Two MSc students join the lab to work on their dissertation projects:
Elena Gkari is a Master’s student on the Psychological Research Methods programme at Lancaster University. She holds a BSc degree in Marketing and Communication from the Athens University of Economics and Business, and has worked in the marketing sector of toy companies and NGOs for the past 5 years. She is interested in how infants explore the world around them through play and what drives their curiosity. She is also interested in investigating how toys are designed and what makes a toy attractive to an infant. As many toy companies nowadays prioritize the production of educational toys, and parents prefer to spend more money on them, Elena aims to explore how an educational toy can also be attractive to infants and how infant development can be accelerated through play.
Freya Hill is studying on the MSc in Developmental Disorders programme at Lancaster University. She has a broad interest in infant and child development, particularly with regards to active learning, infant-caregiver interactions and curiosity. She also has a fascination for neurotypical development and currently works as an SEN tutor in a specialist college.