Dan Carey |
Dan set out to understand the development of complex auditory representations, and how these may relate to perception of changes in basic input signals. He was interested in examining this within expert populations (musicians), and assessing the development of these abilities within childhood. The primary methods he used were MRI and behavioural measures (psychophysical thresholding). |  |
Carina de Klerk |
Carina is interested in the (a)typical development of social cognition, action understanding and imitation and the brain mechanisms that underlie these abilities. During her PhD she investigated how action experience influences the strength of perceptual-motor couplings in the infant brain and the role these couplings play in the infant's emerging ability to imitate. She primarily used EEG for babies aged between 7 - 12 months. Her PhD research has resulted in the following paper: Carina is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher on a longitudinal project funded by a Leverhulme research project grant. With this project she is investigating the development of facial mimicry from infancy to toddlerhood using EMG and fNIRS. |
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Maria Laura Filippetti |
Maria Laura is interested in body perception, self-awareness, and the development of self/other differentiation. During her PhD she investigated the developmental origins and neural mechanisms involved in body perception in newborns and infants.The aim of her PhD project was to combine behavioural and neuroimaging techniques in order to understand the neural correlates and key mechanisms involved in the development of body perception in infants. Specifically, she investigated how multisensory processing and contingency influence developing body perception, using NIRS on newborns and 5 month-olds. Her PhD research has resulted in the following publications: Filippetti, M.L., Johnson, M.H., Orioli G., and Farroni, T. (2015). Body perception in newborns: detection of spatial congruency. Infancy, online ahead of print. Filippetti, M. L., Lloyd-Fox, S., Longo, M. R., Farroni, T., & Johnson, M. H. (2014). Neural mechanisms of body awareness in infants. Cerebral Cortex, bhu261. Filippetti, M. L., Johnson, M. H., Lloyd-Fox, S., Dragovic, D., & Farroni, T. (2013). Body perception in newborns. Current Biology, 23(23), 2413-2416. Maria Laura is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at Royal Holloway University of London. Her current research investigates the mechanisms involved in the development of self-recognition during the first year of life and the interaction between interoceptive and exteroceptive body-related signals in the maintenance and updating of body-awareness in adults. |
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Manuela Pisch |
Manuela is especially interested in the development of number processing throughout childhood and how this is associated with other aspects of cognitive and social development. In particular she wanted to investigate how sleep impacts learning and numerosity discrimination. The primary methods she used were Eye Tracking and ERP, on babies of 3 - 12 months. |  |
Kostas Papageorgiou |
Kostas uses an interdisciplinary approach in his research, combining diverse disciplines, including social psychology, cognitive neuroscience and genetics. He was awarded a BSc degree (2005-2009) in Psychology from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Athens, Greece). He moved to London in 2010 to pursue an MSc degree (2010-2011) in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at Goldsmiths University of London. In 2011, he was awarded a fellowship from the European Marie Curie initial training programme, which gave him the opportunity to pursue a PhD (2011-2014) at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck University of London. His PhD research investigated the genetic makeup of the attentional system in infancy and its association with temperament and behavioural difficulties throughout childhood. Having obtained his PhD, Kostas started a lectureship at London Metropolitan University (September, 2014). He teaches Genetics and Developmental Psychology and supervises BSc and MSc students’ research. Publications: Papageorgiou, K. A. et al. (2015) Individual Differences in Newborn Visual Attention. Associate with Temperament and Behavioral Difficulties in Later Childhood. Nature Sci. Rep. 5, 11264; doi: 10.1038/srep11264 Papageorgiou, K.A., Smith, T.J., Wu, R., Johnson, M.H., Kirkham, N.Z., & Ronald, A. (2014). Individual Differences in Infant Fixation Duration relate to Attention and Behavioral Control in Childhood. Psychological Science, 25 (7), 1371-1379. DOI: 10.1177/0956797614531295. Papageorgiou, K. A. & Ronald, A. (2013). "He who sees things grow from the beginning will have the finest view of them"A Systematic Review of Genetic Studies On Psychological Traits In Infancy. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 37 (8).http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.04.013 Papageorgiou, K. A., Ismatullina, V.I., Zaleshin, M.S., Belova, A.P. (2012). Gender Differences in Cognitive Abilities: The Role of Stereotype and «Sibling Effect». Theoretical and Experimental Psychology, 5 (4), 83-90. Selected Posters and Talks: Kostas A. Papageorgiou, Teresa Farroni, Mark H. Johnson, Tim J. Smith and Angelica Ronald. (May 21-24, 2015). Individual Differences in Newborn Visual Attention Associate with Temperament and Behavioral Difficulties in Later Childhood. Poster at the 27th APS Annual Convention, at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York, NY, USA. Kostas A. Papageorgiou, Tim J. Smith, Rachel Wu, Natasha Z. Kirkham, Mark H. Johnson & Angelica Ronald. (July, 2014). Individual Differences in Infants Fixation Duration Relate to Temperament and Behaviour in Childhood. Poster at the ICIS Conference Berlin, Germany. (Travel expenses and registration were fully covered by the MC Initial Training Networks). Kostas A. Papageorgiou, Tim J. Smith, Rachel Wu, Natasha Z. Kirkham, Mark H. Johnson & Angelica Ronald. (January 2014). Individual Differences in Infants Fixation Duration Relate to Temperament and Behaviour in Childhood. Poster at the BCCCD2014 Conference on Cognitive Development, Budapest, Hungary. (Travel expenses and registration were fully covered by the MC Initial Training Networks) Kostas A. Papageorgiou, Tim J. Smith, Rachel Wu, Natasha Z. Kirkham, Mark H. Johnson & Angelica Ronald. (September 2013). An investigation into the relationship between individual differences in infant fixation duration and later temperament and behaviour in childhood. Talk at the BPS Developmental and Cognitive Section Joint Conference, Reading, UK. (Travel expenses and registration were fully covered by the MC Initial Training Networks) Kostas A. Papageorgiou, Tim J. Smith, Rachel Wu, Natasha Z. Kirkham, Mark H. Johnson, Angelica Ronald. (August 2013). An investigation into the relationship between individual differences in infant fixation duration and later temperament and behaviour in childhood. Poster presentation at the 13th European Conference on Eye-Movement in Lund, Sweden. (Travel expenses and registration were fully covered by the MC Initial Training Networks) Guest Lecture on the International Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience MSc Course at the University of Padua. Italy, October 2013. Topic: The Implications of Molecular and Behavioural Genetic Research Findings for Developmental Neuroscience. Grants: Co-Investigator in the project: Genetically Informative Longitudinal Investigation of Early Mental Development of Children Member in scientific laboratories: Member of the International Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Investigations into Individual Differences in Learning. International Member of the British-Russian laboratory of Behavioural Genetics. |
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Barbara Pomiechowska |
Barbara aimed to investigate how language and visual experience moderate each other in infants. She used both Eye Tracking and ERP, on babies of 4 - 11 months. |
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Irati Rodriguez Saez de Urabain |
Irati's research studied the development of fixation durations over the first year of life, with the view to building a computational model of fixation durations in complex scenarios in early infancy. She primarily used spatially-fixed Eye Tracking and Head Mounted Eye Tracking. Her research included a cross-sectional study on babies of 4, 8 and 12 months old and a longitudinal study on babies from 4 to 12 months old. |
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