Research.

I researched children’s development for over 20 years, lectured on developmental psychology at the University of Hertfordshire and supervised a number of PhDs and Masters theses. Many of my academic papers on the topics below are listed under the Publications tab on this site.

• Children’s implicit and explicit representations
• Advertising and children
• Gestures and cognition
• Behavioural economics
• Gestures and speech
• Women & money
• Spelling development
• Maths development
• Development of science concepts
• Educational interventions
• Infant gesture
• Effects of ‘babysign’
• Gestures as influencers
• Behavioural change
• Body image
• The microgenetic method
• Kids & technology
• Happy children
• Family functioning