Staff profile

Career

I joined the Department of Psychology at Durham University in 2013 having previously been a member of academic staff in the School of Psychology at Newcastle University and having completed my PhD at Stirling University (2008).

2013-2016 I was course director for the MSc Developmental Psychopathology, MA Research Methods (Dev Psy), and co-director for the MSc Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.

2016-2018 I was Director of Research for the Department of Psychology. 

2018-2023 Director of the NINE DTP - the North East of England and Northern Ireland doctoral training partnership for the social sciences (ESRC funded) - visit www.ninedtp.ac.uk for further information.

From 2023 I am Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Postgraduate Research Students at Durham University. 

Research Interests

I am a Professor of Developmental Psychology and Co-Director of the Centre for Neurodiversity & Development interested in neurotypical development, neurodevelopmental conditions, and neurodiversity. Please visit: Centre for Neurodiversity and Development - Durham University

My research predominantly focuses on Williams syndrome (WS) and Autism. I have used a variety of research approaches to understand areas of relative proficiency or challenge (exploring syndrome-specific signatures, cross-syndrome overlaps, and neurodiversity). 

Please view my publication list for an indication of my research areas and interests.

Chapter in book

• Riby, D. (2011). Face Processing and Social Interactions. In E. Farran, & A. Karmiloff-Smith (Eds.), Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan. Oxford University Press
• Riby, D., Bruce, V., & Jawaid, A. (2011). Everyone’s friend? The case of Williams syndrome. In B. Oakley, A. Knafo, G. Madhavan, & D. Wilson (Eds.), Pathological Altruism. Ocford University Press
• Riby, D., & Porter, M. (2010). Williams syndrome. In J. Holmes (Ed.), ). Developmental Disorders & Interventions: Advances in Child Development and Behavior. Academic Press
• Brock, J., Einav, S., & Riby, D. (2008). The other end of the spectrum? Social cognition in Williams syndrome. In V. Reid, & T. Striano (Eds.), Social cognition: Development, Neuroscience and Autism. Blackwell

Edited book

• van Herwegen, J., & Riby, D. (Eds.). (2014). Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Research Challenges and Solutions. Psychology Press

