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Cognitive Development

The cognitive development team is part of the Developmental, Social and Applied group in the School of Psychology.


We are interested in how thinking and reasoning abilities develop, and we run experimental studies with young children. Current projects include children's theory of mind from 3-7 years; children's understanding of the representational nature of words and pictures; the developmental relationship between reasoning and executive functions; children’s understanding of possibility and uncertainty, including handling ambiguity and counterfactual thinking. Members of the research team also have interests in adult cognition and neuropsychology.

These pages contain information about our ongoing research and interests. If you are interested in postgraduate research please click the Study link. If you are a teacher interested in our involvement with local schools, please click the Schools link.