By Professor Skye McDonald

Journal articles

Wei G; McDonald S; Kelly M; Ballard KJ; Kumfor F, 2026, 'Post-diagnostic care pathways in dementia: Experiences and needs of family carers and considerations for interventions', Dementia, 25, pp. 596 - 617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14713012251337230

Emery H; Wong D; Simpson G; Gertler P; Carrier S; McDonald S; Ownsworth T; Douglas J; Wearne T; Morgan AT; Tate R; Zuber OJ; Skromanis S; Doubleday J; Honan CA, 2026, 'Defining the scope of clinical practice guidelines for managing psychosocial difficulties following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury', Brain Impairment, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IB25082

Cassel A; Behn N; Kelly M; McDonald S, 2026, '“I’ve learned to sift it”: a qualitative exploration of participant experiences of the SIFT IT social cognition group treatment program for people with acquired brain injury', Disability and Rehabilitation, 48, pp. 5303 - 5325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2026.2618927

Langdon MC; Brown A; Hearps SJC; Davies MJ; Collins B; McDonald S; Turkstra LS; Dooley J; Darby D; Darling SJ; Beauchamp MH; Anderson VA, 2026, 'A dimensional analysis of autism: The role of basic socio-cognitive skills for social competence in children', Journal of Neuropsychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnp.70027

Brennan PM; Cameron JM; Eustace D; Butler HJ; Sala A; Lazarus A; Antoniou G; Palmer DS; Gray E; Kerrie C; McDonald S; Black P; Sheraz S; Adekoya I; Jakola A; Denes A; Jenkinson MD; Jones J; Pendered S; Koljenovic S; Zwaenepoel K; Sieben A; Ahmed M; Feyen B; Mathew RK; Coils C; Ismail A; Phang I; Brown A; Patel S; Weiss T; Westarp PW; Kopp A; Baker MJ, 2026, 'A multi-centre performance evaluation of a commercially developed liquid biopsy for the earlier detection of brain tumours', ESMO Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2025.105938

Matre M; Johansen T; Olsen A; Tornås S; Trægde Martinsen AC; Lund A; Becker F; Brunborg C; Spikman JM; Ponsford J; Neumann D; McDonald S; Løvstad M, 2026, 'Ecological validity of a Norwegian version of the Awareness of Social Inference Test', Applied Neuropsychology Adult, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2026.2631123

Gertler P; Emery H; Doubleday J; Tate RL; Filipčíková M; Honan CA; Wong D; Carrier S; Ownsworth T; Douglas J; McDonald S; Wearne T; Simpson GK, 2026, 'Psychological interventions for challenging behaviours following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: A systematic review, meta-analysis and GRADE evaluation', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2026.2682140

Carrier S; Wong D; Emery H; Gertler P; Simpson GK; Zuber O; Ownsworth T; McDonald S; Douglas J; Wearne T; Honan C, 2026, 'Psychosocial interventions for mental health difficulties following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2026.2664193

Matre M; Johansen T; Tornås S; Trægde Martinsen AC; Olsen A; Lund A; Becker F; Brunborg C; Spikman JM; Ponsford J; Neumann D; McDonald S; Løvstad M, 2026, 'Reliability and validity of a Norwegian version of the awareness of social inference test', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 36, pp. 978 - 1006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2025.2558872

McDonald S; Honan C; Ning N; Piguet O; Kumfor F, 2026, 'TASIT super short: Empirical development of a social cognition screener', Clinical Neuropsychologist, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2026.2674739

Mcdonald S; Wearne T; Wallis K; Newby J; Grant S; Gertler P; Simpson G, 2026, 'The Carers Way Ahead: a randomized controlled trial of an online psychoeducational programme for families managing challenging behaviours following traumatic brain injury', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2026.2634399

Emery H; McDonald S; Wong D; Carrier S; Gertler P; Simpson G; Ownsworth T; Douglas J; Wearne T; Skromanis S; Honan CA, 2026, 'Treatments for social cognitive difficulties following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 36, pp. 1030 - 1072, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2025.2558883

Pinkham AE; Hajdúk M; Ziermans T; Van Rheenen T; Tavares T; Spink A; Sheffield J; Rosema BS; Penn DL; Oliver LD; Nagendra A; Mehta UM; McDonald S; Mazza M; Livingston L; Lee T; Flores A; Fett AK; Eddy CM; Davis B; Chan RCK; Buunk AM; Bonfils KA; Bodenhamer B; Bertoux M; Bang M, 2025, 'Harmonizing cross-cultural and transdiagnostic assessment of social cognition by expert panel consensus', Schizophrenia, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41537-024-00540-7

