Alex Hendry

@alexhendry

Researching executive functions in the early years of life, with a view to trying to support all children to thrive. She/her.

University of Oxford Joined March 2009

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Alex Hendry @alexhendry Jul 20, 2023

Thoughts from me and @gaiascerif on how the extent to which a child’s surroundings fits their sensory/social/motivation/attentional needs shapes their executive function (EF) performance, and what this means for how we measure and support EF development
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Alex Hendry @alexhendry Jul 30, 2024

Interested in socio-economic disadvantage and early development? Make sure you register for day 3 of #BPSDevCon24 @EmBlakey will be chairing the symposium: How does Socioeconomic Disadvantage Impact Childhood and Family Outcomes? Bringing Together Researchers in Academia & Policy

Alex Hendry @alexhendry Jul 26, 2023

Our amazing Research Assistant has been awarded a PhD scholarship so we are recruiting for her replacement. If you’re fascinated by early childhood and would like to be involved in a neurodiversity-affirming project this could be for you. tinyurl.com/STARTRA Please RT

Alex Hendry @alexhendry Sep 5, 2022

New paper investigating the impacts of parental mental health, parent-child activities and infant screen use during the pandemic on early development doi.org/10.1111/infa.1…

onlinelibrary.wiley.com Toward a dimensional model of risk and protective factors influencing children's early cognitive,... Variation in infants’ home environment is implicated in their cognitive and psycho-social development. The pandemic has intensified variations in home environments through exacerbating socioeconomic...

Alex Hendry @alexhendry Jul 1, 2022

I saw @YukoMunakata1 give a talk on this paper a few months ago and I've been telling anyone who'll listen about it ever since. Such a clear demonstration that performance on inhibitory control tasks is shaped by cultural expectations

Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social @YukoMunakata1 Jul 1, 2022

1/ Working on this project shifted how I think about self control, individual differences, development, equity in our science, and my heritage. I'm grateful to have been a part of it and would love to hear your thoughts. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…
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