IU Baby Language Lab

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Director: Dr. Lisa Gershkoff-Stowe Welcome to the Indiana University Baby Language Lab!

	Mission Statement Studies carried out in our laboratory are designed to explore how children become fast and efficient speakers of language. We are particularly interested in the relation between language comprehension and production: how children’s understanding and use of words change over time and why there are gaps between what children know and what they say.

	Ongoing Projects We are currently examining the development of word retrieval abilities in typically developing children and children with impairments in language. One question we ask is in what ways everyday word retrieval failures, like tip-of-the-tongue states, are similar to and different from the word finding difficulties of children with specific language impairments. These projects are funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and are currently featured in the IU News Room. A recent interview about this research is featured in US News & World Report. Another line of research, in collaboration with Dr. Erin Hahn at Furman University, investigates children’s understanding and use of novel words and actions. We are interested in the processes of embodiment – the idea that language comprehension and production are rooted in the perceptual and motor activity of the individual.

Department of Speech And Hearing Sciences - Indiana University
200 S. Jordan Ave. Bloomington, IN 47405
Baby Language Lab Information: (812) 856-2424

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