The Context Lab studies the role of the environment in infant and child development. Development occurs in the middle of everything! There is no time during which a baby or a child is developing without any interactions with their environment,
Using the CAVE
If you are interested in conducting a study in the CAVE, you will find all the information and steps on how to start a project here. Any new study will be first evaluated by the CAVE Lab Management Committee to assess
BabyLab & ToddlerLab
Become a baby or child scientist today! Interested in how our brains develop? Curious how babies and children make sense of the complex world around them? Wondering how abilities and knowledge change and transform over time? Join our research and help us answer questions like these! At the CBCD, we are happy to
Research Teams
Research Teams SAND Lab Social and Affective Neuroscience in Development (SAND) – Led by Dr. Chiara BulgarelliWithin the SAND team, we’re fascinated by one of life’s most remarkable journeys: how babies and young children grow into social beings. INDIE Lab
Prospective Students
Students at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development are enrolled in a number of degree programmes offered by the Department of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck College. If you would like to find out more about the department, listen to past
Research
The mission of the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development is to investigate relations between postnatal brain development and changes in perceptual, cognitive, and linguistic abilities from birth through childhood and late adulthood. Research is intrinsically multidisciplinary and involves behavioural
Research with Adults
Our brains and behaviour continue to develop throughout life. As such, research into brains and cognition must include changes and developments experienced in later life. We investigate a wide variety of topics, ranging from language and face processing to working
Research with Adolescents
Development continues throughout adolescence, and so does our research! As cognitive developmental neuroscientists, we’re interested in the many changes and progressions taking place in the brain and behaviour during the teenage years, a period renowned for physical but also emotional,
Research with children
At the CBCD, we don’t just study babies and toddlers, we’re also interested in how children continue to develop throughout the school years. During middle childhood, our brains, cognition and behaviour undergo further development. We run studies with children in
Research with Toddlers and Pre-schoolers
Our brand new custom built ToddlerLab strives to mimic environments found in the real world (home, school and play), all the while harnessing emerging technologies to facilitate non-invasive research into children on the move. Like the Babylab, research at the ToddlerLab will