Gabbe BJ; Keeves J; McKimmie A; Gadowski AM; Holland AJ; Semple BD; Young JT; Crowe L; Ownsworth T; Bagg MK; Antonic-Baker A; Hicks AJ; Hill R; Curtis K; Romero L; Ponsford JL; Lannin NA; O'Brien TJ; Cameron PA; Cooper DJ; Rushworth N; Fitzgerald M, 2025, 'The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Systematic Review and Consensus Process to Determine the Predictive Value of Demographic, Injury Event, and Social Characteristics on Outcomes for People With Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury', Journal of Neurotrauma, 42, pp. 2096 - 2115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2023.0461

Antonic-Baker A; Auvrez C; Tao G; Bagg MK; Gadowski A; McKimmie A; Hicks AJ; Hill R; Lorena R; Ponsford JL; Lannin NA; Gabbe BJ; Cameron PA; Cooper DJ; Rushworth N; Fitzgerald M; O'Brien TJ, 2025, 'The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Systematic Review and Consensus Process to Determine the Predictive Value of Pre-existing Health Conditions for People with Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury', Journal of Neurotrauma, 42, pp. 2047 - 2061, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2023.0462

García-Fernández L; Cabot-Ivorra N; Romero-Ferreiro V; Álvarez-Mon MA; López EJ; Lahera G; McDonald S; Rodriguez-Jimenez R, 2025, 'Spanish validation of “The Awareness of Social Inference Test” (TASIT)', European Journal of Psychiatry, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpsy.2025.100324

Li R; Quang H; Filipčíková M; Xu Y; Kumfor F; Spehar B; McDonald S, 2025, 'Why Do Cultures Affect Facial Emotion Perception? A Systematic Review', Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 56, pp. 680 - 710, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00220221251334811

Eikelboom WS; van den Berg E; Beauchamp MH; Bray KO; Kumfor F; Macpherson SE; McDonald S; Spikman JM; Kessels RPC, 2025, 'Providing a taxonomy for social cognition: how to bridge the gap between expert opinion, empirical data, and theoretical models', Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 50, pp. E157 - E161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/jpn.240156

Kelly M; Mierendorff S; Wales K; Voeste J; Allen J; Mcdonald S, 2025, 'Telehealth-based assessment of cognition, social cognition, mood, and functional independence in older adults', Brain Impairment, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IB24114

Mendez M; Logan J; Filipčíková M; McDonald S; Wearne T, 2025, 'Disinhibition, rather than moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury, moderates the impact of anger provocation on subjective emotional experience', Clinical Neuropsychologist, 39, pp. 1525 - 1545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2024.2406042

Bush SS; Dutt A; Fernández AL; Łojek E; McDonald S; Schrieff-Brown L, 2025, 'Ethical issues in clinical neuropsychology: International diversity perspectives', Applied Neuropsychology Adult, 32, pp. 1377 - 1393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2023.2278153

Quang H; Wearne T; Filipcikova M; Pham N; Nguyen N; McDonald S, 2024, 'A Biopsychosocial Framework for Apathy Following Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Neuropsychology Review, 34, pp. 1213 - 1234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11065-023-09620-4

Darke S; Duflou J; McDonald S; Peacock A; Farrell M; Lappin J, 2024, 'Neuropathology of deaths due to acute alcohol toxicity in Australia, 2011–2022', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111407

McKimmie A; Keeves J; Gadowski A; Bagg MK; Antonic-Baker A; Hicks AJ; Hill R; Clarke N; Holland A; Veitch B; Fatovich D; Reeder S; Romero L; Ponsford JL; Lannin NA; O’Brien TJ; Cooper DJ; Rushworth N; Fitzgerald M; Gabbe BJ; Cameron PA; Alexander T; Anderson V; Armstrong E; Babl FE; Balogh ZJ; Barlow KM; Bellapart J; Bidargaddi N; Bosio E; Bragge P; Bynevelt M; Caeyenberghs K; Capell J; Chai KEK; Collins-Praino LE; Cowen G; Crowe LM; Cudmore T; Cullen J; Curtis K; Delaney A; Dibdin G; Eades S; Egan GF; Ellis DY; Ercole A; Fisher MJ; Fitzgerald M; Fleming J; Francis R; Gilroy J; Hansen MA; Harrison JE; Haseler LJ; Hassett L; Hellewell SC; Hill AF; Holland AJA; Honeybul S; Jeffree RL; Joyce C; Kendall E; King K; Law M; Maas AIR; Mahoney A; Makin P; Mayhew P; McDonald A; McDonald S; McDonald SJ; McNamara R; Meka S; Menon DK; Mitchell G; Mobbs R; Nasrallah FA; Newcombe VFJ; Olver JH; O’Reilly GM; Ownsworth T; Parizel PM; Parr M; Powell B; Ratajczak P; Reade MC; Reid C; Robertson J; Robinson S; Rowse D; Rose SE; Rosenfeld JV; Ross JP; Scheinberg A; Semple BD; Shultz SR; Simpson GK; Teague WJ, 2024, 'The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Systematic Review of Clinical Factors Associated with Outcomes in People with Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury', Neurotrauma Reports, 5, pp. 640 - 659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neur.2023.0111

