Infant Studies Centre: Research on Infant Language Development
Directed by Dr. Janet F. Werker, we study language acquisition and speech perception in infants newborn to two years old.
Dr. Janet F. Werker’s Award Address Available Online!
Watch the Director of our Centre present at the 2019 APS Convention in Washington, D.C.
Our ‘Brite’ Word-Learning Study Featured
Dr. Drew Weatherhead and Dr. Maria Arredondo’s study has been featured by the UBC Department of Psychology.
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
Our research is partly funded by CIFAR, a Canadian-based organization that brings together researchers from across disciplines to address science and humanity’s most important questions.