Category: Child Development Unit

The Schools Linking project provides opportunities for meaningful positive social contact and this could not have been more important than during the isolation of lockdown. … Read more

Dr Lindsey Cameron, a social developmental psychologist at the School of Psychology, provides her advice on how parents and guardians can help children emotionally adjust to … Read more

Dr Lindsey Cameron, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Director of Education in the School of Psychology, provides expert advice for keeping children social at home … Read more

Dr Kirsten Abbot-Smith (Principal Investigator) and Dr Michael Forrester (Co-Investigator), along with Professor Sue Leekam (Cardiff University) and Dr Danielle Matthews (University of Sheffield), have … Read more

Dr Lindsey Cameron and her Co-I (East Kent NHS Trust) have been awarded £30,000 from the British Orthodontic Society (BOS) to conduct a study on … Read more

The School of Psychology is offering one scholarship of £1,000. Applicants of any tuition fee paying status registering on our taught MSc in Developmental Psychology … Read more

New research from Professor David Williams and colleagues indicates that the ability to detect lies is diminished in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) – putting them … Read more

A Kent Psychologist has played an important role in a research breakthrough in the assessment of language development for bilingual two-year-olds. In a study, led … Read more

Many congratulations to Dr Allegra Cattani (Plymouth University) and Dr Kirsten Abbot-Smith, who were presented with an award from the International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders for … Read more

Congratulations to Dr Lindsey Cameron, Dr Kirsten Abbot-Smith and Dr Erika Nurmsoo, who have been awarded £620 by the ESRC for a project entitled “Social butterflies … Read more