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 The
Pediatric Development Research Laboratory (PDR) conducts
research of interest to faculty and students that is focused on
children’s development from birth to 18 years of age. It
features a social interaction room to study interactions, such
as those between family members (e.g., mother and infant), among
peers and friends, and between adults and children. A separate
infant testing laboratory is set up to study infant perception
and memory of intermodal stimuli (e.g., audio-visual events or
visual-tactile objects). Observation booths allow for
unobtrusive observation and recording of interactions and infant
performance. The lab also has a physical and biochemical room
for tracking children’s growth and for storing saliva cortisol
samples. Coding booths are also available for students to score
and code audio-visual data and for data analyses. Ongoing
studies include prenatal and maternal depression effects on
infant development, preschool children’s temperament and
cortisol levels during social interactions, preschool children’s
skin tone preferences, moral and language development.
For more information contact:
Dr. Maria Hernandez-Reif
Director
205-348-5894
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