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Professor Anne Castles

PhD Macq, BSc ANU.

Director

Contact Details

Office : C5C 421
Phone : +61 2 9850 4860
Fax : +61 2 9850 6059
email : acastles@maccs.mq.edu.au

Profile

My research is in the cognitive science of reading and language, with a particular focus on reading development and developmental dyslexia. I did an Honours degree in Psychology at the Australian National University (1987) and a PhD at Macquarie University, supervised by Professor Max Coltheart (1993). After that, I moved to the University of Melbourne where I had a teaching and research position in the Department of Psychology. I returned to Macquarie University in 2007 to take up a CORE research appointment here at MACCS. In 2010, I became the Scientific Director of MACCS.

External Appointments

• Associate Editor, Journal of Research in Reading. (2006 continuing)
• Editorial Board, Scientific Studies of Reading. (2002 continuing)
• Editorial Board, European Journal of Cognitive Psychology. (2006 continuing)
• Invited Guest Editor, Orthographic processes in reading. Special Issue of Journal of Research in Reading. (2006 continuing)

Awards

• Macquarie University Innovation Award (2009), McArthur, G., Castles, A., & Jones, P. Highly Commended for the Macquarie Online Test Interface: www.motif.org.au

Grants Awarded

• Macquaire Faculty Research Infrastructure Fund (2010) "Macquarie Online Test Interface" McArthur, G., Kohnen, S., Castles, A., Coltheart, M., Nickels, L., Savage, G., Johnson, B., Brock, J., Wheldall, K., Beaman, R., Rowe, D., Morgan, M., Porter, M., & Sharma, M. ($75,000)
• Macquarie University Research Infrastructure Block Grant Scheme (2009) "Remote eyetracker for testing special populations." Crain. S., Brock, J., Thornton, R., Castles, A., McArthur, G., Thornton, R., Marsh, P., Brock, J., Savage, G., Rich, A., Cox, R., Rowe, D., A. Gamble, A., Langdon, R., Rapee, R., Hudson, J., Lyneham, H., & Porter, M. ($47,908)
• Macquarie University Research Infrastructure Block Grant Scheme (2009) "Kids' Science Club: A Children's Research Register at Macquarie University". McArthur, G., Robbins, R., Castles, A., Crain, S., Rapee, R., Thornton, R., Lyneham, H., Cupples, L., Hudson, J., Bowes, J., Palermo, R., Brock, J., Porter, M., Johnson, B., Cox, F., Warburton, W., Kohnen, S., Jensen, B. ($32,858)
• Macquarie University Research Infrastructure Block Grant Scheme (2009) "Integrating EEG and Motion Capture to better understand movements and their underlying electrophysiology." Finkbeiner, M., Johnson, B., Kinoshita, S., Castles, A., Thompson, W., Crain, S., & Harrison, R.E. ($80,000)
• ARC Discovery Project Grant (2009 - 2011) "Learning to read words: Beyond alphabetic skills." Castles, A., & Nation, K. ($200,000)
• ARC Discovery Project Grant and Australian Research Fellowship (2008 - 2012) "Children's difficulties in learning to read: Causes and consequences of poor letter-sound knowledge". McArthur, G., Coltheart, M., & Castles, A. ($454,000)
• NHMRC Project Grant (2008 - 2012) "A randomised control trial of treatments for children with different types of reading difficulty". McArthur, G., Coltheart, M., & Castles, A. ($840,000)
• Macquarie University Research Infrastructure Block Grant Scheme (2008) "Acquisition of a Storage Area Network (SAN)." Coltheart, M., Crain, S., Williams, M., Rich, A., Johnson, B., Barnier, A., Nickels, L., McArthur, G., Castles, A., Langdon, R., Palermo, R., Kinoshita, S., & Coltheart, V. ($60,000)
• Macquarie University Research Infrastructure Block Grant Scheme (2007) "Integrating eye tracking and galvanic skin responses into the MACCS event-related potential (ERP) laboratory" McArthur, G., Atkinson, C., Castles, A., Coltheart, M., Kinoshita, S., Langdon, R., Palermo, R. & Porter, M. ($75,495)
• Macquarie University Research Development Scheme (2007 - 2008) "Exploring the bases of reading problems in children: Beyond phonological deficits." Castles, A. ($45,824)
• NHMRC Project Grant (2006) Reilly, S., Prior, M., Castles, A., Wake, M., Bavin, E., Carlin, J. Bretherton, L. ($633,550)
• ARC Discovery Project Grant (2006 - 2008) "Reconciling cognitive and perceptual accounts of dyslexia: The neural rate deficit hypothesis." Castles, A., Stuart, G. ($155,000)
• NHMRC Project Grant (2006 - 2009) "Understanding how language and reading problems develop: a population-based longitudinal study from infancy to age 7." Reilly, S., Prior, M., Castles, A., Wake, M., Bavin, E., Carlin, J., &Bretherton, L. ($633,550)
• ARC Network Seed Funding Grant (2004) Developmental disorders of Language: Causes and treatments. Coltheart, M., Castles, A. ($20,000)
• ARC Network Grant (2004) Enabling Human Communication. Dale, R., Castles, A. ($2,000,000)
• ARC Network Seed Funding Grant (2004) "Brain and Behaviour Network." Murphy, M., Castles, A. ($10,000)
• ARC Discovery Project Grant (2003) "Does phonological awareness help children learn to read?" Castles, A., Coltheart, M. ($160,000)
• ARC Discovery Project Grant (2002) "Language Specific Speech Perception: A mechanism for language acquisition." Burnham, D., Davis, C., Bowey, J., Castles, A., Luksaneeyanawin, L. ($215,000)
• NH&MRC Project Grant (2001) "Molecular genetics of dyslexia: A component processes approach." Coltheart, M., Castles, A., Bates, T. ($345,000)
• ARC Large Grant (2000) "Word recognition development in children: Continuation of a longitudinal study." Castles, A., Davis, C. ($98,000)

