Mojtaba Soltanlou

The overarching questions that drive my research program are how children acquire knowledge and develop cognitive skills, and why some children experience difficulties in those skills. My research is preoccupied with high-level cognitive processes (i.e., executive functions, and numerical, temporal and spatial cognition). In recent years I have focused on mathematical cognition because it provides an excellent case study of cross-cutting issues in cognitive development such as individual differences, and intersects with the development of other processes such as magnitude, executive functions, and language. I use a variety of behavioural and neuroscientific research methods such as functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), EEG, and brain stimulation, and different designs like interventional and longitudinal investigations.