It was great to attend #EPSNewcastle this week, where I presented my research investigating the role of deictic cues on infants' word learning 😊 @exppsychsoc.bsky.social

I really enjoyed attending LCICD and hearing about all the interesting research that was presented. It was also great to get feedback on my PhD study looking at the effects of gesture on word learning! 😊

I had a great time at the Workshop on Infant Language Development last week, where I presented my work on gesture and word learning. It was great to get feedback on my study and hear about everyone's research! 😊

We’ll now be hearing from our keynote speaker, Professor Victoria Simms, who has joined us from Ulster University. Vic’s talk will discuss the importance of public engagement for researchers! @durhampsych.bsky.social

We’re now moving onto the second of our poster sessions! We’ve got excellent posters from Lucy Edgar, Eleonora Apolo de Azevedo, Xiangyu Deng, Xueqing Li, Wenjing Zheng, Rui Su, and Halo Gao

Oscar Sill gave an amazing talk to end our short talk session, where he discussed the development of accurate own-body maps from childhood to adulthood! @durhampsych.bsky.social

Another great talk in our short talk session from Rai Bari, who presented his work on feature vs object-based attentional templates during feature, conjunction, and object search @durhampsych.bsky.social

Fran Cavanagh gave a fascinating talk on using machine learning to analyse large online text datasets @durhampsych.bsky.social

Giulia D’Avino gave a great talk on the effects of tiredness on word learning during infancy @durhampsych.bsky.social

An interesting talk from James Mcleod to start our short talk session! He presented his research on the perspectives of autistic adults about the factors influencing their PE access and engagement during secondary school @durhampsych.bsky.social

Now we have our first poster session! We have amazing posters from Artie Graham, Jack Thompson, Sarah White, Yuewen Wu, Maria Ciocan, Liang Wu, Charlie Greenall, and Mohsen Khoddami @durhampsych.bsky.social

We ended the first long talk session with another great talk from Courtney Turner, who presented her research on the stability of individual working memory capacity. @durhampsych.bsky.social

Bhakti gave a great first talk of the day, discussing the pathways to constructive and destructive behavioural responses. @durhampsych.bsky.social

Today is the 19th Annual Psychology PGR Conference! Stay tuned for updates throughout the day, where we will hear from PGRs about their exciting research! We are also welcoming Professor Victoria Simms from Ulster University, who will be giving a keynote talk on public engagement for researchers.

Welcome to Durham University’s Babylab! 😃 We conduct exciting research studies investigating a range of topics associated with child development such as word learning, tiredness and numeracy. We specialise in eye-tracking and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).