University of Rochester

(Rochester, NY)

The University of Rochester is one of the country's leading private research universities. Rochester operates on a personal scale, creating exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close work with faculty. The University consistently ranks among the top in federally financed science, engineering, medical, and other research. The unique Rochester Curriculum invites students to learn what they love, allowing for both focus and flexibility. Its College, School of Arts and Sciences, and Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, and Schools of Medicine and Nursing.

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The "Goldilocks Effect:" New research explains how babies sift through and learn from the vast amount of stimuli around them.

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  • The Goldilocks Effect
  • Researchers at the University of Rochester have uncovered a new finding about how babies understand and investigate the environment around them. Dubbed the "Goldilocks effect", their research shows that infants in the study are not interested in things that are too simple or too complex, but just right. The study followed the attention patterns of 72 seven and eight month olds using an eye-tracking device while they viewed a series of different animations on a screen. When the pattern of objects appearing on the screen was too predictable or too complex the babies tended to lose interest, but they looked longer at patterns that fell right in the middle. Lead author of the paper on the findings Celeste Kidd is a doctoral candidate and has been doing research in the Rochester Baby Lab along with postdoctoral fellow Steven Piantadosi, who developed the statistical model that they used to predict and quantify the behaviors. Dr. Richard Aslin, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the University and Principle Investigator at the lab co-authored the study. He believes that the finding could have broad implications for human learning at all ages and lead to earlier diagnosis of attention-related disabilities such as autism or attention deficit disorder.
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The latest issue of Rochester Review is hot off the presses, featuring alumni's best advice to the new graduates of the class of 2012. What is the best piece of graduation advice you've ever received or given? http://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/#4

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Congratulations to the Class of 2012!

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  • Behind the Scenes - Commencement 2012
  • Can you specify the number of chairs set up for commencement? Do you know a Super Marshal from a Faculty Faculty Marshal? University staff explain the herculean task of creating the perfect day for our graduates.
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  • 2012 Commencement: Eastman School of Music
  • Video highlights from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester on May 20, 2012. Pulitzer Prize--winning composer and Eastman alumni George Walker '56E (DMA) told the graduates that he has valued the continuous relationship he's enjoyed with his fellow students and with faculty over the years, "a source of pride and satisfaction to me."

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