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[2011-New]

Astle, D.E., & Scerif, G. (2011). Interactions between attention and VSTM: lessons from developmental and individual differences. Neuropsychologia, 49(6):1435-45.

Bishop, D.V.M., & Scerif, G. (2011). Klinefelter syndrome as a window on the etiology of language and communication impairments in children. Acta Paediatrica, 100(6):903-7.

Cornish, K.M., Bertone, A., Kogan, C.S., Chauduri, A., & Scerif, G. (in press). Linking genes to cognition: the case of Fragile X Syndrome. In Burack, J. (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Development. Oxford: OUP.

Cornish, K., Cole, V., Longhi, E., Karmiloff-Smith, A. & Scerif, G. (in press). Mapping developmental trajectories of attention and working memory in fragile X syndrome: developmental freeze or developmental change? Development and Psychopathology.

Cornish, K., Cole, V., Longhi, E., Karmiloff-Smith, A., & Scerif, G. (in press). Does attention constrain developmental trajectories in fragile X syndrome? A 3-year prospective longitudinal study. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Liddle, E.B., Hollis, C.P., Batty, M.J., Groom, M.J., Totman, J.J., Liotti, M., Scerif, G., & Liddle, P.F. (2011). Task-related Default Mode Network modulation and inhibitory control in ADHD: effects of motivation and methylphenidate. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52(7):761-71.

Kochar, P., Batty, M.J., Liddle, E.B., Groom, M.J., Nahman, C., Duffy, R., Scerif, G., Liddle P.F., & Hollis, C.P. (2011). Autistic Spectrum Disorder traits in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Child: Care, Health and Development, 37(1):103-10.

Pitchford, N.J., Davis, E.E., & Scerif, G. (in press). Look and learn: Links between colour preference and colour cognition. Progress in Colour Studies Vol III.

Pitchford, N.J., Johnson, S., Scerif, G., & Marlow, N. (2011). Early indications of delayed cognitive development in preschool children born very preterm: evidence from domain-general and domain-specific tasks. Infant and Child Development, 20, 400–422.

Scerif, G. (forthcoming). Objects of Attention. In A. Karmiloff-Smith, M.H. Jonson and J. Oates (Eds.) “Developing Brains”. Bernard van Leer Foundation: Early Childhood in Focus series.

Scerif, G., Longhi, E., Cole, V., Karmiloff-Smith, A. & Cornish, K. (in press). Attention across modalities as a longitudinal predictor of early outcomes: The case of fragile X syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Scerif, G. & Steele, A. (2011). Neurocognitive development of attention across genetic syndromes: Inspecting a disorder’s dynamics through the lens of others. In O Braddick, G Innocenti, and J Atkinson (Eds.), Gene Expression to Neurobiology and Behavior: Human Brain Development and Developmental Disorders. Progress in Brain Research, 189, 285-301.

Scerif, G. & Wu, R. (forthcoming). Developmental Disorders. In A.C. Nobre & S. Kastner (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Attention. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Steele, A., Brown, J., & Scerif, G. (in press). Integrating general and specific developmental processes: Cross-syndrome, cross-domain dynamics. In In E.K. Farran and A. Karmiloff-Smith (Eds.). Neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan: A Neuroconstructivist approach. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Steele, A., Karmiloff-Smith, A., Cornish, K.M. & Scerif, G. (in press). The multiple sub-functions of attention: Differential developmental gateways to literacy and numeracy. Child Development.

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[2010]

Astle, D.E., Nobre, A.C., & Scerif, G. (2010). Subliminally presented and stored objects capture attention. Journal of Neuroscience, 30, 3567–3571. Also, see Comment in Journal of Neuroscience "This week in the Journal".

Astle, D.E., Nobre, A.C. & Scerif, G. (2010). Attentional control constrains visual short-term memory: Insights from developmental and individual differences. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 30:1-18.

Batty, M.J., Liddle, E.B., Pitiot, A., Toro, R., Groom, M.J., Scerif, G., Liotti, M., Liddle, P.F., Paus, T., & Hollis, C.P. (2010). Cortical gray-matter in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A structural MRI study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 49, 229-238.

Bishop, D. V. M., Jacobs, P. A., Lachlan, K., Wellesley, D., Barnicoat, A., Boyd, P. A., Fryer, A., Middlemiss, P., Smithson, S., Metcalfe, K., Shears, D., Leggett, V., Nation, K., & Scerif, G. (2010). Autism spectrum disorders, language and communication in children with sex chromosome trisomies. Archives of Disease in Childhood. [EPubAhead of Print]

Groom, M.J., Scerif, G., Liddle, P.F., Batty, M.J., Liddle E.B., Roberts, K.L., Cahill, J.D., Liotti, M., & Hollis, C.P. (2010). Effects of motivation and medication on electrophysiological markers of response inhibition in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 67(7):624-31.

