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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.

Violations of Personal Space in Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Williams Syndrome: Insights from the Social Responsiveness Scale (2015)
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Lough, E., Hanley, M., Rodgers, J., South, M., Kirk, H., Kennedy, D., & Riby, D. (2015). Violations of Personal Space in Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Williams Syndrome: Insights from the Social Responsiveness Scale. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(12), 4101-4108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2536-0

Interpersonal distance regulation is crucial for successful social interactions. We investigated personal space awareness in Williams syndrome (WS) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to typical development. Parents reported that individuals... Read More about Violations of Personal Space in Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Williams Syndrome: Insights from the Social Responsiveness Scale.

The use of eye-tracking to explore social difficulties in cognitively able students with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot investigation (2015)
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Hanley, M., Riby, D., Carty, C., Melaugh McAteer, A., Kennedy, A., & McPhillips, M. (2015). The use of eye-tracking to explore social difficulties in cognitively able students with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot investigation. Autism, 19(7), 868-873. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361315580767

in understanding the social world. Even for those who are cognitively able, autism-related difficulties continue into adulthood. Atypicalities attending to and interpreting communicative signals from others can provide barriers to success in educatio... Read More about The use of eye-tracking to explore social difficulties in cognitively able students with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot investigation.

Motor deficits in children with autism spectrum disorder: a cross-syndrome study (2014)
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McPhillips, M., Finlay, J., Bejerot, S., & Hanley, M. (2014). Motor deficits in children with autism spectrum disorder: a cross-syndrome study. Autism Research, 7(6), 664-676. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1408

Recent research suggests that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience some level of motor difficulty, and that this may be associated with social communication skills. However, other studies show that children with language impairment... Read More about Motor deficits in children with autism spectrum disorder: a cross-syndrome study.

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.

Looking and Thinking: How individuals with Williams syndrome make judgements about mental states (2013)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Stranger Danger Awareness in Williams Syndrome (2013)
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Riby, D., Kirk, H., Hanley, M., & Riby, L. (2014). Stranger Danger Awareness in Williams Syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 58(6), 572-582. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12055

Background: The developmental disorder Williams syndrome (WS) is characterised by a distinctive cognitive profile and an intriguing social phenotype. Individuals with the disorder are often highly social engaging with familiar and unfamiliar people a... Read More about Stranger Danger Awareness in Williams Syndrome.