Dr Katie Alcock

Senior Lecturer

Research Interests

  • Language development, especially what makes children different from each other: individual differences, culture, and language.
  • Cognitive development in typical and neurodiverse children, especially with respect to the understanding of sex-role/gender stereotypes, appearance and reality.
  • The cognitive psychology and neuropsychology of language.
  • The influence of health and disease on neuropsychological development.

Have a Very Scientific Christmas
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Autistic children and adults and the understanding of sex, gender and reality
Invited talk

SLCN in the Early Years Expert Advisory Group
Parliament

Summary report on RSE materials from Coram – Reception and Y1 materials
Charity

Campus in the City - Psychology
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

Assessing language development in under-researched settings
Invited talk

Language Assessment in Under-Researched Settings
Invited talk

Campus in the City Psychology
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

Hormone Treatments for Children and Young People with Gender Dysphoria
Parliament

Factors shaping gender incongruence and dysphoria, and impact on health services
Parliament

Consultancy on children's understanding of sex/gender
Expert Opinion

Engagement in my career
Oral presentation

Cross-cultural research and teaching and how to do it
Oral presentation

Sex, gender, children and autism
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Expert Witness submission on children's early understanding of sex and gender
Expert Opinion

Young children's understanding of sex and gender
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (Journal)
Editorial activity

Gender Identity: Safeguarding Children and Young People
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Global Challenges to Child Development
Invited talk

Newton Prize 2020 Nomination
Other distinction

Inspirational Women at Lancaster
Prize (including medals and awards)

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology