Newcastle University

Memberships

2007-present: Member of the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS)
2006-present: Chartered member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
2004-present: Graduate member of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci)
2003-present: Memeber of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
2004-2006: Graduate member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
2004-2005: Member of the UK Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group (PsyPAG), and BPS Developmental Section Representative.

Informal Interests

Knowledge Transfer: I organise evening talks within the University for families in Newcastle Upon Tyne and surrounding areas. The aims of these talks are (1) to keep our society's families informed of the developmental research that is taking place world wide, nationally, and within their city; (2) to give parents an opportunity to sign up for the developmental studies I conduct at Newcastle University, and (3) to give parents the opportunity to ask any other question of interest to them - if I have an answer based on scientific facts, I am delighted to be able to share it.

Research Interests

The information that children use to learn new vocabulary within social, communicative contexts. The relationship between development in vocabulary and development in Theory of Mind. Developmental and environmental influences on the development of Theory of Mind and vocabulary. The role of attention in word learning. Perceptual and / or attentional factors that motivate word learning and performance on Theory of Mind tasks in typically developing preschoolers and children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Color as an intervention in ASD.

Other Expertise

Sound perception at the level of the cochlea in the inner ear.

Postgraduate Supervision

Miss Irini Manola - PhD student, 2007-2010; Word Learning and theory of mind in typically developing preschoolers and children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Undergraduate Teaching

PSY2001 Developmental Psychology, Stage 2 - Module leader
PSY3015 Communication & Language, Stage 3 - Module leader
PSY3097 Psychology Research Projects, Stage 3 - Major supervisor

• O'Hanlon CG, Roberson D. What constrains children's learning of novel shape terms?. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 2007, 97(2), 138-148.
• O'Hanlon CG, Roberson D. Learning in context : Linguistic and attentional constraints on children's color term learning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 2006, 94(4), 275-300.
• Roberson D, O'Hanlon CG. How culture might constrain color categories. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2005, 28, 505-506.
• Plack CJ, Oxenham AJ, Simonson AM, O'Hanlon CG, Drga V, Arifianto D. Estimates of compression at low and high frequencies using masking additivity in normal and impaired ears. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2008, 123(6), 4321-4330.
• Plack CJ, O'Hanlon CG, Drga V. Additivity of masking and auditory compression. In:Pressnitzer, d., de Cheveigne, A., McAdams, S., Collet, L., ed. Auditory Signal Processing : Physiology, Psychophysics, and Models.New York:Springer,2005, pp. 60-66.
• Plack CJ, O'Hanlon CG. Forward Masking Additivity and Auditory Compression at Low and High Frequencies. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 2003, 4(3), 405-415.