Researchers
Prof Helen Baker-Henningham
Prof Baker-Henningham conducts research in early childhood interventions, child development and behaviour, global child development and mental health, observational assessments of child/caregiver behaviour, and early childhood education.
She is currently the Principal Investigator on a large scale grant with a global focus “Grand Challenges Canada: Saving Brains” in Bangladesh, Colombia, and Jamaica.
Dr Mihela Erjavec (Past Co-Director)
Dr Erjavec’s research includes studies on imitation and other forms of social learning in infants and young children; developmental behaviour analysis; early development of taste preferences; development of effective behaviour change procedures and technologies; child health (healthy eating and exercise).
Prof Pauline Horne (Past Director)
Professor Horne’s research interests include Behavioural interventions, healthy eating, physical activity, language development, language and categorisation, and imitation. She is the former Director of TNN and integrally involved in establishing the Food Dudes programme.
Dr Sam Jones (Current Research Director)
Dr Jones’ research aims to advance understanding of neurological disorders affecting children’s speech, language, and communication skills through behavioural experimentation and computational modelling, with a focus on improving clinical assessment, intervention, and rehabilitation. He directs the Bangor University Child Lab, a research collective dedicated to language development, literacy, and social cognition, working in close collaboration with NHS Wales and the Welsh Government. Learn more at Bangor Child Lab.
Prof Kami Koldewyn (Co-Deputy Research Director)
Prof Koldewyn’s research goals are to understand the cognitive and neural architecture of social perception and its origins in both typical and atypical development. Her work spans the areas of: social perception in autism, social perception across development, and the functional organization of social perception in typical adults.
Dr Ayelet Sapir
Dr Sapir’s research focuses on understanding the cognitive strategies and the neural mechanisms that allow us to explore the environment efficiently in typically developing children and adults. More recently she is extending this work to patients with neurological syndromes.
