Rhiannon Thomas

Dr Rhiannon Thomas is a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh's Moray House School of Education and Sport, within the Institute for Education, Community & Society (IECS). Her work focuses on embodied learning theory, gestural communication, and their applications in STEM education for children. She has collaborated with the Move2Learn project since 2017, previously serving as a Senior Research Fellow at UCL's Institute of Education.

Education:

• PhD: 'Use of background knowledge in resolving audiovisual conflicts across childhood', Birkbeck College, University of London (2014)
• MSc: Psychological Research Methods, Birkbeck College, University of London (2009)
• BA(Hons): Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford (2008)

Her research explores how multimodal interactions and sensory experiences (e.g., audiovisual processing, touch) influence learning outcomes, particularly in early childhood. She has coordinated the InfantLab at Goldsmiths College and investigated how infants relate distal stimuli to tactile inputs on their bodies.