Language Development Lab/Labo du développement du langage

Our UOttawa Living Lab team is proud to have contributed to this pioneering large-scale bilingual infant study led by the awesome
Krista Byers-Heinlein. The study found that bilingual and monolingual infants showed the same preference for infant directed speech (that higher pitched melodic "baby talk" we often use instinctively when talking to infants 😊). To read more about the study results and the article, click the link below!

https://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2021/03/23/bilingual-infants-prefer-baby-talk-especially-when-its-one-of-their-native-languages-according-to-new-concordia-led-study.html?c=/news/archive
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If you or someone you know is interested in participating in future language research with their infant, we invite you to email us at [email protected] or register for our database using the following online form: https://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/ldl/participate.
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Big thank you to all the families who participated in this study and helped make this project possible, we couldn't have done it without you!

Bilingual infants prefer baby talk, especially when it’s one of their native languages, according to new Concordia-led study Krista Byers-Heinlein helms a global research consortium on ways to better understand early language development

Happy New Year! We are excited to share with you a short video made by our Language Development Lab PhD Graduate Angeline Tsui which presents some findings from her doctoral thesis study. Congratulations to Angeline who is now completing her post-doctoral research at Stanford University! Thank you to all the families who participated in this research, we couldn’t have done it without you.

Stay tuned: information coming soon for online opportunities to take part in interactive language studies from your home!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92pNcpxZguw

If you have any questions about the content/information in this video please feel free to email us at [email protected]. Take care!

A Tsui DevSci 2020 doctoral thesis Title: Dual Language Statistical Word Segmentation in Infancy: Simulating a Language-Mixing Bilingual EnvironmentAuthors: Angeline Sin Mei Tsui, Lucy C. Eric...

We’re happy to announce that we have tested our 2000th participant this week at the Canada Museum of Science and Technology’s (CSTM) Living Lab! The Living Lab is a partnership between the University of Ottawa’s child development labs and the CSTM. It is a space where parents can stop by during their museum visit and participate in fun and informative research with their infants and toddlers.

Interested in participating in research with your child at the Living Lab?

To find out when studies for your child’s age group are taking place and for descriptions of these studies, please visit the calendar listed on our website: https://uottawalivinglab.weebly.com/ongoing-studies.html.
The Living Lab is located in the ZOOOM play area of the museum, and is open from Wednesday-Sunday from 10am-3pm.

Alternatively, if you have little ones aged 6-8 months and would prefer to participate in research at uOttawa’s downtown campus, please sign up at our webpage: https://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/ldl/participate.

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Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer que nous avons testé notre 2000e participant cette semaine au Living Lab du Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada (MSTC)! Le Living Lab est un partenariat entre les laboratoires de développement de l’enfant de l’Université d’Ottawa et le CSTM. C'est un espace où les parents peuvent passer lors de la visite du musée et participer à des recherches amusantes et informatives avec leurs bébés et leurs tout-petits.

Intéressé à participer à des recherches avec votre enfant au Living Lab?

Pour savoir quand se déroulent les études pour le groupe d’âge de votre enfant et pour une description de ces études, veuillez consulter le calendrier indiqué sur notre site Web: https://uottawalivinglab.weebly.com/ongoing-studies.html.

Le Living Lab est situé dans l'aire de jeu ZOOOM du musée et est ouvert du mercredi au dimanche de 10h à 15h.

Si vous avez des enfants âgés de 6 à 8 mois et que vous préférez participer à des recherches sur le campus du centre-ville d’Ottawa, veuillez vous inscrire sur notre page Web: https://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/ldl/participate.

Angeline Tsui, a very hard-working and insightful member of the Language Development Lab, successfully defended her doctorate yesterday! Angeline, pictured here with her thesis defence committee, would like to thank all the parents and babies who contributed to her research. Angeline will soon be leaving us for a postdoctoral position at Stanford University and we will miss her. Congratulations, Dr. Tsui!!!