Dr Emily Farran
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I am interested in visuo-spatial cognition in typical and atypical populations. My current research in Autism, Down syndrome and Williams syndrome includes the areas of navigation, mental imagery, spatial language, perceptual integration, visuo-spatial memory and orientation coding.
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Publications (click publication titles to download via IOE eprints [where available]):
Broadbent, H., Farran, E.K., Chin, E., Metcalfe, K., Tassabehji, M., Turnpenny, P., Sansbury, F., Meaburn,
E., Karmiloff-Smith, A. (in press). Genetic contributions to visuospatial cognition in Williams syndrome: Insights from two contrasting partial deletion patients. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Broadbent, H. J., Farran, E. K., Tolmie, A. (in press). Object-based mental rotation and visual perspective-taking in typical development and Williams syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology
Broadbent, H. J., Farran, E. K., Tolmie, A. (in press). Egocentric and allocentric navigation strategies in
typical development and Williams syndrome. Developmental Science
Farran, E.K., Dodd, G. F. (in press). Drawing ability in typical and atypical development; the effect of colour cues. Journal of
Intellectual Disability Research.
Hudson, K.D., Farran, E.K. (in press). Perceiving and acting in depth in Williams syndrome and typical development. Research in Developmental Disabilities.
Farran, E.K., Cranwell, M.B., Alvarez, J., Franklin, A. (2013). Colour Discrimination and Categorisation in Williams
Syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities,34, 3352-3360.
Courbois, Y., Farran, E.K., Lemahieu, A., Blades, B., Mengue-Topio, H., Sockeel, P. (2013). Wayfinding behaviour in Down Syndrome: A
study with virtual environments. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 1825-1831.
Hudson, K.D., Farran, E.K. (2013). Looking around houses: Attention to a model when drawing complex shapes in Williams syndrome and
typical development. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 3029-3039.
Hudson, K.D., Farran, E.K. (2013). Facilitating complex shape drawing in Williams syndrome and typical
development. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 2133-2142.
Courbois, Y., Blades, M., Farran, E.K., Sockeel, P. (2013). Do individuals with intellectual disability select appropriate objects as landmarks when learning a route? Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 57, 80-89.
Farran, E.K., Connell, S.C., Pharwaha, B.K. (2012). The Effects of Perceptual Grouping and Category Boundary
Salience on Location Memory. Psychology, 3, 953-958.
Purser, H., Farran, E.K.,Courbois, Y., Lemahieu, A., Sockeel, P., Blades, M. (2012). Short-term memory, executive control, and children's route learning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 113, 273-285.
Karmiloff-Smith, A., Broadbent, H., Farran, E.K., Longhi, E., D'Souza, D., Metcalfe, K., Tassabehji, M., Wu, R.,
Senju, A., Happé, F., Turnpenny, P., Sansbury, F., (2012). Social Cognition in Williams Syndrome: Genotype/phenotype Insights from Partial Deletion Patients. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 3, 1-8
Farran, E.K., Courbois, Y., Van Herwegen, J., Blades, M. (2012). How useful are landmarks when learning a route
in a virtual environment? Evidence from typical development and Williams syndrome. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 111,
571-586.
Farran, E.K., Courbois, Y., Van Herwegen, J., Cruickshank, A.G., Blades, M. (2012). Colour as an environmental cue when learning a route in a virtual environment; typical and atypical development. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33, 900-908.
Farran, E.K. & Brosnan, M. (2011). Perceptual grouping abilities in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder; the importance of
grouping type and of development. Autism Research, 4, 283-292.
Hudson, K. & Farran, E.K. (2011). Drawing the Line: Graphic Strategies for Simple and Complex Shapes in Williams Syndrome and Typical
Development. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 29, 687-706.
Mengue-Topio, H. Courbois, Y., Farran, E.K., Sockeel, P. (2011). Route learning and shortcut performance in adults with intellectual disability:
A study with virtual environments. Research in developmental disabilities, 32, 345-352.
Van Herwegen, J., Farran, E.K., Annaz, D. (2011). Item and error analysis on Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices in Williams Syndrome.
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 93-99.
Farran, E.K., Branson, A. & King, B.J. (2011). Visual search for basic emotional expressions; impaired detection of anger, fear and sadness,
but a typical happy face advantage in autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5,455-462.
Freeman, K., Williams, T.I., Farran, E.K. & Brown, J.H. (2010). Williams syndrome: the extent of agreement between parent and self
report of psychological difficulties. European Journal of Psychiatry, 24, 167-175.
