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Citations
8597
World Ranking
8687
National Ranking
646

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Spearman Medal, British Psychological Society

Overview

Iroise Dumontheil is affiliated with Birkbeck, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and experimental and cognitive psychology. Their work addresses topics such as child and animal learning development, neuroscience related to education and cognitive function, and cognitive as well as developmental aspects of mathematical skills.

The primary topics covered in Dumontheil's research include:

  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

Dumontheil has contributed notably to a range of publications in prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • Developmental Science
  • Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts

Some of Dumontheil's recent papers are:

  • Internalising and externalising in early adolescence predict later executive function, not the other way around: a cross-lagged panel analysis (2021), published in Cognition & Emotion
  • Multi-Level Meta-Analysis of Physical Activity Interventions During Childhood: Effects of Physical Activity on Cognition and Academic Achievement (2023), published in Educational Psychology Review
  • Social networking site use in young adolescents: Association with health-related quality of life and behavioural difficulties (2020), published in Computers in Human Behavior
  • Digital Technology Use and BMI: Evidence From a Cross-sectional Analysis of an Adolescent Cohort Study (2021), published in Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Modulatory effects of SES and multilinguistic experience on cognitive development: a longitudinal data analysis of multilingual and monolingual adolescents from the SCAMP cohort (2022), published in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

The research collaborations of Dumontheil include frequent co-authorship with Michelle de Haan, Mark H. Johnson, Denis Mareschal, Michael S. C. Thomas, and Mireille B. Toledano.

Dumontheil's work has encompassed both empirical studies and meta-analyses, often concentrating on developmental cognitive neuroscience topics, cognitive and behavioral psychology, and the impact of technology on adolescent development.

The scientist has received the Spearman Medal from the British Psychological Society in 2015, reflecting recognition within the research community.

Best Publications

  • The gateway hypothesis of rostral prefrontal cortex (area 10) function.

    Paul W. Burgess;Iroise Dumontheil;Iroise Dumontheil;Sam J. Gilbert

  • Online Usage of Theory of Mind Continues to Develop in Late Adolescence.

    Iroise Dumontheil;Ian A. Apperly;Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

  • The case for the development and use of “ecologically valid” measures of executive function in experimental and clinical neuropsychology

    Paul W. Burgess;Nick Alderman;Catrin Forbes;Angela Costello

  • The development of metacognitive ability in adolescence.

    Leonora G. Weil;Stephen M. Fleming;Stephen M. Fleming;Iroise Dumontheil;Emma J. Kilford

  • Development of abstract thinking during childhood and adolescence: the role of rostrolateral prefrontal cortex.

    Iroise Dumontheil

  • Function and localization within rostral prefrontal cortex (area 10)

    Paul W Burgess;Sam J Gilbert;Iroise Dumontheil

  • Developmental influences on the neural bases of responses to social rejection: implications of social neuroscience for education

    Catherine L. Sebastian;Geoffrey C.Y. Tan;Jonathan P. Roiser;Essi Viding

  • Brain Activity during a Visuospatial Working Memory Task Predicts Arithmetical Performance 2 Years Later

    Iroise Dumontheil;Torkel Klingberg

  • Comment on “Wandering Minds: The Default Network and Stimulus-Independent Thought”

    Sam J. Gilbert;Iroise Dumontheil;Jon S. Simons;Chris D. Frith

  • Development of Rostral Prefrontal Cortex and Cognitive and Behavioural Disorders.

    Iroise Dumontheil;Paul W Burgess;Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

  • Adolescent brain development

    Iroise Dumontheil

  • Influence of the COMT Genotype on Working Memory and Brain Activity Changes During Development

    Iroise Dumontheil;Chantal Roggeman;Tim Ziermans;Myriam Peyrard-Janvid

  • Night-time screen-based media device use and adolescents' sleep and health-related quality of life.

    Michael O. Mireku;Mary M. Barker;Julian Mutz;Iroise Dumontheil

  • The gateway hypothesis of rostral prefrontal cortex (area 10) function

    PW Burgess;JS Simons;I Dumontheil;SJ Gilbert

  • Distinct regions of medial rostral prefrontal cortex supporting social and nonsocial functions

    Sam J. Gilbert;Iain D. M. Williamson;Iroise Dumontheil;Jon S. Simons

  • Taking perspective into account in a communicative task.

    Iroise Dumontheil;Olivia Küster;Ian A. Apperly;Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

  • Task rules, working memory, and fluid intelligence.

    John Duncan;Moritz Schramm;Russell Thompson;Iroise Dumontheil

  • Development of relational reasoning during adolescence.

    Iroise Dumontheil;Rachael Houlton;Kalina Christoff;Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

  • Development of online use of theory of mind during adolescence: An eye-tracking study.

    Irene Symeonidou;Iroise Dumontheil;Wing-Yee Chow;Richard Breheny

  • Assembly and use of new task rules in fronto-parietal cortex

    Iroise Dumontheil;Russell Thompson;John Duncan

  • Development of the social brain during adolescence

    Iroise Dumontheil

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore University of Cambridge
Sam J. Gilbert
Sam J. Gilbert University College London
Paul W. Burgess
Paul W. Burgess University College London
Michael S.C. Thomas
Michael S.C. Thomas Birkbeck, University of London
Denis Mareschal
Denis Mareschal Birkbeck, University of London
Andrew Tolmie
Andrew Tolmie University College London
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute
Jon S. Simons
Jon S. Simons University of Cambridge
Ruud Custers
Ruud Custers Utrecht University
Chris D. Frith
Chris D. Frith University College London

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