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Anna Brown

Dr Anna Brown

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6119-7925
20202026

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Biography

I specialise in developmental psychology, with a focus on how children learn and communicate, questioning whether our education systems support this development for every child. I am aim to study and Identify both barriers and pathways to educational and developmental success. 

I completed my undergraduate, master’s, and PhD studies at the University of Liverpool.  My PhD, funded by The ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LuCiD) , explored the connection between language and object cognition.

I later worked as a researcher on a Nuffield-funded project at the University of York, investigating how language contributes to the transmission of educational inequality.  I’ve also contributed to large-scale developmental studies, including the ManyBabies project and the Language 0–5 project. 

Now based at the University of Northampton, I teach across developmental psychology modules and continue to explore how language and cognitive development shape children's educational outcomes.

Research Interests

  • Language development and its relationship with other cognitive domains
  • The role of language development in educational outcomes
  • Cultural transmission of language in educational settings and its link to educational inequality
  • Barriers and pathways to academic success
  • Advanced quantitative methodologies, including Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and multilevel modelling

Keywords

  • BF Psychology

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  2. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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  • The role of mothers' speech for children's education beyond the early years

    Brown, A., Caspi, A., Fisher, H. L., Moffitt, T. E., Wertz, J. & von Stumm, S., 2 Jun 2026, In: Child Development. 44 p., aacag097.

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  • Twins and their singleton siblings differ in language, cognition, and social-emotional development

    Wood, E., Brown, A. & von Stumm, S., 24 Mar 2026, In: Child Development. 97, 3, p. 649-661 13 p., aacaf029.

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  • Are Wednesday's Children Full of Woe? Children's Differences in Personality Are Independent of Day of Birth

    Wood, E., Brown, A., Wilding, K., Oxley, F. A. R., Fisher, H. L., Arseneaul, L., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T. E. & von Stumm, S., 11 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Personality. 10 p.

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  • A Multilab Study of Bilingual Infants: Exploring the Preference for Infant-Directed Speech

    Byers-Heinlein, K., Tsui, A. S. M., Bergmann, C., Black, A. K., Brown, A., Carbajal, M. J., Durrant, S., Fennell, C. T., Fiévet, A.-C., Frank, M. C., Gampe, A., Gervain, J., Gonzalez-Gomez, N., Hamlin, J. K., Havron, N., Hernik, M., Kerr, S., Killam, H., Klassen, K. & Kosie, J. E. & 18 others, Kovács, Á. M., Lew-Williams, C., Liu, L., Mani, N., Marino, C., Mastroberardino, M., Mateu, V., Noble, C., Orena, A. J., Polka, L., Potter, C. E., Schreiner, M., Singh, L., Soderstrom, M., Sundara, M., Waddell, C., Werker, J. F. & Wermelinger, S., 12 Mar 2021, In: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 4, 1, 30 p.

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  • The development of gaze following in monolingual and bilingual infants: A multi‐laboratory study

    Byers‐Heinlein, K., Tsui, R. K., van Renswoude, D., Black, A. K., Barr, R., Brown, A., Colomer, M., Durrant, S., Gampe, A., Gonzalez‐Gomez, N., Hay, J. F., Hernik, M., Jartó, M., Kovács, Á. M., Laoun‐Rubenstein, A., Lew‐Williams, C., Liszkowski, U., Liu, L., Noble, C. & Potter, C. E. & 7 others, Rocha‐Hidalgo, J., Sebastian‐Galles, N., Soderstrom, M., Visser, I., Waddell, C., Wermelinger, S. & Singh, L., 28 Dec 2020, In: Infancy. 26, 1, p. 4-38 34 p.

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