Nadia Neesgaard

Research Assistant

Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development

School of Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London

Henry Wellcome Building

London WC1E 7HX

Email: nneesg01@mail.bbk.ac.uk

Research Interests:

I am currently working on the Sighted Babies of Blind Parents Study, a research project that explores how sighted infants with blind parents develop the brain mechanisms and skills for social communication. On this project I primarily work with the Positive Science head-mounted eye-tracker and play a main role in data cleaning and coding.

My specific research interest lies within the development of social cognition and as part of my BSc I am currently investigating how some behaviours can influence looking behaviours in a parent-child interactions using the Positive Science head-mounted eye-tracker. This study is being supervised by Dr. Atsushi Senju and Dr. Tim Smith.

Education

BSc(Hons) Psychology (2013 - expected completion summer 2016) Birkbeck, University of London

Awards and Honours

2014: Arthur Summerfield Award

Curriculum Vitae

2015 to present

Research Assistant, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, School of Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London

2014 – 2015

Research Intern, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, School of Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London