Dr. Debbie Mills is a Deputy Head of School for Research School of Psychology Adeilad Brigantia United Kingdom, she has done her BA Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Debbie Mills done her MA Educational Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Debbie Mills done herPhD Psychology from the University of California, San Diego

Dr. Debbie Mills research bridges the areas of cognitive neuroscience and cognitive development. I am particularly interested in the effects of experience on brain development including: how learning two languages shapes the organization of the brain, and the interaction between social/emotional experience and language development. In another line of work, I study links between genes, brain, cognition, and culture. My approach is to study typically developing monolingual and bilingual infants, children, and adults - in addition to individuals with altered genetic, neurocognitive, and/or experiential profiles such as children and adults with Williams Syndrome or autism. The technique I use is a combined behavioural and brain imaging (ERP/fMRI) approach to characterize trajectories of developmental change in the neural bases of language and social/emotional cognitive processes. Professor Debbie Mills is a member of the Language, Bilingualism, & Cognitive Development and Social Neuroscience research groups.