{"id":31,"date":"2012-01-10T13:04:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T13:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:04:08","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/","title":{"rendered":"MiniMeLab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Mini me research lab is dedicated to investigating the early development of the self-system, and run by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dundee.ac.uk\/people\/josephine-ross\">Professor Josephine Ross,<\/a>\u00a0Chair of Developmental Psychology at the University of Dundee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2021\/06\/v1x91-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2021\/06\/v1x91-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2021\/06\/v1x91-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2021\/06\/v1x91-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2021\/06\/v1x91-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2021\/06\/v1x91-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2021\/06\/v1x91-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/253\/2021\/06\/v1x91-2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Professor Josephine Ross<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am interested in exploring the functional role of the self for social cognition (including memory, self-regulation and metacognition) and social behaviour across the lifespan. I am also interested in the early social construction of self, and the links between this and related capacities such as theory of mind and attachment. Follow the links on the menu bar to learn more about my research themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also listen to me discuss my research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qk86D_JoNe0&amp;feature=youtu.be\">here<\/a>, or read my explanation of self development and its importance&nbsp;to&nbsp;non-psychologists,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-do-children-develop-a-sense-of-self-56118\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;If&nbsp;you are interested in joining the lab, taking part in a research project with your child, or have any questions about our projects please send me a message (minimelab@dundee.ac.uk).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/mailto:j.u.ross@dundee.ac.uk\"><br><\/a><em id=\"__mceDel\"><br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigating the early development of self-awareness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":360,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":99,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1105,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/1105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/minimelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}