INFANT COMMUNICATION LAB

SUSAN JONES, Director.

Newborn infants smile reflexively when in or near sleep (above, left).  By 4-6 weeks, infants are producing smiles in an awake state (above).

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The Infant Communication Lab is always engaged in some combination of research studies addressing the following topics:

 - The development of imitation in infancy.

 - Early object name learning; the importance of shape in lexical category formation; effects of early object naming on developments beyond the language realm.

 - Smiling in infancy; how smiling becomes a social signal.

We are happy to hear from interested parents, researchers, prospective graduate students and prospective laboratory assistants.  If there is information about our lab that you would like to have and can’t find in these pages, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Infant Communication Lab,

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences,

Indiana University,                       
1101 East Tenth Street                       

Bloomington, IN 47405
PHONE: 812 - 855 - 8415
FAX:       812 - 855 - 4691

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We are very grateful to all of the parents and children who make our research possible . . .

       . . . and fun!