Leonard Learning Lab

Leonard Learning Lab at Yale Psychology. We study children’s motivation and learning.

[julia_a_leonard @julia_a_leonard]

Loved doing this more personal interview about my research! Read it to find out how my sister sparked my interest in psychology and to learn more about recent work in the lab

[Leonard Learning Lab @LeonardLearnLab]

Our lab is hiring a part-time Philadelphia-based research assistant to help with data collection at our partner museum! This is a great opportunity for those interested in applying to jobs/programs in dev psych! For more info, see: https://t.co/nar5RTjA3q

[Leonard Learning Lab @LeonardLearnLab]

Check out this new work from the lab!

[Xiuyuan Flora Zhang @flora_xy_zhang]

Here is a 4-year-old predicting instant and continuous success on a novel bean bag task. This is characteristic of young children’s optimism. Do little kids just not understand that mastery usually takes practice?

New paper thread!
https://t.co/B6h6IeFaic
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[Leonard Learning Lab @LeonardLearnLab]

The lab loved sharing their work, meeting new people, and learning about new science at #CogSci2024

[Leonard Learning Lab @LeonardLearnLab]

Come check out the lab's work at #CogSci2024

[Leonard Learning Lab @LeonardLearnLab]

And a special shoutout to our wonderful undergrad research assistants for another amazing semester!

[Leonard Learning Lab @LeonardLearnLab]

Happy end of the semester from L3!

[Leonard Learning Lab @LeonardLearnLab]

Check out this new work from the lab showing that pointing out learning opportunities causes parents to step back and provide children with more autonomy.

Bonus fun - this study involved watching many 4-year-olds dress up in hockey gear 🏒 😜

[Reut Shachnai @Reut_Shachnai]

Persistence is crucial for kids’ development, but parents often take over & solve problems for them. What can help parents step back?
New paper w/ @Mika_Asaba, Lynn Hu, @julia_a_leonard shows pointing out learning opportunities reduces over-parenting! https://t.co/6r0kSE1hn5 1/5

[Leonard Learning Lab @LeonardLearnLab]

@_BrandoCarrillo @flora_xy_zhang @Reut_Shachnai @elainewang0312 @julia_a_leonard And we all made the hard choice to attend CDS instead of AGT (we did see Heidi Klum though!)

[Leonard Learning Lab @LeonardLearnLab]

That's a wrap on CDS! We had so much fun presenting our work and connecting with others!

[Leonard Learning Lab @LeonardLearnLab]

@_BrandoCarrillo @flora_xy_zhang @Reut_Shachnai @elainewang0312 @julia_a_leonard gave an early career talk "How Caregivers Influence Children's Persistence"

[Leonard Learning Lab @LeonardLearnLab]

Come check out our lab's new research at CDS! ✨

[Jacobs Foundation @Foundation_JF]

"We know that kids are all different from each other and maybe one of our goals should be to embrace that a little bit more."

In this clip, @julia_a_leonard discusses why we should embrace different types of learning and different types of learners. Learn more below ⬇️

[Leonard Learning Lab @LeonardLearnLab]

New work from the lab by @flora_xy_zhang showing that people accurately predict the shape of skill learning curves!

[Xiuyuan Flora Zhang @flora_xy_zhang]

Imagine you are about to learn a new skill, like darts🎯. Do you think you could accurately predict your learning curve? With @smickdougle and @julia_a_leonard, we find that you can!

New preprint: https://t.co/ilXiz2AjV4

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Dev Area at Yale had some excellent psychological phenomena Halloween costumes...I spy Sally and Anne, wire mother/mesh mother, a marshmallow...what do you see?