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My current research interest is in visuospatial processing in children with developmental disorders, particularly autism, Down syndrome and Williams syndrome. GrantsSleep-related learning in developmental disorders (Williams Syndrome). The British Academy (#6500) PublicationsPapers Annaz, D., Karmiloff-Smith, A., Johnson, M. H., & Thomas, M. S. C. (2009). A cross-syndrome study of the development of holistic face recognition in children with autism, Down syndrome and Williams syndrome. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 102, 456-486. Click here for PDF version (340K). Annaz, D., Van Herwegen, J., Thomas, M. S. C., Fishman, R., Karmiloff-Smith, A., & Runbland, G. (2008). The comprehension of metaphor and metonymy in children with Williams syndrome. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, iFirst Article, 1-17. Click here for PDF version (410K) Carter, M., McCaughey, E., Annaz, D., & Hill, C.M. (in press). Sleep problems in a Down syndrome population. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Annaz, D., Hill, C.H & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (in prep.). Sleep patterns in Williams syndrome. Rundblad, G. & Annaz, D.(under review). The atypical development of metaphor and metonymy comprehension in children with Autism. Rundblad, G. & Annaz, D. (under review). Metaphor and metonymy comprehension: receptive vocabulary and conceptual knowledge. Annaz, D., Karmiloff-Smith, A. & Thomas, M. S. C. (in press). The importance of tracing developmental trajectories for clinical child neuropsychology. In J. Reed & J. Warner Rogers (Eds.), Child neuropsychology: Concepts, theory and practice. Click here for pdf (87k) Thomas, M. S. C., Annaz, D., Ansari, D., Serif, G., Jarrold, C., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2009). Using developmental trajectories to understand developmental disorders. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52, 336-358. Click here for PDF version (837K). A worksheet outlining how trajectory analyses can be carried out with SPSS accompanies this paper and can be found here: Trajectory Analysis Worksheet. Annaz, D. (2006). The development of visuospatial processing in children with autism, Down syndrome, and Williams syndrome. Unpublished PhD thesis. University of London. Click here for pdf (4285k) Abreu, A. M., French, R. M., Annaz, D., Thomas, M. S. C., & de Schonen, S. (2005). A "visual conflict" hypothesis for global-local visual deficits in Williams syndrome: simulations and data. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Stresa, Italy, 21 July 2005. Click here for pdf (265k) Annaz, D. & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (in press, 2005). Cross-syndrome, cross-domain comparisons of development trajectories. Commentary on Mile, Swettenham & Campbell. Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive/Current Psychology of Cognition. Click here for pdf (29k) Karmiloff-Smith, A., Thomas, M. S. C., Annaz, D., Humphreys, K., Ewing, S., Grice, S., Brace, N., Van Duuren, M., Pike, G., & Campbell, R. (2004). Exploring the Williams syndrome face processing debate: The importance of building developmental trajectories. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 45:7, 1258-1274. Click here for pdf (191k) Conference presentations Annaz, D., Thomas, M. S. C., & Johnson, M. (2006). Development of face processing in autism. International Society for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada, June 1-3rd, 2006. Rundblad, G., Annaz, D., Ferdenzi, A. (2006). The understanding of metonymy and metaphor in children with autism. International Society for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada, June 1-3rd, 2006. Annaz, D., Remington, A., Milne, E., Coleman, M., Campbell, R., & Swettenham, J. (2006). "Dots Buzzing around?" Perception of biological motion in autism. International Society for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada, June 1-3rd, 2006. Annaz, D., Thomas, M. S. C., Karmiloff-Smith, A., & Johnson, M. (2006). The development of face processing in Williams syndrome. Paper presented at the 3rd Williams Syndrome Workshop, June 2006, Reading, UK. Annaz, D., Thomas, M. S. C., Karmiloff-Smith, A., & Johnson, M. (2006). Visuo-constructive skills of face stimuli in Williams syndrome. Poster presented at the 3rd Williams Syndrome Workshop, June 2006, Reading, UK. Annaz, D., Thomas, M. S. C., Karmiloff-Smith, A., & Johnson, M. (2006). Cross-syndrome studies of holistic, configural and featural face development. Paper presented at the British Psychology Society Conference, September 6-9th, Edinburgh, UK. Annaz, D., Thomas, M. S. C., & Johnson, M. (2005). Cross-syndrome studies of atypical visuospatial development. XIIth European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain, August 2005. Annaz, D., Thomas, M. S. C., & Johnson, M. (2005). How do children with developmental disorders perform on configurally and holistically transformed faces? XIIth European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain, August 2005. Annaz, D., Thomas, M. S. C., Karmiloff-Smith, A., & Johnson, M. (2004). How do children with Autism and Down syndrome recognise faces? Poster presented at the House of Commons, London, UK. Annaz, D., Thomas, M. S. C., & Johnson, M. (2004). Configural vs. featural face processing in children with autism, Down syndrome and Williams syndrome. British Psychological Society, Developmental Psychology Conference, Leeds, UK, Sept. 2004. Colloquia 2006 "Cross-syndrome comparisons of configural and holistic face development" Department of Psychology, University of Nottingham. 2005 "Cross-syndrome comparisons of face recognition development" Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford. "Cross-disorders studies of atypical visuospatial development". Cognitive Science Seminars, Birkbeck, University of London. 2004 "Configural and featural face recognition in developmental disorders" Birbeck, University of London. Useful LinksThe Perception of Biological Motion in Autism
Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development InterestsFor a number of years I have been taking training in Ju-Jitsu under Shihan Frank McKenzie, who combines the arts of Ju-Jitsu, Kick Boxing, Fillipino Stick Fighting and Keysi Fighting Method. |
