Highlights from BULCD 2024

The Boston University Conference on Language Development (BULCD) is one of the largest linguistics conferences in the world, hosting over 500 language acquisition and development researchers and students. The QLAB was honored to attend the 49th annual iteration of...

Language Learning in Children with Autism Presentation

Recently, Dr. Zhenghan Qi and Ph.D. student Katherine Trice presented at the Boston Ability Center about current research on language development in children with autism. More details about the talk are available here. A full recording of the discussion can be viewed...

Our new NIH-funded project – PLAUSL

Predicting Language and literacy growth in Autistic children Using Statistical Learning How do little ones decipher patterns in speech and print? And do these processes wield their transformative influence on language and literacy growth as children step into the...
Anqi’s Graduate Student Travel Grant

Anqi’s Graduate Student Travel Grant

Congratulations to Anqi Hu, who received a College of Arts and Sciences Competitive Graduate Student Travel Grant! This summer, she will join Chunming Lu, an expert in neural synchronization and communication, at State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and...

Neuroscience Symposium

Neuroscience Symposium

Our graduate student Yi-Lun Weng presented a poster on neural responses to global and local probabilities in statistical learning at the University of Delaware Neuroscience Symposium. This was a day-long symposium dedicated to neuroscience and brain sciences research...

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

Lab members, left to right: (Back row) Nicolo Bautista, Anqi Hu, Diana Rios, Abigail DeJohn, Dr. Julie Schneider (Front row) Dr. Zhenghan Qi, Hannah Stetson, Dionysia Saratsli, Violet Kozloff Happy holidays from the QLAB! We are so grateful to the many children and...

Fall Conferences, Part 2: Psychonomics

Fall Conferences, Part 2: Psychonomics

An presented our two statistical learning posters from this fall (here and here) at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society this weekend in New Orleans. The QLAB was represented alongside 1,221 other posters and 300 papers at the conference. We were...

Fall Conferences, Part 1: BUCLD

The QLAB had a wonderful time at the 43rd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Dr. Qi, An and Violet were all present. We presented a poster on statistical learning in reading impairment and reading development, as well as a poster on...

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Krystal Mendez, a new QLAB research assistant, attended the University of Delaware's Undergraduate Research Symposium on Thursday. Krystal joined the QLAB this summer through the Delaware INBRE Summer Scholars program. You can see her presentation on native language...

Out-of-State Visitors

A huge thank you to our first out-of-state family for joining us in the lab! These brothers visited Delaware for two days, playing games in our brain camera and heading home with pictures of their brains. The family says: "[The boys] were so excited to participate in...

Summer Is Here!

It's summertime, and the QLAB is enjoying the sunshine at the Co-op Farmer's Market! What better way to learn about your brain than with an armful of fresh produce or a sweet snack? Grab a bite, support local farms, and try your hand at our language game! Find us...

Ag Day

The QLAB had a blast at Ag day, a summer kick-off with the University of Delaware's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Every year, Ag day is packed full of educational exhibits and activities, games, livestock exhibits, music, and food. The QLAB joined in...

Brain Videos

Brain Videos

Look familiar? This is Violet's brain!  Our MRI study is up and running. Want to see your own brain video? Join us at the QLAB to receive a free recording of your brain!