Before speech, babies rely on interactions with their parents to learn about their environment and develop language. The features of these interactions are often studied by researchers and highlighted
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It's been a great week for a couple of members of our wider network, with James Brand awarded his PhD and Amber Muhinyi winning 1st prize in the Best Student Poster Award at IASCL 2017.
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The LuCiD Seminar Series will be back for its fourth year this October, with the full line up of speakers now confirmed. As in previous years, the series programme covers a range of different topics…
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LuCiD researchers are descending on Lyon this week for the 14th International Congress for the Study of Child Language
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The visual development of babies in the womb has been explored for the first time ever, revealing a clear preference for face-like shapes. Researchers have found that fetuses at 34 weeks are like…
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LuCiD researcher, Dr Kirsty Dunn, has been awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for her project, "Mapping the parameters of early social processing". The award of £89,000 will allow Kirsty and