Research Assistant
Contact Details
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@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
Decreased attention in 10-and 14-month-olds with neurofibromatosis type 1 and association with later ADHD traits
Parent–child similarity on autism and ADHD traits and children's social functioning and psychological well‐being at 3 years
The Impact of Visually Presented Distractor Taboo Words During a Bilateral Attention Task
The roles of sensory hyperreactivity and hyporeactivity in understanding infant fearfulness and emerging autistic traits
Mid‐childhood autism sibling recurrence in infants with a family history of autism
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.