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Department of Cognitive Science

Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Pellicano

BSc UWA, PhD UWA, MPsych UWA.

Contact Details

Phone : +44 20 7331 5140
Fax : +44 20 7612 6304
email : l.pellicano@ioe.ac.uk
Homepage : http://www.ioe.ac.uk/staff/PHDT/27039.html

External Address

Department of Psychology and Human Development
Institute of Education, University of London
20 Bedford Way
London WC1H OAL
United Kingdom

External Appointments

  • Advisory Group Member, Ambitious about Autism Peer Awareness programme. (2012 - 2013)
  • Steering Group Member, Assistive learning technologies for the Centre for Research into Assistive Learning Technologies, Kellogg College, University of Oxford, UK. (2012 continuing)
  • External Advisory Group Member, Ambitious about Autism UK. (2012 continuing)
  • Editor, Autism. (2011 continuing)
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. (2011 continuing)

External Memberships

  • Experimental Psychology Society (EPS), UK
  • British Psychology Society (BPS), UK
  • Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
  • International Society for Autism Research (INSAR)
  • National Autistic Society (NAS), UK
  • American Political Science Association

Grants Awarded

  • Waterloo Foundation (2013 - 2014) "A feasibility study of the NAS EarlyBird parenting programme." (£41,696). Charman, T., & Pellicano, E.
  • Medical Research Council (2012 - 2015) ""I do not see the world as others do." Diminished perceptual adaptation, hypo-priors and autism." (£583,132). Pellicano, E., & Burr, D.
  • Inge Wakehurst Trust, Charles Wolfson Foundation, and Waterloo Foundation (2012 - 2013) "Re-mapping autism research." (£70,561). Pellicano, E., Charman, T., & Research Autism
  • Nuffield Foundation Social Science Small Grant Scheme (2011) "Number sense in autism."(£14,936). Pellicano, E., & Burr, D.
  • Bloomsbury Colleges PhD Studentship (2011 - 2014) "Mechanisms of social influence in typical development and autism." (£57,000). Pellicano, E., & Bird, G.
  • Department of Education Autism Education Trust (2011) "What is good practice in autism education?" Pellicano, E., Charman, T., & Dockrell, J.
  • Department of Education Autism Education Trust (2011) "Planning meaningful outcomes for children and young people on the autism spectrum." Pellicano, E., Wittemeyer, K., Guldberg, K., Macnab, N., Charman, T., Parsons, S., Howlin, P., Slonims, V., Hastings, R., & Cusack, J.
  • The Economic and Social Research Council quota award (2010 - 2013) "Probing the sensory atypicalities in autism." (£56,500). Pellicano, E.
  • VolkswagenStiftung (2010 - 2012) "Social conformity: why do humans and monkeys make weak decisions under social influence." (€398,000). Krug, K., & Mojzisch, A., & Pellicano, E.
  • ARC Discovery Project Grant and Australian Professorial Fellowship [DP0877379] (2008 - 2012) "Adaptive Processes in Normal and Disordered Face Perception." Rhodes, G., Pellicano, E., & Leopold, D.A. ($739,500)
  • Economic and Social Research Council (2008 - 2009) "Adaptive coding of face categories in typically developing children and children with autism." (£93,868). Jaquet, E., & Pellicano, E.
  • ARC Discovery Project (2007 - 2010) "The role of adaptive coding mechanisms in the development of face perception." Rhodes, G., Jeffery (APD), L., McKone, E., Maurer, D., & Pellicano, E. ($374,000)
  • ARC Discovery Project and Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2007 - 2010) "The role of adaptive coding mechanisms in the development of face perception." Jeffery, L., Rhodes, G., McKone, E., Maurer, D., & Pellicano, E. ($374,000)

