Haskins Laboratories: News and Events
Haskins Update
Fumiko Hoeft
Sam Mehr
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NY Times article on ‘parentese’, July 25, 2022
The results of a big-team cross cultural research study by Haskins researcher, Sam Mehr, on the sounds of infant-directed speech and song, was recently highlighted in the press and published in Nature Human Behavior. Read the New York Times article here.
A special message from Hall of Fame coach, Jim Calhoun and Psychological Sciences Professor and UConn Waterbury Dean, Fumiko Hoeft, January, 2024
“At UConn, we are champions at everything we do.”
Hall of Fame Coach Jim Calhoun and psychological sciences professor and UConn Waterbury Dean Fumiko Hoeft are the perfect examples of this mindset.
Coach Calhoun is passionate about student-athletes and cardiology research and patient care. Dean Hoeft is passionate about helping children with learning differences. Watch their story to learn more about how they champion these causes.
Haskins Laboratories is presently in a unique transition period. Much has happened during the past two years: at this juncture, we want to share information about what has occurred and where we are now. Fortunately, we can say that the research efforts of the lab scientists have continued throughout this period and that the future is much more secure than when this saga began. Updates will be provided as needed.
Dr. Fumiko Hoeft, Haskins Laboratories Affiliate and co-founder of the Haskins Global Literacy Hub, was featured as a visionary in The Scientist: Dr. Fumiko Hoeft in TheWaterbury.com in June 2023. Fumiko serves in many roles. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at UConn, Campus Director of UConn Waterbury, Director of the UConn Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC), and Professor (by courtesy), in the UConn Departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Educational Psychology, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry.
Language and Life
Language and Life: Haskins Laboratories' first half century
The Haskins Press of Haskins Laboratories is pleased to announce the publication of “Language and Life: Haskins Laboratories’ first half century,” by Carol A. Fowler and Donald Shankweiler. Hardcopy and Kindle copies are available on Amazon.com.
ISSP 2024
The Literate Brain:
Research from the Leading Edge
The 13th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP 2024), will take place in Autrans, France from May 13-17, 2024. 2 page abstracts deadline: Dec. 21, 2023.
ISSP provides an interdisciplinary forum for researchers working on all aspects of speech production. Topics of interest include different aspects of speech production, including articulation, acoustics, neural substrates, motor control, disorders, and links to perception, communication, development, and language.
Presented by the Yale Child Study Center, The Global Literacy Hub, and The Southport CoLAB , Dec. 4-5, 2023
This two-day conference, hosted in-person at Yale University on Monday, Dec. 4-5, 2023, presented the latest, ground-breaking scientific research about how children learn to read, and how those insights are translated into practical classroom strategies.
Speakers included: Devin Kerns, Nicole Landi, Julia Lindsey, Benjamin Powers, Jay, Rueckl, Danielle Scorrano, and Mark Seidenberg.