When a study comes up that your child is the right age for, we give you a call or send you an email, describing that particular study in detail. If you have the interest and time to participate at that point, we schedule a 30-45 minute appointment. If your schedule is full, we ask whether we can contact you again at a later point.

When you arrive at on the day of your visit, a research assistant will meet you in front of the building and escort you and your child inside.

We take special care to ensure that both you and your child are comfortable before beginning the study. While your child is getting comfortable, the research assistant will explain the study to you in detail, and provide a consent form for you to read and sign. You will also receive a copy of the consent form for your records.

The exact details of each study vary, but involve fun, game-like activities. The sessions usually last 2-30 minutes. We videotape the sessions and the videotapes are kept completely confidential. Unless we have your explicit permission to use the images for conference presentations, the videotape will be viewed only by the researchers.

At the end of the study, we answer any questions that may have come up during the game, thank you for coming, and escort you back to your car.

Finally, if you provide us with a postal address or email address, we will email or mail you a summary of the results of the study your child participated in so you will have a chance to see how the study turned out.

If your family would like to participate in our research, please register your child(ren). If you have questions or would like more details, check out the FAQ or feel free to contact us directly.