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
Check out Dr Chiara Bulgarelli’s “5-Minute” podcast interview, where she explains how and why we use virtual reality to study the development of socialisation and social preferences in young children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJzGcs-MgA0
We are delighted to see the publication the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood’s Shaping Us Framework. The Framework describes core social and emotional skills in an accessible way, which everyone in society can use and understand – as the
Calling all Persian speakers! The Babylab & Toddlerlab, Prof Emily Jones and Dr Jannath Begum Ali were featured on BBC Persia about their work studying ASD in babies and children. From 17:20 in, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-elcd1Nv9M
The Babylab & Toddlerlab DOT study and Lumo brain imaging device were featured on ITV news with Martin Stew! We had the pleasure of hosting ITV news while they filmed our collaborator Liam Collins-Jones and Prof Emily Jones, not to mention
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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
