BCCCD22

Slack: https://bcccd.slack.com/archives/C02P9FKLQKZ

Lorijn Zaadnoordijk 1, Christina Bergmann 2, Helen Buckler 3, Rhodri Cusack 1, Sho Tsuji 4, Ana Maria Portugal 5, Agata Bochynska 6, ManyBabies-AtHome Consortium
1 Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
2 Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
3 University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
4 The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
5 Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
6 University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Laboratory studies of infant development frequently rely on the measurement of infant looking behavior. Typically, such experiments are conducted under highly standardized conditions to control factors such as distance between participants and the screen, movement, lighting, and ambient noise. At present, most psychology experiments use participants from a small section of the world’s population, and we do not know if they will generalize. Online testing holds great promise towards more ecologically valid, more highly powered, and more representative experiments. Caregivers do not face the burden of a lab visit, making it easier to access populations beyond those living in proximity of an infant lab and enabling testing of more diverse populations (e.g., urban vs rural areas, various different nationalities), both within and beyond the researcher’s home country. Recently, there have been several promising initiatives to move experiments online to allow caregivers to participate from their home environments. Despite tremendous advances in at-home testing, there are significant obstacles, especially when aiming to increase accessibility to a wide range of participants. To address these challenges, we set up ManyBabies-AtHome. This project aims to collaboratively address the challenges of infant online testing across the world, such as dealing with data protection regulations, language and cultural barriers, and recruitment strategies. ManyBabies-AtHome aims to establish and translate generally applicable solutions in procedure, documentation, standardization and analysis for online testing. In our presentation, we will discuss the steps we are taking to make online testing possible cross-culturally and outline various ways to get involved.

• Session 7, Wednesday, 12 Jan, 20:30 - 22:00 (UTC +0)
• Session 12, Friday, 14 Jan, 13:00 - 14:30 (UTC +0)