Selected Publications

Books

• Castles, A., & Nation, K. (Eds.). (2008). Orthographic Processes in Reading. Special issue of the Journal of Research in Reading. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Book Chapters

• Castles, A. & Nation, K. (2006). How does orthographic learning happen? In Andrews, S. (Ed.), From inkmarks to ideas: Challenges and controversies about word recognition and reading (pp. 151-179). London, UK: Psychology Press.
• Castles, A., Davis, C. & Forster, K. I. (2003). ). Word recognition development in children: Insights from masked priming. In Kinoshita. S. & Lupker, S. (Eds.), Masked priming: State of the Art (pp. 345-360). London, UK: Psychology Press.
• Johnston, M. & Castles, A. (2003). Dissociating automatic orthographic and phonological codes in lexical access and lexical acquisition. In Kinoshita, S. & Lupker, S. (Eds.), Masked priming: State of the Art (pp. 193-222). London, UK: Psychology Press.
• Warms, T., Castles, A. & Davis, C. (2000). Phonological awareness in aphasia. In Ferguson, A. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 7th Meeting of the Aphasiology Symposium of Australia (pp. 38-54). : .
• Coltheart, M. Bates, A. and Castles, A. (1994). Cognitive neuropsychology and rehabilitation. In Humphreys, G.W. & Riddoch, M.J. (Eds.), Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Rehabilitation. London: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Periodicals

