Dr Alan Beaton
Honorary Professor
PhD
Contact
Email: psychology@aber.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1970 628719
Teaching Areas
Perception, Language, Neuropsychology
Research
Neuropsychological and biological aspects of laterality; Reading and developmental dyslexia; Learning of foreign language vocabulary
Biography
Dr Alan Beaton holds an honorary professorship in the Psychology Department. Dr Beaton is a distinguished academic scholar with interests in the areas of the neuropsychological and biological aspects of laterality; cognitive neuropsychology, especially disorders of reading; reading and developmental dyslexia and the learning of foreign language vocabulary.
Staff Publications
Books
Beaton, A. A. (1985). Left Side/Right Side: A Review of Laterality Research. London: Batsford Academic and New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 0 7134 4389 8.
Beaton, A.A. (2004). Dyslexia, Reading and the Brain: A Sourcebook of Biological and Psychological Research: Taylor and Francis/Psychology Press).
Book Chapters
Beaton, A.A., Hugdahl, K. and Ray, P. (2000).Lateral asymmetries and inter-hemispheric transfer in aging: A review and some new data. In: Mandal, M.,Bulman-Fleming, B.& Tiwari, G. (Eds.) The Neuropsychology of Side Bias. Kluwer: Amsterdam. Chap. 5., pp. 101-152.
Beaton, A.A. (2003) The Determinants of Handedness. In Hugdahl,K. & Davidson, R.J. (Eds.) Brain Asymmetry (2nd edition). MIT Press. Chap. 4., Pp. 105-158.
Beaton, A.A . The Neurobiology of Dyslexia. In Turner, M. & Rack, J. (Eds.). The Study of Dyslexia. Kluwer/Plenum (In Press).
Selected Papers:
Beaton, A. A., Ved, R. & Guest, J. (1997) Semantic errors in naming, reading, writing and drawing in a case of left hemisphere infarction. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 14, 459-478.
Beaton, A. A. (1997). The relation of planum temporale asymmetry and morphology of the corpus callosum to handedness, gender and dyslexia: A review of the evidence. Brain and Language, 60, 255-322.
Beaton, A.A., McDougall, S. & Singleton, C. (1997). Humpty Dumpty grows up? Diagnosing dyslexia in adults. Journal of Research in Reading, 20, 1-6
Beaton, A.A., Cook, M., Kavanagh, M. & Herrington, C. (2000). The Psychological Impact of Burglary. Psychology, Crime & Law, 6, 1-11.
Beaton, A. A. (2002).The Cerebellar Deficit Hypothesis of Dyslexia. Cortex, 38, 479-490.
Beaton, A.A . (2003). Going for Broca? I wouldn’t bet on it. Invited commentary on Corballis. M.C. From mouth to hand: Gesture, speech and the evolution of right-handedness. Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 26, 212-213.
Beaton, A. A . (2004). Anatomy of manual skill. Cortex, 40, 228-229.
Beaton, A. A ., Gruneberg, M. M., Hyde, C. Shufflebottom, A. & Sykes, R.N. (2005). Facilitation of receptive and productive foreign vocabulary acquisition using the keyword method: The role of image quality. Memory, 13, 458-471.
Beaton, A.A., Edwards, R. & Peggie, A. (2006) Finger localization in dyslexia and the role of the corpus callosum in interhemispheric transfer of tactual information. Neuropsychologia, 44, 326-334
Beaton, A.A., Suller, S. & Workman, L. (2007). Visual laterality effects in readers of a deep and a shallow orthography. Laterality, 12, 199-215.
Beaton, A.A. & Mellor, G. (2007). Direction of hair whorl and handedness. Laterality.12, 295-301.
Leask, S.J. & Beaton, A.A. (2007). Handedness in Great Britain. Laterality, 12, 559-572.
Beaton,A.A.. & Davies, N.W. (2007). Semantic errors in deep dyslexia: does orthographic depth matter? Cognitive Neuropsychology, 24, 312-323.
Beaton, A.A. (2008). Handedness and seasonal anisotropy. Cortex, 44, 97-98.