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

  • Pellicano, E. (2012). Autism: Beyond weak central coherence. In J. Burack, N. Fox & J. Enns (Eds.), Cognitive Neuroscience, Development, and Psychopathology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012). Emotional intelligence. In F.R. Volkmar (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Berlin: Springer.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012). Atypical social cognition. In S.T. Fiske & C.N. Macrae (Eds.), Sage Handbook of Social Cognition (pp. 411-428). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
  • Cowan, R., & Pellicano, E. (In Press). Autism, special needs and mathematics learning. In S. Lerman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. London: Springer.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011). Psychological models of autism: An overview. In I. Roth, & P. Rezaie (Eds.), Researching the Autism Spectrum: Contemporary Perspectives (pp. 219-265). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Periodicals

  • Fiorentini, C., Gray, L., Jeffery, L., Rhodes, G., & Pellicano, E. (2012). Reduced face identity aftereffects in relatives of children with autism. Neuropsychologia, 50, 2926-2932.
  • Manning, C., Aagten-Murphy , D., & Pellicano, E. (2012). The development of speed discrimination abilities. Vision Research, 70, 27-33.
  • Pellicano, E., & Burr, D. (2012). When the world becomes too real: A Bayesian explanation of autistic perception. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 16, 504-510.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012). The development of executive function in autism. In "Autism: Cognitive Control across the Lifespan" [Special Issue]. Autism Research and Treatment, 2012, 146132. doi:10.1155/2012/146132
  • Pellicano, E. (2012). Do autistic symptoms persist across time? Evidence of substantial change in symptomatology over a 3-year period in cognitively able children with autism. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 117(2), 156-166.
  • Pellicano, E., & Burr, D. (In Press). Noise and autism: Reply to Brock. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
  • Ewing, L., Pellicano, E., & Rhodes, G. (2012). Atypical updating of face representations with experience in children with autism. Developmental Science, 16(1), 116-123.
  • Jeffery, L., Rhodes, G., McKone, E., Pellicano, E., Crookes, K., & Taylor, E. (2011). Distinguishing norm-based from exemplar-based coding of identity in children: Evidence from face identity aftereffects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 37(6), 1824-1840. doi: 10.1037/a0025643
  • Pellicano, E., & Stears, M. (2011). Bridging autism, science and society: Moving towards an ethically-informed approach to autism research. Autism Research, 4, 271-282.
  • Pellicano, E., Smith, A. D., Cristino, F., Briscoe, J., Hood, B., & Gilchrist, I. D. (2011). Children with autism are neither systematic nor optimal foragers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 108, 421-426.
  • Pellicano, E., Ne’eman, A., & Stears, M. (2011). Engaging, not excluding: A reply to Walsh et al. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 12, 769.
  • Ewing, L., Rhodes, G., & Pellicano, E. (2010). Have you got the look? Gaze direction affects judgments of facial attractiveness. Visual Cognition, 18, 321-330.
  • Faulkner, T.F., Rhodes, G., Palermo, R., Pellicano, E., & Ferguson, D. (2002). Recognizing the un-real McCoy: Priming and the modularity of face recognition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 9, 327-334.

Published Abstracts

  • Jeffery, L., Rhodes, G., McKone, E., Pellicano, E., Crookes, K. & Taylor, L. (2010). Children's face coding is norm-based rather than exemplar-based: Evidence from face Iidentity aftereffects [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 10(7), 580.

