Elizabeth Fast, associate professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, has been organizing a series of land-based learning retreats revolving around Indigenous traditions and ceremonies.

The lab provides students with a unique space where they can experiment and test out ideas in ways not possible in a classroom setting.

Published in the journal Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, the study helmed by associate professor of psychology Krista Byers-Heinlein showed that all babies respond more to infant-directed speech — baby talk — than they do to adult-directed speech.