Publications

The findings of our studies are published in various journals on child development, perception and cognition. Our findings are also presented and discussed at national and international conferences. These publications and presentations contribute to the wider understanding of infant development. We also share our findings with the public via public talks, events and the media, including interviews for magazines, radio and television. We also work with various companies, for example, companies that make children's TV programmes and toys, to inform them about their products.

Franjieh, M., Grandison, A., Dotte, A.-L. & Corbett, G. G. (2022). Implementing Free-listing: Possessive classifiers in Oceanic. Semantic Fieldwork Methods. Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia.

Grandison, A., Franjieh, M. Greene L. & Corbett, G. G. (2021). Optimal Categorisation: The Nature of Nominal Classification Systems. Cadernos de Linguística, 2(1), e393.

Franjieh, M., Grandison, A. & Corbett, G. G. (2021). Uncovering variation in classifier assignment in Oceanic. ExLing 2021. Proceedings of 12th International Conference of Experimental Linguistics, 11-13 October 2021, Athens, Greece, pp. 81-84.

Tham, D.S.Y., Sowden, P.T., Grandison, A., Franklin, A., Lee, A., Ng, M. & Park, J. (2020). A systematic investigation of conceptual colour associations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 149(7):1311-1332. doi: 10.1037/xge0000703.

Zajacova, K., Hepper, E. & Grandison, A. Reconciling Diverse Student and Employer Voices on Employability Skills and Work-Based Learning. In Lygo-Baker, Simon, Kinchin, Ian, Winstone, Naomi (Eds.) Engaging Student Voices in Higher Education Diverse Perspectives and Expectations in Partnership. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

Mehta, B., Sowden, P.T. & Grandison, A. Does deuteranomaly place children at a disadvantage in educational settings? A systematic literature review. In MacDonald, L.W., Biggam, C. P., & Paramei, G. V. Progress in Colour Studies - Cognition, Language and Beyond. Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins, 2018.

Grandison, A., Sowden, P.T., Drivonikou, V.G., Notman, L.A., Alexander, I., & Davies, I.R.L. (2016). Chromatic perceptual learning but no category effects without linguistic input. Frontiers in Psychology: Perception Science, 7, 731.

Grandison, A., Davies, I.R.L., & Sowden, P.T. (2014). The Evolution of GRUE: Evidence for a new colour term in the language of the Himba. In W. Anderson, C. P. Biggam, C. Hough and C. Kay. Colour Studies: A broad spectrum. Amsterdam, NL: Benjamins, pp. 53-66.

He, X., Witzel, C., Forder, F., Clifford, A., & Franklin, A. (2014). Color categories only affect post-perceptual processes when same- and different-category colors are equally discriminable. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 31, A322-A331.

Taylor, C., Clifford A. & Franklin, A. (2013). Color preferences are not Universal. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142, 1015-1028.

Clifford, A., Franklin, A., Holmes, A., Drivonikou, G.V., Ozgen, E., & Davies, I.R.L. (2012). Neural correlates of acquired color category effects. Brain and Cognition, 80, 126-143.

Taylor, C. & Franklin, A. (2012). The relationship between color-object associations and color preference: Further investigation of Ecological Valence Theory. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 19, 190-197.

Franklin, A., Gibbons, E., Chittenden, K., Taylor, C. & Alvarez, J. (2011). Infant color preference for red is not selectively context specific. Emotion, in press.

Franklin, A. & Sowden, P. (2011). Colour in Autism Spectrum Disorders. In Biggam, Carole P., Hough, Carole, Kay, Christian & Simmons, David R.C. (Eds.), New Directions in Colour Studies. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, Amsterdam, NL.

Clifford, A.,Franklin, A., Holmes, A. & Davies, I.R.L. (2011). Investigating the underlying mechanisms of categorical perception of colour using the Event-Related Potential technique. In Biggam, Carole P., Hough, Carole, Kay, Christian & Simmons, David R.C. (Eds.), New Directions in Colour Studies. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, Amsterdam, NL.

Drivonikou, G.V., Clifford, A.,Franklin, A. & Davies, I.R.L. (2011). Category training affects colour discrimination but only in the right visual field. In Biggam, Carole P., Hough, Carole, Kay, Christian & Simmons, David R.C. (Eds.), New Directions in Colour Studies. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, Amsterdam, NL.

Clifford, A., Holmes, A., Davies, I.R.L & Franklin, A. (2010). Color categories affect pre-attentive color perception. Biological Psychology, 85, 275-282.

Franklin, A., Bevis, L., Ling, Y. & Hurlbert, A. (2010). Biological components of infant colour preference. Developmental Science, 13, 346-354.

Franklin, A., Catherwood, D., Alvarez, J. & Axelsson, E. (2010). Hemispheric asymmetries in categorical perception of orientation in infants and adults. Neuropsychologia, 48, 2640-2647.

Franklin, A., Sowden, P., Notman, L., Gonzales-Dixon, M., West, D., Alexander, I., Loveday, S. & White, A. (2010). Reduced chromatic discrimination in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Developmental Science, 13, 188-200.

