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Atypical Sensory behaviours in children with Tourette's Syndrome and in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Ludlow, Amanda; Wilkins, Arnold J. (2016-09-30)Certain visual disturbances make it difficult to read text and have been attributed to visual stress, also called “pattern-related visual stress". 12 Children with ASD, 12 children with Tourette's syndrome and without ASD ... -
Auditory processing and sensory behaviours in children with autism spectrum disorders as revealed by mismatch negativity
Ludlow, Amanda; Mohr, Bettina; Whitmore, Antony; Garagnani, Max; Pulvermüller, Friedmann; Gutierrez, Roberto (2014-04-01)Sensory dysfunctions may underlie key characteristics in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The current study aimed to investigate auditory change detection in children with ASD in order to determine event-related ... -
Case report : color as a therapeutic intervention
Ludlow, Amanda; Wilkins, Arnold J. (2009-05) -
Challenges faced by parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder
Ludlow, Amanda; Skelly, Charlotte; Rohleder, Poul (2012-07)Few studies address the daily challenges faced by parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. This article reports on a qualitative interview study with 20 parents exploring their experiences, challenges ... -
Color obsessions and phobias in autism spectrum disorders : the case of J.G
Ludlow, Amanda; Heaton, Pamela; Hill, Elisabeth; Franklin, Anna (2014-05-04)The current study is the first investigation of color 'obsessions' and 'phobias' in ASD. We investigate the color perception and cognition of J.G., a boy with ASD who has a strong obsession with blue, and a strong phobia ... -
Coloured filters enhance the visual perception of social cues in children with autism spectrum disorders
Ludlow, Amanda; Taylor-Whiffen, Elaine; Wilkins, Arnold J. (2012)Coloured filters have been found to reduce visual distortion of text in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We investigated the effect of the overlays on the "mind in the eye" task in children with ASD and ... -
Confronting the language barrier : Theory of mind in deaf children
Jones, Anna C.; Gutierrez, Roberto; Ludlow, Amanda (2015-07-16)The current study addressed deaf children's Theory of Mind (ToM) development as measured by a battery of first- and second-order belief tasks. Both a chronological age-matched control group and a younger group of pre-school ... -
Developmental Psychology
Ludlow, Amanda; Gutierrez, Roberto (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014-09) -
Developmental Psychopathology
Kerig, Patricia; Ludlow, Amanda; Wenar, Charles (McGraw-Hill, 2012) -
Developmental psychopathology: DSM-5 update.
Ludlow, Amanda; Kerig, Patricia (McGraw-Hill, 2014) -
The effect of coloured overlays on reading ability in children with autism
Ludlow, Amanda; Wilkins, Arnold J.; Heaton, Pam (2006-05)Abnormalities of colour perception in children with autistic spectrum disorders have been widely reported anecdotally. However, there is little empirical data linking difficulties in colour perception with academic ... -
Emotion recognition in children with profound and severe deafness : do they have a deficit in perceptual processing?
Ludlow, Amanda; Heaton, Pam; Rosset, Delphine; Hills, Peter; Deruelle, Christine (2010-11)Findings from several studies have suggested that deaf children have difficulties with emotion identification and that these may impact upon social skills. The authors of these studies have typically attributed such problems ... -
Empathy Dysfunction: Deconstructing social functioning in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Conduct Disorder
Ludlow, Amanda; Reniers, Renate; Vilas Sanz, Sara (Nova Science Publishers, 2016-02-01)Empathy is a multidimensional construct that can be understood as the ability to be perceptive of and vicariously experience the feelings of other people (affective components of empathy), while at the same time being able ... -
An exploration of sarcasm detection in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Ludlow, Amanda; Chadwick, Eleanor; Morey, Alice; Edwards, Rebecca; Gutierrez, Roberto (2017-11-01)The present research explored the ability of children with ADHD to distinguish between sarcasm and sincerity. Twenty-two children with a clinical diagnosis of ADHD were compared with 22 age and verbal IQ matched typically ... -
Qualitative Exploration of the Daily Experiences and Challenges Faced by Parents and Caregivers of Children with Tourette's Syndrome.
Ludlow, Amanda; Brown, Rachel; Schulz, Joerg (2016-09-28)Few studies address the daily challenges faced by parents of children diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome. This article reports on a qualitative interview study with 15 parents exploring their experiences, the challenges ... -
The role of motion and intensity in deaf children’s recognition of real human facial expressions of emotion
Jones, Anna Catherine; Gutierrez, Roberto; Ludlow, Amanda (2018-01-02)There is substantial evidence to suggest that deafness is associated with delays in emotion understanding, which has been attributed to delays in language acquisition and opportunities to converse. However, studies addressing ... -
Social Anxiety and Response to Touch : a preliminary exploration of broader autism phenotype in females
Ludlow, Amanda; Roberts, Hannah; Gutierrez, Roberto (2015-04-08)Subclinical autism-related traits have been shown in the general population to be independently related to both social anxiety and sensory sensitivity. The present study examined the relationship between autistic traits ... -
Superior discrimination of speech pitch and its relationship to verbal ability in autism spectrum disorders
Heaton, Pamela; Hudry, Kristelle; Ludlow, Amanda; Hill, Elizabeth (2008-09)Whilst hypersensitivity to pitch information appears to be characteristic of many individuals with autism spectrum disorders little is known about the implications of such a tendency for language acquisition and development. ... -
Understanding the impact of diet and nutrition on symptoms of Tourette Syndrome: A Scoping Review
Ludlow, Amanda; Rogers, Samantha (2018-03-01)Anecdotal reports frequently suggest some dietary involvement in the maintenance of tics in children with Tourette syndrome (TS). This scoping review aimed to (1) understand the possible influence of diet as a trigger of ... -
Visual performance and ocular abnormalities in deaf children and young adults : a literature review
Hollingsworth, Richard; Ludlow, Amanda; Wilkins, Arnold; Calver, Richard; Allen, Peter M. (2014-06)Visual defects are common in deaf individuals. Refractive error and ocular motor abnormalities are frequently reported, with hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism and anomalies of binocular vision, all showing a greater prevalence ...