Welcome to the Babylab!

At the Babylab we study how babies learn and develop, particularly during the first 2 years of life. Some of the areas we are interested in include how babies recognise faces, how they learn to pay attention to some things and not others, how they learn to understand what other people do and think, and how their language and understanding of the world develops. We are also interested in understanding why and how some children develop disorders such as autism.

Babies participating in studies at the Babylab

If you live in or around London and are interested in participating in our studies, please sign up. You can register your baby on this site, or contact the Babylab by phone: 020 7631 6258, or in writing by email: babylab@bbk.ac.uk, or by Freepost at the address below. Please mention your name and contact details as well as your baby's name and date of birth/due date. You can download a map here which shows where we are located.

Baby wearing testing net and toddler participating in a study.

If you would like to know more about what visiting the Babylab involves, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page. You can also see some sample information sheets from current and past studies by following this link. We send out an annual newsletter with updates on all our completed studies to parents on our database - you can download our previous newsletters here.

Thank you for your interest in the Babylab. We look forward to hearing from you!

Contact Details:

The Babylab
FREEPOST RRGX-ARGH-SESR
Henry Wellcome Building
Birkbeck College
University of London
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HX

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