Have a baby between 6–12 months old?
Earn $250 & help us learn how moms’ and babies’ moods affect each other over time
What is the Study About?
Around 6 months of age, babies can start telling the difference between different facial expressions of emotion. So, instead of just responding when they see mom’s face, they start responding differently if mom looks happy or sad or excited or tired. But we really don’t know how this ability develops.
We’re also interested in how moms’ and babies’ moods influence each other over time. Lots of research has looked at how moms impact their babies, but we know that how our baby responds to us impacts us too. We want to understand all of this.
We’re recruiting moms of 6-12 month olds and asking them to help with a study that involves appointments every 3 months for a year. Babies change really fast, so this lets us see how that change happens.
What You’ll Do
- Complete study visits Binghamton University every 3 months for 12 months
- Moms get $50 for each visit ($250 total) and babies get a small prize every time
- At each visit: complete a play task with your baby, fill out some questionnaires, and do a quick interview
- Your baby will do a couple computer tasks where they look at pictures on a screen
- Each visit takes about 1.5 hours
- You’ll be with your baby the whole time
Interested?
📩 Submit your info above, and we’ll contact you!
Or reach out:
📞 607-777-3304
📧 mood@binghamton.edu