Members of the Development and Lifespan Group focus on childhood development of memory, language, social cognition, visual attention and multimodal integration.
We work with typically and atypically developing populations.
The Development and Lifespan Group is part of the ARU Centre for Mind and Behaviour.
We offer a Psychology PhD. We have also identified a range of innovative research project opportunities for postgraduate researchers.
For more information, contact Dr Ruth Ford at [email protected].
Find out more about our group members on their profile pages.
Find out more about our group members on their profile pages.
Salzer, E. B., Meireles, J. F. F., Kirk, E., Preston, C. E., e Sá, D. V. and Neves, C. M. (2024) 'Body understanding measure for pregnancy scale (BUMPs): Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties among Brazilian pregnant women', Body Image, 49, 101689. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101689
Stafford, L., Munns, L., Crossland, A. E., Kirk, E. and Preston, C. E. (2024) 'Bonding with bump: Interoceptive sensibility moderates the relationship between pregnancy body satisfaction and antenatal attachment', Midwifery, 131, 103940. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2024.103940
Ford, R. M., & McLean, T. (2024). Self-processing and social functioning in autistic preschoolers. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12468.
Crossland, A. E., Munns, L., Kirk, E. and Preston, C. E. J. (2023) 'Comparing body image dissatisfaction between pregnant women and non-pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23(1), pp. 709. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05930-w
Belcher, H. L., Uglik-Marucha, N., Vitoratou, S., Ford, R. M. and Morein-Zamir, S. (2023) 'Gender bias in autism screening: Measurement invariance of different model frameworks of the Autism Quotient', BJPsych Open. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.562
Kuppen, S. (2023) 'Supporting Students in School', BACP Children, Young People and Families, British Association for Counselling Psychologists, June 2023, pp. 26-28.
Belcher, H. L., Morein-Zamir, S., Stagg, S. D. and Ford, R. M. (2023) 'Shining a light on a hidden population: Social functioning and mental health in women reporting autistic traits but lacking diagnosis', Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(8), pp. 3118-3132. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05583-2
Preston, C. and Kirk, E. (2022) 'Exploring the development of high-level contributions to body representation using the rubber hand illusion and the monkey hand illusion', Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 223, 105477. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105477
Crossland, A., Kirk, E. and Preston, C. (2022) 'Interoceptive sensibility and body satisfaction in pregnant and non-pregnant women with and without children', Scientific Reports, 12(1), 16138. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20181-z
Kirk, E., Donnelly, S., Furman, R., Warmington, M., Glanville, J. and Eggleston, A. (2022) 'The relationship between infant pointing and language development: A meta-analytic review', Developmental Review, 64, 101023. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2022.101023
Kvavilashvili, L. and Ford, R. M. (2022) 'Metamemory for involuntary autobiographical memories and semantic mind-pops in 5-, 7- and 9-year-old children and young adults', Child Development, 93(5), e484-e500.
Ryder, N., Kvavilashvili, L. and Ford, R. M. (2022) 'Effects of incidental reminders on activity-based prospective memory in 5- and 7-year-old children',Developmental Psychology, 58(5), pp. 890-901. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001035
Belcher, H., Morein-Zamir, S., Mandy, W. and Ford, R. M. (2021) 'Camouflaging intent, first impressions, and age of ASC diagnosis in autistic men and women', Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05221-3
Sakkalou, E., O’Reilly, M. A., Sakki, H., Springall, C., de Haan, M., Salt, A. T. and Dale, N. J. (2020) 'Mother-infant interactions with infants with congenital visual impairment and associations with longitudinal outcomes in cognition and language', Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52(6), pp. 742-750.
Salt, A., O’Reilly, M. A., Sakkalou, E. and Dale, N. J. (2020) 'Detection vision development in infants and toddlers with congenital vision disorders and profound-sever visual impairment: Detection vision in infant vision disorders', Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 62(8), pp. 962-968.