Hannah Broadbent
Research Interests:
I am studying for a Ph.D. at the Institute of Education, focussing on the use of virtual environments to examine the development of spatial mental representations in both typically-developing children and individuals with Williams Syndrome. Specifically, my research focuses on the development of the use of different spatial frames of reference in these groups, and how this relates to the use of different navigational strategies and the development of ‘cognitive-map’ knowledge (an understanding of spatial relationships within an environment). A secondary aim of this research is to examine whether conducting spatial tasks within virtual environments can be used to enhance navigational abilities in WS and whether this can transfer to real-world situations such as enhancing spatial knowledge of the individual's school or home environment.
In general, I am interested in both typical and atypical brain development, with a particular interest in neurocognitive abilities such as visuospatial and language skills. Although my current research focus is on Williams syndrome, my previous research has also examined developmental and neurocognitive difficulties in individuals with ASD, benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes, and adults with eating disorders.
Publications
Broadbent, H., Farran, E.K., & Tolmie, A. (in prep) Sequential egocentric strategies and reliance on landmarks in Williams syndrome. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology.
Broadbent, H. (in press) Submitting and publishing papers during your PhD. The Quarterly, September Edition.
Broadbent, H., Farran, E.K., Chin, E., Metcalfe, K., Tassabehji, M., Turnpenny, P., Sansbury, F., Meaburn, E., Karmiloff-Smith, A., (2014). Genetic contributions to visuospatial cognition in Williams syndrome: Insights from two contrasting partial deletion patients. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 6 (18) doi: 10.1186/1866-1955-6-18
Broadbent, H., Farran, E. K., & Tolmie, A. (in press). Egocentric and allocentric navigation strategies in Williams syndrome and typical development. Developmental Science.
Broadbent, H., Farran, E. K., & Tolmie, A. (in press) Object-based mental rotation and visual perspective-taking in typical development and Williams syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology.
Berlim, M. T., Broadbent, H. J., & Van den Eynde, F. (2013). Blinding integrity in randomized sham-controlled trials of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 16 (5), 1173-1181.
DeJong, H., Oldershaw, A., Sternheim, L., Samarawickrema, N., Kenyon, M.D., Broadbent, H., Lavender, A., Startup, H., Treasure, J., and Schmidt, U. (2013) Quality of life in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not-otherwise-specified Journal of Eating Disorders, 1:43. DOI: 10.1186/2050-2974-1-43.
Schmidt, U., Renwick, B., Lose, A., Kenyon, M., DeJong, H., Broadbent, H., Loomes, R., Watson, C., Ghelani, S., Serpell, L., Richards, L., Johnson-Sabine, E., Boughton, N., Whitehead, L., Beecham, J., Treasure, J., Landau, S. (2013). The MOSAIC study - comparison of the Maudsley Model of Treatment for Adults with Anorexia Nervosa (MANTRA) with Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) in outpatients with anorexia nervosa or eating disorder not otherwise specified, anorexia nervosa type: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 14:160, DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-160
Van den Eynde, F., Koskina, A., Syrad, H., Guillaume, S., Broadbent, H., Campbell, I. C., & Schmidt, U., State and trait food craving in people with bulimic eating disorders. (2012). Eating Behaviours, 13 (4): 414-417.
Karmiloff-Smith, A., Broadbent, H., Farran, E.K., Longhi, E., D’Souza, D., Metcalfe, K., Tassabehji, M., Wu, R., Senju, A., Turnenny, P., Sansbury, F. (2012). Social cognition in Williams syndrome: genotype/phenotype insights from partial deletion patients. Frontiers in Psychology, 3: 168. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00168
Guillaume, S., Van den Eynde, F., Samarawickrema, N., Broadbent, H., Goodman-Smith, E., Schmidt, U. (2012) Classical stroop effect in bulimia nervosa. Eating and Weight Disorders, 17 (3): e203-6
Oldershaw, A., Dejong, H., Hambrook, D., Broadbent, H., Tchanturia, K., Treasure, J., Schmidt, U. (2012) Emotional processing following recovery from anorexia nervosa. European Eating Disorders Review, 20 (6): 502-509. DOI: 10.1002/erv.2153
Broadbent, H., Van den Eynde, F., Guillaume, S., Hanif, E., Stahl, D., David, A.S., Campbell., I.C., Schmidt, U. (2011). Blinding success of rTMS applied to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in randomised sham-controlled trials: a systematic review. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 12 (4): 240-248
DeJong, H., Broadbent, H., & Schmidt, U. (2011). A systematic review of dropout from treatment in outpatients with anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.20956
Dejong, H., Van den Eynde, F., Broadbent, H., Kenyon, M.D., Lavender, A., Startup, H., Schmidt, U. (2011) Social cognition in bulimia nervosa: A systematic review. European Psychiatry, 28(1): 1-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.07.002
Monjauze, C., Broadbent, H., Boyd, S.G., Neville, B.G.R., Baldeweg, T. (2011). Language deficits and altered hemispheric lateralisation in young people in remission from BECTS. Epilepsia, 52 (8): e79-e83
