Welcome to the

Developmental Science Lab

at Temple University!

We study how infants and children make sense of the world around them, particularly how they come to understand the actions of other people.  We study children's development with a variety of measures, including behavioral tasks and simple measurements of children's brain activity using a technique called EEG.  The lab director is Dr. Peter J. Marshall, whose research has been published in professional journals and books, child development textbooks, and in the popular media.

Our research depends on parents who are interested in taking part in the process of scientific discovery!  If you are a parent and are interested in finding out more about our current studies, click on the links "For Parents" and "Current Studies" to the left. 

If you are a prospective graduate student interested in working with Dr. Marshall, or a Temple undergraduate interested in finding out more about getting research experience in the lab, please click on "For Students".