A first-of-its-kind longitudinal study of infant curiosity by Professor Lisa Feigenson found that months-old babies most captivated by magic tricks became the most curious toddlers, suggesting a pre-verbal baby’s level of interest in surprising aspects of the world remains constant over time and could predict their future cognitive ability.

Chaz Firestone and his lab use mime techniques to better understand vision and perception.

Congratulations to Yun-Fei Liu on being the 2021 winner of the JHU 3 Minute Thesis Alumni Choice prize!

Congratulations to Daeyeol Lee on receiving the 2021 Ho-am Prize in Medicine!

Kudos to Ian Phillips on being awarded the 2021 Leibowitz Prize!

Congratulations to Chaz Firestone on being named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science!

Professor Daeyeol Lee’s book, The Birth of Intelligence, is featured in the latest issue of the Johns Hopkins Magazine.

Jennifer Lawlor has been awarded a prize from the Philippe Foundation. Founded with the intent to encourage, assist, and support scientific and medical activities and research, the Philippe Foundations provides […]

Christopher Krupenye has been awarded the New Investigator Award from the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association.

Congratulations to Yun-Fei Liu on his recent publication in eLife for his work studying the brain activity of computer programmers.