand emotion as they see them on other people’s faces and what tools can help their understanding.

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Deciding which proportion is bigger!

In a scheduled zoom call, your child will be asked to compare proportions in the form of different colored shapes (like different kinds of rectangles).

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Think or Tell: Thinking or Sharing Unusual Ideas

Schedule a Zoom meeting, read through a few short stories, and chat with a researcher! We are studying how children think about people who believe things that are not true. Specifically, whether they differentiate between believing something and sharing it with others.

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Nina is a firefly!

In this scheduled video call with a researcher, your child will play a game with Lala and Didi, two "silly" puppets. Lala and Didi will each say a creative statement about the researcher's friends, shown in a picture book, and your child will be asked who said it better!

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What do you and your partner think about raising a child with autism?

In this study, co-parents of children with autism spectrum disorder will complete a survey examining perspectives (specifically attitudes), social support, and metal health, and we will learn about how parental agreement affects well-being.

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Help the chipmunks remember what happened!

In a scheduled Zoom call with a researcher, your child will be read picture stories about the adventures of three chipmunks, and then help a monkey remember what happened. We will learn how children think about the language of remembering, and how they distinguish memory of experiences and facts.

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Bilingual little listeners: ¿Qué imagen es?

Raising a bilingual little one? In two scheduled video calls with a researcher, your child will play word games (in English and Spanish) and one color/animal thinking game on your iPad or tablet. Parents will also complete two short surveys online about their child's language and development.

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Re-engagement Study for Puppies

This study is for you (the adult) and your dog! For about 9 months (starting at 3 or 4 months old, and until 12 months), you will video record yourselves as you complete a simple procedure and then share your video with our research team. This will help us learn about how dogs cooperate with people.

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When Is It Okay to Help and Share?

Help us learn what children think about everyday moral dilemmas involving helping and sharing! In a Zoom interview, a researcher will show your child stories about everyday opportunities to help and share, and then ask them what they think.

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Rusty Makes a Goal!

This study will take place on a scheduled video call on Zoom, live with a researcher. Your child will watch animated videos of a cartoon character Rusty who is trying his best at playing soccer, and answer simple questions about the soccer game.

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Where do people go on the ladder?

What do children think about people who speak different languages? In this study, your child will be introduced to people who hear different languages and hear them talk. Help us learn about children’s ideas about languages and accents.

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Household Labor and the Future

This study consists of a live video chat and survey and may require a second visit. The study is for you, another co-parent you live with (if applicable), and your child. You and your child will be asked questions about chores, careers, and media your child is exposed to.

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Can you choose the bear she wants?

In this study, your child will look at arrays of objects and try to decide which one a character wants from what they say. We will learn how children use emphasis and adjectives to figure out meaning.

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Folklore Stories and Gender Stereotypes

Help us learn how shared reading shapes children’s ideas about gender roles. Today, your child will answer questions about toys and activities for boys and girls (10 minutes). Next week, you’ll read a folktale with your child, they will answer questions, and you will complete a survey (40 minutes).

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Find the hiding friend and win coins!

In this scheduled video chat with a researcher, your child will play a fun hide-and-seek game! They’ll watch friendly characters hide behind colorful doors, figure out how they’re choosing their hiding spots, and then try to guess where they’ll hide next to earn coins.

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Aprendiendo Nombres de Juguetes Nuevos

In this study, your child will look at pictures of unfamiliar toy objects and hear them named in English and Spanish while we track their eye movements. You will also be asked to participate in a short structured conversation, via phone call or Zoom, about your child’s language exposure.

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Para quem o menino está apontando?

Seu filho ou filha verá fotos de personagens de desenhos animados interagindo entre si e aprenderemos sobre a interpretação que as crianças fazem dessas interações.

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How Do Kids With Autism See Faces?

Your child will see two faces on the screen. The top parts of the faces will either be the same or different. Your child will be asked to decide whether the top halves of the faces are the same or different. This study will help us better understand the development of face perception in kids.