Journal Article

• Riby, D., Ridley, E., Lough, E., & Hanley, M. (online). Social vulnerability in Williams syndrome: A tendency to approach strangers. International review of research in developmental disabilities, 175-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.irrdd.2017.05.001
• Cebula, K., Gillooly, A., Coulthard, L. K. B., Riby, D. M., & Hastings, R. P. (online). The experiences of children with Williams syndrome and their nondisabled siblings of their relationship. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13102
• Riby, D. M., & Rees, S. (2024). Personal Development of Doctoral Students. Encyclopedia, 4(2), 743-752. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia4020047
• Gurbuz, E., Riby, D. M., South, M., & Hanley, M. (2024). Associations between autistic traits, depression, social anxiety and social rejection in autistic and non-autistic adults. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 9065. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59532-3
• Gillooly, A., Riby, D., Durkin, K., & Rhodes, S. (2024). Friendships in children with Williams syndrome: Parent and child perspectives. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54, 509–517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05807-5
• Kleberg, J. L., Riby, D., Fawcett, C., Bjorlin Avdic, H., Frick, M. A., Brocki, K. C., Hogstrom, J., Serlachius, E., Nordgren, A., & Willfors, C. (2023). Williams syndrome: reduced orienting to other’s eyes in a hypersocial phenotype. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53, 2786–2797. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05563-6
• Kleberg, J. L., Hallman, A. E. Z., Galazka, M. A., Riby, D. M., Bölte, S., Willfors, C., Fawcett, C., & Nordgren, A. (2023). No transfer of arousal from other’s eyes in Williams syndrome. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 18397. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45521-5
• Kleberg, J., Willfors, C., Björlin Avdic, H., Riby, D., Galazka, M., Guath, M., Nordgren, N., & Strannegård, C. (2023). Social feedback enhances learning in Williams syndrome. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 164. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26055-8
• Sideropoulos, V., Van Herwegen, J., Meuleman, B., Alessandri, M., Alnemary, F. M., Rad, J. A., Lavenex, P. A. B., Bolshakov, N., Bölte, S., Buffle, P., Cai, R. Y., Campos, R., Chirita-Emandi, A., Costa, A. P., Costanzo, F., Des Portes, V., Dukes, D., Faivre, L., Famelart, N., Fisher, M. H., …Samson, A. C. (2023). Anxiety, concerns and COVID-19: Cross-country perspectives from families and individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions. Journal of Global Health, 13, Article 04081. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.13.04081
• Ridley, E., Arnott, B., Riby, D., Burt, M., Hanley, M., & Leekam, S. (2022). The Quality of Everyday Eye Contact in Williams Syndrome: Insights from Cross-syndrome Comparisons. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 127(4), 293-312. https://doi.org/10.1352/1944-7558-127.4.293
• Stanford, C., Hastings, R., Riby, D., Archer, H., Page, S., & Cebula, K. (2022). Psychological Distress and Positive Gain in Mothers of Children with Autism, With or Without Other Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 68(4), 479-484. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2020.1812347
• South, M., Hanley, M., Normansell-Mossa, K., Russell, N., Cawthorne, T., & Riby, D. (2021). ‘Intolerance of Uncertainty’ mediates the relationship between social profile and anxiety in both Williams Syndrome and autism. Autism Research, 14(9), 1986-1995. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2554
• Grahame, V., Dixon, L., Fletcher-Watson, S., Garland, D., Glod, M., Goodwin, J., Grayson, Z., Heron, S., Honey, E., Iversen, R., Kasim, A., Kernohan, A., Kharatikoopaei, E., Le Couteur, A., Mackie, L., Mathias, A., Probert, H., Riby, D., Rob, P., Rogan, L., …Rodgers, J. (2021). A clinical and cost effectiveness trial of a parent group intervention to manage challenging restricted and repetitive behaviours in young children with autism spectrum disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 22, Article 240. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05175-y
• Willfors, C., Riby, D., Van Der Poll, M., Ekholm, K., Avdic Björlin, H., Kleberg, J., & Nordgren, A. (2021). Williams syndrome: On the role of intellectual abilities in anxiety. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 16, Article 472. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-021-02098-4
• Greer, J. M., Riby, D. M., McMullon, M. E., Hamilton, C., & Riby, L. M. (2021). An EEG investigation of alpha and beta activity during resting states in adults with Williams syndrome. BMC Psychology, 9(1), Article 72. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00575-w
• Gillooly, A., Riby, D., Durkin, K., & Rhodes, S. (2021). Peer Relationships in Children with Williams Syndrome: Parent and Teacher Insights. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(1), 169-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04503-6
• McDougal, E., Riby, D., & Hanley, E. (2020). Teacher insights into the barriers and facilitators of learning in autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 79, Article 101674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101674
• McDougal, E., Riby, D., & Hanley, M. (2020). Profiles of academic achievement and attention in children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 106, Article 103749. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103749
• Hanley, M., Riby, D., Derges, M., Douligeri, A., Philyaw, Z., Ikeda, T., Monden, Y., Shimoizumi, H., Yamagata, T., & Hirai, M. (2020). Does culture shape face perception in autism? Cross-cultural evidence of the own-race advantage from the UK and Japan. Developmental Science, 23(5), Article e12942. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12942
• Heaton, P., Ridley, E., Makhmood, S., & Riby, D. (2020). Hearing the feeling: Auditory emotion perception in Williams Syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 103, Article 103660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103660
• Glod, M., Riby, D., & Rodgers, J. (2020). Sensory Processing Profiles and Autistic Symptoms as Predictive Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 64(8), 657-665. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12738
