Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Biography PhD, University of California, Los Angeles Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room 263 Madison, WI 53705 608.265.1091 james.li@wisc.edu Website: Social and Behavioral Development Lab Research Statement My lab investigates genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the development of child externalizing disorders (e.g., attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder). Research …
Biography PhD, University of Rochester Contact Information Waisman Center Room 391 1500 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705 608.890.2525 childemotion@waisman.wisc.edu Lab Website: Child Emotion Laboratory Research Statement Research projects in our lab are focused upon children’s emotional development and the relationship between early emotional experience and child psychopathology. We are particularly interested in understanding two related …
Biography PhD, University of Rochester Contact Information Waisman Center Room 538A 1500 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705 608.263.5792 jenny.saffran@wisc.edu Infant Learning Lab Research Statement How do babies learn language? We approach this question through lab-based experiments designed to reveal the learning abilities that infants bring to this challenging task. Research foci include statistical learning, or …
Biography PhD, Harvard University Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Ave Room 538B Madison, WI 53705 608.265.8949 kshutts@wisc.edu Lab Website: Social Kids Lab Research Statement I study how infants and children apprehend their social world. I am particularly interested in the development of social categories and inter-group bias in childhood. When do children come to …
Biography PhD, University of Kansas Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Ave Room 481 Madison, WI 53705 608.265.6901 asterling@waisman.wisc.edu Website: Research in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Language Lab (RIDDLL) Research Statement My work focuses on the cognitive and language development of individuals with developmental disabilities. In particular I am interested in children with fragile X syndrome, autism, …
Biography PhD, University of Alabama Contact Information Waisman Center 1500 Highland Avenue Room 435 Madison, WI 53705 608.263.0282 btravers@wisc.edu Website: Motor Brain and Development Lab Research Statement My research examines motor development and corresponding brain development in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other developmental disorders. We combine neuroimaging measures using Magnetic Resonance Imaging [MRI] …
