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Dorothy V. M. Bishop

Dorothy V. M. Bishop

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2025
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Psychology
UK
2026

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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Dorothy V. M. Bishop is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology. Additional areas of study include Genetics, Statistics and Probability, and related aspects of uncertainty in statistical analysis.

Their research topics cover several specialized subjects, including:

  • Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction

Dorothy V. M. Bishop has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals and research venues. The most frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Arabixiv (OSF Preprints)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition
  • Royal Society Open Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Dorothy V. M. Bishop include:

  • "A survey of biomedical journals to detect editorial bias and nepotistic behavior," 2021, PLoS Biology
  • "Laterality indices consensus initiative (LICI): A Delphi expert survey report on recommendations to record, assess, and report asymmetry in human behavioural and brain research," 2023, Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition
  • "How scientists can stop fooling themselves over statistics," 2020, Nature
  • "An updated investigation of the multidimensional structure of language lateralization in left- and right-handed adults: a test-retest functional transcranial Doppler sonography study with six language tasks," 2021, Royal Society Open Science
  • "Assessing the reliability of an online behavioural laterality battery: A pre-registered study," 2020, Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Paul A. Thompson (13 collaborations)
  • Zoe Woodhead (12 collaborations)
  • Kate E. Watkins (9 collaborations)
  • Dianne F. Newbury (7 collaborations)
  • Adam J. Parker (6 collaborations)

Dorothy V. M. Bishop was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2014, reflecting their standing in the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • A manifesto for reproducible science

    Marcus R. Munafò;Brian A. Nosek;Brian A. Nosek;Dorothy V.M. Bishop;Katherine S. Button

  • Developmental dyslexia and specific language impairment: same or different?

    Dorothy V. M. Bishop;Margaret J. Snowling

  • Uncommon Understanding (Classic Edition) : Development and disorders of language comprehension in children

    Dorothy V. M. Bishop

  • A Prospective Study of the Relationship between Specific Language Impairment, Phonological Disorders and Reading Retardation

    Dorothy Bishop;Catherine Adams

  • Phase 2 of CATALISE: a multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study of problems with language development: Terminology

    Dorothy V.M. Bishop;Margaret J. Snowling;Paul A. Thompson;Trisha Greenhalgh

  • Language-impaired preschoolers: a follow-up into adolescence.

    Susan E. Stothard;Margaret J. Snowling;D. V. M. Bishop;Barry B. Chipchase

  • Language-impaired 4-year-olds: distinguishing transient from persistent impairment.

    Dorothy V. Bishop;A. Edmundson

  • Nonword Repetition as a Behavioural Marker for Inherited Language Impairment: Evidence From a Twin Study

    D. V. M. Bishop;T. North;C. Donlan

  • Development of the Children's Communication Checklist (CCC): a method for assessing qualitative aspects of communicative impairment in children.

    D. V. M. Bishop

  • Uncommon Understanding: Development and Disorders of Language Comprehension in Children

    Dorothy V.M. Bishop

  • CATALISE: A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus Study. Identifying Language Impairments in Children.

    Dorothy V. M. Bishop;Margaret J. Snowling;Paul A. Thompson;Trisha Greenhalgh

  • Evidence from Turner's syndrome of an imprinted X-linked locus affecting cognitive function

    D.H. Skuse;R.S. James;D.V.M. Bishop;B. Coppin

  • The Underlying Nature of Specific Language Impairment

    Dorothy V. Bishop

  • A practical guide to the selection of independent components of the electroencephalogram for artifact correction

    Maximilien Chaumon;Dorothy V.M. Bishop;Niko A. Busch

  • Relations Among Speech, Language, and Reading Disorders

    Bruce F. Pennington;Dorothy V. M. Bishop

  • Is preschool language impairment a risk factor for dyslexia in adolescence

    Margaret J. Snowling;D. V. M. Bishop;Susan E. Stothard

  • Narrative skills of children with communication impairments.

    Courtenay Frazier Norbury;Dorothy V. M. Bishop

  • Phonological awareness and literacy development in children with expressive phonological impairments

    J. Bird;D. V. M. Bishop;N. H. Freeman

  • Exploring the borderlands of autistic disorder and specific language impairment: a study using standardised diagnostic instruments.

    Dorothy V. M. Bishop;Courtenay Frazier Norbury

  • GENETIC-BASIS OF SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT - EVIDENCE FROM A TWIN STUDY

    D. V. M. Bishop;T. North;C. Donlan

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. O. Whitehouse
Andrew J. O. Whitehouse Telethon Kids Institute
Courtenay Frazier Norbury
Courtenay Frazier Norbury University College London
Margaret J. Snowling
Margaret J. Snowling University of Oxford
Genevieve McArthur
Genevieve McArthur Macquarie University
Philip S. Dale
Philip S. Dale University of New Mexico
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Kate Nation
Kate Nation University of Oxford
Simon E. Fisher
Simon E. Fisher Max Planck Society
Murray T. Maybery
Murray T. Maybery University of Western Australia
Anthony P. Monaco
Anthony P. Monaco Tufts University

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