UCLA Language, Interaction, and Gesture Lab
Exploring the evolution and development of language and social cognition through studies of apes and children.
Welcome to our lab!
The beautiful UCLA campus right outside the lab
Presenting work at UCLA undergraduate research week
Mother and infant orangutan greeting each other
![Our political gesture coding team](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61620618d6b5a65d8340e6e3/1634010722766-VXBXQBRZQ7Z1F74WPS11/IMG_7119.jpg)
Our political gesture coding team
![Lab pumpkin painting party in fall 2023](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61620618d6b5a65d8340e6e3/1700601687717-88DW04RH4LSHPHX264HE/LING%2Blab%2Bfall%2B2023.jpg)
Lab pumpkin painting party in fall 2023
![Lab graduation party 2023](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61620618d6b5a65d8340e6e3/3d05b4f6-a534-4fef-b1a5-a4fcf44c9862/ILING+lab+spring+23.jpg)
Lab graduation party 2023
![Chimpanzee infant teasing its mother](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61620618d6b5a65d8340e6e3/77563680-9be9-4215-a50d-b83f790f4356/Screen+Shot+2021-10-10+at+3.53.32+PM.png)
Chimpanzee infant teasing its mother
Training for a child gesture study
Puppeteering skills not required
Lab group in front of Haines Hall 2019 (pre-pandemic)
![Cozy corner in the lab](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61620618d6b5a65d8340e6e3/1700601935557-O37NVI4JUQRY40124N8N/LING%2Blab%2Bspace.jpg)
Cozy corner in the lab