Welcome to PlayLab!
Children are not just having fun when they play, but they're learning, too! Children are extremely powerful learners. They gather and organize information about the world from all that they do! How can we determine how young children understand the world around them?
Boston Children's Museum has teamed up with researchers from the Early Childhood Cognition Lab at MIT to form PlayLab, an exhibit featuring active research in cognitive development. Researchers are there every day conducting studies for young children ages 3 months to 8 years. Their research is focused on answering questions about how children learn and understand cause-and-effect relationships and interpret different types of evidence. The studies are short and fun, and may include playing games or watching a short video or display. If you would like to learn more or participate in a study, stop by PlayLab during your visit to the Museum and look for the researchers. They are happy to tell you about what studies are underway and answer any questions!
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