The Child Affect Mapping Study is part of the larger Child Brain Study in our lab. The goal of the Child Brain Study is to learn about how children think, feel, and interact with their caregivers with the larger goal of understanding how children develop. A child’s brain grows dramatically during this age range to support large leaps in development. By studying neural, affective, and cognitive development in in children, this project can elucidate how neurodevelopment can go awry, such as in the case of psychiatric disorders.