Division of Psychology Communication and Human Neuroscience (L5)

Ibrahim Almufarrij
- Division of Psychology Communication and Human Neuroscience (L5) - Honorary Research Associate
Person: Academic
Ben Ambridge
- Division of Psychology Communication and Human Neuroscience (L5) - Professor
Person: Academic
Richard Baker
- richard.bakermanchester.acuk
- Division of Psychology Communication and Human Neuroscience (L5) - Reader
Person: Academic
Erin Beeston
- Division of Psychology Communication and Human Neuroscience (L5) - Research Associate (Autism@Manchester)
Person: Academic
Ghada Binkhamis
- Division of Psychology Communication and Human Neuroscience (L5) - Honorary Research Fellow
Person: Academic

A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Efficacy of Pre-School Language Interventions: Building Early Sentences Therapy and an Adapted Derbyshire Language Scheme
McKean, C., Christine Jack, C., Pert, S., Letts, C., Stringer, H., Masidlover, M., Trebacz, A., Rush, R., Armstrong, E., Conn, K., Sandham, J., Ashton, E. & Rose, N., 1 May 2025, In: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 60, 3, 14 p., e70036.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
A co-produced, community-based voice service for trans and non-binary people: Service users’ views on terminology and pathology-based language
Pert, S., Porter, E. & Barlow, C., 28 Aug 2025, p. 1-10. 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

Open Access
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Adapting the Building Early Sentences Therapy (BEST) for Work with Children Who Speak a Language Other Than English (LOTE)
Pert, S., Letts, C., Czaplewska, E., Ashton, E., Jack, C., McKean, C., Warriach, Z. & Ahmed, S., 27 Aug 2025, p. 1-2. 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

Open Access
File
Adult stuttering prevalence I: Systematic review and identification of stuttering in large populations
Gattie, M., Lieven, E. & Kluk, K., 1 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Fluency Disorders. 83, 106085.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access
A mixed methods exploration of motor imagery in autistic and non-autistic adults: Diverse experiences and implications for interventions
Brillinger, M., Bai, Y., Karlinsky, A., Welsh, T. N., Poliakoff, E. & Gowen, E., Jun 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 6 June, e0326542.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2 Not started
5 Finished
9 Active

LCD-PSY: Centre for Language, Communication and Developmental Psychology
Ambridge, B. (PI), Theakston, A. (PI), Sturrock, A. (CoI), Kindell, J. (CoI), Buckle, L. (CoI), Ferry, A. (CoI), Freed, J. (CoI), Kandemirci, B. (CoI), Linnert, S. (CoI), Lopez-Perez, B. (CoI), Papastergiou, A. (CoI), Twomey, K. (CoI), Köymen, B. (CoI), Mitchell, C. (CoI), Jensen, K. (CoI), Greenwood-Davies, S. (CoI), Hartshorn, C. (CoI), Ormerod, E. (CoI), Purcell, R. (CoI), Starkey, R. (CoI), Durrant, S. (CoI), Ellis, C. (CoI), Pert, S. (CoI), Waddington, O. (Researcher), Alcock, C. (Researcher), Walibhai, W. (Researcher), Zhang, S. (Researcher), Zhao, C. (Researcher), Leith, K. (PGR student), Ward, L. (PGR student), Price-Williams, D. (PGR student), Benafif, S. (PGR student), Eroglu, H. S. (PGR student), Savill, C. (PGR student), Gregori, F. (PGR student), Manfredi, L. (PGR student), Ozturk Mihci, I. (PGR student), Chen, Y. (PGR student), Ewaida, A. (PGR student), Hu, X. (PGR student), Jackson, K. (PGR student), Kerry, S. (PGR student), Zhang, J. (PGR student), Zhang, R. (PGR student), Chen, S. (PGR student), Breen, S. (PGR student), Ozturk, T. P. (PGR student), Walker-Sharpe, P. (PGR student), Price-Williams, D. (PGR student) & Wood, G. (PGR student)
1/09/25 → …
Project: Research
MR Physics Support
Parkes, L. (PI) & Montaldi, D. (CoI)
1/04/24 → 30/03/29
Project: Other
The use of 18kDa Translocator Protein (TSPO) ligands to improve vascular function in cerebral small vessel disease AWARD
Parkes, L. (PI)
1/03/24 → 31/08/27
Project: Research
Perception and guidance of movement in Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)
Warren, P. (PI) & Cane, D. (CoI)
1/02/24 → 31/01/27
Project: Research
The functional role of thalamic-mediated brain networks in memory
Kafkas, A. (PI), Parry-Jones, A. (CoI) & Trujillo-Barreto, N. (CoI)
1/02/24 → 31/01/27
Project: Research