Conference Presentations, Colloquia, and other presentations

  • Pellicano, E. (2012, October). When the world becomes too real: A new explanation of autistic perception. Invited presentation given at the Department of Psychology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012, October). When the world becomes too real: A new explanation of autistic perception. Invited presentation given at the Department of Psychology, Glasgow University, Glasgow, UK.
  • Pellicano, E., Aagten-Murphy , D., Daniel, N., & Burr, D. (2012, September). Number sense in autism. Paper presented at the 35th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Alghero, Italy.
  • Ewing, L., Rhodes, G., & Pellicano, E. (2012, September). Atypical updating of face representations with experience in autism. Paper presented at the Australian Psychological Society National Conference, Perth.
  • Fiorentini, C., Gray, L., Jeffery, L., Rhodes, G., & Pellicano, E. (2012, September). Reduced face identity aftereffects in relatives of children with autism. Poster session presented at the 35th European Conference of Visual Perception (ECVP), Alghero, Italy.
  • Pellicano, E., Aagten-Murphy , D., Daniel, N., & Burr, D. (2012, July). Number sense in autism. Paper presented at the Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, Bristol, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012, July). Autism: Bridging research and practice. Invited presentation given at the Pan London SEN LA Officers’ Professional Network, Institute of Education, London, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012, July). Redefining autism: Changing the diagnostic criteria. Keynote paper presented at the Haringey Children’s Services’ Conference on Including Children and Young People with Autism, London, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012, June). Sensory issues in autism. What does new research tell us? Invited paper presented at the Autism Oxford Conference on Sensory Issues & the Autism Spectrum: Research & Reality, Oxford, UK.
  • Pellicano, E., Aagten-Murphy , D., Daniel, N., Klaric, E., & Burr, D. (2012, May). Number sense in autism. Poster session presented at the ‘Neuroscience and Education’ Meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Institute of Education, London, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012, May). Number sense in autism. Invited presentation given at the Developmental Neurocognition Lab, Birkbeck College, London, UK.
  • Calder, L., Hill, V., & Pellicano, E. (2012, May). Friendship networks and social inclusion in young people with autism. Poster session presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Toronto, Canada.
  • Ewing, L., Pellicano, E., & Rhodes, G. (2012, May). Atypical updating of face representations with experience in children with autism. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Toronto, Canada.
  • Ewing, L., Pellicano, E., & Rhodes, G. (2012, May). Perceiving faces: Atypical representations in children with autism. Presentation given at the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
  • Ewing, L., Pellicano, E., & Rhodes, G. (2012, May). Perceiving faces: Atypical representations in children with autism. Presentation given at the Department of Psychology, Brock University, St Catharines, Canada.
  • Manning, C., Aagten-Murphy , D., Charman, T., & Pellicano, E. (2012, May). Speed discrimination abilities in typical development and in children with autism. Poster session presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Toronto, Canada.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012, May). What does research tell us about the sensory sensitivities in autism? Keynote symposium conducted at the Oxford Family Services Professional Training Day on Sensory Processing and Autism, Oxford, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012, May). Hopes and aspirations for people with autism: What are “we” striving for? Presentation given at the Special Interest Group on “Autism Social, Ethical and Legal Research" at the 12th Annual Meeting of the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Toronto, Canada.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012, April). What counts as a good outcome for autistic people? Invited paper presented at the “Autism, Ethics and the Good Life” conference sponsored by the British Academy, London, UK.
  • Ewing, L., Rhodes, G., & Pellicano, E. (2012, April). Atypical updating of face representations with experience in autism. Poster session presented at the 39th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), Sydney.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012, March). Bridging autism, science and society: Considering the real-world implications of the new sciences of autism. Invited colloquium at the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012, March). Bridging autism, science and society: Moving toward an ethically informed approach to autism research. Invited colloquium at the Centre for Educational Neuroscience’s Seminar Series, Institute of Education, London, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012, March). Autism spectrum conditions: What we know so far. Invited presentation given at the Putting Research into Practice: “Developmental Disorders” Workshop at London South Bank University, London, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2012, January). Sensory issues in autism. What does new research tell us? Invited paper presented at the Autism Oxford Conference on Sensory Issues & the Autism Spectrum: Research & Reality, Milton Keynes, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, November). Community participation in autism research. Invited presentation given at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) Symposium on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Autism Research, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, USA.