Tess Forest

Biography

Dr. Forest is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist interested in how people learn. Her research explores the ways brain and cognitive development shape both what and how we learn, as well as the ways our early environments set the stage for future learning. Her work answers questions like How does brain development shape learning? What do children remember about their experiences? How do attention and memory co-develop in early life? and How do our earliest learning environments give rise to long-term differences in cognition? She answers these sorts of questions by combining tools and theoretical approaches from developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscience, including eye-tracking, naturalistic observations of dyadic interactions, and pediatric neuroimaging.