Farran, E.K., Blades, M., Boucher, J. & Tranter, L.J. (2010). How do Individuals with Williams Syndrome Learn a Route in a Real World
Environment? Developmental Science, 13, 454-468.
Farran, E., Courbois, Y., & Cruickshank, A. (2009). Learning a route in a virtual environment: The effects of differing cues
on the performance of typical children and individuals with williams syndrome. Cognitive Processing, 10, S152-S153.
Formby, S., & Farran, E. (2009). Visual search and visual feedback in Williams syndrome and typical development. Cognitive Processing, 10, S167-S167.
Hudson, K., & Farran, E. (2009). Graphic strategies in williams syndrome and typically developing children. Cognitive Processing, 10, S154-S155.
Farran, E.K., Whitaker, A. & Patel, N. (2009). The effect of pictorial depth information on retinal size judgements. Perception and Psychophysics, 71, 207-214.
Farran, E.K. (2008). Strategies and biases in location memory in William syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 29,
385-397.
Farran, E.K., Brown, J.H., Cole, V.L., Houston-Price, C & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2008) A longitudinal study of perceptual grouping by
proximity, luminance and shape in infants at two, four, six and eight months. European Journal of Developmental Science.2,
353-369.
Farran, E.K. & Cole, V.L. (2008). Perceptual grouping and distance estimates in Williams syndrome: Comparing performance across
perception, drawing and construction Tasks. Brain and Cognition, 68, 157-165.
Stinton, C., Farran, E.K. and Courbois, Y. (2008). Mental rotation in Williams syndrome: an impaired imagery ability. Developmental
Neuropsychology, 33, 565-583.
Farran, E.K., Brown, J.H., Cole, V.L., Houston-Price, C & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2007). The development of perceptual grouping in infants with Williams syndrome. European Journal of Developmental Science, 1, 253-271 .
Farran, E.K. (2007). Williams syndrome. Psychology Review, 13, 18-19.
Brock, J., Jarrold, C., Farran, E.K., Laws, G. & Riby, D.M. (2007). Do children with Williams syndrome really have good vocabulary knowledge? Methods for comparing cognitive and linguistic abilities in developmental disorders. Journal of Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 21, 273-688.
Farran, E.K. & Wilmut, K. (2007). Texture segmentation in Williams Syndrome. Neuropsychologia, 45, 1109-1018.
Farran, E.K. (2006). Orientation coding: A specific deficit in Williams syndrome? Developmental Neuropsychology, 29, 397-414.
Farran, E.K. (2005). Perceptual grouping ability in Williams syndrome: Evidence for deviant patterns of performance. Neuropsychologia, 43,
815-822
Farran, E.K., & Jarrold, C. (2005) Evidence for unusual spatial location coding in Williams syndrome: An explanation for the local bias
in visuo-spatial construction tasks? Brain and Cognition, 59, 159-172
Farran, E.K., & Jarrold, C. (2004). Exploring block construction and mental imagery: Evidence of atypical orientation discrimination
in Williams syndrome. Visual Cognition, 11, 1019-1040
Farran, E.K. & Jarrold, C. (2003). Visuo-spatial cognition in Williams syndrome; Reviewing and accounting for the strengths and weaknesses
in performance. Developmental Neuropsychology, 23, 175-202
Farran, E.K., Jarrold, C. & Gathercole, S.E. (2003). Divided attention, selective attention and drawing: Processing preferences in Williams syndrome are dependent on the task administered, Neuropsychologia, 41, 676-687
Farran, E.K., Jarrold, C. & Gathercole, S.E. (2001). Block design performance in the Williams syndrome phenotype: A problem with mental imagery? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42, 719-728.
Reviews
Farran, E.K. (2004) Development and learning, M. Wolraich (Ed.). Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 9, 198-198.
