On 10th June 2026, Birkbeck Professor Denis Mareschal was invited to the Houses of Parliament as a witness to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee‘s inquiry into Neuroscience and digital childhoods. He gave evidence on the impact of digital technology use on the
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
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
Dr Virginia Carter Leno is quoted in ‘Children of the 90s’ research blog (based on data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) on the role of anxiety in eating behaviours of children with high ADHD/ASD traits. Read the
CBCD Director, Professor Denis Mareschal, was interviewed for both ITV news and Channel5 news for their evening news features about upcoming government guidance for parents on screen time in under 5s. Huge thank you to one of our superstar young
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
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 Denis Mareschal (episode 1 ‘Happiness’ & 4 ‘Anger’), Chiara Bulgarelli (episode 5 ‘Sadness’) and Virginia Carter Leno (episode 7
Professor Denis Mareschal recently gave a webinar for Learnus, a charity specialising in bringing research innovations in neuroscience to educators. He discusses lessons learned from 4+ years of studying young participants in our incredible ToddlerLab. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHQhgFSLHAo
Watch Channel 5 to see a family visiting the Babylab and findings from the STAARS study! Professor Emily Jones discusses studying autism and what it means with presenter Dr Claire Taylor. https://www.channel5.com/show/are-you-autistic
Our first paper on brain activity in mothers and their children in the Toddlerlab has just been published! We found when mums and kids solve puzzles together, their brains synchronise. Read more here: https://direct.mit.edu/imag/article/doi/10.1162/imag_a_00509/128247/Analytical-pipeline-optimisation-in-developmental
