Research and Innovation

School of Health and Society

Cognitive Development

This theme specialises in studying children’s cognitive development including learning and memory development and early language acquisition in typical and atypical populations. We have expertise in behavioural and eye-tracking experimental designs and our research has been funded by the British Psychological Society, The Waterloo Foundation, and the ESRC. More information can be found on our lab website (Cog Dev Lab). The Nutrition and Psychopharmacology Brain Development Unit (NPBD) sits within this theme and explores links between nutrition and development of socio-cognitive abilities.  

For more information about research in Cognitive Development at the University of Salford please contact Dr Gemma Taylor (g.taylor4@salford.ac.uk). 

You can also follow the research from our team using social media – 

Facebook: @SalfordCogDev  

Twitter: @Salford_CogDev  

Instagram: @salford_child_development_lab 

Click below to view research projects related to this research theme:

Investigating the educational potential of touchscreen apps for children’s early vocabulary acquisition

An exercise intervention to improve sleep and word-learning in children with ASD (The Salford Autism Exercise Project)
Psychological health and wellbeing during the COVID 19 outbreak


 Salford Autism Exercise Project