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Below is a selection of publications related to DCD from current and former lab members. For a more exhaustive list, please consult each researcher's profile.

Publications

Gentle, J., Shakur, A., Ivanova, M., & Gilligan-Lee, K. (2024). Navigation abilities and spatial anxiety in individuals with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD/Dyspraxia). Research in Developmental Disabilities, 146, 104672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104672.
 
Mayes, W. P., Gentle, J., Ivanova, M., & Violante, I. R. (2024). Audio-visual multisensory integration and haptic perception are altered in adults with developmental coordination disorder. Human Movement Science, 93, 103180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2024.103180.
 
Martel, M., Finos, L., Bahmad, S., Koun, E., Salemme, R., Sonié, S., Fourneret, P., Schmitz, C., & Roy, A. C. (2023). Motor deficits in autism differ from that of developmental coordination disorder. Autism, 13623613231171980. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231171980.
 
Morris, B., Ogden, J., & Gentle, J. (2023). Experiences of adult siblings of those with developmental coordination disorder (DCD): A qualitative study. Current Psychology, 42(14), 11995–12006. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02550-5.
 
Sinani, C., K. Wilmut, K., Mierzwinski, M., Williams, J., Licari, M., Purcell, C., Gentle, J., Wood, G. (2023). The Impact of Developmental Coordination Disorder in the UK. In: DCD-UK 2023.
 
Martel, M., Boulenger, V., Koun, E., Finos, L., Farnè, A., & Roy, A. C. (2022). Body schema plasticity is altered in Developmental Coordination Disorder. Neuropsychologia, 166, 108136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.108136.
 
Gentle, J., Brady, D., Woodger, N., Croston, S., & Leonard, H. C. (2021). Driving Skills of Individuals With and Without Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD/Dyspraxia). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.635649.
 
Mayes, W., Gentle, J., Parisi, I., Dixon, L., van Velzen, J., & Violante, I. (2021). Top-down Inhibitory Motor Control Is Preserved in Adults with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Developmental Neuropsychology, 46(6), 409–424. https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2021.1966431.
 
Gentle, J., Shaheen, A., Tunstall, D., & Hegarty, P. (2020). Perceptions of coordinated movement. Human Movement Science, 74, 102711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2020.102711.
 
Omer, S., Jijon, A.M., & Leonard, H.C. (2019). Research Review: Internalizing symptoms in Developmental Coordination Disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 60(6), 606–621. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13001. 
 
Simpson, A., Al Ruwaili, R., Jolley, R., Leonard, H., Geeraert, N., & Riggs, K. J. (2019). Fine Motor Control Underlies the Association Between Response Inhibition and Drawing Skill in Early Development. Child development, 90(3), 911–923. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12949. 
 
Sumner, E., Leonard, H.C., & Hill, E.L. (in press). Comparing attention to socially-relevant stimuli in autism spectrum disorders and developmental coordination disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0393-3.
 
Pile, V., Lau, J. Y., Topor, M., Hedderly, T., & Robinson, S. (2018). Interoceptive Accuracy in Youth with Tic Disorders: Exploring Links with Premonitory Urge, Anxiety and Quality of Life. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(10), 3474–3482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3608-8.
 
Pile, V., Robinson, S., Roberts, E., Topor, M., Hedderly, T., & Lau, J. Y. (2018). Reduced specificity of autobiographical memories in young people with tic disorders. Comprehensive psychiatry, 83, 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.02.010. 
 
Pile, V., Robinson, S., Topor, M., Hedderly, T., & Lau, J. Y. (2018). Attention bias for social threat in youth with tic disorders: Links with tic severity and social anxiety. Child Neuropsychology, 25(3), 394–409. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2018.1480754.
 
Bernardi, M., Leonard, H.C., Hill, E.L., Botting, N., & Henry, L.A. (2018). Executive functions in children with developmental coordination disorder: a 2‐year follow‐up study. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 60, 306-313. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.13640. 
 
Messer, D.J., Bernardi, M., Botting, N., Hill, E.L., Nash, G., Leonard, H.C., & Henry, L.A. (2018). Individual differences and their contribution to the factor structure of executive functioning in children. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01179. 
 
Wilmut, K., Gentle, J., & Barnett, A. (2017). Gait symmetry in individuals with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder.  Research in Developmental Disabilities, 60, 107-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2016.11.016. 
 
Gentle, J., Wilmut, K., & Barnett, A. (2016) Adaptations to walking on an uneven terrain for individuals with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder. Human Movement Science, 49, 346-353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2016.08.010.
 
Leonard, H.C., & Hill, E.L. (2016). Brief Report: The role of older siblings in infant motor development. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 152, 318-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2016.08.008.
 
Sumner, E., Leonard, H.C., & Hill, E.L. (2016). Overlapping phenotypes in autism spectrum disorder and developmental coordination disorder: A cross-syndrome comparison of motor and social skills. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46, 2609-2620.
 
Leonard, H.C. (2016). The impact of poor motor skills on perceptual, social and cognitive development: The case of Developmental Coordination Disorder. Frontiers in Psychology, 7:311, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00311. 
 
Waszczuk, M., Leonard, H.C., Hill, E.L., Rowe, R., & Gregory, A.M. (2016). Coordination difficulty and internalising symptoms in adults: A twin/sibling study. Psychiatry Research, 239, 1-8. 
 
Bernardi, M., Leonard, H.C., Hill, E.L., & Henry, L.A. (2016). Brief Report: Response inhibition and processing speed in children with motor difficulties and developmental coordination disorder. Child Neuropsychology, 22, 627-634. 
 
Leonard, H.C., Bernardi, M., Hill, E.L., & Henry, L.A. (2015). Executive functioning, motor difficulties and developmental coordination disorder. Developmental Neuropsychology, 40, 201-215. 
 
Leonard, H.C., & Hill, E.L. (2015). Executive difficulties in developmental coordination disorder: Methodological issues and future directions. Current Developmental Disorders Reports, 2, 141-149. 
 
Leonard, H.C., Bedford, R., Pickles, A., Hill, E.L., & the BASIS Team (2015). Predicting the rate of language development from early motor skills in at-risk infants who develop autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 13, 15-24. 
 
Leonard, H.C., & Hill, E.L. (2014). The impact of motor development on typical and atypical social cognition and language: A systematic review. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 19, 163-170. 
 
Pratt, M.L., Leonard, H.C., Adeyinka, H., & Hill, E.L. (2014). The effect of motor load on executive functioning in developmental coordination disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35, 1579-1587. 
 
Leonard, H.C., Bedford, R., Charman, T., Elsabbagh, M., Johnson, M.H., Hill, E.L., & The BASIS Team (2014). Motor development in children at-risk of autism: A follow-up study of infant siblings. Autism, 18, 281-291. 
 
Leonard, H.C., Elsabbagh, M., Hill, E.L., & The BASIS Team (2014). Early and persistent motor difficulties in infants at-risk of developing Autism Spectrum Disorder: A prospective study. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 11, 18-35. 

Other articles

Bedford, R., & Leonard, H.C. (2016). Walking and talking. The relationship between motor milestones and language development. Psychology Today

Leonard, H.C. (2015). Early motor skills may affect language development. The Conversation