Our research seeks to better understand the role of differences in brain and cognitive functioning in explaining variability in children's emotional, social and behavioural development. We use a variety of methodologies such as EEG, eye-tracking, behavioural tasks and questionnaires. We combine this with advanced statistical methods that can handle complex and longitudinal data such as structural equation models.
See below for a selection of our current and previous projects.
This project seeks to understand what drives individual differences in childhood sensory responsivity, and in particular why some children appear to be more sensitive to everyday sensory inputs. We hope this research will give insight into how to best support children with sensory-related challenges. We will soon be recruiting children aged three years for this project!
This project sought to understand what researchers should focus on to better understand the overlap of disordered eating and autism/ADHD. We conducted an online survey, followed up with an in-depth workshop, to hear from people with lived experience what they felt the Top 10 Priorities for future research should be. We hope this will encourage funding and research in this field to be in line with stakeholder priorities.
This project sought to map profiles of cognition, motivation and attention across children with differences in social and emotional needs. Often in childhood mental health, many diagnoses co-occur, making it hard to understand which profiles of cognitive functioning are specific to a given condition and which be markers of transdiagnostic vulnerability. This project collected in-depth information about profiles of cognitive functioning in a sample of 10 - 16 year olds, enhanced for social, emotional and mental health difficulties.
This fellowship focused on applying complex statistical models to better estimate and understand developmental mechanisms and trajectories relevant to autistic mental health
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Collaboration with BASIS Group:
This work was led by Professor Emily Simonoff at King's College London. The aim of the project was to better understand the stability and predictors of mental health challenges in autistic youth.
