Cognition, Behavior & Development

Under what circumstances children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) best develop multidimensional intelligence?

Children with ADHD: what learning tools work best in math and language elementary courses? 

Impact of PBL^2+LEGO interventions on social behavior of children with ASD, ADHD and typical. 

To what extent can plastic art contribute to balanced development of elementary school children with atypical minds and behavior? 

How are math and music learning related to the development of executive functions?

The Number Sense Concept: theory and practice in the Lief Learning System.

Understanding math and developing abstract thinking with LEGO.

Music-guided introspection and the development of executive functions of 6 to 12 years old children.

UNICEF currently conducts ambitious research on nine core capacities:

1. Relaxation
2. Cultivating sensory awareness
3. Paying attention
4. Subtle sensing
5. Reflection
6. Listening
7. Inquiring
8. Empathy
9. Discerning patterns and systemic processes

The Lief Team studies how an innovative learning system helps develop those capacities in pre-school and primary school children. 

Choice and expected reward in children with ASD. 

Peer-learning and the singularity effect in children aged 6 to 12.

Information processing and framing effects in children vs. adults. 

Social desirability bias in primary and secondary school children. 

Optimizing the design of neural networks: lessons from primary school children.