Project Building better models of early languange growth and delay Program Health & Human Sciences Term Academic Year 2023 Status Accepted Research Area SLHS, PSYC, HDFS, BBS, BIO, BME Description The Purdue Language Learning and Meaning Acquisition (LLaMA) lab carries out a variety of studies that seek to understand how language is learned and represented in the minds of young learners. Our lab values diverse perspectives, and we invite students who have a range of skills, majors, and backgrounds to apply for the lab. Current projects explore: * What are early markers of language disorders? * Using network science to understand early language learning. Methods include: Behavioral assessments, survey assessments, eye tracking, network science, Supervisor Arielle Borovsky Mentor Type of work required Students in our group are with be matched with a member of our research team (graduate student, postdoc, laboratory manager, professor) and take part in research tasks that meet their skills / interests / schedule. Examples of tasks that undergraduate students have worked on in the past include:
-- coding parent-child behaviors
-- supporting data collection sessions with young children
-- supporting data management
-- engaging in recruitment and outreach activities to enroll families in research studies
-- developing code to support computational analyses of early language learning
-- developing a web app to help parents and researchers visualize children's early vocabulary skills
-- creating engaging auditory and visual stimuli for experiments
-- developing surveys to support data collection and stimuli development
Websites Lab website: https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/slhs/llamalab/ Qualifications Minimum qualifications: Interested in the research questions of the lab. Other potential skills: Please share any relevant background in ( *Note it is not required to have prior experience in any / all of these areas, though it is especially helpful to us to highlight any of these skills if you do. ) -- statistics / coding (SPSS / R / python / matlab) -- working with young children in professional settings -- background in SLHS, PSYC, LING, HDFS, BME, BIO or other related courses / majors -- prior laboratory experience -- skills in sound / image / video editing & design -- skills in outreach / marketing / social media Credit Hours 0 Weekly Hours 14 (estimated)