Last week we enjoyed a chat with Professor Zoe Knowles about the value of active play outside: Image: Scott Webb Hello, I am Professor Zoe Knowles I’m a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist; Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)…
Sandra Mathers of the University of Oxford Department of Education joined us last week to talk about quality in nurseries and pre-schools. Sandra has a background in primary teaching and her research is focussed on improving local and national education policy. Image:…
Jenny: Hi! I’m Jenny McGlothlin, a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) specializing in the evaluation and treatment of infants, children, and adolescents with feeding disorders and extreme picky eating. I’ve been working in this area of specialty for 17 years- since I…
We were joined by Clare Murphy of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service to talk about the problems encountered in pregnancy by mothers with a high BMI. Image: Rafael Praia CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Hi Clare, great to have you here, thanks for…
We're very excited to welcome back Petra Boynton, author of The Research Companion, and a very talented social science researcher. Hopefully she's going to help us lick our research ideas into shape. Petra is a Social Psychologist who's worked in International…
Dr Sarah McGeown of the University of Edinburgh joined us recently to answer our questions about how sex and gender affect why and what children read. Here's what we discussed: Hi everyone! I’m Sarah McGeown and I’m a Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology…
Hello everyone! We're absolutely delighted that we have Petra Boynton here to help us think about our research. Hello Petra, and welcome to our Breastfeeding & Health Care Experiences -Parenting Science Gang! Petra: Hello everyone! Thanks for asking me along tonight.…
Over one hundred mothers gathered yesterday at Imperial College, London to donate breast milk to the first research study analysing how the composition of breast milk changes as children get older. The experiment, probably a world record for the number of mothers…
We’re really excited to introduce our new Parenting Science Gang in collaboration with the Mealtime Hostage Facebook group. Mealtime Hostage provides support for parents of children who struggle with eating, defined as limited food acceptance. For these children, the statement…
We spent a fascinating hour talking to Prof Gina Rippon about what neuroscience tells us about sex and gender. Image: Patrick Hales, UCL (CC by 4.0) Hello everyone. I am Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre,…