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Cardiff Babylab
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We are a CUCHDS, Cardiff based research group working to understand the early development of children with and without developmental conditions. 👶🏻👩‍🔬

Website: https://www.cardiff-babylab.com/
Are you interested in Speech, Language and Communication in early years, or the policies surrounding it?

Cardiff Babylab will be attending the annual Study Day as part of the Welsh Government’s Talk With Me Campaign on Tuesday the 14th of October, and you can join too!
October 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
October is Down syndrome awareness month! 💙💛

At Cardiff Babylab, we’re proud to work with all the amazing families, charities, and organisations who make our research possible. Look out for more opportunities for little scientists to take part in our studies!
October 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Congratulations, also, to Joanna from Babylab PAN (supervised by @tomalski.bsky.social) who delivered a fantastic 15 minute presentation titled "Talking Hands: Maternal Speech and Hand Movements in Mother-Infant Interactions" 🌟

#ICDL2025
September 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Keep an eye out for some more photos and details of the babylab presentations over the next few days but, in the meantime, check out a few of our fabulous presenters from Friday's poster session!

#ICDL2025
September 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Cardiff Babylab team is back in the UK from Prague, and reflecting on the wonderful last day of #ICDL2025 and the conference in general!

Huge thank you to the conference organisers for a stimulating and thought provoking programme, we already can't wait for next year! @ieee-icdl.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We also loved the opportunity to meet and chat with the speakers and other talented conference attendees at yesterday's fantastic conference dinner!

Very excited for the third and final day of #ICDL2025
September 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Particular congratulations to Agata from Babylab PAN (supervised by @tomalski.bsky.social) on her fantastic spotlight talk and poster yesterday!

What a wonderful presentation! #ICDL2025
September 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
A big well done to all Babylab members (Dean, Catia on behalf of Teddy, Sofia, Charlotte, and Craig) who presented their posters yesterday at @ieee-icdl.bsky.social to some wonderful feedback.

Bring on Day 2! #ICDL2025
September 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Huge congratulations to our PhD student, Craig, for his fantastic poster spotlight talk yesterday at @ieee-icdl.bsky.social - well done on a great talk and poster presentation!

#ICDL2025
September 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Almost time for ICDL 2025. Last poster printed and looking forward to all the great sessions! @ieee-icdl.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Our fantastic PhD student, Charlotte, will be running the Cardiff Half Marathon this October to help raise money for the amazing local charity, Seren Dwt 🌟
September 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Earlier this week, our PhD student, @sofiahryniv.bsky.social, represented the Cardiff Babylab at the Child Language Symposium 2025, held at @uniofreading.bsky.social.
September 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🚀Ready to bridge cutting-edge research with real-world impact?

Join the Language Acquisition Across Cultures team at The Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholingustiques as a Scientific Product Manager for the ExELang ERC Project!
September 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Last week, members of Cardiff Babylab attended the 9th Lancaster Conference on Infant and Child Development (LCICD), organised by the brilliant Babylab team at Lancaster University.
September 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Cardiff Babylab is excited to launch a new, remote study for medical and allied health professionals in the UK!

We are inviting professionals to give their thoughts on integrating wearable head cameras into their practice.

Find out more: www.cardiff-babylab.com/tinyexplorer...
July 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Early last week, Cardiff Babylab hosted LFRAZ, a free two day workshop, in collaboration with Université PSL & The Prairie Institute.

Thanks to Niveen, @catiamoliveira.bsky.social and @sofiahryniv.bsky.social for running the sessions!
June 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Our lab attended a screening by @omarmohamedsw.bsky.social - an eye-opening film examining the disproportionate representation of Black children in the care system. Grateful for the conversations it sparked, and huge appreciation to the incredible panel for their expertise @nyasservices.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We attended the first Cardiff Vision and Image Computing workshop, which took place on the 2nd of June 2025 at ABACWS

A huge thank you to the organisers in the Cardiff Visual Computing Department, all the speakers for a day of fantastic talks, and to everyone who presented posters!
June 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Interested in collecting and processing naturalistic audio data using new AI tools?

If so, join us for our free, two-day workshop; 'Long Form Audio Recordings: A to Z', generously supported by Cardiff University Doctoral Academy.
May 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
We're excited to host Dr. Przemek Tomalski on 22nd May 2025 at 1pm in the Psychology Tower Building at Cardiff University for our Towards Complexity Seminar Series on “The organization of infants’ motor activity during infant-parent play: Getting a broader look with wearable Inertial Motion Units”.
May 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cardiff Babylab is celebrating World Down Syndrome Day 2025!

So lovely to have so many thoughtful discussions about our data and child development in general

Looking forward to our guest speaker Q&A and quiz!
March 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Our Towards Complexity Seminar Series continues on March 27th with a visit from Dr Willem Frankenhuis, who will talk about 'The evolution and development of sensitive periods'.

This series is open to all, so please do join us at 1pm in the Psychology Tower Building, Cardiff University!
March 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Join our upcoming Babylab event to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day, 2025

With an exciting schedule in the works, the event is open to students, trainees, staff, and the wider community - please register to help us with planning! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We can’t wait to see you there!
March 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Save the date, and join Cardiff Babylab in celebrating World Down Syndrome Day next month!

We can't wait to see you there!
February 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Happy New Year from the Cardiff Babylab! 🎊

We recently had the pleasure of following up with some of our wonderful participants from a few years back. A big thank you to everyone who has given their time to support our research.

We can’t wait to work with all our wonderful families in 2025!
January 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM