Genevieve Mcarthur
Department of Cognitive Science
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Genevieve is the Head of the Department of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University, Director of the Macquarie University Cognition Clinic for Reading, and founder of the Cognitive Science ERP Laboratory. Over the last 20 years, she has held research positions at the University of Western Australia, Curtin University, Oxford University, and Macquarie University. The goal of her research program is to determine what causes reading and language impairments in children, and how these impairments should be treated. She is an active advocate for the rapid translation of scientific evidence into practice.
Research Interest
Cognitive psychology; thinking, reasoning, decision making, belief bias, intuitive logic, dual processing, parallel processing, reasoning development, working memory, inhibition, individual differences, hypnosis.
Publications
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McArthur GM, Ellis D, Atkinson CM, Coltheart M. Auditory processing deficits in children with reading and language impairments: Can they (and should they) be treated?. Cognition. 2008 Jun 30;107(3):946-77.
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Bishop DV, McArthur GM. Individual differences in auditory processing in specific language impairment: a follow-up study using event-related potentials and behavioural thresholds. Cortex. 2005 Dec 31;41(3):327-41.
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McArthur GM, Hogben JH, Edwards VT, Heath SM, Mengler ED. On the “specifics†of specific reading disability and specific language impairment. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. 2000 Oct;41(7):869-74.
