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Registration open soon for the 9th Annual Forum on Children and Families
Accolades: Professors Honored for Research Contributions
Dr. Anne van Kleeck, a CCF faculty affiliate and Callier Center researcher, has been selected to receive the ASHA Honors of the Association award for her research in language and communication sciences and disorders…
Research Shows Children with Hearing Loss Experience More Bullying
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CCF faculty affiliate Dr. Andrea Warner-Czyz's new research indicates that children and adolescents with hearing loss experience higher rates of peer victimization, or bullying, than children with typical hearing. This research was also featured in CCF's 2018 Spring Lecture Series...
Chocolate, Goldfish and ‘The Lion King’: UT Dallas Study Explores Emotional Eating In Kids
Dr. Shayla Holub, CCF faculty affiliate and head of psychological sciences, talks about her recent study on children's emotional eating and how dietary habits develop in early childhood...
CCF Faculty Affiliate Named to UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers
Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith professor of criminology and CCF faculty affiliate will be inducted as a Fellow in the UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers, which recognizes outstanding educators throughout the UT System...
Research of Center Affiliates
Close Relationships and Health Lab
Directed by Dr. Heidi Kane, this lab investigates the basic relationship processes that are associated with relationship functioning and the links between romantic relationships and physical health.
Directed by Dr. Candice Mills, this lab studies how children and adults think about the world around them, including how children and adults decide how much to believe the information they encounter, how they evaluate their own knowledge, and how children determine what someone is likely to know.
Lifespan Neuroscience and Cognition (LiNC) Laboratory
Directed by Dr. Chandramallika Basak, this lab investigates how and where we remember information over a short period of time, how attention and memory interact and carry on with multiple tasks, and how these cognitive functions change with age and training.
The Developmental Neurolinguistics Lab
Directed by Dr. Mandy Maguire, this lab is focused on understanding how children learn language and how the brain processes language in general.
Directed by Dr. Margaret T. Owen, this lab researches self-regulation skills as an important foundation of school readiness.