Biopsychosocial Development
We all grow up in different environments with different experiences. What we experience in infancy and toddlerhood can…
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Research Focus
Biopsychosocial Approach
Our lab is interested in an integrative model for development. The biopsychosocial approach considers the many biological, psychological,…
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Seeking Mother and Infant Participants for our Psychology Study!
KIDS IN CONTEXT Did you know that young children build up to 1000 new brain connections per second? That means that in the time it took you to read the last sentence, your baby made 5000 new connect [...]
Read More...3 Minute Thesis Winner: Understanding Infants' Genetic and Environmental Risk for Depression
Jaclyn Ludmer, PhD student and BPSD Lab member, won the Ryerson University 3-Minute Thesis Competition in 2015. For this competition, she competed against Ryerson graduate students from various discip [...]
Read More...The Role of Attachment on Mental and Physical Health Outcomes
This video featuring our lab director, Dr. Leslie Atkinson, illustrates the BPSD Lab's interest in mental and physical health outcomes, and how it is influenced by factors such as attachment. [...]
Read More...Canadian Psychological Association Poster Presentation 2016
PhD student Brittany Jamieson presented her poster at the annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association in Victoria, BC. Her poster, titled "Maternal sensitivity and infant stress syste [...]
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