Personal profile
Research interests
The Royal Holloway Baby Lab studies cognitive development in infancy and early childhood, with a particular focus on how cognition, perception, and action interact to affect the development of mental representations (e.g., object permanence) and symbolic thinking (e.g., learning from pictures and apps).
Affiliations
Higher Education Academy
External positions
External Examiner, MSc Developmental Psychology, University of Kent
1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2025
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Measuring Cardiac Interoceptive Accuracy in Infancy: Lessons From the Adult Literature
Donaghy, R., Lisi, M., Shinskey, J. & Murphy, J., Mar 2025, In: Psychophysiology. 62, 3, e70041.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Baby Books Project: Can Infants Learn New Words from Picture Books?
Shinskey, J., Ricketts, J. & Muhinyi, A., 13 Aug 2025, Royal Holloway, University of London. 50 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Developmental Trajectories of Picture-Based Object Representations during the First Year of Life
Shinskey, J., 6 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Infancy. 29, 2, p. 233-250 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Maternal interoceptive focus is associated with greater reported engagement in mother-infant stroking and rocking
Donaghy, R., Shinskey, J. & Tsakiris, M., 20 Jun 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 6, 27 p., e0302791.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Touch-and-feel features in “first words” picture books hinder infants’ word learning
Muhinyi, A., Ricketts, J. & Shinskey, J., May 2024, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 241, 9 p., 105860.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Do infants learn new words from educational picture books?
Aussems, S. (Researcher), Shinskey, J. (PI) & Ricketts, J. (CoI)
1/10/19 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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Are pre-school 'educational' apps truly educational?
Pocock, G. (PI), Shinskey, J. (PI) & Ricketts, J. (PI)
1/10/18 → 14/03/24
Project: Research
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Developmental changes in the strength of infants' object representations
Shinskey, J. (PI)
1/09/07 → 31/08/11
Project: Research