Cognition & Learning Lab
If you are a student looking to apply for our lab or a parent who is interested in your child participating in our research, please explore this page to find more information!
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Who can & where to participate
Please click on the category you identify with most to find more information on how you can participate. We have also provided directions to our lab, including parking information.Dr. Gunderson will be reviewing applications to the PhD program in Psychological and Brain Sciences for Fall 2025. If you are interested in applying to work in the Cognition and Learning Lab, please contact Dr. Gunderson directly.
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Are you interested in working in the lab? Typical tasks include recruiting participants, conducting one-on-one data collection sessions with children, entering data, transcribing videos, and reading scientific papers.
Each semester, applications are collected and interviews are scheduled for open positions. You may either elect to take a 3-credit course or to volunteer. If you are accepted for the course, you will be required to give a poster presentation at the end of each semester. You will also be required to read journal articles and attend general lab meetings. If you are a volunteer, these tasks will be optional. If selected, this requires a two-semester commitment and 10 hours of work per week in the lab, regardless of whether you are taking the course credit or not.
We will be running studies for parents and children in the future and would be happy to contact you, if you’re eligible for one. Please fill out the form below, and the childhood development labs at IU will contact you if your child becomes eligible for a study!
Parking is free & easy to find.
If you are coming to our lab for an experiment, you may park in the Fee Lane Parking Garage for free, please continue reading to learn more information.
11th and Fee Parking Garage: There are 6 FREE spaces for parents to park. As you enter the garage, keep straight, staying on the first floor, then turn left toward the elevator EXIT with the blue emergency light. On the right-hand side, next to the windows, there are parking spaces marked "RESERVED - Psychology Research Participants Only" - park here. Your researcher will greet you there with a parking pass for your vehicle. You will also be given a validation card to redeem the parking fee.
- Enter the parking garage and take a ticket as directed - KEEP THIS TICKET!
- When leaving the garage, scan your parking ticket.
- A parking fee will be displayed.
- Scan validation card.
- Parking fee will be reduced to ZERO and you may exit the parking garage.
The Cognition and Learning Lab is located in the Psychology Building.
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