Child psychology
Pre-adult brain development & perceptual development
Synaptic pruning | Inside the Human Body
Synaptic pruning | Inside the Human Body
Michael Mosley explains how during brain development, synaptic pruning occurs and what this means for behaviour
Risk-taking | Inside the Human Body
Risk-taking | Inside the Human Body
Meet Stephanie, her teen brain allows her to take more risks when car racing compared to competitors.
Risk taking and stigma | The Life Scientific
Risk taking and stigma | The Life Scientific
Listen to the important work being carried out on teenage brain development and risk taking, especially the efforts needed to re...
Teenage brain development | Brainwaves
Teenage brain development | Brainwaves
Focusing on role of the pre-frontal cortex and the limbic system in brain development and risk taking behaviour.
Depth perception in babies | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Depth perception in babies | Babies: Their Wonderful World
The visual cliff tests the importance of crawling for development of depth perception.
The development of attachment
Harlow's monkeys | The Brain: A Secret History
Harlow's monkeys | The Brain: A Secret History
Discussion of how Harlow's research showed for the first time what love and attachments were really based on.
Romanian orphans | The Forgotten Children
Romanian orphans | The Forgotten Children
The context behind the Romanian orphans and the process of adoption.
The effect of deprivation | The Forgotten Children
The effect of deprivation | The Forgotten Children
Learn about the long term effects of the early and extreme deprivation that Romanian orphans experienced.
Maternal deprivation | Disowned and Disabled
Maternal deprivation | Disowned and Disabled
Bowlby's explanation of attachment theory and the impact of maternal deprivation.
Introduction to attachment | In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind
Introduction to attachment | In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind
The key theories of Lorenz, Bowlby and Harlow are explained in this introduction to...