Feel free to email us at any time to request an appointment at yalekids@gmail.com. We may also periodically contact you if we find that your child is an appropriate age for one of our ongoing studies in the lab.

We schedule 30 minutes per child per study. Many of our studies are much shorter, taking between 5 and 15 minutes on average, but we schedule a full half-hour to allow for warming up in our waiting/play room, experimental procedures, and any questions you or your child may have following the study/studies.

Of course! If we don’t have a study available for your other child’s age group (or you would prefer they don’t participate), they are free to play in our waiting room during your appointment.

You can see a virtual lab tour or read about a typical study. Studies are set up to be fun, game-like activities that children usually enjoy. After spending a few minutes getting acclimated and meeting the research team, children complete the activity in one of our testing rooms. Parents can watch the whole study over on a tablet computer via our live video feed, or can accompany children into the testing room.

While we do not offer monetary compensation for participation, we are glad to offer each child participant a small gift for their cooperation and time. Popular selections include small stuffed animals, jars of Play-Doh, and Frisbees.

The SCD Lab has a reserved parking space in one of Yale’s parking lots on the southeast corner of Hillhouse Avenue and Trumbull Street. Upon confirming your appointment, we will email you driving directions to our parking lot.

You can email us or use our online form to enter your information directly and we’ll call you back.

Our studies are intended to look at overall trends among children of specific age groups rather than the behavior of each individual child. Your child’s participation in our study will contribute to our knowledge of what children in your child’s age group think and understand about their social worlds.