CLL attends SRCD 2023! | UConn Child Language Lab

From March 23-25, members of the Child Language Lab converged on Salt Lake City for the 2023 biennial Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) conference. CLL has been attending SRCD’s conferences for years, and we are so proud to have brought along three of our amazing senior undergraduates, each of whom had their own poster, to the 2023 conference. All in all, our posters spanned a wide range of subjects, including autistic individuals 2-22 years of age, Theory of Mind (ToM), the influences of caregiver input on children’s language, phonological development, auditory brainstem research, and numerous others. We were also privileged to meet and hear from hundreds of fellow researchers making an impact on the field of developmental research.

See below for a slideshow of our favorite moments (all posters can be viewed in more detail on our Posters & Presentations page):

CLL members convene amidst the chaos of SRCD (left to right: Grace, Kaya, Letty, Lee, Cynthia, Jaydel, Sarah, Julia).
CLL fourth-year PhD student Cynthia Boo with her poster, “Non-autistic versus autistic children: Why should I say ‘um’ if I’m not talking to anybody?” She is joined by Letty Naigles, one of her co-authors.
CLL second-year PhD student Kaya LeGrand with her poster, “Can expressive language features indicate whether low-verbal children with ASD will progress linguistically?” She is joined by Letty Naigles, her co-author.
Undergraduate McNair Scholar Sarah Cintron (’23) with her poster, “Child vocalization development coded through the International Phonetic Alphabet: A comparison of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and typically developing children.” She is joined by Cynthia Boo & Letty Naigles, her co-authors.
Undergraduate honors student Jaydel Hernandez (’23) with her poster, “Development of ToM in autistic youth: The potential impact of language.” She is joined by Grace Corrigan & Letty Naigles, her co-authors.
Undergraduate honors student Julia Johnson (’23) with her poster, “Cats say meow: Parent use of generics reflected in child language level.” She is joined by Lee Tecoulesco & Letty Naigles, her co-authors.
CLL lab manager Grace Corrigan with her poster, “Children with ASD improve categorical induction performance over time.” She is joined by Lee Tecoulesco & Letty Naigles, two of her co-authors.
2022 PhD recipient and CLL alum Lee Tecoulesco with his poster, “From ears to eyes: Brainstem encoding of speech and lexical access.” He is joined by Letty Naigles, one of his co-authors.
CLL members enjoy dinner at the Radisson after a long day of conference activities (clockwise from the bottom center: Lee, Julia, Jaydel, Grace, Letty, Cynthia, Sarah, Kaya).

Please note that our group stayed masked at SRCD except to take photos and present our posters.