Our study aims to learn more about how language samples collected in the home can be used to measure the language development of children with Down syndrome.
Studies Currently Recruiting
El E studio C erebro S ano y D esarrollo I nfantil – HBCD, por sus siglas en inglés (Dean)
¿Qué es el Estudio HBCD? El Estudio HBCD inscribirá a un conjunto grande de familias participantes de todos los Estados Unidos y hará un seguimiento a estas familias y a sus hijos durante la primera …
The Healthy Brain and Child Development – HBCD – Study (Dean)
What is the HBCD Study? The HBCD Study will enroll a large cohort of participating families from across the U.S. and follow them and their children through early childhood. The researchers want to better understand …
Binaural Hearing and Speech Lab (Litovsky)
Recruiting typically developing children 7-12 years of age who meet the following criteria: Native English speakers, normal hearing, no history of recurring ear infections, and pressure equalization (PE) tubes. To find out more visit the …
Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Consortium – Down Syndrome: ABC-DS (Christian & Hartley)
The National Institutes of Health-funded Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Consortium – Down Syndrome (ABC-DS), a large multi-center research initiative to find biomarkers to track Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome. The Waisman Center is part of this multi-site …
UW LINK Study (Li and Travers)
Children between 4-7 years old with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder are invited to participate in our new study about autism and ADHD. Families will be asked to visit the Waisman Center once per …
Waisman BioLibrary: Down Syndrome Study (Chang)
Be included! Families of children with Down syndrome are invited to participate in our new study about genetics and health. The Waisman BioLibrary is recruiting youth with Down syndrome ages 0 – 17 years. Families …
Pediatric Brain Care Study (Ferrazzano & Alexander)
The Pediatric Brain Care Study is recruiting typically developing children, 9-17 years old, with no history of head injury for a brain imaging research study. Those who participate will have a MRI brain scanning and …
Child Emotion Lab Studies (Pollak)
Research projects in the Child Emotion Lab are focused on children’s emotional development and the relationship between early life experiences and children’s mental health. We are particularly interested in understanding two related aspects of emotional …
Infant Learning Lab (Saffran)
We have a number of projects examining the learning processes that underlie language learning. Children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years are currently being recruited. http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/infantlearning/Welcome.html PI: Jenny Saffran, PhD Keywords: Infant …