• Ridley, E., Riby, D., & Leekam, S. (2020). A cross-syndrome approach to the social phenotype of neurodevelopmental disorders: Focusing on social vulnerability and social interaction style. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 100, Article 103604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103604
• Jones, E., Hanley, M., & Riby, D. (2020). Distraction, Distress and Diversity: Exploring the impact of sensory processing differences on learning and school life for pupils with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 72, Article 101515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101515
• Glod, M., Riby, D., & Rodgers, J. (2020). Sensory Processing in Williams Syndrome: A Narrative Review. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 7, 32-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-019-00174-x
• Cebula, K., Gillooly, A., Coulthard, L., Riby, D., & Hastings, R. (2019). Siblings of children with Williams syndrome: Correlates of psychosocial adjustment and sibling relationship quality. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 94, Article 103496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2019.103496
• Glod, M., Riby, D. M., & Rodgers, J. (2019). Short Report: Relationships between Sensory Processing, Repetitive Behaviours, Anxiety, and Intolerance of Uncertainty in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Williams Syndrome. Autism Research, 12(5), 759-765. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2096
• Remington, A., Hanley, M., O’Brien, S., Riby, D., & Swettenham, J. (2019). Implications of capacity in the classroom: Simplifying tasks for autistic children may not be the answer. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 85, 197-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2018.12.006
• Gurbuz, E., Hanley, M., & Riby, D. (2019). University Students with Autism: The Social and Academic Experiences of University in the UK. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(2), 617-631. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3741-4
• Ng-Cordell, E., Hanley, M., Alyssa, K., & Riby, D. M. (2018). Anxiety in Williams Syndrome: The role of social behaviour, executive functions and change over time. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(3), 796-808. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3357-0
• Crawford, H., Moss, J., Oliver, C., & Riby, D. (2017). Differential effects of anxiety and autism on social scene scanning in males with fragile X syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 9(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-017-9189-6
• Hanley, M., Khairat, M., Taylor, K., Wilson, R., Cole-Fletcher, R., & Riby, D. M. (2017). Classroom displays - Attraction or Distraction? Evidence of impact on attention and learning from children with and without autism. Developmental Psychology, 53(7), 1265-1275. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000271
• Fletcher, F., Foster-Owens, M., Conduit, R., Rinehart, N., Riby, D., & Cornish, K. (2017). The developmental trajectory of parent-report and objective sleep profiles in autism spectrum disorder: Associations with anxiety and bedtime routines. Autism, 21(4), 493-503. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361316653365
• Glod, M., Riby, D., Honey, E., & Rodgers, J. (2017). Sensory Atypicalities in Dyads of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Their Parents. Autism Research, 10(3), 531-538. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1680
• Greer, J., Hamilton, C., McMullon, M., Riby, D., & Riby, L. (2017). An Event Related Potential Study of Inhibitory and Attentional Control in Williams Syndrome Adults. PLoS ONE, 12(2), Article e0170180. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170180
• Watts, S., Rodgers, J., & Riby, D. (2016). A systematic review of the evidence for hyporesponsivity in ASD. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 3(4), 286-301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-016-0084-y
• Lough, E., Rodgers, J., Janes, E., Little, K., & Riby, D. (2016). Parent insights into atypicalities of social approach behaviour in Williams syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 60(11), 1097-1108. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12279
• Lough, E., Flynn, E., & Riby, D. (2016). Personal space regulation in Williams syndrome: The effect of familiarity. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(10), 3207-3215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2864-8
• Kirk, H. E., Gray, K., Riby, D. M., Taffe, J., & Cornish, K. M. (2016). Visual attention and academic performance in children with developmental disabilities and behavioural attention deficits. Developmental Science, 20(6), Article e12468. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12468
• Lough, E., Hanley, M., Rodgers, J., South, M., Kirk, H., Kennedy, D., & Riby, D. (2015). Violations of Personal Space in Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Williams Syndrome: Insights from the Social Responsiveness Scale. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(12), 4101-4108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2536-0
• Hanley, M., Riby, D., Carty, C., Melaugh McAteer, A., Kennedy, A., & McPhillips, M. (2015). The use of eye-tracking to explore social difficulties in cognitively able students with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot investigation. Autism, 19(7), 868-873. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361315580767
• Glod, M., Riby, D., Honey, E., & Rodgers, J. (2015). Psychological Correlates of Sensory Processing Patterns in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2(2), 199-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-015-0047-8
• Kirk, H., Gray, K., Riby, D., & Cornish, K. (2015). Cognitive training as a resolution for early executive function difficulties in children with intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 38, 145-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2014.12.026
• Gillespie-Smith, K., Doherty-Sneddon, G., Hancock, P., & Riby, D. (2014). That looks familiar: attention allocation to familiar and unfamiliar faces in children with autism spectrum disorder. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 19(6), 554-569. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546805.2014.943365
