Principal Investigator: Bobby Stojanoski

My research program examines the links between social and cognitive development, the underlying changes in structure and function of the brain, and the role of different demographic and lifestyle factors in neurotypical and neurodiverse children and adolescents. My lab uses different neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, EEG, fNIRS), naturalistic stimuli (e.g. movie watching, and hyperscaning) and computational approaches to examine social and cognitive abilities in the developing brain.

Zedd Whitacker

USRA/ Hon. Thesis student  

DevSCN​

Developmental Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab

Kate Turner, MSc.

MSc Student  

Currently: Evaluation & CQI Coordinator

Brianna Hughes  MSc. student

Brianna is examining the contribution of environmental factors such as  socioeconomic status (access to resources) and childhood trauma on accelerated brain maturation, using resting state fMRI data provide by the Healthy Brain Network

Lab Alumni

DevSCN​

Developmental Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab

Sara Saljoughi Ph.D. student 

Sara is interested in the interplay between social and cognitive development. Sara uses naturalistic stimuli (i.e., movies) to identify shared and distinct neural mechanisms associated with the development of Executive functioning and Theory of Mind in children and adolescents.

Dylan Rapanan  MSc. 

Dylan will use functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to examine the differences in the neural representations associated with processing various emotional expressed on virtual vs. real faces

Kylie Carr Hon. Thesis student 

Kylie Carr 

Hon. Thesis student 

Brian Pho, MSc.

MSc Student 

 Currently: Intermediate Software Developer

Kathleen Lyons, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Student

Currently: Assistant Professor at King's University College

Geoffrey Laforge, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Student 

Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Brain and Mind Institute, Western University

Dong Xu

Honours Thesis Student 

Currently: Correctional Officer

 Natalie Rajack Ph.D student

Natalie is using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning paradigms to examine shared neural mechanisms associated with racial bias 

Contact Information 

Bobby Stojanoski, PhD

Research Excellence Chair in Developmental Neuroscience
Assistant Professor of Psychology,

Faculty of Social Science and Humanities 
Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
e: bobby.stojanoski@ontariotechu.ca
t: @bstojanoski

Wilson Ho

Work Study Student 

Currently: Medical School at the University of Toronto

Dryden Arseneau  Hon. Thesis Student

Dryden is applying generalized additive models to EEG data to examine linear and non-linear patterns of brain development  in children and adolescents

Janvi Patel  Hon. Thesis Student

Janvi is evaluating different fNIRS connectivity metrics to quantify inter-brain synchrony during real-time social interactions in adolescents and young adults with varying levels of autistic train expression