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School of the Biological Sciences

 

 

Professor of Family Research, Department of Psychology and Centre for Family Research

Pasco Fearon’s research interests focus on the caregiving factors involved in children’s psychological, emotional, cognitive and psychobiological development.  Learn more

 

Research Areas


Psychological development     
Environmental influences
Families
Behavioural genetics
Longitudinal studies
 
 

Techniques


Behavioural observations    
Psychological testing
Quantitative genetics
Epidemiological studies 
Brain imaging
 
 

Areas for Collaboration


Wearable devices
Machine learning
Innovative methods of delivery of interventions and practitioner training for promoting early child development in low resource contexts 
Policy
Understanding the psychobiology of parent-offspring relationships and the impact of early life stress
 

 

Research Theme


    Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health