Brainy Bairns Science Pilot
New pilot teaching and learning program for preschoolers based on child research on how children think and learn. For further information, please contact Geraldine Brown [email protected]
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EISF – Edinburgh International Science Festival
EISF – Edinburgh International Science Festival Edinburgh Zoo, 3rd and 4th April 2017, 11am to 3pm ‘What makes us Human?’ The Living Links to Human Evolution Research Centre, which hosts primate researchers from…
ABC lab at the School of Physics and Astronomy’s Science Discovery Day 4th March
Every year ABC lab attends the School of Physics and Astronomy’s Science Discovery Day. The event is very well attended, bringing audience from across Fife for a day full of activities and shows. This year the event is…
Recruiting 4-5 year olds and parents for study on culture and prosocial behaviour (i.e. helping, sharing and comforting).
Would you and your child like to take part in a new study to help us to discover the roots of prosocial behaviour? The Baby and Child Lab is recruiting children between the ages of 4-5 years old and their parents for a…
ABC Lab goes to Dundee Science Festival
Children took part in one of our latest research studies at Dundee Science Festival on Sunday 30 October. Families also got a chance to see fun research games in action and hear about the psychological principles…
Family Fun Day Success!
The Baby and Child Lab hosted it’s first Family Fun Day on 1st October and it was a resounding success. Over 65 families came along to find out about the games we play to understand how children think and learn and the…
Baby and Child Lab Family Fun Day
BABY AND CHILD LAB FAMILY FUN DAY! We are having a Family Fun Day on Saturday 1st October in St Mary’s Quad from 10.00am-2.00pm with a taster of the games we play to try to understand how children think and learn.…
Recruiting 2-3 year olds now
Cognition and tool use in children Research has shown that between 24 months and 36 months of age, children’s physical problem solving is fragile. For example, we have found that children in this age group struggle in…
New study with St Leonards School – Episodic Memory in 11-16 year olds
Why are we doing it? We are studying episodic memory, which is the kind of memory that allows us to reflect upon events we have experienced in the past. This kind of memory is thought to develop late in childhood, no…
Recruiting children with ASD for study on ‘mental time travel’
We are recruiting children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders between the ages of 4 and 15 for an experiment on ‘mental time travel’. What is mental time travel? This is the ability to mentally project oneself…