Faculty:

Judith Langlois, Ph.D.

Contact:

Angela Griffin in the Langlois Lab
Email: langloislab@psy.utexas.edu, lab phone: 475-7908

Description:

In the Langlois Lab, we're trying to find out how and why attractiveness preferences and stereotypes develop by recording infants’ brainwaves (event-related-potentials (ERPs) to different types of faces. (www.psy.utexas.edu/langloislab)

Qualifications:

We are looking for enthusiastic, responsible, hard-working undergraduates to work in our lab assisting in running experiments on the electrophysiology of face perception in infants. We are primarily looking for applicants with very good social and interpersonal skills to interact with parents and their infants prior to and during infant EEG/ERP studies. Experience and/or coursework in developmental psychology, neuroscience, brain development, cognitive science, or clinical psychology, a plus. Previous experience in working with children preferred. Attention to detail is a must. Applicants should be able to work nine hours per week in the lab (according to your schedule), in blocks of time 2-3 days a week for 2-5 hours at a time. Studies are generally run from 9am to 5pm Monday through Thursday, 9am-11:30am Friday, and 9:30am to 2:30pm Saturday, so we ask you to be available on occasional Saturdays. Running the experiments involves working with a computer and other equipment. Because of the amount of time needed to train you on our equipment and procedures, we require a two-semester commitment (summer-fall or fall-spring). You will also be required to attend occasional lab meetings and write a journal-style paper on the research that we are doing.

Duties:

Interacting with Austin-area parents and their children, assisting in running experiments, scheduling appointments, and attending lab meetings. May also include some data entry or analysis, designing and creating stimuli, and library or internet research.

Other Information:

If you are considering graduate school or are unsure about the direction you want to take with your undergraduate degree, research experience such as this is essential! See our web site for more information or contact us for an interview.