Student Research Opportunities
Research Interests
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
- Numerical and mathematical development
- Psychological reasoning (understanding the thoughts, goals, intentions of others)
- EEG/ERP
- fNIRS
- Executive Function
- Theory of Mind
Research Description
My main research focus is on the nature and origins of conceptual knowledge: how it arises, the functional organization and response properties of the brain that underlie it, and the contributions of nature and nurture to its development. I investigate these questions in the areas of quantitative, spatial, and psychological reasoning with young infants, children, and adults using event-related brain potentials (ERPs), optical imaging (fNIRS), as well as behavioral measures.
I also collaborate with others to apply this work to issues in public health, medicine, and education.
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University
Awards and Honors
- Association for Psychological Science (APS) Fellow, 2022
- Helen Corley Petit Scholar 2018-19
- International Congress of Infant Studies, (ICIS) Distinguished Early Career Award 2018
- University of Illinois LEAP Scholar 2016-18
Additional Campus Affiliations
Faculty Member, Neuroscience Program
Faculty Affiliate, Beckman Institute
External Links
Recent Publications
Liu, Y., Moss, E., Ting, F., & Hyde, D. C. (2025). Neural sensitivity to others' belief states in infancy predicts later theory of mind reasoning in childhood. Cortex, 184, 96-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2024.11.023
Chen, C. C., Berteletti, I., & Hyde, D. C. (2024). Neural evidence of core foundations and conceptual change in preschool numeracy. Developmental science, 27(6), Article e13556. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13556
Wu, J., Oh, D. D., Hyde, D. C., & Pomerantz, E. M. (2024). Cognitive and Motivational Numeracy Parenting Practices: Implications for Children’s Numeracy Engagement During Early Elementary School. Developmental psychology, 60(4), 680-692. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001706
Aran, Ö., Garcia, S. E., Hankin, B. L., Hyde, D. C., & Davis, E. P. (2023). Signatures of emotional face processing measured by event-related potentials in 7-month-old infants. Developmental psychobiology, 65(2), Article e22361. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22361
Chen, C. C., Jang, S., Piazza, M., & Hyde, D. C. (2023). Characterizing exact arithmetic abilities before formal schooling. Cognition, 238, Article 105481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105481