Cognition

Research in the Cognition theme explores processes such as attention, language and memory. There is a particular focus on how cognition and emotion are influenced by lifespan development and neuropsychological conditions. Recent projects have been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and The Leverhulme Trust. The theme leader is Prof Louise Phillips and other members include Dr Rebecca Bull, Dr Sandie Cleland, Prof John Crawford, Dr Judith Hosie, Dr David Pearson and Dr Gillian Slessor.

Recent research highlights

  • Bull, R., Espy, K. A., Wiebe, S. A., Sheffield, T., & Nelson, J. M. (in press). Using confirmatory factor analysis to understand executive control in preschool children: Sources of variation in emergent mathematic achievement. Developmental Science.
  • Bull, R., Phillips, L. H. & Conway, C. A. (2008). The role of control functions in mentalizing: Dual task studies of Theory of Mind and executive functioning. Cognition, 107, 663-672.
  • Crawford, J. R., Garthwaite, P. H. & Howell, D. C. (2009). On comparing a single case with a control sample: An alternative perspective. Neuropsychologia, 47, 2690-2695.
  • Crawford, J. R., Garthwaite, P. H. & Porter, S. (in press). Point and interval estimates of effect sizes in the case-controls design in neuropsychology: Rationale, methods, implementations, and proposed reporting standards. Cognitive Neuropsychology.
  • Gaskell, M.G., Quinlan, P.T., Tamminen, J. & Cleland, A.A. (2008). The nature of phoneme representation in spoken word recognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137, 282-302.
  • Phillips, L. H., Scott, C., Henry, J. D., Mowat, D. & Bell, J. S. (2010). Emotion perception in Alzheimer's disease and mood disorder in old age. Psychology and Aging, 25, 38-47.
  • Phillips, L. H., Channon, S., Tunstall, M., Hedenstrom, A & Lyons, K. (2008). The role of working memory in decoding emotions. Emotion, 8, 184-191.
  • Slessor, G., Phillips, L. H. & Bull, R. (2010). Age-related changes in the integration of facial cues. Emotion, 10, 555-562.
  • Slessor, G., Phillips, L. H. & Bull, R. (2008). Age-related declines in basic social perception: Evidence from tasks assessing eye-gaze processing. Psychology and Aging, 23, 812-822.