http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:31:55 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo01.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo01.m4v Psychologist Yuyan Luo explains how she first became interested in studying infant cognition and the types of “looking-time studies” she uses to study how much infants understand about object permanence. 3 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:10:14 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo02.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo02.m4v Luo runs the Infant Cognition Lab at MU, in its second year of existence. Luo describes some of the experiments she began in graduate school concerning transparency and object permanence. 3 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:12:18 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo03.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo03.m4v Luo describes her current research project, which focuses on determining infants’ knowledge of psychological reasoning. Using the looking-time method, she is testing infants as young as three-months old to see if they understand the concept of object preference. 3 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:14:16 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo05.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/luo05.m4v All of the subjects in Luo’s experiments are volunteered by their parents. Luo talks about research she hopes to pursue in her future work. 3 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:19:28 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/lab.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/luo/ipod/lab.m4v Yuyan Luo uses “looking-time studies” to learn how much infants understand about the world around them. In this lab video, the top half of the frame will reveal what the infant is shown, whereas the bottom half reveals the infant's reaction. 3 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:17:37 GMT