{"id":9772,"date":"2026-02-11T16:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/?post_type=medewerkers&#038;p=9772"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:08:15","slug":"ailan-kalledat","status":"publish","type":"medewerkers","link":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/medewerkers\/ailan-kalledat\/","title":{"rendered":"Ailan Kalledat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During my PhD, I investigate how infants learn patterns and regularities in their environment through statistical learning. My research explores how caregiver predictability shapes infant learning and how these early learning processes relate to later developmental outcomes, such as language skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address these questions, I use OPM MEG, a novel neuroimaging technique that allows us to measure infant brain activity with high spatial and temporal resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Prior to joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/?onderzoeken=babybrain\" target=\"_self\">BabyBRAIN<\/a> group, I studied psychology, neuroscience, and data science. 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