News and Events http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdcn/news_and_events_viewer/rss Hauke F Hillebrandt 2011-02-09T20:19:14Z Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: Mind & Brain Prize http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdcn/news_and_events/sjbmindandbrainprize January 2013 Esther E M Huntbach 2013-02-20T12:31:44Z Open University Publication: April 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdcn/news_and_events/childhoodinfocus Input includes members of the CDCN listed: Esther E M Huntbach 2012-04-19T13:29:38Z Public Service Review Science & Technology http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdcn/news_and_events/publicservicereview CDCN article written by David Gadian and Faraneh Vargha-Khadem on behalf of the CDCN Steering Committee Esther E M Huntbach 2012-03-20T13:47:55Z Breakthroughs in children’s medicine http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdcn/news_and_events/medical_breakthroughs Coverage of Faraneh Vargha-Khadem’s work is featured in: Hauke Hillebrandt 2011-12-08T15:44:12Z UCL Partner's Psychological Interventions Research Centre (PIRC) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdcn/news_and_events/PIRC Faraneh Vargha-Khadem accepted the invitation to join UCL Partner's Psychological Interventions Research Centre (PIRC). PIRC aims to harness the collective power of psychological research within UCLP and its partner Trusts by sharing insights and developing avenues for collaboration. She was invited by Professor Alessandra Lemma, PIRC Clinical Lead at Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust and Professor Steven Pilling,  PIRC  Research Lead, Centre for Outcomes Research & Effectiveness and National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health.  To officially launch the centre and its work, a seminar was held in November 2011. The seminar featured talks by Dr Jonathan Roiser (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) and Prof Stephen Scott (Institute of Psychiatry). In addition, Profs Pilling and Lemma will gave an overview of psychological research within UCLP.  This was the first in two parallel seminar series that will run once a term throughout the academic year. Hauke Hillebrandt 2011-12-08T15:40:49Z 'Language gene' speeds learning http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdcn/news_and_events/nature_foxp2 "Mouse study suggests that mutation to FOXP2 gene may have helped humans learn the muscle movements for speech." Hauke Hillebrandt 2011-12-05T15:09:52Z Tate Liverpool exhibition inspires pioneering science games http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdcn/news_and_events/tate_liverpool Tate Liverpool exhibition inspires pioneering science gamesInspired by Tate Liverpool’s current exhibition, Alice in Wonderland, an art-science collaborative made up of scientists, led by UCL Institute of Child Health Dr Michelle de Haan, curators, game designers and film-makers, have just launched Wondermind, a series of pioneering interactive games, videos and an online blog to help children learn about the science of the developing human brain. Read more about the game Hauke Hillebrandt 2011-12-05T15:02:58Z Talk on changes in the teenage brain at the BBC Free Thinking Festival http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cdcn/news_and_events/blakemore_talk Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore gave a talk on changes in the teenage brain at the BBC Free Thinking Festival, broadcast on Radio 3 on 23rd November 2011: click here to listen. Hauke Hillebrandt 2011-12-05T14:56:31Z