Neuroscientist in Training

Boston is home to approximately 1 bajillion colleges and universities. As a result, when Lyla was born in Cambridge (home to Harvard and MIT) we began receiving information in the mail that Lyla could participate in studies about infants through med schools. WELL, I know I have genius children, so I figured I should share their greatness with the research community.

Lyla is the proud participant of a study on racial bias among infants. They will test her at 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 months. The way the test works is they have a television that displays faces of all races (all women) and an eye tracker to track Lyla's eye movement.

The best part for the girls are the incentives. Each girl- Emily and Lyla get a fun toy at the end as well as $20. Lyla will gross $100 this year :). Good start to that college fund right? (The grand scheme is for Harvard to see what a smarty pants she is as an infant and award her scholarship $$ now :). ).