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 testing, ERP, fMRI, NIRS, and computational neural network modelling with typically and atypically developing children as well as adult patient populations.
Infants
At the Babylab we want to better understand how babies learn and develop, particularly during the first few years of life.
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.
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.
Toddlers
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.
Teenagers
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.
Schools & Nurseries
Many of our exciting research projects take place in schools and nurseries. These settings are essential for ecologically valid and representative findings.