About Us

Small child with blue glasses is laughing and playing with a puzzle. An experimenter is playing with them. They are in a colorful lab waiting room. Image of the PAL Lab eye tracker set up from the experimenter point of view.

At the Cornell Play and Learning Laboratory, we are primarily interested in the development of language acquisition and spatial cognition. We work with children between 6 months – 7 years old. Using methods such as visual habituation, cognitive-motor assessments, play-based tasks, and eye-tracking technology, we are able to investigate the physical and cognitive mechanisms that children employ as they acquire linguistic, spatial, and functional abilities.

Interested in having your child participate? Email us at cisl@cornell.edu or click here to fill out our parent interest form!

Lab Phone: (607) 254-1388