Neurodevelopmental Disorders Across the Lifespan
A neuroconstructivist approach
Edited by Emily K. Farran and Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Author Information
Edited by Emily K. Farran, Senior Lecturer, Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, UK, and Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Professorial Research Fellow, Birkbeck Centre for Brain & Cognitive Development, University of London, UK
Emily Farran is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology, based at the Institute of Education, University of London. Her primary research focus relates to the development of visual and spatial cognition in typical children and in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders. This includes areas such as mental imagery, visuo-spatial perception, spatial language and navigation.
Previously Head of the Neurocognitive Development Unit at UCL's Institute of Child Health, Annette Karmiloff-Smith is now Professorial Research Fellow at Birkbeck's Centre for Brain & Cognitive Development. A Doctorate from Geneva University, where she studied/worked with Piaget. Author of 7 books and over 200 chapters/scientific articles, her writings have been translated into 17 languages.
Contributors:
Dagmara Annaz, Department of Psychology, University of Middlesex, UK.
Professor Jan Atkinson, Visual Development Unit, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, UK.
Miss Anna Ashworth, Middlesex University, UK
Professor Oliver Braddick, Visual Development Unit, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK.
Kate Breckenridge, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, UK
Dr Janice Brown, Psychology, London South Bank University, London, UK.
Joanne Camp, (PhD Student), Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, UK.
Ruth Campos García, Departamento de Psicología Básica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Dr Emily Farran, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, UK.
Susie Formby, Department of Psychology and Clinical Language Science, University of Reading, UK.
Dr Yvonne M. Griffiths, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Professor Patricia Howlin, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
Kerry Hudson, Department of Psychology and Clinical Language Science, University of Reading, UK.
Angela E. John, Department of Psychological and Brain Science, University of Louisville, USA.
Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Centre for Brain & Cognitive Development, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
Dr. Deny Menghini, UOC Neuropsichiatria Infantile Ospedale Pediatrico, Rome, Italy
Kay Metcalfe, Central Manchester University Hospital, Manchester, UK.
Professor Carolyn Mervis, Department of Psychological and Brain Science, University of Louisville, USA.
Associate Professor Lucy Osbourne, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
Harry Purser, Centre for Brain & Cognitive Development, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
Dr Debbie Riby, School of Psychology, Newcastle University, UK
Gaia Scerif, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK.
Maria Sotillo, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.
Ann Steele, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK.
Dr. Chris Stinton, Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Birmingham
Vesna Stojanovik, Department of Psychology and Clinical Language Science, University of Reading, UK.
Michael Thomas, Developmental Neurocognition Lab, Centre for Brain & Cognitive Development, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
Dr Jo Van Herwegen, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University, UK
Professor Stefano Vicari, Primario di Neuropsichiatria Infantile Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy.
