We are a research group within the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham and we are interested in infants and toddlers’ cognitive development.
We're thrilled to attend the Inaugural Lecture of our very own Professor Andrew Bremner.
Please join us to find out 'What it is like being a baby', details ⬇️ Babies and parents very welcome 😊
📢This month - join us for the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Andrew Bremner, 'What is it like being a baby?'
📅Weds 27 November, 4-6pm
📍Aston Webb, Lecture Theatre WG5, @unibirmingham
🎟️Book your place: birmingham.ac.uk/university/…
It was such a privilege to present some of our past research and future research plans at @UVip_iit today alongside Prof. Andy Bremner @BBabylab. We very much enjoyed the discussions around sleep differences in rare genetic conditions and in blind infants!
✨invitation to a free parent & baby event coming up this Thursday 14 Nov 👉Hi Birmingham, the BabyLab is holding an exciting free event for you and your baby or toddler in the Birmingham city centre. Find more in this 🧵
@UoB_SoP@LES_UniBham@news_ub@TheCHBH@UoB_CDS
Come along and enjoy lots of fun, baby/toddler-friendly activities and meet Birmingham BabyLab researchers for an informal chat about 👶🧠
🏙️💙Where? The Exchange: 3 Centenary Sq Birmingham B1 2DR
📅❤️ When? Thursday, 14th November, drop in at any time between 09:30 –12:30 2/3
❓🧡How much? Completely ✨free of charge, just come along!
👶💛 What can I expect? Babylab researchers have prepared different stations, each with their own set of activities for babies or toddlers so that you and your baby can have lots of fun and learn about our research. 3/3
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Registration for MEG-UKI is now CLOSED
HOWEVER
Due to a last-minute venue change, several extra tickets have become available for QMAG (physics of OPMs) and QMEG (neuroscience of OPMs).
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Join us at MEG-UKI & QMAG/QMEG in the @unibirmingham@TheCHBH!
📊 Poster abstracts until 22nd Sept
🎫 Registration until 13th Oct
🎨 Art competition entry until 25th Oct
🗓️ Conference 28th - 31st Oct 2024
Full programme coming online soon!
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🎨 Unleash Your Inner Artist at MEG UKI 2024! 🖌️
This year at MEG UKI, we’re hosting an Art Competition — a platform for you to showcase your hidden talents, "happy accidents", the story that’s been waiting to be told, or any creative masterpiece you’ve been itching to share!
ALT An artist stands in front of an easel holding a palette covered with splodges of brightly coloured paint, mixing the colours with a paintbrush.
My little baby Ava in the babylab @UoB_SoP
Do you have a baby and want to help research?
👉babylab@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Never too young to get involved with #science❤️
⚠️function composition alert ⚠️Morning #cogsci2024@cogsci_soc 😊Curious about arbitrary functions babies can learn? And compose? See below for an example and stop by my poster today P2-LL-490 to find out more @UoB_SoP@CogDevCeu@BBabylab
Check out this new paper from our lab showing that 💡✨creative thinking ✨may well begin already in infancy 👶 Huge thanks to babies who made this research possible 🩷 Paper 👉doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2315149… Lovely press release 👇🔽 @UoB_SoP@TheCHBH Work led by @B_Pomiechowska
Infants less than a year old can combine simple concepts into complex ideas, showing that creativity begins in babyhood. Our experts - led by Dr Barbara Pomiechowska (@B_Pomiechowska) found babies are capable of creative thinking before starting to speak birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/c…
ALT A baby learning words and numbers through play with their caregiver. Photo: Peter Lengyel-Szabo
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Photo 2: First steps into the world of numerosity: a baby thoughtfully observing sets of different objects. Photo: Peter Lengyel-Szabo
ALT First steps into the world of numerosity: a baby thoughtfully observing sets of different objects. Photo: Peter Lengyel-Szabo
ALT First steps into the world of numerosity: a baby thoughtfully observing sets of different objects. Photo: Peter Lengyel-Szabo
👶The issue of when human beings become conscious is an ongoing challenge for psychologists & philosophers.
But now, researchers at the University of Birmingham have suggested a new way to help researchers discover when consciousness emerges in babies.
👉birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/r…
ALT Baby lying on its front, looking up and smiling.
It’s the first morning of the 20th Seattle Club Conference @unibirmingham@UoB_SoP & the @CerebraNetwork team are at the welcome desk to greet delegates from 9am. We are looking forward to an exciting day of presentations & will be tweeting throughout both days! #SeattleClub2023