Dr Sinead Rhodes
Senior Research Fellow, SMC Research Centre
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Child Life and Health, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health
- SMC Research Centre
Contact details
- Tel: 0131 536 0642
- Email: sinead.rhodes@ed.ac.uk
Qualifications
2008: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Dundee, Neuropsychopharmacology of ADHD
1996: Master of Letters, University College Dublin
1993: Bachelor of Arts, University College Dublin
Research summary
Sinéad is a developmental psychologist who is interested in the cognitive factors underlying behaviour and learning. Her research has principally focused on cognition, especially memory and associated executive functions, in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including ADHD, ASD and Williams syndrome.
She also examines cognitive factors underlying mental health especially depression and anxiety, and is particularly interested in cognition and depression within the context of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Sinéad is extensively involved in public engagement activities: she is the founder of the Research the Headlines project and was awarded the 2017 Royal Society of Edinburgh Innovators Public Engagement Prize.
Sinead is an Emeritus member of the Young Academy of Scotland.
Research aims & areas of interest
- Executive functions in ADHD and Williams syndrome
- Cognitive predictors of mathematics and literacy in ADHD
- Effects of stimulant medication on cognition and behaviour in ADHD
- Tailored interventions to improve learning in ADHD
- Autobiographical memory, executive control and depression
- Cognitive factors underlying depression in ASD
- Social cognition in neurodevelopmental disorders
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An ecological momentary assessment study of the role of emotional dysregulation in co-occurring ADHD and internalising symptoms in adulthood
In:
Journal of affective disorders
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.086
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Cognitive strategies and learning mathematics in children with ADHD: Insights from pupils and their teachers
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Other (Published) -
Strengths and challenges at school for children with ADHD: Insights from pupils and their teachers
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Other (Published) -
Peer Relationships in Children with Williams Syndrome: Parent and Teacher Insights
In:
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04503-6
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Developmental changes in executive functions during adolescence: A study of inhibition, shifting, and working memory
In:
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, vol. 38, pp. 74-89
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12307
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)