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Debra L. Mills is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom and has contributed to the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience. Their work spans various subfields including Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research explores multiple topics, notably Language Development and Disorders, Reading and Literacy Development, Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Williams Syndrome Research, Congenital Heart Defects Research, Coronary Artery Anomalies, and Visual Perception and Processing Mechanisms.

Mills has published articles in several scientific venues, with papers appearing in Frontiers in Psychology, Scientific Reports, and i-Perception. Some of the recent works include:

  • Development of the N400 for Word Learning in the First 2 Years of Life: A Systematic Review (2021) in Frontiers in Psychology
  • Brain lateralization for perceiving direction of motion is reversed in Williams syndrome and related to BUD23 (2025) in Scientific Reports
  • Three-dimensional shape from shading is modulated by top-down attention: Evidence from event-related potentials (2025) in i-Perception

Collaboration with other researchers plays a role in Mills' work, frequently coauthoring with Caroline Junge, Marlijne Boumeester, Mariella Paul, Samuel H. Cosper, and Li Dai.

Best Publications

  • Fractionating Language: Different Neural Subsystems with Different Sensitive Periods

    Helen J. Neville;Debra L. Mills;Donald S. Lawson

  • Bridging cognition, the brain and molecular genetics: evidence from Williams syndrome.

    Ursula Bellugi;Liz Lichtenberger;Debra Mills;Albert Galaburda

  • Language comprehension and cerebral specialization from 13 to 20 months

    Debra L. Mills;Sharon Coffey‐Corina;Helen J. Neville

  • Abnormal cortical complexity and thickness profiles mapped in Williams syndrome.

    Paul M. Thompson;Agatha D. Lee;Rebecca A. Dutton;Jennifer A. Geaga

  • More Is Not Always Better: Increased Fractional Anisotropy of Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus Associated with Poor Visuospatial Abilities in Williams Syndrome

    Fumiko Hoeft;Naama Barnea-Goraly;Brian W. Haas;Golijeh Golarai

  • Language acquisition and cerebral specialization in 20-month-old infants

    Debra L. Mills;Sharon A. Coffey-Corina;Helen J. Neville

  • Two languages, one developing brain: event-related potentials to words in bilingual toddlers

    Barbara T. Conboy;Debra L. Mills;Debra L. Mills

  • Defining the social phenotype in Williams syndrome: a model for linking gene, the brain, and behavior.

    Anna Järvinen-Pasley;Ursula Bellugi;Judy Reilly;Debra L. Mills

  • Language Experience and the Organization of Brain Activity to Phonetically Similar Words: ERP Evidence from 14- and 20-Month-Olds

    Debra L. Mills;Chantel Prat;Renate Zangl;Christine L. Stager

  • III. Electrophysiological Studies of Face Processing in Williams Syndrome

    Debra L. Mills;Twyla D. Alvarez;Marie St. George;Lawrence G. Appelbaum

  • 3D pattern of brain abnormalities in Williams syndrome visualized using tensor-based morphometry.

    Ming Chang Chiang;Allan L. Reiss;Agatha D. Lee;Ursula Bellugi

  • Increased local gyrification mapped in Williams syndrome.

    Christian Gaser;Eileen Luders;Paul M. Thompson;Agatha D. Lee

  • Watching the Infant Brain Learn Words: Effects of Vocabulary Size and Experience.

    Debra L. Mills;Kim Plunkett;Chantel Prat;Graham Schafer

  • Genetic influences on sociability: heightened amygdala reactivity and event-related responses to positive social stimuli in Williams syndrome.

    Brian W. Haas;Debra Mills;Anna Yam;Fumiko Hoeft

  • Is it Williams syndrome? GTF2IRD1 implicated in visual–spatial construction and GTF2I in sociability revealed by high resolution arrays

    L. Dai;L. Dai;U. Bellugi;X. N. Chen;A. M. Pulst-Korenberg

  • Increased brain activity to infant-directed speech in 6-and 13-month-old infants.

    Renate Zangl;Debra L. Mills

  • Frontostriatal Dysfunction During Response Inhibition in Williams Syndrome

    Dean Mobbs;Mark A. Eckert;Debra Mills;Julie Korenberg

  • Evidence for superior parietal impairment in Williams syndrome

    M. A. Eckert;D. Hu;S. Eliez;U. Bellugi

  • Developmental changes in neural activity to familiar words and gestures

    Elizabeth A. Sheehan;Laura L. Namy;Debra L. Mills

  • Effects of altered auditory sensitivity and age of language acquisition on the development of language-relevant neural systems: Preliminary studies of Williams syndrome.

    Helen J. Neville;Debra L. Mills;Ursula Bellugi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ursula Bellugi
Ursula Bellugi Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Julie R. Korenberg
Julie R. Korenberg University of Utah
Albert M. Galaburda
Albert M. Galaburda Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Allan L. Reiss
Allan L. Reiss Stanford University
Helen J. Neville
Helen J. Neville University of Oregon
Fumiko Hoeft
Fumiko Hoeft University of Connecticut
Brian W. Haas
Brian W. Haas University of Georgia
Mark A. Eckert
Mark A. Eckert Medical University of South Carolina
Masaru Mimura
Masaru Mimura Keio University
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California

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