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Our study procedures pose no risk to you or your child. Most babies and parents appear to enjoy the experience. However, if your baby becomes fussy or fretful, we will interrupt or end the session. Because your participation is voluntary, you may choose to end the session at any time with no penalty. As souvenirs of your participation, your baby will receive a small gift. When we finish the study, we will send you a newsletter describing our findings.

Any information collected for our studies is confidential. Published reports do not mention individual babies. Each baby's file is given a code number rather than a name for us to identify it. Only researchers associated with this project have access to videotapes or data. Segments of selected videotapes may be shown for research purposes only with parental permission and children are not identified in any way. You may decline to have your child's videotape viewed by others.

If you need to bring an older sibling along, one of our lab staff is happy to play with the child while you and your baby are participating in the study.

	Lafayette Infant Perception Project
	Here at the Lafayette Infant Perception Project, we are interested in learning more about the way babies see and learn about the world. In particular, we are interested in understanding how infants perceive other people and their movements. Research has begun to show that our ability to recognize human figures and their movements develops during the first year of life. Through our research, we hope to better understand changes that occur during that first year. In addition, through our research, we may be able to paint a clearer picture of development for parents and pediatricians. Below, you can read about studies we're currently conducting. Click here to contact us if you want to get involved or call us at 610-330-5867!

	CURRENT STUDIES
	Sit and See In the “Sit and See” study , we are interested in finding out whether your baby’s own attempts to maneuver his or her body influence how he or she looks at other people’s bodies. As adults, we have effortless control of our posture. As you have certainly observed, your baby is gradually learning that control. He may hold his head steady. She may sit upright in your lap. As adults, we also expect to see another person’s body organized in a specific way, namely with 4 limbs arranged around the torso. Young infants do not appear to share these expectations. Older infants do. In this study, we will examine whether your baby expects limbs to be organized around a torso by watching how long she or he looks at two videos (click here to see an example). The study itself should last about 20 minutes, although your visit will last about 30-45 minutes to ensure that both you and your baby are comfortable.


	ABOUT ALL OF OUR INFANT STUDIES Our study procedures pose no risk to you or your child. Most babies and parents appear to enjoy the experience. However, if your baby becomes fussy or fretful, we will interrupt or end the session. Because your participation is voluntary, you may choose to end the session at any time with no penalty. As souvenirs of your participation, your baby will receive a small gift. When we finish the study, we will send you a newsletter describing our findings. Any information collected for our studies is confidential. Published reports do not mention individual babies. Each baby's file is given a code number rather than a name for us to identify it. Only researchers associated with this project have access to videotapes or data. Segments of selected videotapes may be shown for research purposes only with parental permission and children are not identified in any way. You may decline to have your child's videotape viewed by others. If you need to bring an older sibling along, one of our lab staff is happy to play with the child while you and your baby are participating in the study.