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Find the Caregiver!

In this study, your child will hear stories about someone who needs help, select which of two characters is more likely to respond, and answer questions about love and who is in charge. Help us learn how children understand caregiving relationships.

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Why did the Mom ask what was on the roof?

The study is about how children learn to answer questions - like why, where, when, how - after a story. In this study your child will see some short pictured stories, and will be encouraged to speak the answer to a question at the end of some of them.

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Commitment Study for Adult Dogs

This study is for you (adult/parent) and your dog! In this study, you will video record yourselves as you complete a procedure on 4 different days and then share your videos with our research team. This will help us learn about whether dogs understand commitments like humans do.

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Discover the rule!

In this study, your child will play a music box game where some quantities make a box play music and others don't. We are interested in what kind of quantitative information children pay attention to when figuring out what will make the box play music!

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Children's Word Learning Strategies

Which strategy is the most effective to learn words in a second language? To help us answer this question, please join us for a scheduled 30-minute Google Meets call where your child will learn basic words in Spanish and play word games.

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Verb Variation

We are seeking 4, 5, and 6-year-old participants! In this study, the child will watch short child-friendly videos and answer questions about what they hear!

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Tell Me Why!

We are interested in understanding how children answer questions about the natural world when they do not have access to a model

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Feminist Parenting of Young Children

Feminist parents will fill out an online survey about teaching their child about gender. Some participants will be mailed a book to read to their child, audio-recording themselves doing so.

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Can You Find a Dax Block?

In this online study, your child will look at familiar objects, hear new, made-up words, and select objects that match the words they heard. We will learn how children understand the meanings of new words.

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Guess the Pattern to Get Bunny Home!

Your child will make guesses on where they think a star will go next! It is preferred that your child uses a tablet for the game while your session is recorded through your laptop on CHS, but this study can be done on a laptop only if that is not possible.

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Did Owl give his friend half?

In a scheduled call with a researcher, your child will watch animations of a character sharing objects with his friends, and we will learn how children use fraction words like "half".

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What is that toy called?

In this Zoom session, you and your child will watch videos of a robot and a human labelling different toys and objects. Next, your child will be shown pictures of a robot and a person and be asked whether something mechanical (gears) or something biological (a heart) belongs inside.

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Is My Friend Happy?

In this scheduled video chat with a researcher, your child will listen to some scenarios and answer some questions about what factors influence children’s understanding of happiness, specifically examining how children perceive the impact of social material possessions on happiness.

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Which Way Should We Go?

In this scheduled video call with a researcher, your child will play a short computer game similar to Pac-Man, and we will learn how children set goals and collaborate with others!

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Is that possible?

In this scheduled video call with a researcher, children will be asked whether they think some events are possible or not.

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Helping Chloe talk about small and large collections

Help our friend Chloe the Cat learn to talk! On a video chat with a researcher, your child will judge descriptions of pictures made by our toy friend, Chloe the Cat. Your child's responses will help us understand how children understand words and sentences about quantities.

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Join Adventures with Amy, Ben, and other friends!

Help us learn about causal language use and reasoning in a fun, engaging study!

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Toy Showing Study for Adult Dogs

This study is for two adults and your dog you both live with! In this study, you will video record yourselves as you complete a procedure on 4 different days and then share your videos with our research team. This will help us learn about how dogs communicate with people.

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What's My Friend Doing?

Help us understand how children learn verbs by watching another child’s actions! Children will participate in a scheduled Zoom session with a researcher. During the session, they will watch a video and be asked to match new verbs to the actions of another child.

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GARDEN Library Grand Opening 2 (Finale)!

For families who have completed the first eight Project GARDEN studies and are ready to start participating in GARDEN Phase 2. This is a short video introducing the new Phase 2 story with Fen! Fen needs your child's help getting the library ready for visitors!

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Does social connection help children think about others' minds?

