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Michael Thomas

Michael Thomas

Professor of Psychology

Head of Lab, Developmental Neurocognition Lab

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Room 512, Main Building
Birkbeck College, Malet Street
London, WC1E 7HX

Phone: 020 3926 1050
Fax: 020 7631 6312
Email: m.thomas@bbk.ac.uk

Publications

Increasing Social Inequalities in Educational Attainment Over Adolescence Follow Increasing Inequalities in Working Memory

RC Perry, A Tolmie, MB Toledano, C Shen, MSC Thomas, I Dumontheil Mind, Brain, and Education 20 (3), e70048, 2026

2026

The genetic origin of uneven cognitive profiles in heritable neurodevelopmental conditions and individual differences: computational investigations

M Kohli, G Magoulas, MSC Thomas Developmental Science 29 (3), e70186, 2026

2026

Exposure to woodland and other natural environments and educational achievement in urban adolescents: mechanistic insights from the SCAMP cohort study

C Shen, N Curtis, L Cheng, SR Larsen, R Thompson, MSC Thomas, ... Environment International, 110240, 2026

2026

Multilingualism educational attainment and cognitive development in UK adolescents

RC Perry, R Filippi, MB Toledano, I Dumontheil, C Shen, MSC Thomas npj Science of Learning, 2026

2026

Raising educational outcomes for students with special educational needs and disabilities: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

J Van Herwegen, T Masterman, J Dockrell, C Marshall, R Gordon, ... Review of Education 14 (1), e70127, 2026

2026

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