One of the Living Lab’s main missions is to provide a welcoming space where the community and researchers can come together to learn more about science and research. Below, we have provided an impact report outlining how we have attempted to reach that goal. Participants refer to the volunteers who took part in our research. Educational interactions tend […]
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One of our recent studies was featured on Michigan News! This study done by Margaret Echelbarger investigates on how children understand fairness in relation to economic concepts. “The trick is knowing when and how to balance self interest and concern for others—what is appropriate in different circumstances,” said lead author Margaret Echelbarger, a recent U-M
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One of the Living Lab’s main missions is to provide a welcoming space where the community and researchers can come together to learn more about science and research. Below we have provided an impact report to show the ways in which we have attempted to reach that goal. Participants refer to the volunteers who took
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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.
Hi, Robot: Living Lab Researcher Featured on NPR Read 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
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One of the Living Lab’s main missions is to provide a welcoming space where the community and researchers can come together to learn more about science and research. Below we have provided an impact report to show the ways in which we have attempted to reach that goal. Participants refer to the volunteers who took
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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
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School is out and summer has already begun! Make sure to have the Living Lab as one of your many stops this summer. For the Living Lab in Ann Arbor, we are open and available much more during the summer. Take a look at our calendar for more information. If you are traveling this summer
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One of the Living Lab’s main missions is to provide a welcoming space where the community and researchers can come together to learn more about science and research. Below we have provided an impact report to show the ways in which we have attempted to reach that goal. Participants refer to the volunteers who participated
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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
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