News & Awards
New Publication
Congratulations to Ellie, Kyle, and Dr. Selmeczy on their new publication at Child Development! Special thanks to Grai for her hard work on this project as well. Thank you to all the families who participated. You can check out our paper here.
Dr. Selmeczy APA Div 3 Volunteer
August, 1 2025
Check out this short piece highlighting our lab director Dr. Diana Selmeczy! Dr. Selmeczy will be serving as a Council Representative for the American Psychological Association (APA) Div 3 beginning in 2026.
Rocky Mountain Psychological Research Association Presentations
April, 10 2025
Congratulations to UCCS graduate students, including Abigail and Ellie, on their presentations at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Research Association at the symposium called: From the Lab to the Classroom: Examining Self-Regulation and Learning Across Development.
Congratulations to Ellie McLane!
Friday, Sep 27, 2024
Former Undergraduate lab member Ellie's project looking at children's retrieval of science facts has been published! Be sure to check it out here. Congratulations Ellie, and keep up the great work!
Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum Presentations
Wednesday, May 15 2024
Researchers Ellie McLane and Miriam Shamess presented their data at this spring's Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum, hosted at UCCS!
Ellie presented findings on help-seeking behaviors, and Miriam presented on toddler's ability to use value-based selectivity. Excellent work by student researchers affiliated with the Cognitive Development Lab!
Posters can be viewed at the following links: CSURF POSTER Final; Smile Study Poster V3
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Presentations
Friday & Saturday, April 12&13, 2024
Congratulations to our Lab members Kyle Hatcher, Ellie McLane, and Abigail Sisneros for presenting at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association in Denver! Kyle presented on "Remembering What Matters: The Emergence of Value-Directed Remembering in Preschool-Aged Children", Ellie presented on "The Testing Effect in Children: An Examination of Hints and Confidence During Children's Retrieval of Science Facts", and Abigail presented on "An Investigation of Academic Help-Seeking Behaviors in College-Aged Adults". View their posters here: Kyle Poster.pdf, Ellie Poster.pdf, Abigail Poster.pdf
Congratulations Heidi Martinez!
Monday, April 8, 2024
Congratulations to one of our Graduate Students Heidi Martinez, for passing her Thesis Defense!
Congratulations Ellie McLane!
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Congratulations to one of our Research Assistants, Ellie McLane, for receiving the Outstanding Undergraduate Award!
Mountain Lion Research Day
Friday, December 8, 2023
Congratulations to our lab members, Ellie McLane, Miriam Shamess, and Kyle Hatcher, for presenting at UCCS's Mountain Lion Research Day! Ellie presented on "Investigating Help-seeking as an Active Learning Strategy in Memory Integration", Miriam presented on "The Role of Feedback in the Development of Value-Based Remembering", and Kyle presented on "The Development of Preschoolers Value-Based Remembering: An Examination of Encoding Behavior and Eye-movements". View their posters here! MLRDF23Posters.pdf
Congratulations to Shannon Tiffenbach!
Monday, December 4th, 2023
Congratulations to one of our research assistants, Shannon Tiffenbach, for receiving the Outstanding Undergraduate Award!
Congratulations to Our Honors Students 2023!
Saturday, May 13, 2023
Many congratulations to Grai and Nadia!
Congratulations Grai, Nadia, & Ellie
Saturday, April 22, 2023
So proud of our three research assistants who successfully presented at Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum! Grai Calabro and Ellie McLane's poster was titled Active Control Effects on Children's Learning Strategies of Value-based Information. Nadia Jeunelot's poster was titled Early Development of Value-Based Remembering. View their poster presentations here.
Congratulations Grai Calabro!
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Congratulations to one of our Research Assistants, Grai Calabro, on her successful poster presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development conference! Her poster was titled Comparing Children's Help-seeking Intentions. View her poster presentation here.
Mountain Lion Research Day
Friday, December 1, 2022
Congratulations to our lab members, Grai Calabro and Nadia Jeunelot, for presenting at UCCS's Mountain Lion Research Day! Grai presented on "The Effect of Children's Active Study Control on Value-Based Remembering" and Nadia presented on "Early Development of Value-Based Remembering".
Student Research Showcase: Grai Calabro
Friday, October 21, 2022
Our research assistants Grai Calabro was showcased for the research she is conducing in the Cognitive Development Lab.
