How Does Your Baby’s Brain Tune In to the World?

Check if your baby qualifies

Long before their first spoken words, your baby’s brain is learning patterns from every sound, voice, and lullaby. Join our welcoming infant study and help us discover how baby brains learn language.

  • Who: Healthy infants under 4 months old

  • Where: In-person visits at our child-friendly lab on the Rutgers-Newark campus (with reserved parking)

Designed Around You and Your Baby

  • 100% safe and non-invasive: We use child-friendly, gentle sound listening games and safe neural sensors that simply listen to natural brain activity while your baby rests.

  • Always in your arms: You are with your baby the entire time. They will sit on your lap or in a cozy infant chair with you by their side.

  • Baby runs the schedule: Fussy? Hungry? Need a diaper change or quick snooze? Our team works entirely at your baby’s pace.

  • Stress-free visit: You’ll have a private session, a dedicated parking space near our building, and a researcher ready to meet you at your car to assist with strollers and bags.

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Baby Sound & Language Study

(Auditory Brainstem & Language Development)

*ACTIVELY RECRUITING*

Why Early Sounds Matter

During the first few months of life, infants make rapid, incredible neurological leaps. Our research investigates how tiny, subtle sound differences are perceived in the early auditory brainstem.

By joining, you help developmental neuroscientists discover how early brain processing lays the foundation for later language, speech, and communication—insights that help support children for generations to come.

A Token of Our Appreciation

We know how valuable your family’s time is during these early months. As a heartfelt thank-you for contributing to science, participating families receive:

  • Financial compensation

  • A baby toy and an honorary “Rutgers Baby Scientist” certificate

  • A fun, personalized look at how developmental science works

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