• Castles, A., Coltheart, M., Wilson, K., Valpied J., & Wedgwood J. (2009). The genesis of reading ability: What helps children learn letter-sound correspondences? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104, 68-88.
• Castles, A., Coltheart, M., Larsen, L., Jones, P., Saunders, S., & McArthur, G. (2009). Assessing the basic components of reading: A revision of the Castles and Coltheart test with new norms. Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 14, 67-88.
• McLean, G., Stuart, G., Visser, T., & Castles, A. (2009). The attentional blink in developing readers. Scientific Studies of Reading, 13, 334-355.
• Kinoshita, S., Castles, A., & Davis, C. (2009). The role of neighborhood density in transposed letter priming. Language and Cognitive Processes, 24, 506-526.
• Kohnen, S., Nickels, L., & Castles, A. (2009). Assessing spelling skills and strategies: A critique of available resources [Special Issue]. Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 14(1), 113-150.
• Castles, A., McLean, G.M.T., & McArthur, G. (In Press). Dyslexia (neuropsychological). Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science (WIREs).
• Castles, A., Crichton, A., & Prior, M. (In Press). Developmental dissociations between reading and comprehension: Evidence from two cases of hyperlexia. Cortex.
• McKay, A., Davis, C., Savage G., & Castles, A. (2008). Semantic involvement in reading aloud: Evidence from a nonword training study. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 34, 1495- 151.
• Castles, A., & Nation, K. (2008). Learning to be a good orthographic reader. Journal of Research in Reading, 31, 1-7.
• Taft, M., Castles, A., Davis, C. & Lazendic, G. (2008). Activation of orthography in spoken word recognition: Masked auditory form priming. Journal of Memory and Language, 58, 366-379.
• Castles, A., Davis, C., Cavalot, P. & Forster, K. I. (2007). Tracking the acquisition of orthographic skills in developing readers: masked form priming and transposed-letter effects. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 97, 165-182.
• Luciano, M., Lind, P.A., Duffy, D.L., Castles, A., Coltheart, M., Wright, M.J. Montgomery, G.W, Martin, N.G. & Bates, T. C. (2007). Influence of KIAA0319 on normal variation in reading and spelling ability. Biological Psychiatry, 62, 811-817.
• Bates, T. C., Castles, A., Luciano, M., Wright, M., Coltheart, M & Martin, N. (2007). Genetic and environmental bases of reading and spelling: A unified genetic dual route model. Reading and Writing, 20, 147-171.
• Nation, K., Angell, P. & Castles, A. (2007). Orthographic learning via self-teaching in children learning to read English: effects of exposure, durability and context. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 96, 71- 84.
• Bates, T.C., Luciano, M., Castles, A., Coltheart M., Wright M.J. & Martin N.G. (2007). Replication of reported linkages for Dyslexia and Spelling and suggestive evidence for novel regions on chromosomes 4 and 17. European Journal of Human Genetics, 15, 194-203.
• McKay, A., Castles, A., Davis, C., & Savage, G. (2007). The impact of progressive semantic loss on reading aloud. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 24, 162-186.
• Bates, T.C., Luciano, M., Castles, A., Coltheart, M., Wright, M.J., & Martin, N.G. (2007). Replication of reported linkages for Dyslexia and Spelling and suggestive evidence for novel regions on chromosomes 4 and 17. European Journal of Human Genetics, 15, 194-203.
• Castles, A., Bates, T., Coltheart, M., Luciano, M., & Martin, N.G. (2006). Cognitive modelling and the behaviour genetics of reading. Journal of Research in Reading, 29(1), 92-103.
• Castles, A., Bates, T.C., Coltheart, M. (2006). John Marshall and the developmental dyslexias. Aphasiology, 20(9-11), 871-892.
• Bates, T.C., Castles, A., Luciano, M., Wright, M.J., Coltheart, M., & Martin, N.G. (2006). Genetic and environmental bases of reading & spelling: A unified genetic dual route model. Reading and Writing, 20, 147-171.
• Stuart, G. W., McAnally, K., McKay, A., & Johnston, M & Castles, A. (2006). A test of the temporal processing deficit theory of dyslexia in an adult sample. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 23, 1215-1229.