Best practice guidance for collaborative working between Qualified Teachers of the Deaf and Speech and Language Therapists.
Jones, L. (Corresponding participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Society and culture
Beyond Words: exploring the communication experiences of autistic children through art
Sturrock, A. (Corresponding participant), Guest, H. (Collaborator) & Gowen, E. (Collaborator)
Impact: Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding, Health and wellbeing
Café Autistiqué
Sturrock, A. (Participant), Guest, H. (Participant), Gowen, E. (Participant), Bendo, G. (Participant), Leadbitter, K. (Participant) & Nosova, E. (Participant)
Impact: Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding, Health and wellbeing, Society and culture
Developing language and communication in 0-2's
Kelly, C. (Corresponding participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing
ESRC Impact Acceleration Account/PhD Outreach Programme - 'Childhood Bilingualism in Complementary Schools'
Papastergiou, A. (Participant), Sanoudaki, E. (Participant) & Panaretou, S. (Participant)
Impact: Attitudes and behaviours

38 Oral presentation
30 Invited talk
20 Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc
18 Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc
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From Theory to Practice: Applying Constructivism to Dynamic Assessment and the Zone of Proximal Development in Children with Suspected Language Difficulties / Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)
Pert, S. (Speaker)
5 Dec 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Teaching

File
Taipei Medical University
Sheppard, M. (Secondee)
16 Oct 2025 → 29 Oct 2025
Activity: External visiting positions or secondments › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
National Learning and Teaching Focused Network - A Teaching Focused career for PhDs and Post Docs
Lander, K. (Co-Organiser)
24 Sept 2025
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Teaching
T-FUN Festival - Resit Roadmaps: Supporting students during resits
Lander, K. (Speaker)
16 Sept 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Teaching and Research
Amygdala Burnout: Altered Trajectories of Grey Matter Volume Associated with Early Life Stress
Sheppard, M. (Speaker)
4 Sept 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research

De Ruiter et al, complex sentence comprehension information structure data set
De Ruiter, L. (Creator), Lieven, E. (Creator), Brandt, S. (Creator) & Theakston, A. (Creator), Open Science Framework, 2021
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/P8KZM, https://osf.io/p8kzm/
Dataset
International Centre for Language and Communicative Development: Beyond words: Infants’ early category representations are shaped by labels, 2014-2019
Twomey, K. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2021
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-853873
Dataset
International Centre for Language and Communicative Development: All the right noises: Background variability helps early word learning, 2014-2016.
Twomey, K. (Creator), Ma, L. (Creator) & Westermann, G. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2021
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-853872
Dataset
International Centre for Language and Communicative Development: Learned labels shape pre-speech infants’ object representations, 2014-2015
Twomey, K. (Creator) & Westermann, G. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2021
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-853871
Dataset
The Manchester Language Study initial cohort: seven year old data for children with developmental language disorders attending language units in England 1995-1997
Conti-Ramsden, G. (Creator), Botting, N. (Creator), Durkin, K. (Creator) & Toseeb, U. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2019
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-853746, http://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/853746/
Dataset

2018 Fellow of the Cognitive Sciences Society
Lieven, E. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Election to learned society
ATR (Japan) - Research contribution of the year 2005
Lander, K. (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Awarded Honorary Doctorate
Conti-Ramsden, G. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
BAA Team of the Year awarded to Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness
Munro, K. (Recipient), 1 Nov 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Best Factual Story Telling (Nominated)
Pert, S. (Recipient), 20 Oct 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Wonkhe blog: Students taking resits need specific support
Lander, K.
6/11/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
THE CONVERSATION: Movement signatures: how we move, gesture and use facial expressions could be as unique as a fingerprint
Lander, K.
22/08/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
HEPI blog - Languishing as Senior Lecturer: Striving, Surviving or Stuck
Lander, K.
15/08/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Tennis gamesmanship and dark arts: MTOs, bathroom breaks and the serve clock
Blything, L.
8/07/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Advance HE blog: How to become ‘unstuck’: shifting your mindset in higher education
Lander, K.
3/07/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media

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