Nic Chevalier and his research team have recently completed a major project on metacognition and executive function. You can find out about their exciting results in this summary written by postgraduate student Anna Hall!

In English and many other languages we often use the same word for an action and the instrument we use to perform the action (e.g. we hammer with a hammer and brush with a brush). In this study, we want … Continue reading →

When people are fitted with hearing aids, they find that the sounds they hear are quite distorted, which can make it hard to understand speech. The same is true of people fitted with cochlear implants, especially children. Over time, adults … Continue reading →

For children aged 6-7, we have a piano playing study in which we teach children to play a simple tune while we look at what’s going on in their heads! This study uses NIRS, a completely safe and painless technique … Continue reading →

For children aged 4-5 or 8-9, we have a study in which children teach our friendly lab dragon to play a memory game or draw a picture. All Wee Scientists taking part in this study will take home a Wee … Continue reading →

For children aged 5-12 we have a series of studies using exciting machines to understand how your brain works. These machines allow us to apply safe and painless techniques to read your brain while you play computer games with farm … Continue reading →

Many many thanks to all the schools, families and kids who took part in our studies over the last few months! If you’re interested in what we’ve been looking at, then our latest newsletter includes descriptions of a number of … Continue reading →

We’ve just started an exciting new study looking at bilingualism and autism. We will be interviewing bilingual families with a child with autism in order to understand a bit more about their experiences and the choices they have faced. We … Continue reading →

Wee Science is going to the Fringe! We’ll be doing two one-day-only shows at Summerhall during August 2014. On Friday 8th at 10am, Alex Doumas and Hugh Rabagliati will be talking about the childhood origins of uniquely human achievements like … Continue reading →

We’ve just started an exciting study on how children aged between 4 and 7 control their thoughts and actions. This study is particularly interesting because it uses a technique called EEG, a sensitive cap that allows us to monitor neural … Continue reading →