The Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Unit

Publications

2008

Joy, P., Black, C., Rocca, A., Haas, M., Wilcken, B. (2008). Neuropsychological functioning in children with medium chain acyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD): The impact of early diagnosis and screening on outcome. Child Neuropsychology, 1, 1-13.

Knight, S., Northam, E., Donath, S., Gardner, A., Harkin, N., Taplin, C., Joy, P., Cameron, F. J., & Ambler, G. R. (in press). Improvements in cognition, mood and behaviour following commencement of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a pilot study. Diabetologia.

Kohnen, S. Nickels, L., Brunsdon, R., & Coltheart, M. (2008). Patterns of generalisation after treating sublexical spelling deficits in a child with mixed dysgraphia. Journal of Research in Reading, 31(1), 157-177.

Kohnen, S., Nickels, L., Coltheart, M. & Brunsdon, R. (In Press). Predicting generalization in the training of irregular word spelling: Treating lexical spelling deficits in a child. Cognitive Neuropsychology.

Porter, M.A. (In Press). Cognitive and social skills in neurodevelopmental disorders: An examination of Williams syndrome, Down syndrome and autism. Saarbruecken, Germany: VDM Publishing.

Porter, M.A., Dodd, H. & Cairns, D. (In Press). Psychopathological and behavior impairments in Williams-Beuren syndrome: The influence of gender, chronological age and cognition. Child Neuropsychology.

Porter, M.A., Coltheart, M., & Langdon, R. (2008). Theory of mind in Williams syndrome assessed using a nonverbal task. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38, 806-814.

Schmalzl, L., Palermo, R., & Coltheart, M. (2008). Cognitive heterogeneity in genetically-based prosopagnosia: A family study. Journal of Neuropsychology, 2, 99-117.

Schmalzl, L., Palermo, R., & Green, M., Brunsdon, R., & Coltheart, M. (in press). Training of familiar face recognition and visual scan paths for faces in a child with congenital prosopagnosia. Cognitive Neuropsychology.

2007

Brunsdon, R., Nickels, L., Coltheart, M. (2007) Topographical Disorientation: Towards an Integrated Framework for Assessment. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 17 (1), 34-52

Brunsdon, R., Nickels, L., Coltheart, M., & Joy, P. (2007). Assessment and treatment of childhood topographical disorientation: A case study. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 17 (1), 53-94

Porter, M.A., Coltheart, M., & Langdon, R. (In Press). Theory of Mind in Williams Syndrome Assessed Using a Nonverbal Task. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Porter, M.A., Coltheart, M., & Langdon, R. (2007). The neuropsychological basis of hypersociability in Williams and Down syndrome. Neuropsychologia, 45(12), 2839-2849.

Haas, M., Chaplin, M., Wilcken, B., Joy, P., Wiley, V. & Black, C. (2007). Healthcare use and costs of MCAD deficiency in Australia: Screening versus no screening, Journal of Pediatrics, 151(2), 121-6, 126.

Schindeler, K., Ghosh-Jerath, S., Thompson, M., Rocca, A., Joy, P., Kemp, A., Rae, L., Green, K., Wilcken, B., & Christodolou, J. (2007). The Effects of Large Neutral Amino Acid Supplements in PKU: An MRS and Neuropsychological Study. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 91, 48-54.

Wilcken, B., Haas, M., Joy, P., Wiley, V., Chaplin, M., Black, C., Fletcher, J., McGill, J., & Boneh, A. (2007). The outcome of neonatal screening for medium-chain acyl-co a dehydrogenase deficiency in Australia. The Lancet, 369(9555), 37-42.

2006

Brunsdon, R., Coltheart, M., Nickels, L., & Joy, P. (2006) Developmental prosopagnosia: A case analysis and treatment study. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 23 (6), 822-840

Brunsdon, R., Coltheart, M., & Nickels, L (2006). Severe developmental letter processing impairment: A treatment case study. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 23 (6), 795-821

Muchenberger, H., Assad, N., Joy, P., Brunsdon, R., & Shores, A. (2006). Long-term outcome of idiopathic macrocephaly in the infant. Childs Nervous System, 22 (10), 1242-1248

Porter, M. A., & Coltheart, M. (2006). Global and local processing in Williams syndrome, autism and Down syndrome: Attention, Perception and Construction. Developmental Neuropsychology, 30(3), 771-789.

2005

Brunsdon, R., Coltheart, M., & Nickels, L. (2005). Treatment of irregular word spelling in developmental dysgraphia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 22, 213-251.

Coltheart, M., Brunsdon, R. & Nickels, L. (2005) Cognitive rehabilitation and its relationship to cognitive-neuropsychological rehabilitation. In P.W. Halligan & D.T. Wade (Eds) The effectiveness of rehabilitation for cognitive deficits. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Porter, M.A. & Coltheart, M. (2005). Cognitive Heterogeneity in Williams Syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology, 27(2), 275-306.

2004

Parry, L., Shores, A., Rae, C., Kemp, A., Waugh, M. C., Chaseling, R., & Joy, P. (2004). An investigation of neuronal integrity in severe paediatric traumatic brain injury. Child Neuropsychology (Neuropsychology, Development and Cognition: Section C), 10(4), 248.

Porter, M. A. (2004). Evidence for two distinct subgroups of Williams syndrome based on differences in cognitive and socio-emotion abilities, Australian Journal of Psychology, 56(Supplement), 215 (Abstract).

