CBCD Lecturer Ori Ossmy was filmed in the ToddlerLab for BBC’s ‘Brain Hacks’ documentary series. Check out his insight on why babies are the best learners, even compared to Chat GPT! https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0fc9tlx/chatgpt-why-we-re-still-smarter-than-machines
Published research from CBCD PhD student Aislinn Bowler involving assessments of over 9500 children identifies link between fine motor skills in toddlers and later GCSE scores and behaviour. Fine motor skills in young children, for example drawing, folding paper and block building, may play an important role in
Birkbeck filmed behind the scenes in our ToddlerLab to celebrate the University’s 200th birthday! Listen to our professor Emily Jones discuss the aims of the ToddlerLab, and see a sneak peek of one of research fellow Chiara Bulgarelli’s studies in
The Guardian article “Adults’ penchant for Van Gogh mirrored in babies” covered research from the University of Sussex which our centre director, Professor Denis Mareschal gave expert comment on. “In a nice nod to Goldilocks, infants prefer to explore stimuli
CBCD research fellow Chiara Bulgarelli is interviewed by BabyBrains for their WoW podcast. Click the link to learn more about Chiara’s research with toddlers and the development of empathy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rHjgkomy_o
The ToddlerLab recently had a visit from a reporter for The Londonist – an online publication aimed at Londoners. Read Charlotte’s description of our labs and what we do here: https://londonist.com/london/family/toddlerlab
CBCD Phd student Claire Essex and Professor Tim Smith were filmed at the BabyLab for Konnie Huq’s new BBC One TV show “Kids’ TV: The Surprising Story”. Full episode available on iPlayer, look out for Claire and Tim at 9’10”
The ToddlerLab was pleased to showcase our new research labs and facilities with a visit from Learnus, a charity specialising in bringing research innovations in neuroscience to educators. They created a video so you can learn more about why we created
Professor Emily Jones’ flagship research into Autism was featured in ‘Autism Eye’. Click here to read more!
Prof Forrester, taking the aim of public engagement to the max, will be showcasing her research on great apes and the development of language in humans at Glastonbury’s ‘Science Futures‘ area. This gives festival-goers insight into the role of science in
