Research Night 2026: How brain science helps us understand children's development and learning
Wed, Jan 28
|JICS
JICS is thrilled to offer an opportunity for parents to hear from Dr Kaja Jasińska about this fascinating brain science research and to learn about the launch of our new Longitudinal Study on January 28. BABYSITTING IS AVAILABLE ONSITE FOR CURRENT JICS STUDENTS ONLY. SCROLL DOWN FOR REGISTRATION!
Time & Location
Jan 28, 2026, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
JICS, Enter through 45 Walmer Road
About The Event
Join us for an engaging research presentation designed especially for parents, exploring how brain science helps us understand children’s development and learning. We will share key insights from educational neuroscience on how children build skills in literacy, numeracy, and thinking, and what this means for learning.
The session will also introduce the research tools scientists use to study the learning brain. Parents will have the opportunity to see a hands-on demonstration of a child-friendly neuroimaging system used in our lab, showing how researchers study brain activity.
Dr. Kaja Jasińska is an Associate Professor in the Applied Psychology and Human Development Department at the University of Toronto. She is the director of the Laidlaw Research Centre and the Brain Organization for Language and Literacy Development (BOLD) Laboratory. Dr. Jasinska received her PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience from the University of Toronto in 2013 and completed postdoctoral training at Haskins Laboratories at…