Virginia Carter Leno

Virginia Carter Leno

Wellcome Trust Career Development Award Fellow Research Interests My research interests centre around understanding the neurobiological and cognitive mechanisms that drive differences in child development and mental health, with a focus on neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism. My research combines

Jannath Begum Ali

Jannath Begum Ali

Senior Postdoctoral Researcher Research Interests I am a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher on the Studying Autism and ADHD in the early years (STAARS) study under Prof. Emily Jones, leading a team of junior researchers (Research Assistants, BSc, MSc, and PhD students)

Tessel Bazelmans

Tessel Bazelmans

Postdoctoral Researcher Research Interests I am interested in understanding early neurotypical and neurodiverse development, with a focus on attention, sensory processing, and temperament. My approach combines behavioural observations with (neuro)physiological measures to gain a comprehensive understanding of these areas. I

Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson

Professor at Birkbeck and Cambridge Research Interests The focus of my research is Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, the study of functional brain development over the first years of life. The key questions that motivate my research concern how specialized cognitive functions

Victoria St Clair

Victoria St Clair

Postdoctoral Researcher Research Interests I am a developmental scientist interested in the effects of early interaction on children’s cognitive and linguistic development. I am currently a post-doctoral researcher at the CBCD’s TodderLab with Prof Denis Mareschal and Dr Paola Pinti on a new project funded by the Leverhulme

Denis Mareschal

Denis Mareschal

Director CBCD, Professor of Psychology Research Interests I am interested in all aspects of perceptual and cognitive development in infancy and childhood.The real challenge for developmental psychology is to explain HOW one level of competence is transformed into the next

Louisa Gossé

Louisa Gossé

Postdoctoral Researcher Research Interests My research interests revolve broadly around studying the association between sleep and cognitive development in the first couple of years of life. I am especially interested in how we can use neuroimaging methods like functional near-infrared

Ori Ossmy

Ori Ossmy

Professor Head of the Physical Cognition Lab Research Interests Physical cognition is ubiquitous across every age and culture—how to navigate a cluttered environment, use a tool, and so on. As our bodies, skills, and environments change, new physical problems emerge