Leggett, V., Jacobs, P., Nation, K., Scerif, G., & Bishop, D.V.M. (2010). Neurocognitive outcomes of individuals with a sex chromosome trisomy: XXX, XYY or XXY. A systematic review. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 52, 119-129.

Scerif, G. (2010). Attention trajectories, mechanisms and outcomes: At the interface between developing cognition and environment. Developmental Science, 13, 805-12.

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[2009 - 7]

Astle, D.E., & Scerif, G. (2009). Using developmental cognitive neuroscience to study behavioural and attentional control. Developmental Psychobiology, 51, 107-118.

Astle, D.E., Nobre, A.C. & Scerif, G. (2009). Applying an attentional set to perceived and remembered features. PLoS One, 4(10):e7613.

Astle, D.E., Scerif, G., Kuo, B.-C., & Nobre, A.C. (2009). Spatial selection of features within perceived and remembered objects. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 3, 6.

Cornish, K., Scerif, G., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2007). Tracing syndrome-specific trajectories of attention across the lifespan. Cortex, 43, 672-685.

Liddle, E.B., Scerif, G., Hollis, C.P., Batty, M.J., Groom, M.J., Liotti, M., & Liddle, P.F. (2009). Looking before you leap: A theory of motivated control of action. Cognition, 112, 141-158.

Pitchford, N.J., Davis, E.E., & Scerif, G. (2009). Does colour preference have a role in colour term acquisition? British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27, 993-1012.

Scerif, G. (2008). Tools for Success. TES Features article, 25 July.

Scerif, G., Cornish, K., Wilding, J., Driver, J., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2007). Delineation of early attentional control difficulties in fragile X syndrome: Focus on neurocomputational mechanisms. Neuropsychologia, 45, 1889-98.

Thomas, M.S.C., Annaz, D., Ansari, D., Scerif, G., Jarrold, C., & Karmiloff-Smith., A. (2009). Using developmental trajectories to understand genetic disorders. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 52, 336-358.[SPSS worksheet]

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[2006-4]

Karmiloff-Smith, A., Ansari, D., Campbell, L., Scerif, G., & Thomas, M. (2006).  Theoretical implications of studying genetic disorders: The case of Williams syndrome. In C.A. Morris, H.M. Lenhoff, & P.P. Wang (Eds), Williams-Beuren Syndrome: Research, Evalutation and Treatment. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 254-273. [Author draft ]

Scerif, G. (2006). What is so special about modules? Defining mechanisms of developmental change. Infancia y Aprendizaje, 29, 281-287.

Scerif, G., Cornish, K., Wilding, J., Driver, J., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2004). Visual search in typically developing toddlers and toddlers with fragile X or Williams syndrome. Developmental Science, 7, 116-130.

Scerif, G., Gomez, J.C., & Byrne, R.W. (2004). What do Diana monkeys (Cercopithecus diana diana) know about conspecifics' focus of attention? Animal Behaviour, 68, 1239-1247.

Scerif, G., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2005). The dawn of cognitive genetics? Crucial developmental caveats. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 3, 126-135.

Scerif, G., Karmiloff-Smith, A., Campos, R., Elsabbagh, M., Driver, J., & Cornish, K. (2005). To look or not to look? Typical and atypical development of oculomotor control. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 4, 591-604.

Scerif, G., Kotsoni, E., & Casey, B.J. (2006). The functional neuroimaging of development. In: R. Cabeza and A. Kingstone (Eds.), Functional Neuroimaging of Cognition. Cambridge: MIT Press, pp. 351-378. [Author draft ]

Scerif, G., Worden, M., Seiger, L., Davidson, M., & Casey, B.J. (2006). Context-driven attention modulates early stimulus-processing when resolving stimulus-response conflict. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18, 781-792.

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[2003-1]

Bull, R., & Scerif, G. (2001). Executive functioning as a predictor of children’s mathematics ability. Shifting, inhibition, and working memory. Developmental Neuropsychology, 19, 273-293.

Karmiloff-Smith, A., Scerif, G., & Ansari, D. (2003). Double dissociations in developmental disorders: Theoretically misconceived, empirically dubious. Cortex, 39, 161-163.

Karmiloff-Smith, A., Scerif, G., & Thomas, M. (2002). Different approaches to relating genotype to phenotype in developmental disorders. Developmental Psychobiology, 40, 311-322.

Scerif, G., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2001). Genes and environment: What does interaction really mean? Review of “Are We Hardwired? The role of genes in Human Behavior.” Trends in Genetics, 17, 418-419.

Scerif, G., & Cornish, K. (2003). Early development in fragile X syndrome. In D. Dew-Hughes (Ed.) Educating children with Fragile X Syndrome. London: Routledge, 127-131.

Scerif, G., Paterson, S., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2002). What Piaget could have learnt from…working with Inhelder: A review of “Working with Piaget: Essays in Honour of Bärbel Inhelder.” Archives de Psychologie, 115-118.

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Updated: 29.10.2011