• Castles, A. (2006). The dual route model and the developmental dyslexias. London Review of Education, 4, 49-61.
• Weekes, B. S., Castles, A. & Davies, R. (2006). Effects of consistency and age of acquisition on reading and spelling among developing readers. Reading and Writing, 19, 133-169.
• Lindell, A. K., Nicholls, M. E. R., Kwantes, P. J. & Castles, A. (2005). Sequential processing in hemispheric word recognition: The impact of initial letter discriminability on the OUP naming effect. Brain and Language, 93, 160-172.
• Bates, T.C., Castles, A., Coltheart, M., Gillespie, N., Wright, M., & Martin, N.G. (2004). Behaviour genetic analyses of reading and spelling: A component processes approach. Australian Journal of Psychology, 56, 115-126.
• Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (2004). Is there a causal link from phonological awareness to success in learning to read? Cognition, 91, 77-111.
• McAnally, K., Castles, A., Bannister, S. (2004). Auditory temporal pattern discrimination and reading ability. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47, 1237-1243.
• Lindell, A.K., Nicholls, M.E.R., & Castles, A. (2003). The effect of orthographic uniqueness and deviation points on lexical decisions: Evidence from unilateral and bilateral-redundant presentations. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 56A, 287-307.
• Williams, M. Stuart, G.W. & Castles, A. (2003). Contrast sensitivity in subgroups of developmental dyslexia. Vision Research, 43, 467-477.
• Lindell, A.K., Nicholls, M.E.R., & Castles, A. (2002). The effect of word length on hemispheric word recognition: evidence from unilateral and bilateral-redundant presentations. Brain and Cognition, 48, 447-452.
• Castles, A., Holmes, V.M., Neath, J., & Kinoshita, S. (2002). How does orthographic knowledge influence performance on phonological awareness tasks? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 56A, 445-467.
• Davis, C., Castles, A., McAnally, K., & Gray, J. (2001). Lapses of concentration and dyslexic performance on the Ternus task. Cognition, 81, B21 - B31.
• McAnally, K., Stuart, G., & Castles, A. (2001). Can contrast sensitivity functions in dyslexics be explained by inattention rather than a magnocellular deficit? Vision Research, 24, 3205-3211.
• Holmes, V.M., & Castles, A. (2001). Unexpectedly poor spelling in university students. Scientific Studies in Reading, 5, 319-350.
• McAnally, K., Castles, A., & Stuart, G.W. (2000). Visual and auditory processing in subtypes of developmental dyslexia: A discussion. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 12, 145-156.
• Castles, A., Davis, C., & Letcher, T. (1999). Neighbourhood effects on masked form-priming in developing readers. Language and Cognitive processes, 14, 201-224.
• Castles, A., Datta, H., Gayan, J., & Olson, R.K. (1999). Genetic influences on subtypes of developmental dyslexia. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 72, 73-94.
• Davis, C., Castles, A., & Iakovidis, E. (1998). Masked homophone and pseudohomophone priming in children and adults. Language and Cognitive Processes, 13, 625-651.
• Castles, A., Holmes, V.M., & Wong, M. (1997). Variations in spelling style among lexical and sublexical readers. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 64, 98-118.
• Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (1996). Cognitive correlates of developmental surface dyslexia: A single case study. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 13, 25-50.
• Castles, A., Coltheart, M., Savage, G., Bates, A., & Reid, L. (1996). Morphological processing and visual word recognition: Evidence from acquired dyslexia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 13, 1041-1057.
• Castles, A., Coltheart, M., Savage, G., Bates, A., & Reid, L. (1996). Morphological processing in acquired dyslexia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 13, 1041-1058.
• Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (1993). Varieties of developmental dyslexia. Cognition, 47, 149-180.

