ManyBabies

ManyBabies (MB) is a collaborative project for replication and best practices in developmental psychology research. Our goal is to bring researchers together to address difficult outstanding theoretical and methodological questions about the nature of early development and how it is studied.

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Resources (calendar, publications, data validator, OSF, github, etc.)
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Projects

The broader goals of ManyBabies come together in a set of collaborative projects. They are organized in main projects (either empirical or methodological), spin-off projects, and secondary analyses. Below is a list of our main projects, together with their affiliated spin-off projects and secondary analyses. More info is available on the Projects page.

Empirical Projects

MB1: Infant-Directed Speech Preference

Do infants prefer infant-directed speech? Do age, method, and native language background matter?
Spin-offs: MB1A, MB1B, MB1G, MB1L, MB1N, MB1T, MB1SA

MB2: Theory of Mind

Do infants show anticipatory looking that reflects the false belief of another agent?
Spin-offs: MB2P, MB-ManyWebcams

MB3: Rule Learning

Do infants learn and generalize identity-based rules from speech stimuli?
Spin-offs: MB3N, MB3L, MB3P, MB3T

MB3N: Rule Learning with NIRS

What are the neural correlates that inform whether and to what extent rules’ processing and learning are abstract, rule-based, and/or language specific?