Clifford, A.,Franklin, A., Davies, I.R.L. & Holmes, A. (2009). Electrophysiological markers of color categories in the infant brain. Brain and Cognition, 71, 165-172.

Franklin, A. (2009). Pre-linguistic categorical perception of colour cannot be explained by colour preference: response to Roberson and Hanley. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 13, 501-502.

Franklin, A., Wright, O. & Davies, I.R.L. (2009). What can we learn from toddlers about Categorical Perception of Colour? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 102, 239-245.

Holmes, A.,Franklin, A., Clifford, A. & Davies, I.R.L. (2009). Neuro-physiological evidence for Categorical Perception of Colour: evidence from Event-Related Potentials on a visual oddball task. Brain and Cognition, 69, 426-434.

Franklin, A., Drivonikou, G.V., Bevis, L., Davies, I.R.L., Kay, P. & Regier, T. (2008). Categorical Perception of color is lateralized to the right hemisphere in infants, but to the left hemisphere in adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 3221-3225.

Franklin, A., Drivonikou, G.V., Clifford, A., Kay, P., Regier, T. & Davies, I.R.L. (2008). Lateralization of Categorical Perception of color changes with color term acquisition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 47, 18221-18225.

Franklin, A., Pitchford, N.J.P., Mahony, L., Davies, I.R.L., Clausse, S. & Jennings, S. (2008). Salience of primary and secondary colours in infancy. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 26, 471-483.

Franklin, A., Sowden, P., Burley, R., Notman, L. & Alder, E. (2008). Colour perception in children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38, 1837-47.

Drivonikou, V., Kay, P., Regier, T., Ivry, R., Gilbert, A.,Franklin, A. & Davies, I.R.L. (2007). Further evidence of Whorfian effects to the right visual field. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104, (3), 1097-1102.

Daoutis, C.,Franklin, A., Riddett, A., Clifford, A. & Davies, I.R.L. (2006). Categorical effects in children's colour search: a cross-linguistic comparison. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 23, 1-29.

Franklin, A. (2006). Constraints on children’s colour term acquisition. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 94, 322-327.

Franklin, A. & Davies, I.R.L. (2006). Converging evidence for pre-linguistic colour categorisation. In C.P Biggam & N. Pitchford (Eds.), Progress in Colour Studies: Psychological Aspects (pp. 101-120). Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Franklin, A., Clifford, A., Williamson, E. & Davies, I.R.L. (2005). Colour term knowledge does not affect Categorical Perception of colour in toddlers. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 90, 114-141.

Franklin, A., Pilling, M. & Davies, I.R.L. (2005). The nature of infant colour categorisation: Evidence from eye-movements on a target detection task. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 91, 227-248.

Franklin, A. & Davies, I.R.L. (2004). New evidence for infant colour categories. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22 (3), 349-377.

Davies, I. & Franklin, A. (2002). Categorical similarity may affect colour pop-out in infants after-all. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 20, 185-203.

ESRC Festival of Social Science, University of Surrey, “How language shapes thought: Categorisation in the South Pacific”, public webinar, 2020
Westdene Primary School, “What is Psychology?”, school visit and careers talk, 2020
Hungry Minds Childcare, “What does a scientist do?”, nursery school visit and careers talk, 2020
University Global Partnership Network, The University of Sao Paulo, Brasil, 2017
Royal Holloway, University of London, 2017
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2015
St Peters Catholic School, Guildford, 2015
Centre for Research in Cognition, Emotion and Interaction, University of Roehampton, 2014
Café Scientifique, Guildford, 2014
Institute for Mathematical Behavioural Sciences, University of California, Irvine, 2011
Ivry Lab, University of California, Berkeley, 2011
Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, 2011
Whitney-Silver-Palmer-Prinzmetal-Robertson research meeting, University of California, Berkeley, 2011
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, 2011
Center for the Explanation of Consciousness, Stanford University, 2011
Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 2011
Invited speaker, Optical Society of America Fall Vision Meeting, USA, 2010
Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, 2010
Invited debate, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen 2010
Vision@UCL, University College London, 2009
Keynote Address, Iberian Conference of Perception, 2009
Whitehead Lecture, Goldsmiths University, 2009
Language and Development Group, Oxford University, 2009
Adult and Child Cognition Group, Royal Holloway, 2009
Department of Psychology, Oxford Brookes University, 2008
Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, 2008
Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, 2008
Psychology Department, University of Reading, 2007
Psychology Department, University of Bangor, 2007
Psychology Department, Lancaster University, 2006
Childhood Research in Autism Cognition Group, University of Nottingham, 2006
Centre for Childhood Development and Learning, The Open University, 2005
Dannemiller Lab, Rice University, Houston, USA, 2004
Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, 2004
Surrey Morphology Group, University of Surrey, 2004
Developmental Psychology Group, University of Nottingham, 2003
Surrey-Essex-Goldsmiths CogPop Group, University of Surrey, 2003
Developmental Psychology Group, Oxford University, 2003