Infant Perception Lab
California
Institute of Technology
Division of Biology 139-74, Pasadena, CA 91125
Principle Investigator: Professor Shin Shimojo
Purpose of the Infant Perception Lab
The purpose of the Infant Perception Lab at Caltech is to gain new knowledge in the normal development of auditory and visual perception and their interactions.
As adults, we often take for granted our ability to integrate the sights and sounds around us into a single percept of the external world. This is an ability that your baby is only now beginning to develop, and will continue to do so during his or her first year of life. Every sight and sound, from looking at your face to hearing your voice, is a learning experience for your child and how this development proceeds is of great importance to our understanding of the workings of the human brain and nervous system. The knowledge we will gain from you and your baby’s participation in this study may lead to better education, diagnosis, and treatment of developmental disorders.
Some of the studies currently underway ask questions like the following:
When do infants first perceive integrated objects rather than separate sensations of color, shape, and motion?
When are infants first able to integrate visual and auditory information?
When do they recognize the motion patterns involved in walking and when do they combine this knowledge with their own sensations when walking?
About the Infant Perception Laboratory at Caltech
The Infant Perception Laboratory is located at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and is part of the laboratory of Professor Shinsuke Shimojo. We are located in the basement of the Beckman Institute (bldg 74), room 13. Parking for study participants is available on the ground level of the south Wilson parking structure (bldg 124).
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