• Janes, E., Riby, D., & Rodgers, J. (2014). Exploring the prevalence and phenomenology of repetitive behaviours and abnormal sensory processing in children with Williams Syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 58(8), 746-757. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12086
• Greer, J., Hamilton, C., Riby, D., & Riby, L. (2014). Deeper processing is beneficial during episodic memory encoding for adults with Williams syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35(7), 1720-1726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2014.03.004
• Hanley, M., Riby, D., McCormack, T., Carty, C., Coyle, L., Crozier, N., Robinson, J., & McPhillips, M. (2014). Attention during social interaction in children with autism: Comparison to specific language impairment, typical development, and links to social cognition. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(7), 908-924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.03.020
• Riby, D., Kirk, H., Hanley, M., & Riby, L. (2014). Stranger Danger Awareness in Williams Syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 58(6), 572-582. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12055
• Riby, D., Hanley, M., Kirk, H., Clark, F., Little, K., Fleck, R., Janes, E., Kelso, L., O’Kane, F., Cole-Fletcher, R., Allday, M., Hocking, D., Cornish, K., & Rodgers, J. (2014). The Interplay Between Anxiety and Social Functioning in Williams Syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(5), 1220-1229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1984-7
• Lough, E., Flynn, E., & Riby, D. (2014). Mapping real-world to online vulnerability in young people with developmental disorders: Illustrations from autism and Williams syndrome. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-014-0029-2
• Hanley, M., Riby, D., Caswell, S., Rooney, S., & Back, E. (2013). Looking and Thinking: How individuals with Williams syndrome make judgements about mental states. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(12), 4466-4476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2013.09.026
• Kirk, H., Hocking, D., Riby, D., & Cornish, K. (2013). Linking social behaviour and anxiety to attention to emotional faces in Williams syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(12), 4608-4616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2013.09.042
• Greer, J., Riby, D., Hamiliton, C., & Riby, L. (2013). Attentional Lapse and Inhibition Control in Adults with Williams Syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(11), 4170-4177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2013.08.041
• Hanley, M., McPhillips, M., Mulhern, G., & Riby, D. (2013). Spontaneous attention to faces in Asperger Syndrome using ecologically valid static stimuli. Autism, 17(6), 754-761. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361312456746
• Riby, D., Hancock, P., Jones, N., & Hanley, M. (2013). Spontaneous and cued gaze-following in autism and Williams syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 5(1), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1866-1955-5-13
• Gillespie-Smith, K., Riby, D., Hancock, P., & Doherty-Sneddon, G. (2013). Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) attend typically to faces and objects presented within their picture communication systems. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 58(5), 459-470. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12043
• Little, K., Riby, D., Janes, E., Fleck, R., Clark, F., & Rodgers, J. (2013). Heterogeneity of social approach behaviour in Williams syndrome: The role of response inhibition. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(3), 959-967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2012.11.020
• Slessor, G., Riby, D., & Finnerty, A. (2013). Age-related Differences in Processing Face Configuration: The Importance of the Eye Region. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 68(2), 228-231. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbs059
• Riby, D., Janes, E., & Rodgers, J. (2013). Brief report: Exploring the relationship between repetitive behaviours and sensory processing in Williams syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(2), 478-482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1557-1
• Kirk, H., Gilmour, A., Riby, D., & Dudley, R. (2013). Paranoid Ideation and Assessments of Trust. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 4(4), 360-367. https://doi.org/10.5127/jep.027812
• Doherty-Sneddon, G., Whittle, L., & Riby, D. (2013). Gaze aversion during social style interactions in autism spectrum disorder and Williams syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(1), 616-626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2012.09.022
• Doherty-Sneddon, G., Riby, D., & Whittle, L. (2012). Gaze aversion as a cognitive load management strategy in autism spectrum disorder and Williams syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53(4), 420-430. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02481.x
• Riby, D., Brown, P., Jones, N., & Hanley, M. (2012). Faces cause less distraction in Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(4), 634-639. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1266-1
• Riby, D., Doherty-Sneddon, G., & Whittle, L. (2012). Face-to-Face Interference in Typical and Atypical Development. Developmental Science, 15(2), 281-291. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01125.x
• Jawaid, A., Riby, D., Owens, J., White, S., Tarar, T., & Schulz, P. (2012). ‘Too withdrawn’ or ‘too friendly’: considering social vulnerability in two neuro-developmental disorders. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 56(4), 335-350. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01452.x
• Quinn, S., O’Hare, O., & Riby, D. (2012). How comparable are children and adults in perceiving an optimal tempo for music?. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(5), 3595-3598. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3651236
• Riby, D., Whittle, L., & Doherty-Sneddon, G. (2012). Physiological Reactivity to Faces via Live and Video Mediated Communication in Typical and Atypical Development. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 34(4), 385-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2011.645019
