Healthy Human Development Group
Who We Are
The Healthy Human Development Group is a collection of research labs in the Department of Psychology at the University of Manitoba. Each lab focuses its research on a different aspect of human development. We are always looking for families who may want to help with our projects so please consider signing up.
What We Do
Developmental psychology is a multidisciplinary research area that spans across several fields, such as linguistics, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience. The goal is to understand how humans grow and change over time.
Our Labs
The Healthy Human Development Group consists of the four research labs listed below:
Young Minds Research Lab
Our lab examines how children's theories about the world change as they age including children’s beliefs about technology and information sharing. A new NSERC Alliance Society grant allows us to investigate how children think about AI (read more below).
Baby Language Lab
This lab is dedicated to understanding how infants learn to speak their first language as well as what influences their language acquisition. Click here to learn more.
Communication and Development Lab
This lab focuses on how people understand the communicative intentions of speakers and how this ability develops. Click here to learn more.
Hearts & Minds Lab
This lab studies caregiver and child mental health, and applies neuroscience research related to stress to develop therapeutic interventions that foster positive caregiver-child relationships. Click here to learn more.
Are you here for the study with AI and Children?
If you came here because you saw an advertisement or a newsletter about our new study that investigates how children think about AI, great! We still welcome you to sign-up for our multi-lab database (link just below). However, if you are only interested in helping with our AI project please email youngmindsresearch@umanitoba.ca .
Help us do Science
Please sign-up here to help us with on-going projects:
We are looking for children between the ages 0-16 and parents to help us with our research studies about human development.
Once you sign up, we will send you information about upcoming research projects that you or your child is eligible for.
Most studies are short, 1 hour, one-time studies. There is no obligation to participate in any individual study.
Fun Activities for Home
We have fun science activities and colouring sheets for families to do at home. Click here to find all the activities.
Contact us
If you have any questions, please email healthyhumans@umanitoba.ca