In a scheduled video call with a researcher, your child will answer some questions about pictures and videos. We will learn about how children think about the role of social relevance in perspective-taking.

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Listen and Find Panoo!

Your child (2 or 3 years old) will be playing a hide-and-seek game with characters on screen over zoom.

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Who do You Want to Learn New Words From?

In this study, your child will learn some new words, but have the choice to learn from either a child or an adult. Help us learn how children decide who to learn from when discovering new toys and tools!

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Can You Catch the Ball?

In this study, your child will watch balls fall into bins and place cushions where they think the ball might land. We want to learn how children make choices when outcomes are certain or uncertain.

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Sharing and Caring

During this Zoom study, a researcher will read your child a few short stories about sharing. We ask if children are more likely to expect others to share with friends, and if how much someone values their possessions matters in these decisions.

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Come Drum With Me!

In this study, your child will watch short animated videos of cartoon characters and be invited to drum along. Participating in this study will help us learn how young children coordinate movements with music and with others.

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GARDEN Library Grand Opening 1!

For families who have completed the first eight Project GARDEN studies and are ready to start participating in GARDEN Phase 2. This is a short video introducing the new Phase 2 story with Fen! Fen needs your child's help getting the library ready for visitors!

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Conversations on Household Labor Between Children and Their Parents

This study is for you and your child. In this scheduled Zoom call, you and your child will be asked to discuss two short videos, and your child will then be asked to divide chores between two hypothetical parents.

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How should the towns work?

In this scheduled video call with a researcher, your child will see two fictional towns with different rules on how each town keeps the town running. Your child will be asked questions about the town overall and the townspeople who live in the town.

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Thinking About People's Feelings

During this scheduled video chat with a researcher, your child will be read a few short stories about good and bad outcomes and be asked about how the characters feel. This study will teach us more about how children think about other people's feelings.

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Lets be Little Judges!

In this study, your child will listen to short illustrated stories about two characters and their cookies, then help decide what should happen next! Help us learn how children think about fairness and responsibility. (~10 min, complete at home on your own device)

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Ready, Set, Think!

In this scheduled video chat with a researcher, your child will complete activities where they respond to pictures and follow simple rules or instructions, helping us learn how children use memory and attention in everyday situations.

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Can you remember shapes?

In this study, your child will be shown a video of a stream of shapes, and we will ask your child questions based on what they remember from the video. This is to help us explore the learning process of children.

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Let's Talk with Aliens!

In this scheduled video chat with a researcher, your child will see aliens talking to each other, then answer questions about how these aliens talked. This helps us learn about how children communicate.

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Did Bobby or Sophia break the mirror?

In this study, your child will view two digital 'storybooks' featuring two stories about Suzy, Andy, Sophia, and Bobby. We are interested in how children use causal verbs in language and how they think about causation and responsibility.

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What can you remember? Memory of Numbers, Pictures, and Stories

In this study, your child will be asked to recall the details of stories!

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Solve Patterns to Help Bunny Get Home

Your child will make guesses on where they think a star will go next! It is preferred that your child uses a tablet for the game while your session is recorded through your laptop on CHS, but this study can be done on a laptop only if that is not possible.

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Who should get the cookies?

In this study, your child will listen to short illustrated stories about two characters and their cookies, then help decide what should happen next! Help us learn how children think about fairness and responsibility.

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Who Should We Invite to Our Playdate? For Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

For children with an autism spectrum diagnosis (ASD)! In this study, your child will see friendly animal puppets who promise to show cool toys. Sometimes they keep their promises, sometimes they don't! We want to know: does the reason matter?

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How does practice make progress?

In this study, your child will watch two friends play a ring toss game together, answer questions, and help us understand how children think about learning from practice!

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Bonding: A survey for parents

You will see statements about your child and your relationship with your child. You will rate how much you agree with each statement on a scale from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree." We will learn how to improve ways of measuring how parents and children bond.

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