Developing Mind Research Group

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The purpose of the research center

The Developmental Psychology Research Group brings together the developmental psychology research carried out at the Institute of Psychology, University of Pécs. This research examines the interaction between child development and environmental factors in three main areas:

  1. the role of individual, social and environmental factors shaping social-emotional development and self-regulation;
  2. the course of divergent development: neurodiversity, atypical development, and the emergence of sensory, cognitive and social characteristics from infancy to adulthood;
  3. the challenges of the digital world: screen use in young children, parental mediation, and online abuse (cyberbullying).
Head of Research Center


Dr. Melinda Pohárnok PhD

Associate professor
Department of Developmental and Clinical Psychology
Anya-gyermek Érzelmi Párbeszéd Kutatócsoport, Leader
+36 30 121 2916
72/503 600/64257
PTE BTK, Ifjúság útja 6., B épület, 303
Members of the research center

Prof. Dr. Bernadette Péley, Professor, Department of Developmental and Clinical Psychology

Dr. habil. Melinda Pohárnok, Associate Professor, Department of Developmental and Clinical Psychology

Dr. Diána Ágnes Láng, Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental and Clinical Psychology

Dr. Szabolcs Kiss, Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive and Evolutionary Psychology

Dr. Cintia Bali, Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive and Evolutionary Psychology

Rebeka Orbán, Teaching Assistant, Department of Developmental and Clinical Psychology

Tímea Matuz-Budai, Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental and Clinical Psychology

Eszter Regőczi-Balogh, Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental and Clinical Psychology

Dr. Nikolett Arató, Department of Counseling and School Psychology, ELTE PPK