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Kimberly Noble
Columbia University, USA http://www.needlab.cumc.columbia.edu/ What does your research focus on? I study socioeconomic disparities in children’s neurocognitive development. Specifically, we’ve known for decades that there are broad differences in children’s cognitive development and academic achievement Visit Page
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Angelica Ronald
Birkbeck, University of London, UK http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psychology/our-staff/academic/angelica-ronald http://www.gel.bbk.ac.uk What does your research focus on? What causes people to have mental health problems across the lifespan. My research has so far focused on neurodevelopmental disorders, in particular Visit Page
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Beating Dyslexia Through Music
Musical skills may translate into reading skills — particularly for children with dyslexia. Research published by Martina Huss, Usha Goswami, and colleagues in Cortex indicates that musical games may be useful in treating dyslexia in Visit Page
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Society for Research in Child Development 2012 Meetings
The Society for Research in Child Development will be holding three themed meetings in Tampa, FL in 2012. Two will be held simultaneously February 2-11, and the third will be held October 18-20, 2012. For Visit Page
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Mom-to-be's mental state may affect child's development
USA Today: A fetus is sensitive to, and can be affected by, the expectant mother’s mental state, a new study suggests. University of California, Irvine, researchers recruited pregnant women and tested them for depression before Visit Page
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Threats to the fetus during pregnancy
Chicago Tribune: Poor nutrition in the womb and infancy can reprogram the body’s organs, setting the stage for disease decades down the road, according to the fetal origins theory. Much less is known about the Visit Page
