Psychologist to study how motor development changes infants' learning experiences

(University of California - Riverside) John Franchak has long been interested in how learning a new motor skill, such as sitting or walking, changes how infants interact with their surroundings. He has now been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to pursue this research question. The grant will help Franchak, an assistant professor of psychology at UC Riverside, explore what aspects of learning to sit or walk help infants learn other skills by changing their day-to-day life.