Stress, Home Environment, Language & Learning
SHELL · Visits at 3, 9, and 15 months
How stress and the home language environment shape early learning.
About the study
Understanding how the early home environment impacts trajectories of language and cognitive development is crucial for identifying early risk and resilience factors associated with later school readiness. SHELL is a longitudinal study that examines how caregiver stress and the home language environment influence early language and memory skills during the first two years of life. Families visit the lab when baby is 3 months, 9 months, and 15 months old, with additional at-home microbiome collection at 12 months.
- Longitudinal lab visits at 3, 9, and 15 months
- At-home stool microbiome collection at 12 months
- Home language environment recordings
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- Watch your baby grow with us
- 12-month microbiome stool collection — how-to