Wee Science
10/04/2026
✨Wee scientists needed!✨
🔎Looking for wee scientists aged 17-19 months 🔎 You and your child can help us understand how children learn new words by taking part in a 30-min study in our lab at the University of Edinburgh. Please follow this link to register your interest: https://forms.gle/67sE5A5oPRAD8cnK9 or email us directly at [email protected]
We look forward to welcoming you and your child to our lab!
09/04/2026
Calling All Young Scientists!
We’re looking for English-speaking children (ages 4-12) to help us understand how children use words in a new language!
What is the study about? Children will play a short laptop-based game with a cartoon character, learning and producing new words for novel alien plants!
📍 Where? Dugald Stewart Building, 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AD
⏳ How long? About 15 minutes
📅 When? At a time that works for you!
Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/e/g4mCbU7Rrp
If you have any questions, email [email protected]
23/03/2026
We’re looking for wee scientists aged 7-9 months! We are running a study to help us understand how children learn language. Please follow this link to register your interest: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=sAafLmkWiUWHiRCgaTTcYap9-4E2yKJMpunLjH6suR5UNExJT0FDMUFZQTlIRk5NM1QxNFFBVlczMi4u
[If the link above does not work, please email us at [email protected]]
Location: Dugald Stewart Building (3 Charles Street)
Duration: 30 minutes
Reward for participation: £10 Amazon voucher
24/02/2026
Wee scientists aged 9-11 needed! 🌱🌱🌱
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are recruiting children aged 9–11 to take part in a short language study.
In this study, your child will play a fun “stare-and-click” game on a laptop. The session lasts approximately 5–10 minutes.
To learn more or sign up, please scan the QR code on the poster or follow this link: https://forms.gle/dQQS1kf5gwmDxZPi8
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If you have any questions, feel free to contact Shuya Chen ([email protected]).
06/01/2026
✨New Year = new wee scientists needed!✨
🔎Looking for wee scientists aged 17-19 months 🔎 You and your child can help us understand how children learn new words by taking part in a 30-min study in our lab at the University of Edinburgh. Please follow this link to register your interest: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/cgcGL0rkhz or email us directly at [email protected]
We look forward to welcoming you and your child to our lab!
Wee Science | Learning from kids while they play Child Scientists Wanted! Welcome to Wee Science! We are a group of researchers at the University of Edinburgh who study how babies and children learn to think and talk. We are always looking for families and schools to take part in our fun studies. Here, you can find out more about our research, and...
05/01/2026
We're looking for 8-12-month-old wee scientists to participate in a study on how babies begin to learn words!
Location: Dugald Stewart Building, 3 Charles Street
Time commitment: 15-20 mins
Compensation: £10
What we'll ask you to do:
- Come into the Dugald Stewart Building one time before March 1st with your baby
- Sit with your baby while we play some sounds and record a short video to see where your baby is looking
- The study is non-invasive and you can opt out any time before March 10th
Follow the link below to sign up!
bit.ly/infantwordlearning
Please feel free to email Alice Munro ([email protected]) with any questions. Thank you to everyone who has participated so far!
Infant word learning study sign-up This is the sign-up form for the infant word learning study run by Alice Munro at the University of Edinburgh. If you want to get in contact directly or have specific questions, feel free to email [email protected]. Thank you very much to all participants for your help, you're making a big dif...
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