Lingo Lab

Lingo Lab The Lingo Lab is a research lab in the Department of CSD at Michigan State University

We had two amazing posters at the 2025 University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum! Audrey, Ashlyn, and Alicia's po...
04/11/2025

We had two amazing posters at the 2025 University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum!

Audrey, Ashlyn, and Alicia's poster was "Reading into Neurodiversity: Autism Terminology in Children's Books"

Duaa, Himani, and Kate's poster was "Impacts of Authors’ Relationships to Autism on Characterization of Peer Interactions in Children’s Books About Autism"

We couldn't be more proud of both groups and their effort in not only putting these posters together but also the research they undertook this semester that was necessary to make this happen. Way to go to both groups and way to represent the Lingo Lab 😁

We had a blast at the MSU Science Festival last weekend! It was an excellent experience highlighting all the different w...
04/11/2025

We had a blast at the MSU Science Festival last weekend! It was an excellent experience highlighting all the different ways we can communicate. It's one of our favorite events on campus, and we look forward to returning next year 😁😁

The Lingo Lab had an amazing time at the 2025 Michigan Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference! Lab director Dr. ...
03/19/2025

The Lingo Lab had an amazing time at the 2025 Michigan Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference!

Lab director Dr. Courtney Venker, Speech-Language Pathologist Jennifer Johnson, and Research Coordinator Zachary Hesse gave their talk, "Gestalt Language Development, Evidence-Based Practice, and Neurodiversity".

We also had 2nd-year master's student Margot Stern present her poster, "Autistic Adolescents’ Views on Autism in Children’s Books". Way to go Margot!

MSHA is one of our favorite conferences; we can't wait to attend it again!

Check out these Lingo Lab updates from our fall 2024 newsletter!
11/21/2024

Check out these Lingo Lab updates from our fall 2024 newsletter!

A couple weeks ago we were so delighted to attending for the first time! It was such an insightful and inspirational e...
10/31/2023

A couple weeks ago we were so delighted to attending for the first time! It was such an insightful and inspirational experience. We're thankful to all the presenters and attendees who shared their experiences with us and to those we were able to connect with. We can't wait for next year!

We had such a lovely time this past weekend at Positive Somebody's rescheduled 2nd Annual Family Mental Health Fun Day! ...
10/11/2023

We had such a lovely time this past weekend at Positive Somebody's rescheduled 2nd Annual Family Mental Health Fun Day! We are so grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in this event, build connections within our community, and distribute resources to families. It was a day filled with smiles and laughter! Thanks again for having us and we cannot wait to attend the next Family Mental Health Fun Day next year 😁!

It was such an awesome time meeting Kate Cosgrove () at her book signing over the weekend! We are honored that our lab c...
10/05/2023

It was such an awesome time meeting Kate Cosgrove () at her book signing over the weekend! We are honored that our lab copy of A Day with No Words has been signed by this amazing Lansing-area illustrator!

Come visit us! We are currently inviting children with autism who are 1-4 years of age and their families to participate...
09/26/2023

Come visit us! We are currently inviting children with autism who are 1-4 years of age and their families to participate in our play-based, family-friendly research study. Children will complete play-based developmental assessments and short eye tracking videos. Families will be compensated $25 per hour. Click here to sign up: https://lingolab.msu.edu/Participate/signup.html or email lingolab@msu.edu.

Thank you all so much for attending our presentation at last year's ASHA conference! We appreciate everyone's interest i...
09/14/2023

Thank you all so much for attending our presentation at last year's ASHA conference! We appreciate everyone's interest in our research, and we thank you all for being such a warm and receptive audience. We had quite a bit of interest in our electronic toy flyers, so we have uploaded them here for your convenience. The links that we had printed on the flyers are below as well. Thank you so much for your time again!

Additional readings:
Sturman, Peffers, Johnson, & Venker (2022). Association Between Toy Type and Parent Language Input Provided to Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Age-Matched Children With Typical Development. JAMA Pediatrics.​

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2792045?resultClick=1​

​Venker & Johnson (2022). Electronic Toys Decrease the Quantity and Lexical Diversity of Spoken Language Produced by Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Age-Matched Children With Typical Development. Frontiers in Psychology.​

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.929589/full

Toy time! https://www.theinformedslp.com/review/toy-time

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1026 Red Cedar Road
East Lansing, MI
48824

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
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Thursday 8am - 5pm
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