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Development

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We change as we age

To better understand how we experience, think and interact with the world, it is important that we study how these processes change over time.

Our members of staff working on psychological changes across the lifespan study the development of perceptual and cognitive abilities in infants, children and older adults. They are interested in answering questions such as:

They rely on the latest cutting-edge methodologies to examine the links between brain and behaviours across the lifespan.

For example, they use functional near infrared spectroscopy to study how the infant brain processes the social world, and magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the link between adolescent brain development, body perception and psychopathology. They also measure muscle activity to understand the developmental mechanisms underlying imitation.

Our 糖心Vlog Babylab, the leading infant research centre in the East of England, is where we carry out our fun studies with infants and children. Academics studying development also carry out research in related areas such as interoception, action understanding, and emotion.

Related projects

It all starts in the womb

It all starts in the womb

Part of a collaboration between Babybrains and 糖心Vlog Babylab, this project aims to understand the impact of parental mood on babies, so that the best mental health support can be given to parents before and after birth.

Publications

2023

  • Cook, Caryn and Crucianelli, Laura and Filippetti, Maria Laura (2023) . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17.
  • Jordan, Tracy and Klabunde, Megan and Green, Tamar and Hong, David and Ross, Judith and Jo, Booil and Reiss, Allan (2023) . Hormones and Behaviour, 149. p. 105300.
  • Kungl, Melanie and Vrticka, Pascal and Heinisch, Christine and Beckmann, Matthias W and Fasching, Peter A and Ziegler, Clara and Spangler, Gottfried (2023) . Attachment and Human Development, 25 (1). pp. 199-217.
  • Rigato, Silvia and Filippetti, Maria Laura and De Klerk, Carina JM (2023) . Scientific Reports, 13 (1). 14091-.
  • Rigato, Silvia and Stets, Manuela and Charalambous, Sophia and Dvergsdal, Henrik and Holmboe, Karla (2023) . Scientific Reports, 13 (1). 10263-.
  • Trajkovic, Jelena and Romei, Vincenzo and Rushworth, Matthew FS and Sel, Alejandra (2023) . Progress in Neurobiology, 228. p. 102487.

2022

  • Andreu-Perez, Javier and Hagras, Hani and Kiani, Mehrin and Rigato, Silvia and Filippetti, Maria Laura (2022) . IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 17 (1). pp. 16-33.
  • Filippetti, Maria Laura and Clarke, Alasdair DF and Rigato, Silvia (2022) . BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22 (1). 68-.
  • Fiske, Abigail and de Klerk, Carina and Lui, Katie YK and Collins-Jones, Liam and Hendry, Alexandra and Greenhalgh, Isobel and Hall, Anna and Scerif, Gaia and Dvergsdal, Henrik and Holmboe, Karla (2022) . NeuroImage, 257. p. 119241.
  • Morris, Amanda J and Filippetti, Maria Laura and Rigato, Silvia (2022) . Child Development Perspectives, 16 (2). pp. 103-109.
  • Rigato, Silvia and Charalambous, Sophia and Stets, Manuela and Holmboe, Karla (2022) . Infant Behavior and Development, 67. p. 101717.
  • Simpson, Andrew and Lipscombe, Stuart and Carroll, Daniel J (2022) Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 220. p. 105431.
  • Stucke, Nicole J and Stoet, Gijsbert and Doebel, Sabine (2022) . Developmental Science, 25 (5).

2021

  • Andreu-Perez, Javier and Emberson, Lauren L and Kiani, Mehrin and Filippetti, Maria Laura and Hagras, Hani and Rigato, Silvia (2021) '' Communications Biology, 4 (1). 1077-. ISSN 2399-3642
  • de Klerk, Carina CJM and Filippetti, Maria Laura and Rigato, Silvia (2021) '' Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 (1949). 20210070-. ISSN 0962-8452
  • Dawson, Jessica and Kingstone, Alan and Foulsham, Tom (2021) '' Scientific Reports, 11 (1). 17147-. ISSN 2045-2322
  • Green, Tamar and Flash, Shira and Shakar, Gretta and Bade Shrestha, Sharon and Booil, Jo and Klabunde, Megan and Hong, David and Reiss, Allan (2021) '' Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. ISSN 0012-1622
  • Holmboe, Karla and Larkman, Charlotte and de Klerk, Carina and Simpson, Andrew and Bell, Martha Ann and Patton, Leslie and Christodoulou, Charis and Dvergsdal, Henrik (2021) '' PLoS One, 16 (12). e0260695-e0260695. ISSN 1932-6203
  • Klabunde, Megan and Piccirilli, Aaron and Bruno, Jennifer and Gendron, Maria and Reiss, Allan L (2021) '' Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. ISSN 0162-3257
  • Pekrun, Reinhard (2021) '' Discourse Processes. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0163-853X

2020

  • Rigato, Silvia and Stets, Manuela and Bonneville-Roussy, Arielle and Holmboe, Karla (2020) '' Social Development. ISSN 0961-205X

2019

  • Bulgarelli, Chiara and Blasi, Anna and de Klerk, Carina CJM and Richards, John E and Hamilton, Antonia and Southgate, Victoria (2019) '' Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 38. ISSN 1878-9293
  • de Klerk, Carina CJM and Bulgarelli, Chiara and Hamilton, Antonia and Southgate, Victoria (2019) '' Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 183. 33 - 47. ISSN 0022-0965
  • Filippetti, Maria Laura and Crucianelli, Laura (2019) '' Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 185. 191 - 205. ISSN 0022-0965
  • Kostyrka-Allchorne, Katarzyna and Cooper, Nicholas R and Kennett, Steffan and Nestler, Steffen and Simpson, Andrew (2019) '' Developmental Neuropsychology. ISSN 1532-6942

Academics

Dr Ayten Bilgin
Dr Ayten Bilgin

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Wellbeing.
Dr Liam Chawner
Dr Liam Chawner

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Health behaviour; wellbeing.
Dr Carina De Klerk
Dr Carina De Klerk

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Action understanding.
Dr Maria Filippetti
Dr Maria Filippetti

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Interoception.
Dr Megan Klabunde
Dr Megan Klabunde

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Emotion; relationships, sex, and attraction; interoception.
Dr Silvia Rigato
Dr Silvia Rigato

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Dr Andrew Simpson
Dr Andrew Simpson

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

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