Ponsford JL; Hicks AJ; Bagg MK; Phyland R; Carrier S; James AC; Lannin NA; Rushworth N; O’Brien TJ; Cameron PA; Cooper DJ; Hill R; Gabbe BJ; Fitzgerald M; Alexander T; Anderson V; Antonic-Baker A; Armstrong E; Babl FE; Balogh ZJ; Barlow KM; Bellapart J; Bidargaddi N; Bosio E; Bragge P; Bynevelt M; Caeyenberghs K; Capell J; Chai KEK; Collins-Praino LE; Cowen G; Crowe LM; Cudmore T; Cullen J; Curtis K; Delaney A; Dibdin G; Eades S; Egan GF; Ellis DY; Ercole A; Fatovich DM; Fisher MJ; Fitzgerald M; Fleming J; Francis R; Gadowski A; Gilroy J; Hansen MA; Harrison JE; Haseler LJ; Hassett L; Hellewell SC; Hill AF; Holland AJA; Honeybul S; Jeffree RL; Joyce C; Kendall E; King K; Law M; Maas AIR; Mahoney A; Makin P; Mayhew P; McDonald A; McDonald S; McDonald SJ; McKimmie A; McNamara R; Meka S; Menon DK; Mitchell G; Mobbs R; Nasrallah FA; Newcombe VFJ; Olver JH; O'Reilly GM; Ownsworth T; Parizel PM; Parr M; Powell B; Ratajczak P; Rause D; Reade MC; Reeder S; Reid C; Robertson J; Robinson S; Rose SE; Rosenfeld JV; Ross JP; Scheinberg A; Semple BD; Shultz SR; Simpson GK; Teague WJ; Togher L; Udy AA; Vallmuur K, 2024, 'The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Review and Recommendations for Outcome Measures for Use With Adults and Children After Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury', Neurotrauma Reports, 5, pp. 387 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neur.2023.0127

Filipčíková M; Quang H; Cassel A; Darke L; Wilson E; Wearne T; Rosenberg H; McDonald S, 2024, 'Exploring neuropsychological underpinnings of poor communication after traumatic brain injury: The role of apathy, disinhibition and social cognition', International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 59, pp. 433 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12836

Soo CA; Tate RL; Catroppa C; Benson S; McDonald S; Rapee RM; Anderson V, 2024, 'A randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioural therapy for managing anxiety in adolescents with acquired brain injury', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 34, pp. 74 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2022.2154811

Filipčíková M; Wearne T; McDonald S, 2024, 'Disinhibited and angry: Investigating the relationship between social disinhibition and the components of aggression following severe TBI', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 34, pp. 23 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2022.2149560

Cassel A; Kelly M; Wilson E; Filipčíková M; McDonald S, 2024, 'SIFT IT: A feasibility and preliminary efficacy randomized controlled trial of a social cognition group treatment programme for people with acquired brain injury', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 34, pp. 1347 - 1377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2024.2314876

Wallis K; Campbell LE; McDonald S; Kelly M, 2024, 'Social cognition in acquired brain injury: adaptation and validation of the Brief Assessment of Social Skills (BASS)', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 46, pp. 923 - 942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2024.2441704

Mcdonald S, 2024, 'Neuropsychology of Depression', BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 224, pp. 141 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.2

Nguyen MN; Pham R; Nguyen TV; Lam-Nguyen NT; McDonald S; Quang H, 2023, 'Neuropsychiatric symptoms after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury in Vietnam: Assessment, prevalence, and impact on caregivers', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 29, pp. 984 - 993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617723000644

Togher L; Elbourn E; Kenny B; Honan C; Power E; Tate R; McDonald S; MacWhinney B, 2023, 'Communication and Psychosocial Outcomes 2-Years After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Development of a Prognostic Model', Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 104, pp. 1840 - 1849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2023.04.010

