We got to go to the lab yesterday and be participants in research, and IT WAS AWESOME! Clearly, it doesn't take much to get me excited...as you can see!
Little Miss was quite a delight and was (in my humble opinion) the best little participant EVER! She wore a headband with a camera attached to it that tracked her eye movement in her right eye while she watched images on a screen for a few minutes. She sat in my lap and I held her. My eyes were covered because when infants don't know what they're looking at (they don't' recognize, or it's a new image) they reference to their caregiver, so in order to eliminate that, they cover the parents eyes.
Like her Momma, Little Miss is also easily entertained. As the experiment began, images were on the screen and she was CRACKIN' UP! I'm dying because I'm like, "What is she looking at!?" but of course, I can't see anything. She laughed for like the first minute and then during the rest just watched.
After it was over I got to see the images...what was this little lady cracking up at...well...has to be something hilarious right?! Dots...they were colored dots (easily amused)! They were accompanied with a sound, so I'm going to assume the flash of the dot and the sound is what did it for her. The researchers said, "This is the part that most babies are bored with but she just loved it." Again, easily amused :)
I'm going to cut out some circles and dance around with them...should provide hours of entertainment for the wee one! Oh and don't forget the sounds...beep boop beep!
The Little got a certificate for her participation, and got to pick out a book as a thank you for participating. Hope we get a call back to do more research in the future, this nerdy mom is all over that!
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