The Babylab is part of the Cognitive Development Center (CDC) at CEU was established in 2008 by Professors Gergely Csibra and György Gergely for the study of social cognition in infants. Today the CDC also incorporates the research groups of two further principal investigators, Ágnes Kovács and Ernő Téglás, and its work extends to a broader range of research topics, funded by several research grants. Altogether, about 35 researchers (postdocs, doctoral students, research assistants) work in the center and conduct studies in the Babylab. 

Research in the Babylab is made possible partly by three major research projects funded by the European Research Council. We also organize a yearly conference on cognitive development in Budapest, the only one in Europe in this field, attended by several hundred researchers from all around the world.