Published Abstracts

• Beyersmann, E., Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (2009). An investigation of early morphological decomposition using transposed-letter priming effects. [Abstract]. Proceedings of the 16th Meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology.
• Castles, A., Davis, C., Cavalot, P. & Forster, K.I. (2007). Tracking the acquisition of orthographic skills in developing readers: masked priming effects [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 59(Suppl. 1), 23.
• McLean, G., Stuart, G., Visser, T., & Castles, A. (2007). Lexical and sublexical reading processes and the attentional blink in developing readers [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 59(Suppl. 1), 47.
• McKay, A., Castles, A., Davis, C., & Savage, G. (2005). Semantic involvement in reading aloud: A long term training study [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 57(Suppl. 1), 62.
• McKay, A., Davis, C., Castles, A., Johnston, M., & Savage, G. (2004). The role of semantics in reading aloud newly acquired words [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 56(Suppl. 1), 126.
• McKay, A., Savage, G. R., Davis, C., & Castles, A. (2003). Examining the link between semantic and reading impairments in semantic dementia [Abstract]. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9, 539.
• McKay, A., Davis, C., Castles, A., Johnston, M., & Savage, G. (2002). Reading aloud: A role for semantics? [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 54, 57.
• Lindell, A.K., Nicholls, M.E.R., & Castles, A. (2002). Left parallel, right sequential? Inferring hemispheric language processing strategy from an analysis of errors [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 54, 56.
• McKay, A., Castles, A., Davis, C., & Savage, G. (2001). The role of semantic knowledge in the reading of single words [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 195.
• Castles, A., Davis, C., McAnally, K., & Gray, J. (2001). Lapses of concentration and dyslexic performance on the Ternus task [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 46.
• Stuart, G.W., McAnally, K.I., & Castles, A. (2001). Can contrast sensitivity functions in dyslexics be explained by inattention rather than a magnocellular deficit? [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 46.
• Lindell, A.K., Nicholls, M.E.R., & Castles, A. (2001). Effect of orthographic uniqueness and nonword deviation points on hemispheric lexical decisions [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 57.
• Johnston, M.B., Castles, A., Mahoney, K. (2001). Sound and vision: Evidence for an automatic phonological code in written word recognition [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 54.
• Bannister, S., McAnally, K., & Castles, A. (2001). Auditory stream segregation in dyslexia [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 43.
• Castles, A., Davis, C., & Holt, T. (2000). Growth in written vocabulary size and word recognition in developing readers [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 52, 28.
• Davis, C., Castles, A., & Holt, T. (2000). Word identification in developing readers: Results of a longitudinal priming study [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 52, 31.
• Stuart, G., Williams, M., & Castles, A. (2000). Magnocellular function in subtypes of developmental dyslexia [Abstract]. Australian Journal of Psychology, 52, 51.

