Hosted by the School of Psychological Science

Abstract: The central nervous system of infants and toddlers develops tremendously in the first years after birth. This development is pivotal to reaching certain milestones early in life, such as learning to walk and talk. Being born prematurely can jeopardise this and comes with challenges as the nervous system is exposed to stimuli it would not have encountered whilst in-utero. In the first part of the talk, I will discuss one of these challenges which is apnoea of prematurity – a developmental disorder affecting the lungs and brain. However, the majority of infants can be considered typically developing. In the second part, I will focus on typically developing toddlers learn to walk from a neural perspective.