Porter, M. A. (2004). Emotion recognition and social approach in Williams and Down syndrome, Australian Journal of Psychology, 56(Supplement), 133 (Abstract).

Rae, C., Joy, P., Harasty, J., Kemp, A., Kuan, S., Christodoulou, J., Cowell, C. & Coltheart, M. (2004) Enlarged temporal lobes in Turner syndrome: An X-chromosome effect. Cerebral Cortex, 14, 156-164.

2003

Hyman, S., Gill, D., Shores, E., Joy, P., Gibikote, S., Steinberg, A. & North, K. (2003). Natural history of cognitive deficits and their relationship to MRI T2H-hyperintensities in NF-1. Neurology, 60(7), p. 1139-45.

Waugh, M-C. & Bakker, K. (2003) Psychostimulant prescribing in acquired brain injury. In K.P. Nunn and C. Dey (Eds). The Clinician's Guide to Psychotropic Prescribing in Children and Adolescents. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Statewide Network: Sydney.

2002

Brunsdon, R.K., Hannan, T.J., Nickels, L. & Coltheart, M. (2002). Successful treatment of sublexical reading deficits in a child with dyslexia of the mixed type. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 12(3), 199-229.

Brunsdon, R.K., Hannan, T.J., Coltheart, M. & Nickels, L. (2002). Treatment of lexical processing in mixed dyslexia: A case study. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 12(5), 385-418.

Joy, P. & Brunsdon, R. (2002). Visual agnosia and prosopagnosia in childhood: A prospective case study. Child Neuropsychology, 8(1), 1-15

Lah, S., Joy, P., Bakker, K. & Miller, L. (2002). Verbal memory and IQ in children who undergo focal resection for intractable epilepsy: A clinical review. Brain Impairment, 3, 114-121.

Porter, M. (2002). William's syndrome, autism and Down syndrome: a comparison of three neurodevelopmental disorders, Australian Journal of Psychology, 54(Supplement), 60 (Abstract).

Porter, M., Coltheart, M., & Langdon, R. (2002). Developmental neuropsychology and genetics, Australian Journal of Psychology, 54(Supplement), 76 (Abstract).

2001

Benson, S. & Joy, P. (2001). Do you see what I see? A case study of visual recognition deficits in childhood. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 62 (Abstract)

Benson, S. & Joy, P. (2001). Insights and perspectives: Face and object recognition deficits in children. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 62 (Abstract)

Joy, P. & Brunsdon, R.K. (2001). Whose face do I see? A case study of prosopagnosia in childhood. Australian Journal of Psychology, 52, 62 (Abstract)

Joy, P., Brunsdon, R.K. & Hannan, T.J. (2001). Developmental cognitive neuropsychology: Models, methods and issues. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 122 (Abstract)

Joy, P. & Coltheart, M. (2001). Gender differences in children's performance on the mental rotation test: upside down or back to front? Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 122 (Abstract)

Lah, S., Bye, A., Bleasel, A., Lawson, J., Joy, P., Bakker, K. & Miller, L. (2001). Verbal learning outcome in children following focal resection for intractable epilepsy. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, Supplement, 194 (Abstract)

Porter, M. (2001). Can studying neurodevelopmental disorders aid cognitive science and cognitive neuropsychiatry, Australian Journal of Psychology, 53(2), 124 (Abstract).

Shores, A., Rae, C., Joy, P., Chaseling, R., Kemp, A. & Parry, L. (2001). Investigation of neuronal integrity in severe traumatic brain injury. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, Supplement, 200 (Abstract)

2000

Benson, S., Joy, P., & Brunsdon (2000). Insights and perspectives: Face and object recognition deficits in children. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 62 (Abstract)

Bakker, K. & Waugh, M.C. (2000). Stimulant use in paediatric acquired brain injury: Evaluation of a protocol. Brain Impairment, 1, 29-36.

Brunsdon, R.K. & Hannan, T.J. (2000). Case studies in the treatment of sublexical reading deficits in children. Australian Journal of Psychology, 52, 127 (Abstract)

Brunsdon, R.K. & Hannan, T.J. (2000). Generalisation of treatment effects from reading to spelling in severe developmental dyslexia: a lexical treatment program. Australian Journal of Psychology, 52, 127 (Abstract)

Cowell, J., Schlosser, D. & Joy, P. (2000) Language outcomes following infant tracheostomy. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, 5, 179-186.

Hannan, T.J. & Brunsdon, R.K. (2000). Treatment of developmental dyslexia: Models, methods and controversies. Australian Journal of Psychology, 52, 131 (Abstract)

Hannan, T.J., Bakker, K. & Brunsdon, R. (2000). Psychosocial adjustment of children following traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 1, 93 (Abstract)

Hannan, T.J., Brunsdon, R.K. & Bakker, K. (2000). Psychosocial adjustment following TBI in children: A cognitive-behavioural formulation. Brain Impairment, 1, 94 (Abstract)

Muenchberger, H., Assad, N., Brunsdon, R.K., Joy, P., Shores, A., Johnson, I. & Fagan, E. (2000). Neuropsychological outcome of Pseudotumour Syndrome in infancy: Implications for treatment and management. Australian Journal of Psychology, 52, 136 (Abstract)

Reynolds, N., Hannan, T.J., Erickson, D., Brunsdon, R.K. & Bakker, K. (2000). Social functioning following traumatic brain injury in children. Brain Impairment, 1, 93 (Abstract)