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BPS supports #SummerofPlay campaign
04 August 2021
The BPS is delighted to support the #SummerOfPlay campaign which aims to give children the space, time, and freedom to play this summer.
- Children, young people and families
LEGO figures are getting angrier
11 June 2013
Researchers have discovered that the faces on LEGO Minifigures are becoming increasingly angry and less happy.
- Developmental
Your brain treats LEGO people as if they’re alive
24 February 2016
Participants were especially good at spotting scene changes that involved LEGO people.
- Cognition and perception
Why pink LEGO might be bad for girls (but we’re not convinced)
10 August 2017
Girl-colour LEGO sets may help attract more girls to play with LEGO, but they do so at the cost of restricting the kinds of structures and play with which they engage.
- Children, young people and families
- Sex and gender
When psychologists become builders
24 August 2012
Jon Sutton investigates where Lego and psychology intersect.
- BPS updates
Research on play
12 March 2019
More funding from the LEGO foundation. Ella Rhodes reports.
- Children, young people and families
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A case study of a pupil’s response to LEGO-based therapy to target socio-emotional skills
Series: DECP Debate Volume: 1 Issue: 180
Date of Publication: 01-12-2021
Author(s): Noureen Lakhani
View A case study of a pupil’s response to LEGO-based therapy to target socio-emotional skillsLego Therapy: Building social skills for adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder
Series: Educational and Child Psychology Volume: 37 Issue: 1
Date of Publication: 01-03-2020
Author(s): Jemma Levy, Sandra Dunsmuir
View Lego Therapy: Building social skills for adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder‘Trapped under a tonne of rubble’: Using LEGO® to explore conceptual metaphors of psychological stress
Series: QMiP Bulletin Volume: 1 Issue: 30
Date of Publication: 01-01-2020
Author(s): Agata Wezyk, Emily Arden-Close, Julie M. Turner-Cobb
View ‘Trapped under a tonne of rubble’: Using LEGO® to explore conceptual metaphors of psychological stressDuplo therapy: Building together – An adaptation of Lego-based therapy for adults with intellectual disabilities within a community day centre
Series: FPID Bulletin: The Bulletin of the Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities Volume: 16 Issue: 3
Date of Publication: 01-12-2018
Author(s): Rebecca Beedles, Michelle Brooks, Michael Hearn
View Duplo therapy: Building together – An adaptation of Lego-based therapy for adults with intellectual disabilities within a community day centre‘Lego Therapy’ Club for children with high functioning autism and Asperger’s syndrome
Series: Clinical Psychology Forum Volume: 1 Issue: 262
Date of Publication: 01-10-2014
Author(s): Charlotte Evans, David Sanders, Rosie Knight
View ‘Lego Therapy’ Club for children with high functioning autism and Asperger’s syndromeUsing Lego® to help children with high functioning autism spectrum disorders
Series: Assessment and Development Matters Volume: 3 Issue: 4
Date of Publication: 01-01-2011
Author(s): Gina Gomez de la Cuesta
View Using Lego® to help children with high functioning autism spectrum disordersInvestigating the relationship between two home numeracy measures: A questionnaire and observations during Lego building and book reading
02-02-2018
- Belde Mutaf Yildiz
- Delphine Sasanguie
- Bert De Smedt
- Bert Reynvoet
Investigating the relationship between two home numeracy measures: A questionnaire and observations during Lego building and book reading
02-02-2018
- Belde Mutaf Yildiz
- Delphine Sasanguie
- Bert De Smedt
- Bert Reynvoet
Construction play frequency and relations with spatial ability and mathematics performance
06-11-2023
- E. McDougal
- K. A. Gilligan‐Lee
- C. Gilmore
- E. K. Farran
Staying self-regulated in the classroom: The role of children's executive functions and situational factors
16-06-2024
- Janina Eberhart
- Donna Bryce
- Sara T. Baker
Building connections through play: Influences on children's connected talk with peers
06-03-2023
- Emily J. Goodacre
- Elian Fink
- Paul Ramchandani
- Jenny L. Gibson
Young children's communication with mothers and fathers: Functions and contents
23-12-2010
- Mila Kornhaber
- Haydee Marcos
“… because I'm so drunk at the time, the last thing I'm going to think about is calories”: Strengthening the argument for Drunkorexia as a food and alcohol disturbance, evidence from a qualitative study
06-04-2022
- Katharina Sophie Vogt
- Michela Harper
- Bethany Leigh Griffin
Exploring early self-referential memory effects through ownership
29-11-2012
- Sheila J. Cunningham
- Francis Vergunst
- C. Neil Macrae
- David J. Turk
Associations between young children's emotion attributions and prediction of outcome in differing social situations
23-12-2010
- Areana R. Eivers
- Mara Brendgen
- Anne I. H. Borge
Motivational-emotional vulnerability and difficulties in learning to read and spell
16-12-2010
- Elisa Poskiparta
- Pekka Niemi
- Janne Lepola
- Annarilla Ahtola
- Piialiisa Laine
The influence of gender and ethnicity on children's peer collaborations
03-02-2011
- Patrick J. Leman
- Ana P. Macedo
- Annet Bluschke
- Louise Hudson
- Charlotte Rawling
- Hannah Wright
Children's overestimation of the knowledge to be gained from seeing
12-07-2011
- E. J. Robinson
- G. V. Thomas
- A. Parton
- R. Nye
Dyadic association between aggressive pretend play and children’s anger expression
05-10-2020
- Zhen Rao
- Elian Fink
- Jenny Gibson
Karmiloff-Smith's RRM distinction between adjunctions and redescriptions: It's about time (and children's drawings)
10-01-2011
- Steve Hollis
- Jason Low
The effects of gendered information in stories on preschool children’s development of gender stereotypes
13-02-2020
- Maximilian Seitz
- Jan Lenhart
- Nina Rübsam
Consider the source: Children link the accuracy of text-based sources to the accuracy of the author
06-05-2018
- Kimberly E. Vanderbilt
- Karlena D. Ochoa
- Jayd Heilbrun
Gender-typing1 in young children: Preferences, behaviour and cultural differences
01-11-1993
- P. J. Turner
- J. Gervai
- R. A. Hinde
Adults' representations of the Earth: Implications for children's acquisition of scientific concepts
31-12-2010
- Gavin Nobes
- Georgia Panagiotaki
When efficiency attenuates imitation in preschool children
24-01-2021
- Frankie T. K. Fong
- Kana Imuta
- Jonathan Redshaw
- Mark Nielsen