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Robbin Gibb
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Latest papers
An Investigation of Hand Use in Preschool Children: Vocabulary and Social Competence Predict Cognitive Development.
Journal of child language · 2026
Game-Based Assessment of Spatial Cognition Across a Wide Age Range.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
Tactile stimulation facilitates functional recovery and dendritic change following neonatal hemidecortication in rats.
Behavioural brain research · 2023
Latest funding
- $350,000
The Influence of Parental Experience On Brain Development, Behaviour, and Neuroplasticity
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
- $28,153
Child language acquisition research in Alberta: weaving an integrative and inclusive network
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
- $149,480
Replacing a Computer Cluster for Big Biological Data
NSERC · 2016 · Co-investigator
39 publications.
An Investigation of Hand Use in Preschool Children: Vocabulary and Social Competence Predict Cognitive Development.
van Rootselaar NA, Li F, Gibb R, Gonzalez CLR
Game-Based Assessment of Spatial Cognition Across a Wide Age Range.
Aguilar Ramirez DE, Wu Z, Basualto San Martin C, Gibb R, Gonzalez CLR
Tactile stimulation facilitates functional recovery and dendritic change following neonatal hemidecortication in rats.
Day M, Gibb R, Kolb B
Comparison of motor recovery after neonatal and adult hemidecortication.
Day M, Gibb R, Kleim J, Kolb B
Acute gut inflammation reduces neural activity and spine maturity in hippocampus but not basolateral amygdala.
Matisz CE, Semenoff N, Ahmed AF, Griffin L, Wallace LE, McNabb P, Gibb R, Sharkey KA, Gruber AJ
Distinct sex-dependent effects of maternal preconception nicotine and enrichment on the early development of rat offspring brain and behavior.
Jenkins S, Harker A, Gibb R
Maternal stress prior to conception impairs memory and decreases right dorsal hippocampal volume and basilar spine density in the prefrontal cortex of adult male offspring.
Jenkins S, Harker A, Gibb R
Promoting Executive Function Skills in Preschoolers Using a Play-Based Program.
Gibb R, Coelho L, Van Rootselaar NA, Halliwell C, MacKinnon M, Plomp I, Gonzalez CLR
Which hand knows the "right" word? What hand selection reveals about vocabulary in pre-and school-aged children.
van Rootselaar NA, Grandmont D, Gibb R, Li F, Gonzalez CLR
A Neural Network Reveals Motoric Effects of Maternal Preconception Exposure to Nicotine on Rat Pup Behavior: A New Approach for Movement Disorders Diagnosis.
Torabi R, Jenkins S, Harker A, Whishaw IQ, Gibb R, Luczak A
The Influence of Parental Experience On Brain Development, Behaviour, and Neuroplasticity
Principal investigators: Gibb, Robbin
Keywords: paternal; maternal; prenatal; preconception; behavior; golgi-cox; stereology; epigenetics; placental imaging; brain plasticity
Child language acquisition research in Alberta: weaving an integrative and inclusive network
Principal investigators: Li, Fangfang
Keywords: child language acquisition; community involvment; second language learning and teaching
Replacing a Computer Cluster for Big Biological Data
Principal investigators: Tatsuno, Masami
Rebuilding a Mouse Behavioural Neuroscience Facility
Principal investigators: Metz, Gerlinde
MRI upgrades to enable rodent and human research
Principal investigators: Sutherland, Robert
Parental influences on recovery after early brain injury
Principal investigators: Gibb, Robbin
Perinatal experience alters brain development and functional recovery after cerebral injury in rats
Principal investigators: Gibb, Robbin
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Robbin Gibb and Fangfang Li: 3 shared papers
- Olga Kovalchuk and Robbin Gibb: 2 shared papers
- Artur Luczak and Robbin Gibb: 1 shared paper
- Artur Luczak and Jon Doan: 1 shared paper
- Robbin Gibb and Inge Genee: 1 shared paper
- Robbin Gibb and Jon Doan: 1 shared paper
- Inge Genee and Fangfang Li: 1 shared paper
- Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience
- Psychology Department
- Biological Sciences Department
- Languages ＆ Linguistics Department
- Other
Co-authors at University of Lethbridge, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Fangfang Li
Psychology Department
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Olga Kovalchuk
Biological Sciences Department
2 shared papers, latest 2012
Jon Doan
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Inge Genee
Languages ＆ Linguistics Department
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Artur Luczak
Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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