Mahnoor Tariq

Mahnoor Tariq

PhD Student Supervisors  Dr Ori Ossmy  Dr Silvia Seghezzi Research Interests  My PhD research investigates the relationship between sensory modalities – visual, auditory, and haptic – and their role in shaping action planning in children. Using innovative methods, including EEG,

Anita Song

Anita Song

PhD Student Supervisors Prof Emily JH Jones (Birkbeck, University of London & King’s College London) Dr František Váša (King’s College London) Dr Rianne Haartsen (Birkbeck, University of London) Research Interests My research interests involve using data-driven computational methods to study

Roksana Seif Amirhosseini

Roksana Seif Amirhosseini

PhD Student Supervisors Dr Chiara Bulgarelli (primary) Professor Denis Mareschal (secondary) Research Interests My research interests are centred around socio-emotional interactions and how their healthy development can be supported in children. I am currently designing a project with my supervisors

Judit Sebok-Rose

Judit Sebok-Rose

PhD Student Supervisors Dr. Natasha Kirkham (Birkbeck) Prof. Daniel Richardson (UCL) Research Interests My research investigates the effect of interpersonal synchrony (i.e., movement matched in time between individuals, such as in dance or athletic settings) on the development of prosocial

Nisa Rizki Rainy

Nisa Rizki Rainy

PhD Student Supervisors Dr Emma Meaburn (Birkbeck, University of London) Dr Bonami Oliver (Institute of Education, UCL) Research Interests I am primarily interested in understanding the role of parents and siblings in shaping children’s development, with a focus on understanding

Roisin Perry

Roisin Perry

PhD Student Supervisors Prof. Andrew Tolmie (UCL Institute of Education) Prof. Michael Thomas (Birkbeck, University of London) Prof. Emily Jones (Birkbeck, University of London) Prof. Iroise Dumontheil (Birkbeck, University of London) Research Interests My PhD research looks at the relationship between executive functioning and school

Francesca Penza

Francesca Penza

PhD Student Research Assistant Supervisors Professor Emily Jones (Birkbeck, University of London) Professor Sam Wass (University of East London) Research Interests My research interest is to understand what drives individual differences in children’s behaviours and cognitive skills that lead to

Dr. Lucy Palmer

Dr. Lucy Palmer

Associate Lecturer Supervisors Prof Denis Mareschal (Birkbeck, University of London) Prof. Iroise Dumontheil (University of Melbourne) Research Interests My research broadly explores how executive function skills, specifically inhibitory control (one’s ability to suppress a prepotent response), plays a role in

Amy Lawson

Amy Lawson

Postdoctoral Researcher Supervisors Dr Samuel Cooke (Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, King’s College London) Prof Emily Jones (CBCD, Birkbeck, University of London) Prof Robert Leech (Neuroimaging, King’s College London) Research Interests My research is focussed on the neuroscience behind how memory

Virag Lakner

Virag Lakner

PhD Student Supervisors I am currently doing rotations at the CBCD.  The primary supervisor for my first rotation is: Dr Ori Ossmy, ori.ossmy@bbk.ac.uk  The primary supervisor for my second rotation is: Prof Emily Jones, e.jones@bbk.ac.uk   Research Interests  My research interests include cognitive