Cool Science Day at UCCS
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Our research assistants had fun connecting with local families, playing the memory game, and teaching children about metamemory at the Cool Science Day Festival hosted at UCCS.
Congratulations Heidi Martinez!
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Congratulations to our graduate student, Heidi, for being awarded the Small Research Grant for UCCS Psychology Graduate Students!
Congratulations Michelle Shields!
Friday, April 22, 2022
Congratulations to our graduate student, Michelle, for presenting her poster "Get a Hint: An Investigation of the Development of Help-Seeking Behaviors During Learning" at the bi-annual Cognitive Development Society Conference.
Congratulations Grai Calabro!
Friday, April 15, 2022
Congratulations to Grai Calabro, one of our research assistants, on receiving an Undergraduate Research Academy Award!
Congratulations to Michelle and Elizabeth!
Friday, April 9, 2022
Congratulations to our lab members, Michelle Shields and Elizabeth Anquillare, for presenting at Rocky Mountain Psychological Association's annual convention! They presented "How helpful is a hint?: The role of hints in children’s retrieval based learning."
Congratulations to Alisha and Grai!
Saturday, April 9, 2022
Congratulations to our undergraduate research assistants, Alisha Silkey and Grai Calabro, for presenting posters at CSURF! Alisha presented "Objective and Subjective Help Seeking Behaviors in Children" and Grai presented "The Effect of Value on Children's Learning Strategies."
Congratulations Michelle Shields!
Friday, April 1, 2022
Congratulations to our graduate student, Michelle Shields, for successfully defending her master's thesis! Thank you to all of the families who participated!
Congratulations Elizabeth Anquillare!
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Congratulations to Elizabeth Anquillare, one of our research assistants, for receiving the Outstanding Undergraduate Award!
Congratulations Alisha Silkey!
Friday, March 18, 2022
Congratulations to one of our Research Assistants, Alisha Silkey, for earning the UCCS Ron Wisner Human Spirit and Leadership award!
Congratulations Caitlyn Dieckmann
Friday, December 3, 2021
Congratulations to one of our research assistants, Caitlyn Dieckmann, for presenting her first research poster at Mountain Lion Research Day!
Psychonomics Poster Presentation
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Check out the recent research presented by Michelle Shields, our graduate student, at Psychonomics 2021.
Congratulations to the Cognitive Development Lab
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Congratulations to the Cognitive Development Lab for their recent publication entitled Remote Research Methods: Considerations for Work with Children. Read this paper here.
Children's Museum Trunk or Treat
Friday, October 15, 2021
Our crazy scientists had a blast at the Children's Museum Trunk or Treat event, meeting families, seeing costumes, and running memory games!
Cool Science Carnival Day at UCCS
Saturday, October 9, 2021
Our research assistants enjoyed teaching children about memory and meeting families at the UCCS Cool Science Day event!
Family Science Day at the WMMI
Saturday, July 10, 2021
Our research assistants had a great time teaching children about memory at the Western Museum Mining and Industry Science Day event!
Congratulations Morgan McGinnis
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Congratulations to one of our Research Assistants, Morgan McGinnis, for successfully defending her honors thesis entitled The Effects of Feedback on Value Based Learning. She also presented on this work at the Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum. View her poster presentation here.
Congratulations Dr. Selmeczy
Monday, April 26, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Selmeczy, for receiving a Research and Creative Works seed grant to examine how children seek help in order to improve their learning!
Congratulations Michelle Shields
Friday, March 26, 2021
Congratulations to one of our Research Assistants, Michelle Shields, for winning the Graduate Fellowship Research Award!
Cool Science Day 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Check out our video for Cool Science Day 2020 by clicking here!
Congratulations Morgan McGinnis
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Congratulations to one of our Research Assistants, Morgan McGinnis, on her acceptance into the Undergraduate Research Academy program where she will be conducting her honors thesis! Morgan’s thesis aims to investigate the strategies adults use to remember information and how adults self-reflect about their memory. This program will provide Morgan’s thesis the necessary funding and guidance to support her dedication to both inside and outside of the lab.
UCCS Science Day Cognitive Development Lab Debut!
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Check out our UCCS Science Day Cognitive Development Lab Debut!