Lab Groups | Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development
We bring together world-class expertise in child development, neuroscience, and educational science. Our innovative approach combines interdisciplinary, theoretical advances, and cutting-edge methodologies to unlock the mysteries of human development.
Discover our diverse collection of specialised lab groups, each advancing our understanding of brain and cognitive development through groundbreaking research and collaborative innovation. These lab groups run studies at home, nurseries & schools, and the specialised Babylab & Toddlerlab.
We work to understand the neurocognitive mechanisms that drive variability in the developmental trajectories of young children.
We are interested in how cognitive abilities increase as we grow older, in how individuals can vary in their levels of intelligence, and in how cognitive abilities can be altered in developmental disorders.
The BRIDGE Lab is a molecular biology facility for genomic research using DNA and RNA samples.
We study how humans' physical and embodied experiences shape their cognition and behaviour across the lifespan.
The focus of our research is the relationship between perceptual and attentional processes and spoken language comprehension throughout the lifespan.
At INDIE Lab, we study how differences in brain and cognitive functioning drive individual differences in behaviour. By understanding causal pathways, we can better design support for children who might need it, for example, those with neurodevelopmental conditions.
SANDLab
In the SAND (Social Affective Neuroscience in Development) lab, we are interested in how infants and children become social beings, and in the physiological and neural underpinnings of social development.
The lab seeks to reach an individual-level understanding of the cognitive and brain mechanisms of compulsivity. One of the aims is to develop imaging and diagnostic tools to help those who have psychiatric conditions across the lifespan.
Associated Labs & Centres
The Cognition in Naturalistic Environments (CINE) Lab focuses on the investigation of active audiovisual scene cognition in real-world and mediated environments such as VR, smartphones and film, and how these skills develop across early childhood.
BUCNI provides state of the art magnetic imaging facilities for Birkbeck and UCL staff, and promotes inter-institutional collaboration and innovation.
We are a University-led research centre, combining the expertise of researchers in child development, neuroscience, and education.