Van den Eynde, F., Suda, M., Broadbent, H., Guillaume, S., Van den Eynde, M. (2011) Structural magnetic resonance imaging in eating disorders: a systematic review of voxel based morphometry studies. European Eating Disorders Review. DOI: 10.1002/erv.1163
Van den Eynde, F., Guillaume, S., Broadbent, H., Campbell, I.C., Schmidt, U., Tchanturia, K. (2011). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in anorexia nervosa: a pilot study. European Psychiatry: The Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.06.002
Van den Eynde, F., Guillaume, S., Broadbent, H., Stahl, D., Campbell, I. C., Schmidt, U. & Tchanturia, K. (2011). Neurocognition in bulimic eating disorders: a systematic review. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 124 (2): 120–140
Van Den Eynde, F., Broadbent, H., Guillaume, S., Claudino, A., Campbell, I., & Schmidt, U. (2010). Handedness, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and bulimic disorders. European Psychiatry: The Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 8-11
Duffy, J.F., Willson, H.J., Wang, W., & Czeisler, C. (2009) Healthy Older Adults Better Tolerate Sleep Deprivation than Young Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57 (7): 1245-1251
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Broadbent, H.J., Farran, E.K., and Tolmie, A. (2012) Egocentric and allocentric navigation strategies in typical development and Williams syndrome. Oral presentation at the British Psychological Society (BPS) Developmental Section annual conference, Glasgow, UK
Broadbent, H.J., Farran, E.K., and Tolmie, A. (2012) Egocentric and allocentric spatial navigation strategies in Williams syndrome and typical development. Oral presentation at the International Williams Syndrome Association Conference, Boston, MA., USA
Broadbent, H.J., Farran, E.K., and Tolmie, A. (2012) Egocentric and allocentric navigation strategies in Williams syndrome. Poster presentation at the Neurodevelopmental Disorders Seminar Series, Kingston, UK
Broadbent, H., Tolmie A.K., & Farran, E.K. (2011) Mental Rotation in Children and the use of Egocentric and Allocentric Navigation Strategies in Large-Scale Space. Poster presentation at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference, Newcastle, UK
Willson, H., Monjauze, C., Baldeweg, T. et al (2009) Neuropsychological deficits in remission from benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. Oral presentation at the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Scientific Meeting, London, UK
Willson, H.J., Ellis, J., Guzik, A.M., Czeisler, C., & Duffy, J.F. (2007) Healthy older adults have fewer attentional failures than young adults during extended wakefulness. Sleep, 2007. 30:A114. Oral presentation at the ‘Sleep 2007’ meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA
I am studying for a Ph.D. at the Institute of Education, focussing on the use of virtual environments to examine the development of spatial mental representations in both typically-developing children and individuals with Williams Syndrome. Specifically, my research focuses on the development of the use of different spatial frames of reference in these groups, and how this relates to the use of different navigational strategies and the development of ‘cognitive-map’ knowledge (an understanding of spatial relationships within an environment). A secondary aim of this research is to examine whether conducting spatial tasks within virtual environments can be used to enhance navigational abilities in WS and whether this can transfer to real-world situations such as enhancing spatial knowledge of the individual's school or home environment.
In general, I am interested in both typical and atypical brain development, with a particular interest in neurocognitive abilities such as visuospatial and language skills. Although my current research focus is on Williams syndrome, my previous research has also examined developmental and neurocognitive difficulties in individuals with ASD, benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes, and adults with eating disorders.
Publications
Broadbent, H., Farran, E.K., & Tolmie, A. (in prep) Sequential egocentric strategies and reliance on landmarks in Williams syndrome. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology.
Broadbent, H. (in press) Submitting and publishing papers during your PhD. The Quarterly, September Edition.
Broadbent, H., Farran, E.K., Chin, E., Metcalfe, K., Tassabehji, M., Turnpenny, P., Sansbury, F., Meaburn, E., Karmiloff-Smith, A., (2014). Genetic contributions to visuospatial cognition in Williams syndrome: Insights from two contrasting partial deletion patients. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 6 (18) doi: 10.1186/1866-1955-6-18
Broadbent, H., Farran, E. K., & Tolmie, A. (in press). Egocentric and allocentric navigation strategies in Williams syndrome and typical development. Developmental Science.
Broadbent, H., Farran, E. K., & Tolmie, A. (in press) Object-based mental rotation and visual perspective-taking in typical development and Williams syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology.
Berlim, M. T., Broadbent, H. J., & Van den Eynde, F. (2013). Blinding integrity in randomized sham-controlled trials of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 16 (5), 1173-1181.
DeJong, H., Oldershaw, A., Sternheim, L., Samarawickrema, N., Kenyon, M.D., Broadbent, H., Lavender, A., Startup, H., Treasure, J., and Schmidt, U. (2013) Quality of life in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not-otherwise-specified Journal of Eating Disorders, 1:43. DOI: 10.1186/2050-2974-1-43.
