Early Development Research Center

University of Pittsburgh & Carnegie Mellon University

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  •  At this time, all labs are looking for students who would like to do directed research or work study during the summer.  If you are interested, see below (Student Opportunities).

  •  All labs are interested in finding participants for the summer.  If interested, please find the lab that you are interested in (Find out more about the individual labs) and sign-up!!

Publications

  • Iverson, J.M., Longobardi, E., & Caselli, M.C. (2003).  The relationship between gestures and words in children with Down syndrome and typically-developing children in the early stages of communicative development.  International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 38, 179-197.
  • Iverson, J.M. & Fagan, M.K. (2004). Infant vocal-motor coordination: Precursor to the gesture-speech system? Child Development, 75, 1053-1066.

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Student Opportunities

Students interested in the development of infants and toddlers work in the Center every term including summers.  Psychology majors who have met certain requirements may register for a three credit 1000 level course.  Registration details can be found at: http://merlin.psych.pitt.edu/directedresearch.htm for Pitt students and http://psy.cmu.edu/home/participate/index.html for CMU students.

Non majors may also receive credit while working at the Center by registering for a College of Arts and Sciences internship.

Students at the Center participate in all aspects of the studies, including learning how to test infants and toddlers.  If you would like more information about these opportunities, please feel free to contact 412-624-6840.