Developmental Psychology
Although there is no developmental psychology program, per se, at CU-Boulder, several of the labs across different departmental areas address issues relating to development. The following is a listing of faculty currently doing developmental work, and a brief overview of their research.
- Marie T. Banich, Professor
- mbanich@psych.colorado.edu
- http://psych.colorado.edu/~mbanich
- 303-492-6655
- Developmental interests: Neural and cognitive bases of the development of executive function in adolescence; Disruptions of executive function in adolescence in populations such as individuals with substance dependence or attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder.
- Elaine Blechman, Professor
- eblechman@prosocialapps.com
- http://www.prosocialapps.com/
- 303-449-3151
- Developmental Interests: Developmental trajectories of juvenile crime, violence, and substance abuse.
- Eliana Colunga, Assistant Professor
- colunga@psych.colorado.edu
- http://psych.colorado.edu/~colunga/
- Developmental interests: I work with children ranging between 12 months and 4 years of age. I combine computational modeling (mostly connectionist networks) and empirical methods with children and adults to study language and cognitive development.
- Tim Curran, Associate Professor
- tcurran@psych.colorado.edu
- http://psych.colorado.edu/~tcurran
- 303-492-5040
- Developmental interests: Lifespan changes in learning, memory, and cognition.
- John C. DeFries, Professor
- John.DeFries@colorado.edu
- http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/~defries/
- Developmental interests: Twin and adoption studies of cognitive development from infancy through early adulthood; the genetics of learning disabilities; and the use of DNA markers to map genes that influence behavior.
- Yuko Munakata, Associate Professor
- munakata@psych.colorado.edu
- http://psych.colorado.edu/~munakata
- 303-735-5499
- Developmental interests: Cognitive development from infancy through childhood, particularly in the domains of memory, flexibility, and problem-solving; investigating behavioral dissociations as a window onto how knowledge is organized and how it develops.
- Randall O'Reilly, Associate Professor
- oreilly@psych.colorado.edu
- http://psych.colorado.edu/~oreilly
- 303-492-0054
- Developmental interests: Cognitive development as studied using computational neural network models with biologically-based learning mechanisms, focusing on development of representations through learning as it interacts with neural architecture of different brain areas (specifically prefrontal cortex and hippocampus).
- Richard K. Olson, Professor
- rolson@psych.colorado.edu
- http://psych.colorado.edu/~rolson/
- 303-492-8865
- Developmental Interests: Reading and related cognitive skills development from preschool through adulthood. Identical and fraternal twins are used to explore the genetic and environmental etiology of these skills. Computers are used to explore remedial methods for improving reading and related cognitive skills in children who are failing in reading.
- Erik Willcutt, Assistant Professor
- willcutt@psych.colorado.edu
- http://psych.colorado.edu/~willcutt/index.html
- 303-492-3304
- Developmental interests: The development of an optimal nosology of mental disorders across the lifespan, with a specific focus on childhood disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disabilities, and other psychopathology that frequently co-occurs with ADHD and LD.
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