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Hello everyone! We are recruiting 5 year olds CODAs and non-signing kids for our study! If you know anyone, please contact us at [email protected].

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https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/visualperception.jsp

Visual Perception - Science Nation | NSF - National Science Foundation It's widely believed that the younger you are, the easier it will be for you to learn a new language, and new research is finding that holds true for sign language as well. University of California, San Diego (UCSD), psychologist Rain Bosworth says that by five months old, babies are universal langu...

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Participants Wanted for a UCSD Study on Sleep and Hormone Patterns in Infants!
You can sign up here:
http://babylab.ucsd.edu/sign-up/
Please email [email protected] with any questions you have regarding the study.

Participants Wanted for a Study on Sleep and Hormone Patterns in Infants
We’re tracking the early development of sleep and hormone changes in the first year of life. We are looking for infants:
a) born into families with an older sibling with Autism
b) born into families with NO history of Autism
You can sign up here: http://babylab.ucsd.edu/IVL/Sign_Up.html
You will be contacted by a member of the Sleep Research team of the UCSD Infant Vision Lab. You may email [email protected] with any questions you have regarding the study.

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Hear Dr. Dobkins explain her work on Infant Synesthesia!
Only a tiny fraction of adults have a condition called synesthesia, but all of us may be born with it.

Infant Synesthesia Only a tiny fraction of adults have a condition called synesthesia, but all of us may be born with it.

We're published! Recently, our article "Fast Development of Global Motion Processing in Human Infants" was published in the Journal of Vision.

This article highlights our work in the development of motion processing. We want to thank all of our participating families and babies for helping us with this research!

Fast development of global motion processing in human infants

This week, Science Update will be airing an interview about our lab. Stay tuned for a link to the podcast!

Have your kids started school yet? Seems like they go back earlier every year! How do you celebrate the first day of school with your little ones?

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UCSD campus telephone services will be unavailable from
10pm on Friday, September 6th until 8am Saturday, September 7th. Our voicemail service may be unavailable at this time.

Hear Dr. Dobkins and Dr. Carver explain their research on KPBS. The study is the largest of its kind and found that the recurrence rate for Autism is about 19% (a 1 in 5 chance).

Siblings Of Autistic Children At Higher Risk For Autism | KPBS.org If you have an autistic child, the chance of you having a second child with autism is higher than previously thought.

Have you seen Dr. Dobkins' TEDx talk? Watch "The space between Kansas and Oz"

The space between Kansas and Oz: Dr. Karen Dobkins at TEDxAmericasFinestCityWomen "Every day I live between two spaces. The first space is appreciating that all I need is right here, right now (on my Kansas farm). The second space is the f...

Our Genetics Biorepository Project

Doctors discover more clues signalling risk of autism Scientists might soon have a few more tools to help spot young children at risk of autism spectrum disorder. A Canadian-led research team this week identified several new genetic mutations that appear to be linked to autism.