Shared book reading is thought to have a positive impact on young children's language
development, with shared reading interventions often run in an attempt to boost children's …

Young children experience wayfinding difficulties. A better understanding of the
development of wayfinding abilities may inform strategies that can be used to improve these …

Face mask wearing was an important preventative strategy for the transmission of the
COVID-19 virus. However, the effects that occluding the mouth and nose area with surgical …

For shared book reading to be effective for language development, the adult and child need
to be highly engaged. The current paper adopted a mixed-methods approach to investigate …

The case for psychosocial interventions in relation to chronic pain, one of the most common
health issues in contemporary healthcare, is well-established as a means of managing the …

The fact that many sub-populations do not take part in research, especially participants from
lower socioeconomic (SES) backgrounds, is a serious problem in education research. To …

Combining information from adjectives with the nouns they modify is essential for
comprehension. Previous research suggests that preschoolers do not always integrate …

Adjectives are essential for describing and differentiating concepts. However, they have a
protracted development relative to other word classes. Here we measure three-and four …

Wayfinding is the ability to learn and recall a route through an environment. Theories of
wayfinding suggest that for children to learn a route successfully, they must have repeated …

Background Shared reading interventions can impact positively on preschool children's
language development and on their caregiver's attitudes/behaviours towards reading …