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ResearchI am currently based at the Institute of Education, London studying for a Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr Emily Farran. My research focuses on the use of virtual environments to examine the development of spatial mental representations in both typically-developing children and individuals with Williams Syndrome. Specifically, I am interested in the development of the use of different spatial frames of reference in these groups, and how this relates to the use of different navigational strategies and the development of large-scale spatial relational knowledge (an understanding of spatial relationships within an environment). A secondary aim of this research is to examine whether conducting spatial tasks within virtual environments can be used to enhance navigational abilities in WS and whether this can transfer to real-world situations such as enhancing spatial knowledge of the individual's school or home environment. In general, I am interested in both typical and atypical development, with a particular interest in neurocognitive abilities such as visuospatial skills. Although my current research focus is on typical developing children and individuals with Williams syndrome, my previous research has also examined developmental and neuropsychological difficulties in individuals with ASD, benign epilepsy, and adults with eating disorders.
PublicationsBroadbent, H., Farran, E.K., Chin, E., Metcalfe, K., Tassabehji, M., Turnpenny, P., Sansbury, F., Meaburn, E., Karmiloff-Smith, A., (submitted). Genetic contributions to visuospatial cognition in Williams syndrome: Insights from two contrasting partial deletion patients. Broadbent, H., Farran, E. K., & Tolmie, A. (in press). Egocentric and allocentric navigation strategies in Williams syndrome and typical development. Developmental Science. Broadbent, H., Farran, E. K., & Tolmie, A. (in press) Object-based mental rotation and visual perspective-taking in typical development and Williams syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology. Berlim, M. T., Broadbent, H. J., & Van den Eynde, F. (2013). Blinding integrity in randomized sham-controlled trials of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 16 (5), 1173-1181 DeJong, H., Oldershaw, A., Sternheim, L., Samarawickrema, N., Kenyon, M.D., Broadbent, H., Lavender, A., Startup, H., Treasure, J., and Schmidt, U. (2013). Quality of life in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not-otherwise-specified Journal of Eating Disorders, 1:43. DOI: 10.1186/2050-2974-1-43. Schmidt, U., Renwick, B., Lose, A., Kenyon, M., DeJong, H., Broadbent, H., Loomes, R., Watson, C., Ghelani, S., Serpell, L., Richards, L., Johnson-Sabine, E., Boughton, N., Whitehead, L., Beecham, J., Treasure, J., Landau, S. (2013). The MOSAIC study - comparison of the Maudsley Model of Treatment for Adults with Anorexia Nervosa (MANTRA) with Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) in outpatients with anorexia nervosa or eating disorder not otherwise specified, anorexia nervosa type: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 14:160, DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-160 Van den Eynde, F., Koskina, A., Syrad, H., Guillaume, S., Broadbent, H., Campbell, I. C., & Schmidt, U. (2012). State and trait food craving in people with bulimic eating disorders. Eating Behaviours, 13 (4): 414-417. Karmiloff-Smith, A., Broadbent, H., Farran, E.K., Longhi, E., D’Souza, D., Metcalfe, K., Tassabehji, M., Wu, R., Senju, A., Turnenny, P., Sansbury, F. (2012). Social cognition in Williams syndrome: genotype/phenotype insights from partial deletion patients. Frontiers in Psychology, 3: 168. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00168 Guillaume, S., Van den Eynde, F., Samarawickrema, N., Broadbent, H., Goodman-Smith, E., Schmidt, U. (2012). Classical stroop effect in bulimia nervosa. Eating and Weight Disorders, 17 (3): e203-6 Oldershaw, A., Dejong, H., Hambrook, D., Broadbent, H., Tchanturia, K., Treasure, J., Schmidt, U. (2012). Emotional processing following recovery from anorexia nervosa. European Eating Disorders Review, 20 (6): 502-509. DOI: 10.1002/erv.2153 Broadbent, H., Van den Eynde, F., Guillaume, S., Hanif, E., Stahl, D., David, A.S., Campbell., I.C., Schmidt, U. (2011). Blinding success of rTMS applied to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in randomised sham-controlled trials: a systematic review. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 12 (4): 240-248 DeJong, H., Broadbent, H., & Schmidt, U. (2011). A systematic review of dropout from treatment in outpatients with anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.20956 Dejong, H., Van den Eynde, F., Broadbent, H., Kenyon, M.D., Lavender, A., Startup, H., Schmidt, U. (2011). Social cognition in bulimia nervosa: A systematic review. European Psychiatry, 28(1): 1-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.07.002 Monjauze, C., Broadbent, H., Boyd, S.G., Neville, B.G.R., Baldeweg, T. (2011). Language deficits and altered hemispheric lateralisation in young people in remission from BECTS. Epilepsia, 52 (8): e79-e83 Van den Eynde, F., Suda, M., Broadbent, H., Guillaume, S., Van den Eynde, M. (2011) Structural magnetic resonance imaging in eating disorders: a systematic review of voxel based morphometry studies. European Eating Disorders Review. DOI: 10.1002/erv.1163 Van den Eynde, F., Guillaume, S., Broadbent, H., Campbell, I.C., Schmidt, U., Tchanturia, K. (2011). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in anorexia nervosa: a pilot study. European Psychiatry: The Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.06.002 Van den Eynde, F., Guillaume, S., Broadbent, H., Stahl, D., Campbell, I. C., Schmidt, U. & Tchanturia, K. (2011). Neurocognition in bulimic eating disorders: a systematic review. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 124 (2): 120–140 Van Den Eynde, F., Broadbent, H., Guillaume, S., Claudino, A., Campbell, I., & Schmidt, U. (2010). Handedness, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and bulimic disorders. European Psychiatry: The Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 8-11 Duffy, J.F., Willson, H.J., Wang, W., & Czeisler, C. (2009) Healthy Older Adults Better Tolerate Sleep Deprivation than Young Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57 (7): 1245-1251
Conference presentationsBroadbent, H.J., Farran, E.K., and Tolmie, A. (2012) Egocentric and allocentric navigation strategies in typical development and Williams syndrome. Oral presentation at the British Psychological Society (BPS) Developmental Section annual conference, Glasgow, UK Broadbent, H.J., Farran, E.K., and Tolmie, A. (2012) Egocentric and allocentric spatial navigation strategies in Williams syndrome and typical development. Oral presentation at the International Williams Syndrome Association Conference, Boston, MA., USA Broadbent, H.J., Farran, E.K., and Tolmie, A. (2012) Egocentric and allocentric navigation strategies in Williams syndrome. Poster presentation at the Neurodevelopmental Disorders Seminar Series, Kingston, UK Broadbent, H., Tolmie A.K., & Farran, E.K. (2011) Mental Rotation in Children and the use of Egocentric and Allocentric Navigation Strategies in Large-Scale Space. Poster presentation at the British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference, Newcastle, UKWillson, H., Monjauze, C., Baldeweg, T. et al (2009) Neuropsychological deficits in remission from benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. Oral presentation at the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience Annual Scientific Meeting, London, UK Willson, H.J., Ellis, J., Guzik, A.M., Czeisler, C., & Duffy, J.F. (2007) Healthy older adults have fewer attentional failures than young adults during extended wakefulness. Sleep, 2007. 30:A114. Oral presentation at the "Sleep 2007" meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
