Romulus Castelo
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Pronouns: he, him, his
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Doctoral Student
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Institute of Child Development
Carmen D. and James R. Campbell Hall
51 East River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55455 - caste151@umn.edu
Areas of interest
Cognitive development; Executive function; Families and parenting;
BS Psychology, minor, Neuroscience; University of Maryland, 2016
MA Dev Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2021
My research revolves around better understanding the influence of early life adversity, specifically post-institutionalization, on cognitive development. Another line of work examines parenting and how it may support the development of executive function in young children.
Castelo, R. J., Meuwissen, A. S., Distefano, R., McClelland, M. M., Galinsky, E., Zelazo, P. D., & Carlson, S. M. (2022). Parent provision of choice is a key component of autonomy support in predicting child executive function skills. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 773492.