Mission

The Yale Early Social Cognition Lab, led by Dr. Chawarska, is a part of the Social Neuroscience Laboratory and the Yale Autism Program. Our goal is to decode the complex processes that underlie the typical and atypical development in visual social cognition during early childhood.

News

New Publication: Predicting Developmental Status from 12 to 24 Months in Infants at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Preliminary Report

published 07 April 2012

S. Macari, PhD; D. Campbell, PhD; G. Gengoux, PhD; C. Saulnier, PhD; A. Klin, PhD; K. Chawarska, PhD. (2012).J. Autism Dev. Disord

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published 10 Jan 2012

The 2012 application form for the Yale Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Developmental and Computational Social Neuroscience is now available. For more information, please visit the Yale Autism Program's Fellowship site.

100 Years of Child Study @ Yale: A Celebration

Dr. Chawarska's January 11, 2011 talk, "From cineanalysis to eye-tracking: Studies of infants at risk for developmental disorders," was part of this year's  Yale Child Study Center's Centennial Series (http://www.childstudycenter.yale.edu/centennial/index.aspx) celebrating the 100 years of child study at Yale. Dr. Chawarska was one of the experts who spoke at the first event focused on infant mental health and development held in honor of the Child Study Center's founder, Dr. Arnold Gesell.

Published 09 Aug 2010

Dr. Chawarska will be the guest speaker at the 2010 International Workshop of the Japanese Society of Developmental Psychology. The workshop will be held from August 20—23 at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. For a list of other conferences our lab has participated in, please see a list of our conferences.

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