Campus Affiliation: College of Staten Island
Training Area: Developmental Psychology
Research Interests: The Relation Between Sleep and Motor Development in Infancy; The Interaction Between Cognitive & Motor Development
Awards: Fulbright Scholar 2010-11; NSF BCS #1551703 The Role of Sleep in Infant Motor Learning; NSF BCS #1941122 RUI: The Role of Sleep in Infant Motor Problem Solving
Phone: 718.982.4148
Email: sarah.berger@csi.cuny.edu
My research examines the interaction between cognitive and motor development in infancy. My colleagues and I study cognition-action trade-offs in both experimental and naturalistic contexts to better understand the organization of attention in infancy. We also examine the impact of sleep on motor learning in newly walking infants and the impact of sleep on the efficacy of intervention in premature infants with motor delays. In addition to behavioral coding from video, we also use new technologies, such as head-mounted eye trackers, actigraphy, and streaming “video from the crib” for data collection.