Centre for Educational Neuroscience

University College London – Birkbeck University of London – UCL Institute of Education

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      • Children do better in school if they were born in the autumn
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      • Most learning happens in the first 3 years
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      • Violent video games make children more violent
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CEN Research Group

The group currently comprises:

  • Michael Thomas (Director)
  • Andy Tolmie (Deputy Director)
  • Denis Mareschal (Deputy Director)
  • Emma Meaburn
  • Chloë Marshall
  • Iroise Dumontheil
  • Emily Farran
  • Kaska Porayska-Pomsta
  • Mairead MacSweeney
  • Roberto Filippi
  • Jo van Herwegen
  • Spencer Hayes

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