Anderson V; Darling S; Hearps S; Darby D; Dooley J; McDonald S; Turkstra L; Brown A; Greenham M; Crossley L; Charalambous G; Beauchamp MH, 2023, 'Deep phenotyping of socio-emotional skills in children with typical development, neurodevelopmental disorders, and mental health conditions: Evidence from the PEERS', Plos One, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291929

Quang H; Le Heron C; Balleine B; Nguyen TV; Nguyen TQ; Nguyen MN; Kumfor F; McDonald S, 2023, 'Reduced Sensitivity to Background Reward Underlies Apathy After Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights From an Ecological Foraging Framework', Neuroscience, 528, pp. 26 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.07.026

Matre M; Johansen T; Olsen A; Tornås S; Martinsen A; Lund A; Becker F; Brunborg C; Spikman J; Ponsford J; Neumann D; McDonald S; Løvstad M, 2023, 'A protocol for the development and validation of a virtual reality-based clinical test of social cognition', BMC Digital Health, 1, pp. 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s44247-023-00036-x

Martin DM; Rushby JA; De Blasio FM; Wearne T; Osborne-Crowley K; Francis H; Xu M; Loo C; McDonald S, 2023, 'The effect of tDCS electrode montage on attention and working memory', Neuropsychologia, 179, pp. 108462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.10846t2

Chen W; McDonald S; Wearne T; Sabel I; Long EV; Grisham JR, 2023, 'A pilot study of adapted social cognition and intervention training (SCIT) for hoarding disorder', Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2022.100776

Filipčíková M; Balleine B; Kumfor F; McDonald S, 2023, 'Action control and selection in social disinhibition following severe TBI: a pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer and outcome devaluation study', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 45, pp. 825 - 839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2024.2313257

McDonald S; Wearne T; Kelly M, 2023, 'Calling on clinicians to get social and emotional', Clinical Neuropsychologist, 37, pp. 506 - 544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2022.2085176

Quang H; Nguyen AL; Do C; McDonald S; Nguyen C, 2023, 'Examining the Vietnamese Montreal cognitive assessment in healthy and moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury populations', Clinical Neuropsychologist, 37, pp. 1062 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2023.2170281

Filipčíková M; McDonald S, 2023, 'Inhibitory Control Impairment in Social Disinhibition Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: An Experimental Study Using Social and Nonsocial Go/No-Go Task', Neuropsychology, 37, pp. 895 - 906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/neu0000923

Quang H; Nguyen A; Do C; McDonald S; Nguyen C, 2023, '2 The Vietnamese Montreal Cognitive Assessment: An Evaluation of Construct Validity and Recommended Cut-off for Cognitive Impairment after TBI', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 29, pp. 592 - 593, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355617723007567

Filipcikova M; McDonald S, 2023, '6 The Relationship Between Inhibitory Control Impairment in Social Disinhibition Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 29, pp. 306 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355617723004265

Li R; Filipcikovä M; Xu Y; Quang H; Kumfor F; McDonald S, 2023, '6 Why Do Cultures Affect Facial Emotion Perception? - A Systematic Review', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 29, pp. 520 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355617723006707

Quang H; Kumfor F; Balleine B; Nguyen TV; Nguyen TQ; Nguyen MN; McDonald S, 2022, 'Contributions of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reward Sensitivity to Apathy: Evidence From Traumatic Brain Injury', Neuropsychology, 36, pp. 791 - 802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/neu0000858

Chen W; McDonald S; Wearne T; Grisham JR, 2022, 'Interpersonal functioning in hoarding: An investigation of the link between hoarding symptoms and social support, social anhedonia, and social rewards', Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100313

Quang H; Sin K; Kumfor F; McDonald S, 2022, 'Adaptation, Validation and Preliminary Standardisation of the Frontal Systems Behaviour Scale - Apathy Subscale and the Dimensional Apathy Scale in Vietnamese Healthy Samples', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 28, pp. 300 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S135561772100031X

Quang H; McDonald S; Huynh-Le P; Nguyen TV; Le NA; Lam-Nguyen NT; Kumfor F, 2022, 'Apathy in a High Prevalence Population of Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: An Investigation in Vietnam', Neuropsychology, 36, pp. 94 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/neu0000781

Jarsch M; Piguet O; Berres M; Sluka C; Semenkova A; Kressig RW; Monsch AU; McDonald S; Sollberger M, 2022, 'Development of the Basel Version of the Awareness of Social Inference Test – Theory of Mind (BASIT-ToM) in healthy adults', Journal of Neuropsychology, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12290

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