Dr Frances Le Cornu Knight
I joined GRIDD in May 2014 after completing an MSc in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience and a Ph.D in Developmental Neuroscience at Goldsmiths, Univeristy of London. During my Ph.D, I was interested in the development of a topological representation of the body and how its categorical properties influence the way we experience touch on the body surface as infants, children and adults.
With GRIDD, I am investigating the effects of disturbed sleep on learning and behaviour in children with ADHD, along with Dagmara Dimitriou and Annette Karmiloff-Smith (CBCD, Birkbeck). We hope that this research will highlight the vital role of 'a good nights sleep' in learning and daytime behaviour, especially for children with specific developmental disorders such as ADHD.
I joined GRIDD in May 2014 after completing an MSc in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience and a Ph.D in Developmental Neuroscience at Goldsmiths, Univeristy of London. During my Ph.D, I was interested in the development of a topological representation of the body and how its categorical properties influence the way we experience touch on the body surface as infants, children and adults.
With GRIDD, I am investigating the effects of disturbed sleep on learning and behaviour in children with ADHD, along with Dagmara Dimitriou and Annette Karmiloff-Smith (CBCD, Birkbeck). We hope that this research will highlight the vital role of 'a good nights sleep' in learning and daytime behaviour, especially for children with specific developmental disorders such as ADHD.
Publications
Le Cornu Knight, F., Rigato, S., & Bremner, A. (in prep). Somatosensory mismatch negativity in infants; an ERP study. To be submitted to Developmental Neuroscience.
Le Cornu Knight, F., Cowie, D., & Bremner, A. (in prep). Cross-cultural differences in the categorical perception of touch across a body part boundary. To be submitted to Child Development.
Le Cornu Knight, F., Cowie, D., & Bremner, A. (in prep). Do children represent their bodies categorically? Evidence from distortions of tactile perception. To be submitted to Development Science.
Le Cornu Knight, F., Longo, M., & Bremner, A (2014). The categorical segmentation of body representations: A difference in tactile spatial acuity at anatomical landmarks? Cognition.
Le Cornu Knight, F., Longo, M. & Bremner, A. J. (2012). The categorical perception of tactile distance: A difference in acuity at anatomical landmarks? Seeing & Perceiving: A Journal of Multisensory Science, 25 (Suppl.), 42.
Le Cornu Knight, F., Longo, M., & Bremner, A.J. (2012). The categorical segmentation of body representations: A difference in tactile spatial acuity at anatomical landmarks? Cognitive Processing, 13 (Suppl.), S45.