In 1950, in the very building that now houses the Child Study Centre, Alan Turing asked a question that changed the world: ‘Can machines think?’ His Manchester paper introduced the Turing Test, laying the foundations of artificial intelligence. #artificialintelligence #STEM #manchesterhistory

🌍 Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities! This day reminds us that inclusion matters. Every child deserves opportunities to learn, play, and thrive—regardless of ability. ✅ Let’s break barriers. #IDPD #InclusionMatters #ChildDevelopment #AccessibilityForAll #UniversityOfManchester

Currently recruiting 3 year olds and 4&5 year olds for two fun studies investigating child development. Contact [email protected] to take part. 🧠

2/2 1/2 🔉LISTEN to this new podcast from @storiesofimpactseries with our own @bahar_kym, as she discusses her research around how children learn to think together. 👧👦 www.storiesofimpact.org/dr-bahar-koy... This research was funded by Templeton World Charity Foundation. @storiesofimpact.bsky.social

1/2 🔉LISTEN to this new podcast from @storiesofimpactseries with our own @bahar_kym, as she discusses her research around how children learn to think together. 👧👦 www.storiesofimpact.org/dr-bahar-koy... This research was funded by Templeton World Charity Foundation.

2/2 🏛️ Museum settings boost decontextualised talk. 📦 Museum resources in classrooms increase rare words & complex sentences. 🏫 Regular classrooms? Less of both. 💬 Richer environments = richer language learning. #ChildDevelopment #LanguageResearch #EarlyYears #MuseumLearning #UoMResearch #LuCiD

🧠 New research from @OfficialUoM shows that where teachers teach affects how they talk to children — and that matters for language development. #ChildDevelopment #LanguageResearch #EarlyYears #MuseumLearning #UoMResearch #LuCiD

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🌍 World Nature Conservation Day 🌿 Nature isn’t just beautiful, it’s essential for child development. Outdoor play boosts creativity, language, resilience, and physical health. 🌱 Protect nature. Support children. Grow futures. #NaturePlay #ChildDevelopment #WorldNatureConservationDay #ProtectNature

Looking for something to do in the school holidays? Our team at the University of Manchester is investigating how 4.5-5.5-year-old children learn to understand English sentences in different orders. Interested in this ONLINE study? Please email [email protected].

Are you a parent, family member or educator of children aged 2-11 years? Do you have questions about digital technology and children?📱 The Kids & Tech Questions project @education.ox.ac.uk need your views on digital technology and young children! See tinyurl.com/yy8ujpr6 to take part in the survey!

Constructing language: A framework for explaining acquisition. New paper published by @carorowland.bsky.social‬ et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.ti....

We just need a few more participants for this fun, ONLINE, Zoom study! 💻If you are interested in child development and have a 4 year old, your little scientist could take part in this research from the comfort of your own home 🧠🏠 #transgression #children #childdevelopment #psychology #research

We've got quite a few different studies going on at the Child Study Centre at the minute! Here's two of our studies. If you want to get involved send us a message or email [email protected] :)

The CSC is excited to learn about dyslexia in monolingual and bilingual children from Prof. Manon Jones at out LuCiD seminar this morning! Find out more about our seminar series here: www.lucid.ac.uk/seminars-new...

The UoM Child Study Centre is looking for Mandarin-English bilingual adults to participate in an eye-tracking sentence comprehension study. Details are provided in the attached ad. If you're interested or have any questions, please email us at [email protected]. ✨

Is your child 3- to 4.5-years-old? Take part in our study to help our understanding of language development! This 30-minute study will use a fun, game-based activity using stickers and blocks. To find out more information, please email: [email protected].

We are the University of Manchester Child Study Centre! We are a team of researchers who study mostly infants and children (and sometimes adults and sometimes chimpanzees) to figure out how humans learn language, make friends, and interact with each other!

We had a lovely visit today from @ludoserratrice.bsky.social as part of our LuCiD seminar series! It turns out that syntactic priming in bilingual children is complicated and it gave us a lot to think about!

We are looking for a new part-time Lab Coordinator for our Child Study Centre! The application closes soon (Dec 8) so apply soon if you are interested! The job advert is: tinyurl.com/39d6mm4k