Schmidt, U., Renwick, B., Lose, A., Kenyon, M., DeJong, H., Broadbent, H., Loomes, R., Watson, C., Ghelani, S., Serpell, L., Richards, L., Johnson-Sabine, E., Boughton, N., Whitehead, L., Beecham, J., Treasure, J., Landau, S. (2013). The MOSAIC study - comparison of the Maudsley Model of Treatment for Adults with Anorexia Nervosa (MANTRA) with Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) in outpatients with anorexia nervosa or eating disorder not otherwise specified, anorexia nervosa type: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 14:160, DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-160
Van den Eynde, F., Koskina, A., Syrad, H., Guillaume, S., Broadbent, H., Campbell, I. C., & Schmidt, U., State and trait food craving in people with bulimic eating disorders. (2012). Eating Behaviours, 13 (4): 414-417.
Karmiloff-Smith, A., Broadbent, H., Farran, E.K., Longhi, E., D’Souza, D., Metcalfe, K., Tassabehji, M., Wu, R., Senju, A., Turnenny, P., Sansbury, F. (2012). Social cognition in Williams syndrome: genotype/phenotype insights from partial deletion patients. Frontiers in Psychology, 3: 168. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00168
Guillaume, S., Van den Eynde, F., Samarawickrema, N., Broadbent, H., Goodman-Smith, E., Schmidt, U. (2012) Classical stroop effect in bulimia nervosa. Eating and Weight Disorders, 17 (3): e203-6
Oldershaw, A., Dejong, H., Hambrook, D., Broadbent, H., Tchanturia, K., Treasure, J., Schmidt, U. (2012) Emotional processing following recovery from anorexia nervosa. European Eating Disorders Review, 20 (6): 502-509. DOI: 10.1002/erv.2153
Broadbent, H., Van den Eynde, F., Guillaume, S., Hanif, E., Stahl, D., David, A.S., Campbell., I.C., Schmidt, U. (2011). Blinding success of rTMS applied to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in randomised sham-controlled trials: a systematic review. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 12 (4): 240-248
DeJong, H., Broadbent, H., & Schmidt, U. (2011). A systematic review of dropout from treatment in outpatients with anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.20956
Dejong, H., Van den Eynde, F., Broadbent, H., Kenyon, M.D., Lavender, A., Startup, H., Schmidt, U. (2011) Social cognition in bulimia nervosa: A systematic review. European Psychiatry, 28(1): 1-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.07.002
Monjauze, C., Broadbent, H., Boyd, S.G., Neville, B.G.R., Baldeweg, T. (2011). Language deficits and altered hemispheric lateralisation in young people in remission from BECTS. Epilepsia, 52 (8): e79-e83
Van den Eynde, F., Suda, M., Broadbent, H., Guillaume, S., Van den Eynde, M. (2011) Structural magnetic resonance imaging in eating disorders: a systematic review of voxel based morphometry studies. European Eating Disorders Review. DOI: 10.1002/erv.1163
Van den Eynde, F., Guillaume, S., Broadbent, H., Campbell, I.C., Schmidt, U., Tchanturia, K. (2011). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in anorexia nervosa: a pilot study. European Psychiatry: The Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.06.002
Van den Eynde, F., Guillaume, S., Broadbent, H., Stahl, D., Campbell, I. C., Schmidt, U. & Tchanturia, K. (2011). Neurocognition in bulimic eating disorders: a systematic review. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 124 (2): 120–140
Van Den Eynde, F., Broadbent, H., Guillaume, S., Claudino, A., Campbell, I., & Schmidt, U. (2010). Handedness, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and bulimic disorders. European Psychiatry: The Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 8-11
Duffy, J.F., Willson, H.J., Wang, W., & Czeisler, C. (2009) Healthy Older Adults Better Tolerate Sleep Deprivation than Young Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57 (7): 1245-1251
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Broadbent, H.J., Farran, E.K., and Tolmie, A. (2012) Egocentric and allocentric navigation strategies in typical development and Williams syndrome. Oral presentation at the British Psychological Society (BPS) Developmental Section annual conference, Glasgow, UK
Broadbent, H.J., Farran, E.K., and Tolmie, A. (2012) Egocentric and allocentric spatial navigation strategies in Williams syndrome and typical development. Oral presentation at the International Williams Syndrome Association Conference, Boston, MA., USA
Broadbent, H.J., Farran, E.K., and Tolmie, A. (2012) Egocentric and allocentric navigation strategies in Williams syndrome. Poster presentation at the Neurodevelopmental Disorders Seminar Series, Kingston, UK
Broadbent, H., Tolmie A.K., & Farran, E.K. (2011) Mental Rotation in Children and the use of Egocentric and Allocentric Navigation Strategies in Large-Scale Space. Poster presentation at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference, Newcastle, UK
Willson, H., Monjauze, C., Baldeweg, T. et al (2009) Neuropsychological deficits in remission from benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. Oral presentation at the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Scientific Meeting, London, UK
Willson, H.J., Ellis, J., Guzik, A.M., Czeisler, C., & Duffy, J.F. (2007) Healthy older adults have fewer attentional failures than young adults during extended wakefulness. Sleep, 2007. 30:A114. Oral presentation at the ‘Sleep 2007’ meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA