By Professor Skye McDonald

Journal articles

McDonald S, 2015, 'Facing the challenges of single-case experimental methodology', Aphasiology, 29, pp. 575 - 580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2014.987051

McDonald S; Fisher A; Togher L; Tate R; Rushby J; English T; Kelly M; Mathersul D; Froreich F; Francis H, 2015, 'Adolescent performance on the awareness of social inference test: TASIT', Brain Impairment, 16, pp. 3 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/BrImp.2015.7

Honan CA; McDonald S; Fisher A; Honan C, 2015, 'Visuospatial learning in traumatic brain injury: An examination of impairments using the computerised Austin maze task', Brain Impairment, 16, pp. 19 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/BrImp.2015.3

Finn M; McDonald S, 2015, 'Repetition-lag training to improve recollection memory in older people with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. A randomized controlled trial', Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 22, pp. 244 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2014.915918

Fisher AC; Rushby JA; McDonald S; Parks N; Piguet O, 2015, 'Neurophysiological correlates of dysregulated emotional arousal in severe traumatic brain injury', Clinical Neurophysiology, 126, pp. 314 - 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2014.05.033

Francis HM; Fisher A; Rushby JA; McDonald S, 2015, 'Reduced heart rate variability in chronic severe traumatic brain injury: Association with impaired emotional and social functioning, and potential for treatment using biofeedback', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2014.1003246

Finn M; McDonald S, 2015, 'Erratum: Repetition-lag training to improve recollection memory in older people with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. A randomized controlled trial (Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition (2014) DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2014.915918)', Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 22, pp. i, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2014.929366

Westerhof-Evers HJ; Visser-Keizer AC; McDonald S; Spikman JM, 2014, 'Performance of healthy subjects on an ecologically valid test for social cognition: The short, Dutch version of the Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT)', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 36, pp. 1031 - 1041, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2014.966661

Rosenberg H; McDonald S; Dethier M; Kessels RPC; Westbrook RF, 2014, 'Facial emotion recognition deficits following moderate-severe traumatic brain Injury (TBI): Re-examining the valence effect and the role of emotion intensity', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2013, pp. 994 - 1003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617714000940

Rosenberg H; McDonald S; Dethier M; Kessels RPC; Westbrook RF, 2014, 'Facial emotion recognition deficits following moderate-severe traumatic brain Injury (TBI): Re-examining the valence effect and the role of emotion intensity', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617714000940

Pell MD; Monetta L; Rothermich K; Kotz SA; Cheang HS; McDonald S, 2014, 'Social perception in adults with parkinson's disease', Neuropsychology, 28, pp. 905 - 916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/neu0000090

Kelly M; McDonald S; Kellett D, 2014, 'Development of a novel task for investigating decision making in a social context following traumatic brain injury', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 36, pp. 897 - 913, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2014.955784

Finn M; McDonald S, 2014, 'A single case study of computerised cognitive training for older persons with mild cognitive impairment', NeuroRehabilitation, 35, pp. 261 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/NRE-141121

McDonald S; Gowland A; Randall R; Fisher A; Osborne-Crowley K; Honan C; Honan C, 2014, 'Cognitive factors underpinning poor expressive communication skills after traumatic brain injury: Theory of mind or executive function?', Neuropsychology, 28, pp. 801 - 811, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/neu0000089

Tate RL; Perdices M; McDonald S; Togher L; Rosenkoetter U, 2014, 'The design, conduct and report of single-case research: Resources to improve the quality of the neurorehabilitation literature', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 24, pp. 315 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2013.875043

Kelly M; McDonald S; Kellett D, 2013, 'The psychological effects of ostracism following traumatic brain injury', Brain Injury, 27, pp. 1676 - 1684, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2013.834381

Mathersul D; McDonald S; Rushby JA, 2013, 'Automatic facial responses to briefly presented emotional stimuli in autism spectrum disorder', Biological Psychology, 94, pp. 397 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.08.004

Tate RL; Perdices M; Rosenkoetter U; Wakim D; Godbee K; Togher L; McDonald S, 2013, 'Revision of a method quality rating scale for single-case experimental designs and n-of-1 trials: The 15-item Risk of Bias in N-of-1 Trials (RoBiNT) Scale', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 23, pp. 619 - 638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2013.824383

Rushby JA; Fisher AC; McDonald S; Murphy A; Finnigan S, 2013, 'Autonomic and neural correlates of dysregulated arousal in severe traumatic brain injury', International Journal of Psychophysiology, 89, pp. 460 - 465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.05.009

Mathersul D; McDonald S; Rushby JA, 2013, 'Autonomic arousal explains social cognitive abilities in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder', International Journal of Psychophysiology, 89, pp. 475 - 482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.04.014

Iredale JM; Rushby JA; McDonald S; Dimoska-Di Marco A; Swift J, 2013, 'Emotion in voice matters: Neural correlates of emotional prosody perception', International Journal of Psychophysiology, 89, pp. 483 - 490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.06.025

Rushby JA; McDonald S; Randall R; de Sousa A; Trimmer E; Fisher A, 2013, 'Impaired emotional contagion following severe traumatic brain injury', International Journal of Psychophysiology, 89, pp. 466 - 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.06.013

Togher L; McDonald S; Tate R; Power E; Rietdijk R, 2013, 'Training communication partners of people with severe traumatic brain injury improves everyday conversations: A multicenter single blind clinical trial', Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 45, pp. 637 - 645, http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-1173

Mathersul D; McDonald S; Rushby JA, 2013, 'Understanding advanced theory of mind and empathy in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 35, pp. 655 - 668, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2013.809700

