Outputs (5)

Anxiety in Williams Syndrome: The role of social behaviour, executive functions and change over time (2017)
Journal Article
Ng-Cordell, E., Hanley, M., Alyssa, K., & Riby, D. M. (2018). Anxiety in Williams Syndrome: The role of social behaviour, executive functions and change over time. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(3), 796-808. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3357-0

Anxiety is a prevalent mental health issue for individuals with Williams syndrome (WS). Relatively little is known about the developmental course of anxiety, or how it links with core features of WS, namely social and executive functioning (EF). In t... Read More about Anxiety in Williams Syndrome: The role of social behaviour, executive functions and change over time.

Differential effects of anxiety and autism on social scene scanning in males with fragile X syndrome (2017)
Journal Article
Crawford, H., Moss, J., Oliver, C., & Riby, D. (2017). Differential effects of anxiety and autism on social scene scanning in males with fragile X syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 9(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-017-9189-6

Background Existing literature draws links between social attention and socio-behavioural profiles in neurodevelopmental disorders. Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is associated with a known socio-behavioural phenotype of social anxiety and social communica... Read More about Differential effects of anxiety and autism on social scene scanning in males with fragile X syndrome.

Social vulnerability in Williams syndrome: A tendency to approach strangers (2017)
Journal Article
Riby, D., Ridley, E., Lough, E., & Hanley, M. (2017). Social vulnerability in Williams syndrome: A tendency to approach strangers. International review of research in developmental disabilities, 175-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.irrdd.2017.05.001

In this paper we discuss the social profile associated with the developmental disorder, Williams syndrome (WS), and provide a specific focus on social vulnerability risk factors, such as social approach. To illustrate aspects of social vulnerability... Read More about Social vulnerability in Williams syndrome: A tendency to approach strangers.

Classroom displays - Attraction or Distraction? Evidence of impact on attention and learning from children with and without autism (2017)
Journal Article
Hanley, M., Khairat, M., Taylor, K., Wilson, R., Cole-Fletcher, R., & Riby, D. M. (2017). Classroom displays - Attraction or Distraction? Evidence of impact on attention and learning from children with and without autism. Developmental Psychology, 53(7), 1265-1275. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000271

Paying attention is a critical first step toward learning. For children in primary school classrooms there can be many things to attend to other than the focus of a lesson, such as visual displays on classroom walls. The aim of this study was to use... Read More about Classroom displays - Attraction or Distraction? Evidence of impact on attention and learning from children with and without autism.

An Event Related Potential Study of Inhibitory and Attentional Control in Williams Syndrome Adults (2017)
Journal Article
Greer, J., Hamilton, C., McMullon, M., Riby, D., & Riby, L. (2017). An Event Related Potential Study of Inhibitory and Attentional Control in Williams Syndrome Adults. PLoS ONE, 12(2), Article e0170180. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170180

The primary aim of the current study was to employ event-related potentials (ERPs) methodology to disentangle the mechanisms related to inhibitory control in older adults with Williams syndrome (WS). Eleven older adults with WS (mean age 42), 16 typi... Read More about An Event Related Potential Study of Inhibitory and Attentional Control in Williams Syndrome Adults.