Book chapters
Camp, J., Farran, E.K. & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2012). Numeracy. In Farran, E.K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (Eds). Neurodevelopmental
Disorders Across the Lifespan: A Neuroconstructivist Approach. Oxford University Press
Hudson, K. & Farran, E.K. (2012) Executive function and motor planning. In Farran, E.K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (Eds). Neurodevelopmental Disorders Across the Lifespan: A Neuroconstructivist Approach. Oxford University Press
Farran, E.K. & Formby, S. (2012) Processing Styles and Strategy use in the Development of Visual Perception and Visuo-spatial Cognition. In Farran, E.K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (Eds). Neurodevelopmental Disorders Across the Lifespan: A Neuroconstructivist Approach. Oxford University Press
Books
Farran, E.K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (Eds) (2012). Neurodevelopmental Disorders Across the Lifespan: A Neuroconstructivist
Approach. Oxford University Press
Broadbent, H., Farran, E.K., Chin, E., Metcalfe, K., Tassabehji, M., Turnpenny, P., Sansbury, F., Meaburn,
E., Karmiloff-Smith, A. (in press). Genetic contributions to visuospatial cognition in Williams syndrome: Insights from two contrasting partial deletion patients. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Broadbent, H. J., Farran, E. K., Tolmie, A. (in press). Object-based mental rotation and visual perspective-taking in typical development and Williams syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology
Broadbent, H. J., Farran, E. K., Tolmie, A. (in press). Egocentric and allocentric navigation strategies in
typical development and Williams syndrome. Developmental Science
Farran, E.K., Dodd, G. F. (in press). Drawing ability in typical and atypical development; the effect of colour cues. Journal of
Intellectual Disability Research.
Hudson, K.D., Farran, E.K. (in press). Perceiving and acting in depth in Williams syndrome and typical development. Research in Developmental Disabilities.
Farran, E.K., Cranwell, M.B., Alvarez, J., Franklin, A. (2013). Colour Discrimination and Categorisation in Williams
Syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities,34, 3352-3360.
Courbois, Y., Farran, E.K., Lemahieu, A., Blades, B., Mengue-Topio, H., Sockeel, P. (2013). Wayfinding behaviour in Down Syndrome: A
study with virtual environments. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 1825-1831.
Hudson, K.D., Farran, E.K. (2013). Looking around houses: Attention to a model when drawing complex shapes in Williams syndrome and
typical development. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 3029-3039.
Hudson, K.D., Farran, E.K. (2013). Facilitating complex shape drawing in Williams syndrome and typical
development. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 2133-2142.
Courbois, Y., Blades, M., Farran, E.K., Sockeel, P. (2013). Do individuals with intellectual disability select appropriate objects as landmarks when learning a route? Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 57, 80-89.
Farran, E.K., Connell, S.C., Pharwaha, B.K. (2012). The Effects of Perceptual Grouping and Category Boundary
Salience on Location Memory. Psychology, 3, 953-958.
Purser, H., Farran, E.K.,Courbois, Y., Lemahieu, A., Sockeel, P., Blades, M. (2012). Short-term memory, executive control, and children's route learning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 113, 273-285.
Karmiloff-Smith, A., Broadbent, H., Farran, E.K., Longhi, E., D'Souza, D., Metcalfe, K., Tassabehji, M., Wu, R.,
Senju, A., Happé, F., Turnpenny, P., Sansbury, F., (2012). Social Cognition in Williams Syndrome: Genotype/phenotype Insights from Partial Deletion Patients. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 3, 1-8
Farran, E.K., Courbois, Y., Van Herwegen, J., Blades, M. (2012). How useful are landmarks when learning a route
in a virtual environment? Evidence from typical development and Williams syndrome. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 111,
571-586.
Farran, E.K., Courbois, Y., Van Herwegen, J., Cruickshank, A.G., Blades, M. (2012). Colour as an environmental cue when learning a route in a virtual environment; typical and atypical development. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33, 900-908.
Farran, E.K. & Brosnan, M. (2011). Perceptual grouping abilities in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder; the importance of
grouping type and of development. Autism Research, 4, 283-292.
Hudson, K. & Farran, E.K. (2011). Drawing the Line: Graphic Strategies for Simple and Complex Shapes in Williams Syndrome and Typical
Development. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 29, 687-706.
Mengue-Topio, H. Courbois, Y., Farran, E.K., Sockeel, P. (2011). Route learning and shortcut performance in adults with intellectual disability:
A study with virtual environments. Research in developmental disabilities, 32, 345-352.
Van Herwegen, J., Farran, E.K., Annaz, D. (2011). Item and error analysis on Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices in Williams Syndrome.
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32, 93-99.
Farran, E.K., Branson, A. & King, B.J. (2011). Visual search for basic emotional expressions; impaired detection of anger, fear and sadness,
but a typical happy face advantage in autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5,455-462.
Freeman, K., Williams, T.I., Farran, E.K. & Brown, J.H. (2010). Williams syndrome: the extent of agreement between parent and self
report of psychological difficulties. European Journal of Psychiatry, 24, 167-175.
Farran, E.K., Blades, M., Boucher, J. & Tranter, L.J. (2010). How do Individuals with Williams Syndrome Learn a Route in a Real World
Environment? Developmental Science, 13, 454-468.