Mathersul D; McDonald S; Rushby JA, 2013, 'Psychophysiological correlates of social judgement in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder', International Journal of Psychophysiology, 87, pp. 88 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.11.005

McDonald S; Togher L; Tate RL; Randall R; Gowland A; English T, 2013, 'A randomised controlled trial evaluating a brief intervention for deficits in recognising emotional prosody following severe ABI', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 23, pp. 267 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2012.751340

McDonald S; Randall R; Longman T; Togher L; Tate RL; English T, 2013, 'Assessing social cognition and pragmatic language in adolescents with traumatic brain injuries', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 19, pp. 528 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617713000039

Mathersul DC; McDonald S; Rushby J, 2013, 'Automatic facial responses to affective stimuli in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder', Physiology and Behavior, 109, pp. 14 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.10.008

McDonald S; Darke S; Kaye SS; Torok M, 2013, 'Deficits in social perception in opioid maintenance patients, abstinent opioid users and non-opioid users', Addiction, 108, pp. 566 - 574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12040

Dethier M; Blairy S; Rosenberg H; McDonald S, 2013, 'Emotional regulation impairments following severe traumatic brain injury: An investigation of the body and facial feedback effects', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 19, pp. 367 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617712001555

Rushby JA; McDonald S; Randall R; de Sousa A; Trimmer E; Fisher AC, 2013, 'Impaired contagion following severe traumatic brain injury', International Journal of Psychophysiology, 89, pp. 466 - 474

McDonald S, 2013, 'Impairments in social cognition following severe traumatic brain injury', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 19, pp. 231 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617712001506

Togher L; Power E; Rietdijk R; McDonald S; Tate RL, 2012, 'An exploration of participant experience of a communication training program for people with traumatic brain injury and their communication partners', Disability and Rehabilitation, 34, pp. 1562 - 1574, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2012.656788

De Sousa AY; McDonald S; Rushby J, 2012, 'Changes in emotional empathy, affective responsivity and behaviour following severe traumatic brain injury', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 34, pp. 606 - 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2012.667067

Darke S; McDonald S; Kaye SS; Torok M, 2012, 'Comparative patterns of cognitive performance amongst opioid maintenance patients, abstinent opioid users and non-opioid users', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 126, pp. 309 - 315, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871612001950

McDonald S; Anderson V; Ponsford J; Tate RL; Togher L; Morgan A; Morgan ; Ownsworth T; Douglas J; Murdoch B, 2012, 'Moving Ahead: A new centre of research excellence in brain recovery, focusing on psychosocial reintegration following traumatic brain injury', Brain Impairment, 13, pp. 256 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/BrImp.2012.21

McDonald S, 2012, 'New frontiers in neuropsychological assessment: Assessing social perception using a standardised instrument, The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT)', Australian Psychologist, 47, pp. 39 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-9544.2011.00054.x

McDonald S; Turkstra L; Togher L, 2012, 'Pragmatic Language Impairment after brain injury: Social Implications and treatment models.', Developmental Social neuroscience: Contributions to Childhood Brain Disorders, pp. 325 - 349

Mowszowski L; McDonald S; Wang ; Bornhofen C, 2012, 'Preferential processing of threatening facial expressions using the repetition blindness paradigm', Cognition and Emotion, 26, pp. 1238 - 1255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2011.648173

Darke S; McDonald S; Kaye SS; Torok M, 2012, 'Prevalence and correlates of traumatic brain injury amongst heroin users', Addiction Research and Theory, 20, pp. 522 - 528, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2012.672600

Henderson L; Stathis A; James C; McDonald S; Macefield VG, 2012, 'Real-time imaging of cortical areas involved in the generation of increases in skin sympathetic nerve activity when viewing emotionally charged images', Neuroimage, 62, pp. 1562 - 1574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.04.049

Dethier M; Blairy S; McDonald S; Rosenberg H, 2012, 'Spontaneous and posed emotional facial expressions following severe traumatic brain injury', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2012.702734

McDonald S; Togher L; Tate RL; Randall R; Gowland A; Gowland ; English T, 2012, 'Trialing a brief intervention for deficits in recognising emotional prosody following severe ABI', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 23, pp. 267 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2012.751340

Dimoska A; McDonald S; Kelly M; Johnstone S; Tate RL, 2011, 'A meta-analysis of response inhibition and Stroop interference control deficits in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI)', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33, pp. 471 - 485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2010.533158

Kelly M; McDonald S; Rushby J, 2011, 'All Alone with Sweaty Palms - Physiological Arousal and Ostracism', International Journal of Psychophysiology, 83, pp. 309 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.11.008

Salmon K; Mewton L; Pipe M; McDonald S, 2011, 'Asking parents to prepare children for an event: Altering parental instructions influences children’s recall', Cognitive Development, 12, pp. 80 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2010.496708

Finn M; McDonald S, 2011, 'Computerised cognitive training for older persons with mild cognitive impairment: A pilot study using a randomised controlled trial design', Brain Impairment, 12, pp. 187 - 199, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=772984107604652;res=IELHEA

McDonald S; Rosenfeld J; Henry JD; Togher L; Tate RL; Bornhofen C, 2011, 'Emotion perception and Alexithymia in people with severe traumatic brain injury: One disorder or two?: A preliminary investigation', Brain Impairment, 12, pp. 165 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/brim.12.3.165

Kangas M; McDonald S, 2011, 'Is it Time to Act? The potential of Acceptance and Commitment Therapies for psychological problems following acquired brain injuries', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 21, pp. 250 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2010.540920

McDonald S; Saad A; James C, 2011, 'Social dysdecorum following severe traumatic brain injury: Loss of implicit social knowledge or loss of control?', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33, pp. 619 - 630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2011.553586

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