We’re excited to have you join our team! In addition to collecting data, there are many contribution opportunities (e.g., study design, data analysis, writing) which do not require access to an infant lab. All are welcome!
If you know which project you are interested in joining, you can email one or more of the Project Leads directly. You are also encouraged to subscribe to project listservs to receive project updates and communications (see links below).
If you’re unsure of how you’d like to contribute or you’d like to talk with us about contribution opportunities, please fill out the Interest Form at the bottom of this page and we’ll be in touch with you as soon as possible.
You are also welcome to join us at our monthly “Drop-in Hours” (currently on the first Thursday of each month). Times and links to join can be found in our calendar.
Listservs and Contact Info
ManyBabies
Contact info: Governing Board, Executive Director (more info available here)General MB Listserv: Subscribe
General MB Slack: Join
MB1: Infant-Directed Speech Preference
Project Status: CompleteProject Leads: Michael Frank, Melanie Soderstrom
MB1A: Infant-Directed Speech Preference in African Infants
Project Status: Collecting dataProject Leads: Alex Carstensen, George Kachergis, Angeline Tsui, Casey Lew-Williams, Michael Frank
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MB1B: Infant-Directed Speech Preference in Bilingual Infants
Project Status: CompleteProject Lead: Krista Byers-Heinlein
MB1G: Gaze Following in Monolingual and Bilingual Infants
Project Status: CompleteProject Lead: Krista Byers-Heinlein
MB1L: Longitudinal Vocabulary Follow-up
Project Status: Stage 2 manuscript prepProject Lead: Melanie Soderstrom
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MB1N: Native Languages Follow-up
Project Status: Collecting dataProject Leads: Natalia Kartushina, Virginie Durier
MB1T: Test-Retest Follow-up
Project Status: Final manuscript prepProject Lead: Melanie Schreiner
MB2: Theory of Mind in Infancy
Project Status: Collecting dataProject Leads: Tobias Schuwerk, Dora Kampis, Hannes Rakoczy, Michael Frank
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MB2P: Pupil Dilation to Measure Violation-of-Expectation
Project Status: Preparing analysis pipeline; Collecting dataProject Lead: Robert Hepach
MB3: Rule Learning
Project Status: Collecting dataProject Leads: Ingmar Visser, Andreea Geambasu, Claartje Levelt, Melanie Soderstrom
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MB3N: Rule Learning using NIRS
Project Status: Developing analysis pipeline; preparing Stage 1 RR manuscriptProject Lead: Judit Gervain
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MB4: Social Evaluation
Project Status: Collecting dataProject Leads: Kelsey Lucca, Francis Yuen, Kiley Hamlin
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MB5: The Hunter & Ames Model of Infant Looking Preference
Project Status: Finalizing stimuli; Stage 1 RR manuscript under reviewProject Leads: Jessica Kosie, Martin Zettersten, Christina Bergmann, Dima Amso, Casey Lew-Williams
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MB6: Neonatal and Early Imitation
Project Status: Study design; Team formationProject Leads: Sumeet Farwaha, Andrew Meltzoff, Elizabeth Simpson, Virginia Slaughter, Mark Nielsen, Rechele Brooks
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MB-AtHome: Online Infant Data Collection
Project Status: Translating materials; Collecting pilot dataProject Leads: Lorijn Zaadnoordijk, Sho Tsuji, Katie Von Holzen, Helen Buckler, Rhodri Cusack
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MB-Demographics: Standard Demographics for MB Projects
Project Status: Manuscript submittedProject Leads: Leher Singh, Mihaela Barokova
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MB-ManyWebcams: Web-based Eye Tracking for Infant Studies
Project Status: Manuscript submittedProject Leads: Tobias Schuwerk, Adrian Steffan, Lucie Zimmer
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Secondary Analyses
Comparison to meta-analytic data
Project Leads: Christina Bergmann, Riccardo FusaroliAnalysis of supplemental demographic variables
Project Lead: Melissa Kline StruhlNew Projects
If you are interested in leading a new ManyBabies project (either a main project or a spin-off that would involve data collection across multiple labs), please fill the project proposal form and/or contact the MB Governing Board.
ManyBabies Interest Form
To express interest in contributing to one or more ManyBabies project(s), please fill out this form. We’ll be in touch as soon as possible with more info.