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, November). Autistic rights and autism research: Building a participatory framework. Invited presentation given at the London Autism Rights Movement (LARM) Annual General Meeting, London, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, November). Testing cognitive theories of autism: Lessons from large-scale search. Invited paper presented at the Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Autism Special Interest Group (SIG) Conference, London, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, November). The development of core cognitive functions in children with autism spectrum conditions. Invited presentation given at the One-day research-practice conference “Even-waardig: Autisme, theorie, and praktijk”, Doorwerth, The Netherlands.
  • Ewing, L., Rhodes, G., & Pellicano, E. (2011, November). Can atypical face rewards explain face processing impairments in autism? Paper presented at the Centre for Cognition and its Disorders (CCD) Annual Workshop, Macquarie University, Sydney.
  • Jeffery, L., Rhodes, G., McKone, E., Pellicano, E., Crookes, K., Taylor, E., & Read, A. (2011, November). Insights into the development of face recognition mechanisms as revealed by face aftereffects. Presentation given at the ARC Centre for Cognition and its Disorders Annual Workshop, Sydney.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, October). Bridging autism, science and society in the UK. Invited presentation given at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Intragency Coordinating Committee (IACC) workshop on the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Autism Research, Bethesda, USA.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, September). The development of core cognitive functions in children with autism spectrum conditions. Invited presentation given at the Distance Education course on Autism, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, July). Testing cognitive theories of autism: Lessons from large-scale search. Invited presentation given at the Educational Psychology (Autism Special Interest Group) Conference, Institute of Education, London, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, June). Perceptual adaptation in autism. Invited presentation given at the Workshop on ‘Autism: Animal and Human Developments’, Istituto di Neuroscienze CNR, Pisa, Italy.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, June). The role of attention in the development of executive function. Invited presentation given at the Workshop on ‘Attention in Autism’, City University, London, UK.
  • Ewing, L., Rhodes, G., & Pellicano, E. (2011, May). Can atypical face rewards explain face processing impairments in autism? Paper presented at the Person Perception Seminar Series, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, May). Children with autism search differently in a large-scale context. Invited presentation given at the Seminar for the Wales Autism Research Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, May). Understanding the cognitive profile of autism: how we might use this knowledge to inform real life skills in autism. Invited presentation given at the 1st Baston House School Conference, Bromley, UK.
  • Pellicano, E., Aagten-Murphy , D., Attucci, C., Klaric, E., & Burr, D. (2011, May). Number sense in autism. Poster session presented at the 10th International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San Diego, USA.
  • Koldewyn, K., Jiang, Y. V., Weiglet, S., Pellicano, E., & Kanwisher, N. (2011, May). Attention and executive function in children with ASD. Invited poster session presented at the 10th International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), San Diego, USA.
  • Bedford, R., Nardini, M., Pellicano, E., Begus, K., & Mareschal, D. (2011, May). Integration of visual cues in adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder Poster session presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), Naples, USA.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, May). Children with autism search differently in a large-scale context Invited presentation given at the Seminar for Guy’s and St Thomas’s Child Development team, Evelina Children’s Hospital, London, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, May). Disrupted perceptual adaptation in autism: A working hypothesis. Invited presentation given at the Seminar for the Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, London, UK.
  • Ewing, L., Rhodes, G., & Pellicano, E. (2011, April). Face processing impairments in autism spectrum conditions cannot be explained by atypical reward value of faces. Paper presented at the 38th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, April). Children with autism search differently in a large-scale context. Invited presentation given at the Seminar for the Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
  • Pellicano, E. (2011, February). Executive function in autism. Invited paper presented at the Meeting entitled, “Attention deficits in autism” organised by Prof. Nancy Kanwisher and Prof. Yuhong Jiang on behalf of the Simons Foundation, New York, USA.
  • Jeffery, L., Rhodes, G., Pellicano, E., McKone, E., Crookes, K. & Taylor, L. (2010, May). Children’s face-space coding is norm-based not exemplar-based: Evidence from face identity aftereffects. Paper presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Florida, USA.
  • Ewing, L., Rhodes, G., & Pellicano, E. (2010, May). Specificity of Face Processing Impairments in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Presentation given at the Face Processing Research Interest Group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK.