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Cognitive training as a resolution for early executive function difficulties in children with intellectual disabilities (2015)
Journal Article
Kirk, H., Gray, K., Riby, D., & Cornish, K. (2015). Cognitive training as a resolution for early executive function difficulties in children with intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 38, 145-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2014.12.026

Core executive functions (EF) such as attention, and working memory have been strongly associated with academic achievement, language development and behavioral stability. In the case of children who are vulnerable to cognitive and learning problems... Read More about Cognitive training as a resolution for early executive function difficulties in children with intellectual disabilities.

Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Research Challenges and Solutions (2014)
Book
van Herwegen, J., & Riby, D. (Eds.). (2014). Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Research Challenges and Solutions. Psychology Press

Interest in the field of neurodevelopmental disorders has grown exponentially in recent years across a range of disciplines, including psychology, psychiatry, education and neuroscience. The research itself has become more sophisticated, using multid... Read More about Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Research Challenges and Solutions.

That looks familiar: attention allocation to familiar and unfamiliar faces in children with autism spectrum disorder (2014)
Journal Article
Gillespie-Smith, K., Doherty-Sneddon, G., Hancock, P., & Riby, D. (2014). That looks familiar: attention allocation to familiar and unfamiliar faces in children with autism spectrum disorder. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 19(6), 554-569. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546805.2014.943365

Introduction. Existing eye-tracking literature has shown that both adults and children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show fewer and slower fixations on faces. Despite this reduced saliency and processing of other faces, recognition of their ow... Read More about That looks familiar: attention allocation to familiar and unfamiliar faces in children with autism spectrum disorder.

Attention during social interaction in children with autism: Comparison to specific language impairment, typical development, and links to social cognition (2014)
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Hanley, M., Riby, D., McCormack, T., Carty, C., Coyle, L., Crozier, N., …McPhillips, M. (2014). Attention during social interaction in children with autism: Comparison to specific language impairment, typical development, and links to social cognition. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(7), 908-924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.03.020

Eye-tracking studies have shown how people with autism spend significantly less time looking at socially relevant information on-screen compared to those developing typically. This has been suggested to impact on the development of socio-cognitive sk... Read More about Attention during social interaction in children with autism: Comparison to specific language impairment, typical development, and links to social cognition.

Deeper processing is beneficial during episodic memory encoding for adults with Williams syndrome (2014)
Journal Article
Greer, J., Hamilton, C., Riby, D., & Riby, L. (2014). Deeper processing is beneficial during episodic memory encoding for adults with Williams syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35(7), 1720-1726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2014.03.004

Previous research exploring declarative memory in Williams syndrome (WS) has revealed impairment in the processing of episodic information accompanied by a relative strength in semantic ability. The aim of the current study was to extend this literat... Read More about Deeper processing is beneficial during episodic memory encoding for adults with Williams syndrome.

Mapping real-world to online vulnerability in young people with developmental disorders: Illustrations from autism and Williams syndrome (2014)
Journal Article
Lough, E., Flynn, E., & Riby, D. (2014). Mapping real-world to online vulnerability in young people with developmental disorders: Illustrations from autism and Williams syndrome. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-014-0029-2

The Internet poses a new kind of threat, especially for those individuals already vulnerable in society. The current paper draws on the social phenotypes associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Williams syndrome (WS) to propose that indivi... Read More about Mapping real-world to online vulnerability in young people with developmental disorders: Illustrations from autism and Williams syndrome.

Linking social behaviour and anxiety to attention to emotional faces in Williams syndrome (2013)
Journal Article
Kirk, H., Hocking, D., Riby, D., & Cornish, K. (2013). Linking social behaviour and anxiety to attention to emotional faces in Williams syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(12), 4608-4616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2013.09.042

The neurodevelopmental disorder Williams syndrome (WS) has been associated with a social phenotype of hypersociability, non-social anxiety and an unusual attraction to faces. The current study uses eye tracking to explore attention allocation to emot... Read More about Linking social behaviour and anxiety to attention to emotional faces in Williams syndrome.

Looking and Thinking: How individuals with Williams syndrome make judgements about mental states (2013)
Journal Article
Hanley, M., Riby, D., Caswell, S., Rooney, S., & Back, E. (2013). Looking and Thinking: How individuals with Williams syndrome make judgements about mental states. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(12), 4466-4476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2013.09.026

Individuals with the neuro-developmental disorder Williams syndrome (WS) are characterised by a combination of features which makes this group vulnerable socially, including mild-moderate cognitive difficulties, pro-social drive, and indiscriminate t... Read More about Looking and Thinking: How individuals with Williams syndrome make judgements about mental states.

The Interplay Between Anxiety and Social Functioning in Williams Syndrome (2013)
Journal Article
Riby, D., Hanley, M., Kirk, H., Clark, F., Little, K., Fleck, R., …Rodgers, J. (2014). The Interplay Between Anxiety and Social Functioning in Williams Syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(5), 1220-1229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1984-7

The developmental disorder Williams syndrome (WS) has been associated with an atypical social profile of hyper-sociability and heightened social sensitivity across the developmental spectrum. In addition, previous research suggests that both children... Read More about The Interplay Between Anxiety and Social Functioning in Williams Syndrome.

Spontaneous attention to faces in Asperger Syndrome using ecologically valid static stimuli (2013)
Journal Article
Hanley, M., McPhillips, M., Mulhern, G., & Riby, D. (2013). Spontaneous attention to faces in Asperger Syndrome using ecologically valid static stimuli. Autism, 17(6), 754-761. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361312456746

Previous eye tracking research on the allocation of attention to social information by individuals with autism spectrum disorders is equivocal and may be in part a consequence of variation in stimuli used between studies. The current study explored a... Read More about Spontaneous attention to faces in Asperger Syndrome using ecologically valid static stimuli.