Birkbeck and UCL were awarded £3 million by the Department for Education to establish a new policy research centre focused on educational neuroscience. CBCD’s Prof Denis Mareschal will be Co-Director, leading investigations of topical questions facing education today, including how cognitive and biological factors could support earlier identification of children with special educational
Professor Emily Jones and the STAARS research are featured in Channel 5’s documentary “Does your child have ADHD?”. Watch for a fascinating insight into parents navigating ADHD diagnoses in their children, the help they find and the impact on their lives. Learn more here https://www.channel5.com/show/does-your-child-have-adhd
Dr Virginia Carter Leno is quoted in ‘Children of the 90s’ research blog (based on data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) on the role of anxiety in eating behaviours of children with high ADHD/ASD traits. Read the full article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/research-reveals-role-anxiety-plays-neurodivergence-uhive/
CBCD Director, Professor Denis Mareschal, was interviewed for both ITV news and Channel5 news for their evening news features about upcoming government guidance for parents on screen time in under 5s. Huge thank you to one of our superstar young scientists and his family for carrying on with our research
Professor Emily Jones is quoted in the BBC News indepth article on the “postcode lottery” of parenting. Read full story here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdr42ez3d2o
Three of our CBCD staff were interviewed for BBC Radio 4’s ‘Child’ podcast with India Rakusen (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001v4dd). The new series features Denis Mareschal (episode 1 ‘Happiness’ & 4 ‘Anger’), Chiara Bulgarelli (episode 5 ‘Sadness’) and Virginia Carter Leno (episode 7 ‘Anxiexty).
Professor Denis Mareschal recently gave a webinar for Learnus, a charity specialising in bringing research innovations in neuroscience to educators. He discusses lessons learned from 4+ years of studying young participants in our incredible ToddlerLab. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHQhgFSLHAo
Watch Channel 5 to see a family visiting the Babylab and findings from the STAARS study! Professor Emily Jones discusses studying autism and what it means with presenter Dr Claire Taylor. https://www.channel5.com/show/are-you-autistic
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 basis for action. Social and emotional development begins in early
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 our top infant scientist and very supportive mum! Read the
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 the pathway between infancy and later educational and behavioural outcomes
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 our virtual reality lab, the CAVE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHr3rva-_Ps
The Guardian article “Adults’ penchant for Van Gogh mirrored in babies” covered research from the University of Sussex which our centre director, Professor Denis Mareschal gave expert comment on. “In a nice nod to Goldilocks, infants prefer to explore stimuli that are neither too simple nor too complex to decipher,
CBCD research fellow Chiara Bulgarelli is interviewed by BabyBrains for their WoW podcast. Click the link to learn more about Chiara’s research with toddlers and the development of empathy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rHjgkomy_o
The ToddlerLab recently had a visit from a reporter for The Londonist – an online publication aimed at Londoners. Read Charlotte’s description of our labs and what we do here: https://londonist.com/london/family/toddlerlab
CBCD Phd student Claire Essex and Professor Tim Smith were filmed at the BabyLab for Konnie Huq’s new BBC One TV show “Kids’ TV: The Surprising Story”. Full episode available on iPlayer, look out for Claire and Tim at 9’10” in! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001djpv
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Birkbeck and UCL were awarded £3 million by the Department for Education to establish a new policy research centre focused on educational neuroscience. CBCD’s Prof Denis Mareschal will be Co-Director, leading investigations of topical questions facing education today, including how cognitive and biological factors could support earlier identification of children with special educational
Professor Emily Jones and the STAARS research are featured in Channel 5’s documentary “Does your child have ADHD?”. Watch for a fascinating insight into parents navigating ADHD diagnoses in their children, the help they find and the impact on their lives. Learn more here https://www.channel5.com/show/does-your-child-have-adhd
Dr Virginia Carter Leno is quoted in ‘Children of the 90s’ research blog (based on data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) on the role of anxiety in eating behaviours of children with high ADHD/ASD traits. Read the full article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/research-reveals-role-anxiety-plays-neurodivergence-uhive/
CBCD Director, Professor Denis Mareschal, was interviewed for both ITV news and Channel5 news for their evening news features about upcoming government guidance for parents on screen time in under 5s. Huge thank you to one of our superstar young scientists and his family for carrying on with our research
Professor Emily Jones is quoted in the BBC News indepth article on the “postcode lottery” of parenting. Read full story here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdr42ez3d2o
Professor Denis Mareschal recently gave a webinar for Learnus, a charity specialising in bringing research innovations in neuroscience to educators. He discusses lessons learned from 4+ years of studying young participants in our incredible ToddlerLab. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHQhgFSLHAo
Watch Channel 5 to see a family visiting the Babylab and findings from the STAARS study! Professor Emily Jones discusses studying autism and what it means with presenter Dr Claire Taylor. https://www.channel5.com/show/are-you-autistic
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 basis for action. Social and emotional development begins in early
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 our top infant scientist and very supportive mum! Read the
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 the pathway between infancy and later educational and behavioural outcomes
CBCD research fellow Chiara Bulgarelli is interviewed by BabyBrains for their WoW podcast. Click the link to learn more about Chiara’s research with toddlers and the development of empathy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rHjgkomy_o
The ToddlerLab recently had a visit from a reporter for The Londonist – an online publication aimed at Londoners. Read Charlotte’s description of our labs and what we do here: https://londonist.com/london/family/toddlerlab
CBCD Phd student Claire Essex and Professor Tim Smith were filmed at the BabyLab for Konnie Huq’s new BBC One TV show “Kids’ TV: The Surprising Story”. Full episode available on iPlayer, look out for Claire and Tim at 9’10” in! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001djpv