Dr Catherine O'Hanlon

Ph.D. (Essex), BSc Anrhydedd (Essex), C.Psychol, FHEA

Dr Catherine O'Hanlon

Lecturer in Psychology

Department of Psychology

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Dr O'Hanlon completed her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology at the University of Essex in May 2006. She was appointed Lecturer in Psychology at Newcastle University in August 2006, where she worked for five years, at first within the Division of Psychology (2006-2007), then within the Institute of Neuroscience (2007-2012). Catherine joined the Psychology Department at Aberystwyth University in March 2012.

Year Abroad Scheme Coordinator

NHS ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observational Schedule) training

  • Tuesday 11:30-13:00

My research interests are in learning and development in children, Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence, particularly Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). 

Blindness to background: An inbuilt bias for visual objects. / O'Hanlon, Catherine; Read, Jenny.
In: Developmental Science, Vol. 20, No. 5, e12478, 30.08.2017, p. 1-23.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Estimates of compression at low and high frequencies using masking additivity in normal and impaired ears. / Plack, Christopher J; Oxenham, Andrew J; Simonson, Andrea M et al.
In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 123, No. 6, 2008, p. 4321-4330.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

What constrains children's learning of novel shape terms? / O'Hanlon, Catherine G.; Roberson, Debi.
In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol. 97, No. 2, 06.2007, p. 138-148.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Learning in context: Linguistic and attentional constraints on children's color term learning. / O'Hanlon, Catherine G.; Roberson, Debi.
In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol. 94, No. 4, 08.2006, p. 275-300.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

How culture might constrain color categories. / Roberson, Debi; O'Hanlon, Catherine.
In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol. 28, No. 4, 08.2005, p. 505-506.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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