Cognition Across Development Lab
What We Do
We study how individuals learn about the social world around them.
The Cognition Across Development (CAD) Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences explores the development of social cognition. Our research examines how young children make sense of and cope with the complex social world around them. The goal of our research in the CAD Lab is to better understand how early emerging aspects of cognition and perception help an individual thrive in their particular environment.
2022 - 2023 in the CAD Lab
Three cheers for the CAD Lab!
2022- 2023 was another stellar year for the CAD Lab. Baby Miles was born, we went to the Society for Research in Child Development meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, watched undergraduate RA's share their awesome research at the Undergraduate Research Conference, read amazing theses from Saliha and Genesis, celebrated Naomi's Outstanding RA award, and say a tearful and happy goodbye to all of our graduates! Here's to another great year!
News
Recent coverage of the people and the work in the CAD Lab
Jordan Legaspi won a Fulbright Research Award to spend 2023 in Singapore working with Dr. Peipei Setoh!
A profile on Seda Korroch, a 2022 graduate of the CAD Lab!
Dr. Mandalaywala wrote a blog post for Psychology Today summarizing her recent theoretical paper about status cognition in nonhuman animals.
Coverage of Mandalaywala, Benitez, Sagar, & Rhodes, 2021 Journal of Experimental Child Psychology paper on racial bias in children's resource allocations
A profile on Dr. Mandalaywala's recent paper on children's use of gender and race as cues to status.
Interview with Dr. Mandalaywala about why she's so excited to be at UMass!
Coverage of Mandalaywala, Ranger-Murdock, Amodio, & Rhodes, 2018 Child Development paper on the development of racial essentialism in White and Black American children
A profile on Dr. Mandalaywala and her experiences as a Puerto Rican-Indian studying Indian monkeys in Puerto Rico.
