Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development
School of Psychology,
Birkbeck College Henry Wellcome Building,
London
WC1E 7HX
Phone: +44 (0)20 3073 8038
Fax: +44 (0)20 7631 6587
Email: c.taylor at bbk.ac.uk
Research Interests
I am currently a member of the Autism Baby Sibs Project research team, a multi-centre research project aimed at discovering the early cognitive markers of autism. I am interested in both typical and atypical cognitive development in infants and how this may vary between different cultures and different populations.
Education
PhD Cognitive Psychology, 3 year PhD studentship (2008-2011) 'A Systematic Investigation of Biological and Cognitive Theories of Colour Preference' University of Surrey, UK
BSc(Hons) Psychology (2003-2007) First Class Honours, Mark Bradshaw Memorial Prize for Best Undergraduate Dissertation University of Surrey, UK
Publications
Taylor, C., Palmer, S., Schloss, K. & Franklin, A. (2013). Color preferences in infants and adults are different. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, doi:10.3758/s13423-013-0411-6
Taylor, C. & Franklin, A. (2012). The relationship between color-object associations and color preference is stronger for males than females, and is not solely related to object valence. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 19(2), 190-197.
Taylor, C., Clifford, A. & Franklin, A. (2012). Color preferences are not universal. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General,doi:10.1037/a0030273
Franklin, A., Gibbons, E., Chittenden, K., Alvarez, J. & Taylor, C. (2011). Infant color preference for red is not selectively context specific. Emotion, 12(5)1155-1160.
Drivonikou, G.V., Davies, I.R.L., Franklin, A. & Taylor, C. (2007). Lateralisation of colour categorical perception: a cross-cultural study. Perception, 36, ECVP Abstract Supplement.
Conference Presentations
Drivonikou, G.V., Davies, I.R.L., Franklin, A. & Taylor, C. (2007). Lateralisation of colour categorical perception: a cross-cultural study. European Conference on Visual Perception, Arezzo.
Franklin, A., Taylor, C., Al-Rasheed, A., Clifford, A. & Alvarez, J. (2011). Biological components of colour preference are not universal. Vision Sciences Society conference, Florida.
Taylor, C., Franklin, A. & Clifford, A. (2012). The relationship between colour-object associations and colour preference: further investigation of Ecological Valence Theory. PICS Conference (July), Glasgow.
Taylor, C., Clifford, A., Franklin, A. (2011). Mere exposure influences male colour preference, yet female colour preference remains resistant to change. Vision Sciences Society conference, Florida.