Welcome to Diversity in Development Lab!


The Diversity in Development (DID) lab studies how children learn to navigate our complex social world! 

We are especially interested in how children start to think about the diverse people they encounter and how their social environment influences their conception of the world.


We are currently recruiting children to help us with the following studies!
Click “Register” to sign-up for study communication.
Click “Contact us” if you would like to get in touch for more information or have any questions.

Babies’ Brain Responses to Strangers Study

Location: UCSC campus, Social Sciences 2, 710 College Ten Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

We are conducting an in-person study on UCSC campus to learn how infants’ brain activity differs in response to people of familiar and unfamiliar ethic-racial background using EEG. We are looking for families with infants ages 7- to 12- months old.

Toddlers’ Responses to Strangers Study

Location: UCSC campus, Social Sciences 2, 710 College Ten Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

We are conducting an in-person study on UCSC campus to learn how toddlers socially respond to people of familiar and unfamiliar races. We are looking for families with children ages 13- to 24- months old.

Is your child too young or too old for our studies at this time?

Not to worry! You can register for our general mailing list to be notified when a study that matches your child’s age comes up!



University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Psychology

Social Science 2 712 College Ten Road Santa Cruz, CA 95064

did.lab@ucsc.edu

(831) 264-8155