Oxford Brookes BabyLab

Are you interested in science or research? At the Oxford Brookes BabyLab, a team of dedicated researchers investigate current issues in Child Development, studying how children learn about the world around them.

Have you ever wondered:

• how babies learn language so quickly and almost effortlessly?
• how bilingual or trilingual babies manage to learn two or more languages at the same time?
• how babies understand emotions?
• how children learn to distinguish what is real from what is pretend?

At the Babylab, we address these questions every day. But we need small participants to help us answer them! If you would like to take part in our studies with your child, please visit our website to register. 

Whilst we aren't currently running in-person studies due to lockdown, you can still register to receive invitations to online studies that you can do from home with your little one or take part in our in-person research in the future! If you are not local to Oxford, you can still register to join our mailing list for online studies. 

Interested but have some questions? Check out our information for parents, studies information page, or contact us on babylab@brookes.ac.uk

Does your child regularly hear more than one language? Are you interested in science or helping with research? At the Oxford Brookes BabyLab, we are looking for families who are raising their child to be bilingual, trilingual or multilingual to help us answer important research questions! To take part in these studies, your child must hear English and at least one other language. In the past, we have had families who speak many different languages including Farsi, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Urdu and many many more! 

At the Babylab, we want to find out how bilingual and trilingual babies and toddlers manage to learn two or more languages at the same time. But we need small participants to help us! If you would like to take part in our studies with your child, please visit our website to register. 

You can also register to receive invitations to online studies that you can do from home with your little one or take part in our in-person research in the future! If you are not local to Oxford, you can still register to join our mailing list for online studies. 

Interested but have some questions? Check out our bilingualism information, information for parents, studies information page, or contact us on babylab@brookes.ac.uk