Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences

A new study creates a mathematical model of teaching to show how the exaggerated sounds of "parentese" helps babies learn language.

In a new study, researchers from the UW’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) suggest that our genes and brain structure could be linked to how successfully we pick up a second language.

New findings by scientists at the University of Washington demonstrate that a five-minute measurement of resting-state brain activity predicted how quickly adults learned a second language.

A Op-Ed from UW Psychology and I-LABS faculty Allison Master, Sapna Cheryan and Andrew N. Meltzoff.

A new study by scientists at the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences shows that a series of play sessions with music improved 9-month-old babies’ brain processing.

Researchers at the University of Washington's Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences tested a group of 16 11-month-old babies, half of whom were raised with solely English speakers.

Two related studies on baby psychology reveal that, even at 15 months old, children can form opinions based on an adult's reaction.

Research from Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences reveals for the first time that 15-month-old babies generalize an adult’s angry behavior.

Psychology major Marissa Pighin, is using her experience at UW's I-LABS to better support students like herself who are diagnosed with ADHD.

I-LABS' Patricia Kuhl helps explain how infants acquire language skills – by losing their ability to discriminate sounds they don’t need.

New research from UW Psychology and I-LABS shows children have a strong sense of self from a young age.

A collaboration between UW developmental psychologists and computer scientists aims to enable robots to learn in the same way that children naturally do.

By age 5 children have a sense of self-esteem comparable in strength to that of adults, according to a new study by UW's I-LABS researchers.

Researchers at the UW I-LABS begin to understand infants’ imitations.

A new study from UW I-LABS suggests how strongly children identify with math can be used to predict how high they will score on a standardized math tests.