Young Scientists 2025
Event date
- 28 May 2025 - 29 May 2025
Join us for the annual Young Scientists Event for children aged 4-12. This is an exciting opportunity for children to learn about psychology and discover what psychologists do.
Become a Young Scientist for the day
We are excited to announce our annual Young Scientists Event for children aged 4-12 will be on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 May 2025, run by the Developing Minds Lab within the Department of Psychology at Kingston UniversityLondon.
Parents are invited to bring their children along to learn about psychology and gain first-hand experience of psychological research. A variety of research activities are available ranging from how we perceive emotions to how we solve puzzles.
Venue: Edward Muybridge building, Penrhyn Road campus, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE.
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What is it?
Young Scientists 2025 is run by Dr Elisa Back and the Developing Minds Lab within the Department of Psychology at Kingston UniversityLondon. It is an exciting opportunity for children to take part in age-appropriate psychology games/research, learn about psychology, and discover what psychologists do.
Your child will be asked to participate in a number of tasks investigating the way in which children process words, shapes, numbers and emotions.
Each task will take 10 – 20 minutes and your child will be able to take part in as many or as few activities as they like. They will be given the opportunity to interact with peers and experience exciting methods such as virtual reality, eye tracking, computer games and focus groups.
When is it?
Young Scientists 2025 takes place during half term. You can choose to attend on either:
- Wednesday 28 May
- Thursday 29 May
It is a great, free, opportunity for your budding scientists to experience psychology research during their holiday!
Each session is three hours long: you and your child(ren) can either come to the morning session (9.30am - 12.30pm) or the afternoon session (1.30pm – 4.30pm) on either day.
When you book, please ensure you carefully read the Information Sheet before signing your child up. Thank you.
Examples of studies
How do children solve puzzles?
In this study we show children a pattern that has one piece missing and children are asked to find the missing piece out of four options. A better understanding of how children solve puzzles, especially those who perform better compared to those who do not, will allow us to develop better educational intervention programmes.
How do children recognise and understand emotions?
This study aims to investigate the recognition of basic and complex emotions as well as appropriate responses from interactive videos of social scenes. This can help us develop better informed interventions related to social interactions.
What would I do on the day?
Parents can leave children to play games and do research with our team whilst you can wait in the parents room on the same floor (there will be refreshments).
Data information
Participation is voluntary, and you will have the right to withdraw at any given time with no questions asked. All data collected will be kept confidential and anonymised for the purpose of our research. Unfortunately, we will not be able to give you specific information about how your child has performed on the tasks. We will however send you a newsletter outlining our findings and the important work your child has done by becoming a young scientist for the day.
Booking is essential to attend this event.
You can choose to attend the morning session (9.30am - 12.30pm) or the afternoon session (1.30pm – 4.30pm) on either the 28 or 29 May.
When you book, please ensure you carefully read the Information Sheet before signing your child up. Thank you.