Farran, E., Courbois, Y., & Cruickshank, A. (2009). Learning a route in a virtual environment: The effects of differing cues
on the performance of typical children and individuals with williams syndrome. Cognitive Processing, 10, S152-S153.
Formby, S., & Farran, E. (2009). Visual search and visual feedback in Williams syndrome and typical development. Cognitive Processing, 10, S167-S167.
Hudson, K., & Farran, E. (2009). Graphic strategies in williams syndrome and typically developing children. Cognitive Processing, 10, S154-S155.
Farran, E.K., Whitaker, A. & Patel, N. (2009). The effect of pictorial depth information on retinal size judgements. Perception and Psychophysics, 71, 207-214.
Farran, E.K. (2008). Strategies and biases in location memory in William syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 29,
385-397.
Farran, E.K., Brown, J.H., Cole, V.L., Houston-Price, C & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2008) A longitudinal study of perceptual grouping by
proximity, luminance and shape in infants at two, four, six and eight months. European Journal of Developmental Science.2,
353-369.
Farran, E.K. & Cole, V.L. (2008). Perceptual grouping and distance estimates in Williams syndrome: Comparing performance across
perception, drawing and construction Tasks. Brain and Cognition, 68, 157-165.
Stinton, C., Farran, E.K. and Courbois, Y. (2008). Mental rotation in Williams syndrome: an impaired imagery ability. Developmental
Neuropsychology, 33, 565-583.
Farran, E.K., Brown, J.H., Cole, V.L., Houston-Price, C & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2007). The development of perceptual grouping in infants with Williams syndrome. European Journal of Developmental Science, 1, 253-271 .
Farran, E.K. (2007). Williams syndrome. Psychology Review, 13, 18-19.
Brock, J., Jarrold, C., Farran, E.K., Laws, G. & Riby, D.M. (2007). Do children with Williams syndrome really have good vocabulary knowledge? Methods for comparing cognitive and linguistic abilities in developmental disorders. Journal of Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 21, 273-688.
Farran, E.K. & Wilmut, K. (2007). Texture segmentation in Williams Syndrome. Neuropsychologia, 45, 1109-1018.
Farran, E.K. (2006). Orientation coding: A specific deficit in Williams syndrome? Developmental Neuropsychology, 29, 397-414.
Farran, E.K. (2005). Perceptual grouping ability in Williams syndrome: Evidence for deviant patterns of performance. Neuropsychologia, 43,
815-822
Farran, E.K., & Jarrold, C. (2005) Evidence for unusual spatial location coding in Williams syndrome: An explanation for the local bias
in visuo-spatial construction tasks? Brain and Cognition, 59, 159-172
Farran, E.K., & Jarrold, C. (2004). Exploring block construction and mental imagery: Evidence of atypical orientation discrimination
in Williams syndrome. Visual Cognition, 11, 1019-1040
Farran, E.K. & Jarrold, C. (2003). Visuo-spatial cognition in Williams syndrome; Reviewing and accounting for the strengths and weaknesses
in performance. Developmental Neuropsychology, 23, 175-202
Farran, E.K., Jarrold, C. & Gathercole, S.E. (2003). Divided attention, selective attention and drawing: Processing preferences in Williams syndrome are dependent on the task administered, Neuropsychologia, 41, 676-687
Farran, E.K., Jarrold, C. & Gathercole, S.E. (2001). Block design performance in the Williams syndrome phenotype: A problem with mental imagery? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42, 719-728.
Reviews
Farran, E.K. (2004) Development and learning, M. Wolraich (Ed.). Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 9, 198-198.
Book chapters
Camp, J., Farran, E.K. & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2012). Numeracy. In Farran, E.K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (Eds). Neurodevelopmental
Disorders Across the Lifespan: A Neuroconstructivist Approach. Oxford University Press
Hudson, K. & Farran, E.K. (2012) Executive function and motor planning. In Farran, E.K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (Eds). Neurodevelopmental Disorders Across the Lifespan: A Neuroconstructivist Approach. Oxford University Press
Farran, E.K. & Formby, S. (2012) Processing Styles and Strategy use in the Development of Visual Perception and Visuo-spatial Cognition. In Farran, E.K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (Eds). Neurodevelopmental Disorders Across the Lifespan: A Neuroconstructivist Approach. Oxford University Press
Books
Farran, E.K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (Eds) (2012). Neurodevelopmental Disorders Across the Lifespan: A Neuroconstructivist
Approach. Oxford University Press
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