Infant Development Research Study
Researchers at State University of New York at Binghamton are conducting a study with families of infants 6-12 months old to learn more about infant brain development.
Fast Facts
Family of infants under 12 months of age
Infant born at term
Compensation provided
Conducted in Binghamton, NY
Study Background
State University of New York at Binghamton is conducting a study with families of infants.
Overall, this research study aims to evaluate how infants process faces.
Learnings from this study can inform on mechanisms that may guide the investigation of atypical developmental trajectories.
This is a study that takes place over three different moments of the second half of the first year of life, when babies are 6, 9, and 12 months of age. At each age, two separate in-person visits are conducted in order to collect data for the study.
Further research on infant brain development and join our compensated study!
Study Background
State University of New York at Binghamton is conducting a study with families of infants.
Overall, this research study aims to evaluate how infants process faces.
Learnings from this study can inform on mechanisms that may guide the investigation of atypical developmental trajectories.
This is a study that takes place over three different moments of the second half of the first year of life, when babies are 6, 9, and 12 months of age. At each age, two separate in-person visits are conducted in order to collect data for the study.
Further research on infant brain development and join our compensated study!
Additional Information
Overall, this research study aims to evaluate how infants process faces.
You may qualify for a study if you meet the following criteria.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Parents/caregivers of infants under 12 months of age
- Infant born at term
- Infant has normal vision
- Infant has no history of seizures
This is a study that takes place over three different moments of the second half of the first year of life, when babies are 6, 9, and 12 months of age. At each age, two separate in-person visits are conducted in order to collect data for the study.
On the first visit, a cool little hat is placed on an infant’s head to learn more about the activity of their brain while they view a series of faces and non-face images on a computer screen. In this visit, we also collect data that tells us more about the heart activity and eye movement that occurs during the presentation of images. This visit takes about 1 hour. On the second visit, a very special image of an infant’s brain is taken through the use of MRI scanning. We wait for an infant to fall asleep before we begin scanning, and this entire visit takes about 2 hours.
There is no cost for you to participate in our research study.
Families are compensated 30 dollars for every hour of participation and a small gift after each visit.
