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Eye contact with your baby helps synchronise your brainwaves!

25 January 2018

Read about our latest work showing that adult-infant neural synchrony increases through direct gaze, recently published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) , here: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/11/27/1702493114

HONEST CONVERSATIONS WITH NEW PARENTS: TRANSITIONS, TENSIONS AND TRIUMPHS

17 October 2017

As part of the 2017 ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, we are pleased to invite you to attend an "alternative antenatal class" on Saturday 4th November at 2pm. This event will bring together a panel of psychologists, medics, mental health professionals and new parents to stimulate honest conversations surrounding the...

Conference on new methods to study infant development and children's play. 11th & 12th September 2007

24 August 2017

To celebrate our "coming of age" in ground-breaking mother-infant neural synchrony work, we are hosting our first ever conference on "Breaking Barriers: Innovations in Bio-Social Research"! This meeting, to be held over Sept 11th-12th, will showcase cutting-edge real-world neuroscience from pioneering scientists. On day 1...

Two Research Associate/Assistant Positions Available

25 May 2017

We are seeking two highly-skilled and motivated post-doctoral researchers to join our multidisciplinary data analysis team from July 2017! http://www.baby-linc.psychol.cam.ac.uk/jobs/PostDoc

Temporary Research Assistant Needed!

11 April 2017

We are looking for a temporary Research Assistant to join the lab between May-June 2017, to help conduct a new baby brain synchrony experiment. If you are a native English speaker and live locally, we would love to hear from you! If interested, please contact Vicky directly at vvec2@cam.ac.uk by Friday 28th April for more...

Rosetrees PhD Studentship Available

15 March 2017

An exciting PhD studentship opportunity has arisen to work with Dr Vicky Leong on a project investigating potential neural and genetic biomarkers of dyslexia risk in neonates. Applications are being received now until 5th April 2017 for a start in Oct 2017. More information here : http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/13192/

Beckie Shortlisted for Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition!!

7 October 2016

We are so proud of Beckie, whose beautiful image of human neurones and Schwann cells has been shortlisted for the prestigious Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition!! Everyone please vote for her !! https://nikonsmallworld.strutta.me/entries/142313

Check out our ESRC Blog Article!

31 August 2016

Vicky and Sam talk about the lab's latest research findings and new directions in this ESRC Blog article : https://blog.esrc.ac.uk/2016/08/16/transforming-what-we-know-about-how-babies-learn/

Vicky wins PLoS ECR Travel Award!

10 July 2016

Vicky is selected for an PLoS early career researcher travel award to support her presentation at the ISSBD conference in Vilnius! http://blogs.plos.org/thestudentblog/2016/07/08/ecrawards1/

Vicky heads to Granada to talk about motherese!

3 May 2016

Vicky heads to Granada for the International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society (5th-8th May) where she will discuss how children and young adults with or without a language difficulty (dyslexia) perceive speech that has a special social agenda : "motherese" (child-directed speech)!

Eye contact with your baby helps synchronise your brainwaves!

HONEST CONVERSATIONS WITH NEW PARENTS: TRANSITIONS, TENSIONS AND TRIUMPHS

Conference on new methods to study infant development and children's play. 11th & 12th September 2007

Two Research Associate/Assistant Positions Available

Temporary Research Assistant Needed!

Rosetrees PhD Studentship Available

Beckie Shortlisted for Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition!!

Check out our ESRC Blog Article!

Vicky wins PLoS ECR Travel Award!

Vicky heads to Granada to talk about motherese!

Contact: vvec2@cam.ac.uk

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