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Birkbeck & UCL awarded £3 million by DfE

Birkbeck and UCL were awarded £3 million by the Department for Education to establish a new policy research centre focused on educational neuroscience. CBCD’s Prof Denis Mareschal will be Co-Director, leading investigations of topical questions facing education today, including how cognitive and biological

STAARS research featured in Channel 5 documentary “Does your child have ADHD?”

Professor Emily Jones and the STAARS research are featured in Channel 5’s documentary “Does your child have ADHD?”. Watch for a fascinating insight into parents navigating ADHD diagnoses in their children, the help they find and the impact on their lives. Learn more

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Birkbeck & UCL awarded £3 million by DfE
Birkbeck and UCL were awarded £3 million by the Department for Education to establish a new policy research centre focused on
STAARS research featured in Channel 5 documentary “Does your child have ADHD?”
Professor Emily Jones and the STAARS research are featured in Channel 5’s documentary “Does your child have ADHD?”. Watch for a fascinating insight into
Does neurodiversity affect eating behaviours in teenagers?
Dr Virginia Carter Leno is quoted in ‘Children of the 90s’ research blog (based on data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of
Prof Denis Mareschal interviewed for evening news impact of screen time on child development
CBCD Director, Professor Denis Mareschal, was interviewed for both ITV news and Channel5 news for their evening news features about upcoming
How the ‘postcode lottery’ of parenting really impacts young children
Professor Emily Jones is quoted in the BBC News indepth article on the “postcode lottery” of parenting. Read full story here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdr42ez3d2o
Babylab & Toddlerlab researchers feature on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Child’ podcast
Three of our CBCD staff were interviewed for BBC Radio 4’s ‘Child’ podcast with India Rakusen (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001v4dd). The new series features
Unleashing the Toddlers: Lessons from the new Birkbeck ToddlerLab
Professor Denis Mareschal recently gave a webinar for Learnus, a charity specialising in bringing research innovations in neuroscience to educators. He discusses
The Babylab features in Channel 5’s “Are you Autistic” documentary!
Watch Channel 5 to see a family visiting the Babylab and findings from the STAARS study! Professor Emily Jones discusses studying
ToddlerLab research published!
Our first paper on brain activity in mothers and their children in the Toddlerlab has just been published! We found when
“5-Minute” interview about virtual reality research with young children
Check out Dr Chiara Bulgarelli’s “5-Minute” podcast interview, where she explains how and why we use virtual reality to study the