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Department of Cognitive Science

Dr Richard Webster

Honorary Associate

Contact Details

Phone : +61 (0)2 9845 2826
Fax : +61 (0)2 9845 3905
email : richarw3@chw.edu.au
Homepage : http://www.cheri.com.au/index.html

External Address

Research Neurologist
Children's Hospital Education Research Institute (CHERI)
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Mail Address: Locked Bag 4001
WESTMEAD NSW 2145

External Appointments

  • Convenor, Australia and New Zealand Child Neurology Study Group. (2007 continuing)
  • Council member, Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologist. (2009 continuing)
  • Ex-officio Australian delegate, Asian Oceanian Child Neurology Association. (2007 continuing)

Grants Awarded

  • APEX Foundation (2010) "Genes, Brains, Cognition: A Systematic Examination of the Links with Williams Syndrome." Porter, M.A., Rae, C., Webster, R., Tassabehji, M., Williams, M.A. ($17,930)

Selected Publications

Periodicals

  • Gascoigne, M.B., Barton, B., Webster, R., Gill, D., Antony, J., & Lah, S. (2012). Accelerated long-term forgetting in children with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Epilepsia. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03719.x
  • Gascoigne, M., Webster, R., Barton, B., Gill, D. & Lah, S. (2010). Everyday memory in children with Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsy: Behavioural and cognitive correlates. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 216(Suppl. 2), 41.
  • Dale, R.C., Irani, S.R., Brilot, F., Pillai, S., Webster, R., Gill, D., Lang, B., & Vincent, A. (2009). Pediatric Dyskinetic Encephalitis Lethargica is a N-Methyl D-asapartate receptor - antibody encephalitis. Neurology, 66, 704-709.
  • Webster, R., Erdos, C., Evans, K., Majnerner, A., Saigal, G., Kehayia, E., & et al (2008). Neurological and magnetic resonance imaging findings in children with developmental language impairment Journal of Child Neurology, 23(8), 870-7.
  • Webster, R., Erdos, C., Evans, K., Majnerner, A., Evans, A., & Shevell, M.I. (2006). The clinical spectrum of developmental language impairment in school-age children: language, cognitive and motor findings Pediatrics, 118(5), e1541-e15.

Published Abstracts

  • Gascoigne, M., Webster, R., Barton, B., Gill, D. & Lah, S. (2012). Seizure severity and verbal accelerated long-term forgetting in children with idiopathic generalised epilepsy [Abstract]. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 54(Suppl. 4), 100-101.
  • Gascoigne, M., Webster, R., Barton, B., Gill, D., Smith, M.L., Antony, J., & Lah, S. (2012). Accelerated long-term forgetting in children with epilepsy [Abstract]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 18(Suppl. 2), 65-66.
  • Gascoigne, M., Webster, R., Barton, B., Gill, D. & Lah, S. (2010). Everyday memory in children with idiopathic generalised epilepsy: behavioural and cognitive correlates [Abstract]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 18(Suppl. 2), 41.

Conference Presentations, Colloquia, and other presentations

  • Gascoigne, M., Webster, R., Barton, B., Gill, D., Smith, M.L., Antony, J., & Lah, S. (2012, August). Accelerated long-term forgetting in children with epilepsy. Paper presented at the Annual Workshop of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (CCD), Macquarie University, Sydney.
  • Gascoigne, M., Barton, B., Webster, R., Gill, D., Smith, M.L., Antony, J., & Lah, S. (2012, June). Accelerated long-term forgetting in children with epilepsy. Symposium conducted at the International Neuropsychological Society Mid-year Meeting, Oslo, Norway.
  • Gascoigne, M., Webster, R., Barton, B., Gill, D. & Lah, S. (2012, May). Seizure severity and verbal accelerated long-term forgetting in children with idiopathic generalised epilepsy. Presentation given at the Joint 12th International Child Neurology Congress and 11th Asian and Oceanian Congress of Child Neurology, Brisbane.
  • Gascoigne, M., Webster, R.I., Barton, B., Gill, D., & Lah, S. (2011, August). Accelerated verbal long-term forgetting in children with Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsy. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Memory (ICOM5), York, UK.
  • Gascoigne, M., Webster, R., Barton, B., Gill, D. & Lah, S. (2011, August). Verbal accelerated long-term forgetting in children with idiopathic generalised epilepsy. Poster session presented at the 5th International Conference on Memory, University of York, England.
  • Gascoigne, M., Lah, S., Barton, B., Webster, R. & Gill, D. (2010, July). Everyday memory in children with Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsy: Behavioural and cognitive correlates. Presentation given at the The International Neuropsychological Society, The Polish Neuropsychological Society and The Polish Neuroscience Society Joint Mid-Year Meeting, Krakow, Poland.