Conference Presentations, Colloquia, and other presentations

• Beyersmann, E., Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (2009, December). Transposed-letter priming in complex word recognition. Paper presented at the Australian Language and Speech Conference, University of New South Wales, Australia.
• Beyersmann, E., Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (2009, November). Transposed-letter priming in complex word recognition. Paper presented at the HDR Showcase Festival 2009, Macquarie University, Australia..
• Beyersmann, E., Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (2009, September). Transposed-letter priming of transposed-letter nonwords. Presentation given at the Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, Universite de Provence, France.
• Beyersmann, E., Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (2009, September). An investigation of early morphological decomposition using transposed-letter priming effects. Paper presented at the European Society for Cognitive Psychology Conference (ESCoP), Krakow, Poland.
• Coltheart, M., Kohnen, S., McArthur, G., Nickels, L., Castles, A. (2009, August). Understanding Children’s reading difficulties: Assessment and intervention. Invited presentation given at the Hunter Region Education Department Workshop, Sydney, Australia.
• Kohnen, S., Castles, A. & Nickels, L. (2009, June). Spelling training improves rule-based and irregular-word spelling but not orthographic learning. Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the Society for Scientific Studies in Reading, Boston, USA.
• Castles, A., Rabbitts, B., Kohnen, S. & Nation, K. (2009, June). Context effects in orthographic learning via self-teaching: Are they modulated by prior knowledge of phonology and meaning? Paper presented at the 16th Annual Conference of the Society for Scientific Studies in Reading, Boston, USA.
• Beyersmann, E., Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (2009, May). Transposed-letter priming in complex word recognition. Presentation given at the MARCS MMN seminar, University of Western Sydney, Australia.
• Beyersmann, E., Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (2009, April). Presentation given at the 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology, University of Wollongong, Australia.
• Castles, A., Rabbitts, B., Kohnen, S. & Nation, K. (2009, April). Context effects in orthographic learning via self-teaching: Are they modulated by prior knowledge of phonology and meaning? Paper presented at the 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), Woollongong, Australia.
• Beyersmann, E., Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (2008, December). Complex words in visual word recognition. Presentation given at the Postgraduate Research Festival, Macquarie University, Australia.
• Beyersmann, E., Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (2008, October). Letter transpositions within and across the morpheme boundary. Presentation given at the Postgraduate Conference, University of Sydney.
• Castles, A. (2008, September). Learning to read words: Beyond phonological skills. Keynote paper presented at the British Psychological Society Developmental Meeting, Oxford, UK.
• Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (2008, April). What helps children learn letter-sound correspondences? Paper presented at the 35th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), Fremantle, Australia.
• Burnham, D., Castles, A., & Wirth, K. (2008, April). A developmental delve into language specific speech perception and reading acquisition. Paper presented at the 35th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), Fremantle, Australia.
• Stuart, G., Truong, A.T., Smith, P.L., Gould, I.C & Castles, A. (2008, April). The contribution of the magnocellular system to visual search. Paper presented at the 35th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Fremantle, Australia.
• Beyersmann, E., Castles, A., & Coltheart, M. (2007, December). Letter transpositions within and across the morpheme boundary. Presentation given at the Postgraduate Research Festival, Macquarie University.
• Castles, A. & Coltheart, M. (2007, July). Does phonological awareness help children learn to read? Invited paper presented at the Australian Human Development Association Conference, Sydney, Australia.
• Castles, A., Davis, C., Cavalot, P. & Forster, K.I. (2007, July). Tracking the acquisition of orthographic skills in developing readers. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Prague, Czech Republic.
• McLean, G.M.T., Stuart, G.W., Visser, T.A.W, & Castles, A.E. (2007, April). Lexical and sublexical reading processes and the attentional blink in developing readers. Paper presented at the 34th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Canberra, Australia.
• Castles, A., Davis, C., Cavalot, P. & Forster, K.I. (2007, April). Tracking the acquisition of orthographic skills in developing readers: masked priming effects. Paper presented at the 34th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Canberra, Australia.
• Castles, A., Holmes, V.M., & Wedgwood, J. (2006, April). Even pre-school children show orthographic influences on phonological awareness tasks. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
• Castles, A. (2006, March). Cognitive modelling and the behaviour genetics of reading. Invited colloquium at the Department of Psychology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
• Castles, A., Wedgwood, J. & Holmes, V.M. (2005, November). Even pre-school children show orthographic influences on phonological awareness tasks. Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Toronto, Canada.
• Castles, A. (2005, April). The dual route model and the developmental dyslexias. Invited symposium conducted at the Spring Meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society, University of Essex, UK.
• Castles, A., Bates, T., Luciano, M., Martin, N. & Coltheart, M. (2005, April). Two different sets of genes for reading (and spelling). Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
• Bates, T., Castles, A., Luciano, M., Martin, N. & Coltheart, M. (2005, April). Which genes allow us to read and why? Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
• Castles, A. & Stuart, G. (2004, July). Perceptual deficits in dyslexia. Invited colloquium at the Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia.
• Castles, A., Bates, T., Coltheart, M. Gillespie, N., Wright, M., Martin, N. (2004, June). Behavior genetic analyses of reading & spelling: A component processes approach. Invited symposium conducted at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• Bates, T., Castles, A., Coltheart, M. Gillespie, N., Wright, M., Martin, N. (2004, June). Behavior genetic analyses of reading & spelling: A component processes approach. Invited symposium conducted at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• Castles, A. (2004, April). Does phonological awareness help children learn to read? Invited colloquium at the Department of Psychology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
• Castles, A., Sandahl, H., Johnston, M., Stuart, G., McAnally, K. (2003, April). Visual and auditory temporal processing in children with specific language disorder. Paper presented at the 30th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
• Johnston, M., McKay, A., Castles, A. & Stokes, M. (2003, April). Orthographic and phonological mechanisms for visual word recognition in adults with persistent developmental dyslexia. Paper presented at the 30th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
• Stuart, G., McAnally, K., & Castles, A. (2003, April). Sensitivity to rapidly changing visual and auditory stimuli in adult dyslexia. Paper presented at the 30th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
• Castles, A. (2002, March). Understanding subtypes of developmental dyslexia: Converging approaches. Colloquium at the Departmental Colloquium. University of Western Sydney., Sydney, Australia.
• Castles, A., Davis, C. & Holt, T. (2001, June). Word recognition development in children: Results of a longitudinal priming study. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Boulder, Colorado, United States.
• Castles, A., Davis, C, McAnally, K. & Gray, J. (2001, April). Lapses of concentration and dyslexic performance on the Ternus task. Paper presented at the the 27th Experimental Psychology Conference, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
• Stuart, G.W., McAnally, KI., & Castles, A. (2001, April). Can contrast sensitivity functions in dyslexics be explained by inattention rather than a magnocellular deficit? Paper presented at the 27th Experimental Psychology Conference, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
• Lindell, A.K., Nicholls, M.E.R., & Castles, A. (2001, April). Effect of orthographic uniqueness and nonword deviation points on hemispheric lexical decisions. Paper presented at the 27th Experimental Psychology Conference, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
• Johnston, M.B., Castles, A., Mahoney, K. (2001, April). Sound and vision: Evidence for an automatic phonological code in written word recognition. Paper presented at the 27th Experimental Psychology Conference, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
• Bannister, S., McAnally, K., & Castles, A. (2001, April). Auditory stream segregation in dyslexia. Paper presented at the 27th Experimental Psychology Conference, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.