Research

Doctoral candidate Kimberley Brink was recently featured on NPR with Dr. Henry Wellman about how children and adults think about robots. While young children often are fine with the robots, adults are more likely to find them creepy. Read the NPR blog piece or Brink’s publication to find out more.

One of our recent studies was featured on Michigan News! This work by Dr. Craig Smith and Margaret Echelbarger examined children’s emotions about spending and how that correlates with their spending behavior. In fact they found “Kids on the spendthrift end were more likely to buy and tightwad kids were more likely to save…” “Parents

The Living Lab wouldn’t be able to continue its mission without the dedication and bright minds of our undergraduate research assistants. Many of the friendly faces you meet at the Living Lab are undergraduates who are passionate about research. Some of them go above and beyond and will present their research at events like the

One of our researchers has had a few news articles posted about his latest research. His work often looks at how children perceive, understand, and develop ideas about race. In this study, what children thought about race over time was tested. Children were shown a picture of a child and two pictures of adults and