{"id":726,"date":"2023-03-27T23:16:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T23:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/?page_id=726"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:16:41","slug":"development-psychology-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/development-psychology-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Development Psychology Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n\n                        \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                                  <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= 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Psychology faculty active in this area are Henrike Moll &amp; David Schwartz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience \n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>How does the infant brain support the origins of the mind and the ability to learn vast amounts of information from and about the world? What are the brain structures and systems that give rise to perception, cognition, and language? 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