• Rodgers, J., Riby, D., Janes, E., Connolly, B., & McConachie, H. (2012). Anxiety and Repetitive Behaviours in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Williams syndrome: A Cross-syndrome Comparison. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(2), 175-180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1225-x
• Rhodes, S., Riby, D., Matthews, K., & Coghill, D. (2011). ADHD and Williams syndrome: shared behavioural and neuropsychological profiles. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33(1), 147-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2010.495057
• Rhodes, S., Riby, D., Fraser, E., & Campbell, L. (2011). The extent of working memory deficits associated with Williams syndrome: Exploration of verbal and spatial domains and executively controlled processes. Brain and Cognition, 77(2), 208-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2011.08.009
• Riby, D., Jones, N., Brown, P., Robinson, L., Langton, S., Bruce, V., & Riby, L. (2011). Attention to faces in Williams syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(9), 1228-1239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1141-5
• Riby, D., Doherty-Sneddon, G., & Bruce, V. (2011). Exploring face perception in disorders of development: Evidence from Williams syndrome and autism. Journal of Neuropsychology, 2(1), 47-64. https://doi.org/10.1348/174866407x255690
• Rhodes, S., Riby, D., Park, J., Fraser, E., & Campbell, L. (2010). Neuropsychological functioning and executive control in WS. Neuropsychologia, 48(5), 1216-1226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.12.021
• Riby, D., & Back, E. (2010). Can individuals with Williams syndrome interpret mental states from moving faces?. Neuropsychologia, 48(7), 1914-1922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.03.010
• Riby, D. (2010). Show me your eyes: Evidence from Williams syndrome. Visual Cognition, 18(6), 801-815. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506281003616214
• Jawaid, A., Riby, D., Egridere, S., Schmolck, H., Kass, J., & Schulz, P. (2010). Approachability in Williams Syndrome. Neuropsychologia, 48(5), 1521-1523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.12.031
• Riby, D., & Hancock, P. (2009). Do faces capture the attention of individuals with Williams syndrome or Autism? Evidence from tracking eye movements. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(3), 421-431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-008-0641-z
• Riby, D., & Doherty, M. (2009). Tracking eye movements proves informative for the study of gaze direction detection in autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 3(3), 723-733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2009.02.001
• Doherty-Sneddon, G., Riby, D., Calderwood, L., & Ainsworth, L. (2009). Stuck on you: face –to- face arousal and gaze aversion in Williams syndrome. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 14(6), 510-523. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546800903043336
• Riby, D., Riby, L., & Reay, J. (2009). Differential sensitivity to rotations of facial features in the Thatcher illusion. Psychological Reports, 105(3), 721-726. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.105.3.721-726
• Riby, D., & Hancock, P. (2009). Looking at Movies and Cartoons: Eye-tracking evidence from Williams syndrome and Autism. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 53(2), 169-181. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2008.01142.x
• Riby, D., Doherty-Sneddon, G., & Bruce, V. (2009). The eyes or the mouth? Feature salience and unfamiliar face processing in Williams syndrome and autism. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62(1), 189-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470210701855629
• Riby, D., & Hancock, P. (2008). Viewing it differently: Social scene perception in Williams syndrome and Autism. Neuropsychologia, 46(11), 2855-2860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.05.003
• Riby, D., Doherty-Sneddon, G., & Bruce, V. (2008). Atypical unfamiliar face processing in Williams syndrome: What can it tell us about typical familiarity effects?. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 13(1), 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546800701779206
• Riby, L., McLaughlin, J., & Riby, D. (2008). Lifestyle, glucose regulation and cognitive enhancing properties of glucose load in middle-aged adults. British Journal of Nutrition, 100(05), 1128-1134. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114508971324
• Brock, J., Jarrold, C., Farran, E., Laws, G., & Riby, D. (2007). Do children with Williams syndrome really have good vocabulary knowledge? Methods for comparing cognitive and linguistic abilities in developmental disorders. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 21(9), 673-688. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699200701541433
• Langton, S., O'Donnell, C., Riby, D., & Ballantyne, C. (2006). Gaze cues influence the allocation of attention in natural scene viewing. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 59(12), 2056-2064. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470210600917884
• Bayliss, D., Jarrold, C., Baddeley, A., Gunn, D., & Leigh, E. (2005). Mapping the developmental constraints on working memory span performance. Developmental Psychology, 41(4), 579-597. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.41.4.579
• Gunn, D., & Jarrold, C. (2004). Raven's matrices performance in Down Syndrome: Evidence of unusual errors. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 25(5), 443-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2003.07.004
• Laws, G., & Gunn, D. (2004). ). Phonological memory as a predictor of language development in Down Syndrome: A five-year follow up study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45(2), 326-337. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00224.x
• Jarrold, C., Cowan, N., Hewes, A., & Riby, D. (2004). Speech timing and verbal short-term memory in Down syndrome and Williams syndrome: Evidence for comparable yet contrasting deficits. Journal of Memory and Language, 51(3), 365-381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2004.06.007
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