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Overview

Nicola Yuill is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on autism spectrum disorder, cognitive neuroscience, and psychology, with particular emphasis on social psychology and clinical psychology.

The main fields of study covered in Yuill's work include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Subfields of study in their research are:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Genetics
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Education

Yuill's main research topics encompass:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Digital Storytelling and Education

The scientist has published in various peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Autism
  • Communications Psychology
  • International Journal of Qualitative Methods
  • Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Some recent papers authored by Nicola Yuill are:

  • "Social motor synchrony in autism spectrum conditions: A systematic review" (2023), published in Autism
  • "Moving Together: Social Motor Synchrony in Autistic Peer Partners Depends on Partner and Activity Type" (2023), published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • "'Our Stories...': Co-Constructing Digital Storytelling Methodologies for Supporting the Transitions of Autistic Children - Study Protocol" (2023), published in International Journal of Qualitative Methods
  • "Autistic children's language imitation shows reduced sensitivity to ostracism" (2021), published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • "A qualitative interview study on quality of life and ageing experiences of autistic adults" (2024), published in Communications Psychology

Yuill frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their notable coauthors include:

  • Devyn Glass
  • Hannah Viner
  • Taysa-Ja Newman
  • Philip McAdams
  • Alice E. Skelton

Best Publications

  • Children's Problems in Text Comprehension: An Experimental Investigation

    Nicola Yuill;Jane Oakhill

  • Working memory resources and children's reading comprehension.

    Alix Seigneuric;Marie-France Ehrlich;Jane V. Oakhill;Nicola M. Yuill

  • Working memory, comprehension ability and the resolution of text anomaly

    Nicola Yuill;Jane Oakhill;Alan Parkin

  • Higher Order Factors in Comprehension Disability: Processes and Remediation

    Jane Oakhill;Nicola Yuill

  • Mechanisms for collaboration: A design and evaluation framework for multi-user interfaces

    Nicola Yuill;Yvonne Rogers

  • Around the table: are multiple-touch surfaces better than single-touch for children's collaborative interactions?

    Amanda Harris;Jochen Rick;Victoria Bonnett;Nicola Yuill

  • Children's Problems in Text Comprehension: An Experimental Investigation. Cambridge Monographs & Texts in Applied Psycholinguistics.

    Nicola Yuill;Jane Oakhill

  • Effects of inference awareness training on poor reading comprehension

    Nicola Yuill;Jane Oakhill

  • Young children's coordination of motive and outcome in judgements of satisfaction and morality

    Nicola Yuill

  • On the nature of the difference between skilled and less‐skilled comprehenders

    Jane Oakhill;Nicola Yuill;Alan J Parkin

  • Selective difficulty in recognising facial expressions of emotion in boys with ADHD. General performance impairments or specific problems in social cognition

    Nicola Yuill;Jenny Lyon

  • Children's problems in text comprehension:

    N. Yuill;J. Oakhill

  • Actions speak loudly with words: unpacking collaboration around the table

    Rowanne Fleck;Yvonne Rogers;Nicola Yuill;Paul Marshall

  • Social benefits of a tangible user interface for children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions

    William Farr;Nicola Yuill;Hayes Raffle

  • Children's understanding of self‐presentational display rules: Associations with mental‐state understanding

    Robin Banerjee;Nicola Yuill

  • Pronoun Resolution in Skilled and Less-Skilled Comprehenders: Effects of Memory Load and Inferential Complexity

    Jane Oakhill;Nicola Yuill

  • Children designing together on a multi-touch tabletop: an analysis of spatial orientation and user interactions

    Jochen Rick;Amanda Harris;Paul Marshall;Rowanne Fleck

  • Intentionality and knowledge in children's judgments of actor's responsibility and recipient's emotional reaction.

    Nicola Yuill;Josef Perner

  • Patterns of language impairment and behaviour in boys excluded from school.

    Kate Ripley;Nicola Yuill

  • Children's explanations for self-presentational behaviour

    Robin Banerjee;Nicola Yuill

  • Beyond one-size-fits-all: how interactive tabletops support collaborative learning

    Jochen Rick;Paul Marshall;Nicola Yuill

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane Oakhill
Jane Oakhill University of Sussex
Mark Brosnan
Mark Brosnan University of Bath
Robin Banerjee
Robin Banerjee University of Sussex
Holly P. Branigan
Holly P. Branigan University of Edinburgh
Josef Perner
Josef Perner University of Salzburg
Bert Steenbergen
Bert Steenbergen Radboud University
Alan J. Parkin
Alan J. Parkin University of Sussex
Kate Cain
Kate Cain Lancaster University
Elizabeth J. Robinson
Elizabeth J. Robinson University of Warwick
Francesca Simion
Francesca Simion University of Padua

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