Middlesex University, London
Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck,
32 Torrington Square
Research interests
PhD Students
Anna Sniecinska: Endocrine secretion and sleep patterns in Williams syndrome
Jo Van Herwegen: Figurative Language in Williams Syndrome
Lim Al Kewo: A Longitudinal Cross-Cultural Investigation on the Role of Make-Believe Play in Children’s Socio-Cognitive Development
Curriculum vitae
Publications
Sleep
Annaz, D., Hill, C. M., Ashworth, A, Holley, S. & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (submitted). Sleep disturbances in children with genetic disorders: a case of Williams syndrome
Whayte, S., McCaughey, E., Annaz, D., & Hill, C.M. (submitted). Sleep problems in cerebral palsy population.
Carter, M., McCaughey, L., Annaz, D., & Hill, C. M. (2009). Sleep problems in a Down syndrome population. Archives of Disease in Childhood
Language
Rundblad, G. & Annaz, D. (in press). The atypical development of metaphor and metonymy in autism. Autism
Rundblad, G. & Annaz, D. (in press). Metaphor and metonymy comprehension: receptive vocabulary and conceptual knowledge. British Journal of Developmental Psychology
Annaz, D., Thomas, M. S. C., Fishman, R., Karmiloff-Smith, A., & Rundblad, G., (2008). The comprehension of metaphor and metonymy in children with Williams syndrome and typically developing children. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
Developmental disorders
Annaz, D, Remington, A., Milne, E., Campbell, R., Coleman, M., Thomas, M.S.C, & Swettenham, J. (under revision). Development of motion processing trajectories in autism.
Annaz, D., Karmiloff-Smith, A., Johnson, M. H., & Thomas, M. S. C. (2009). Development of holistic face recognition in children with Autism, Down syndrome and Williams syndrome. Journal of Child Experimental Psychology.
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.
Annaz, D. & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2008). The Importance of Tracing Developmental Trajectories for Clinical Child Neuropsychology. In J.Reed & J.Warner Rogers (Eds.), Child Neuropsychology: Concepts, Theory and Practice.