Professor Debbie Mills

Professor in Psychology

Contact info

Director for Research at Tir na n'Og Child Development Centre and Nursery

Phone: +44(0)1248 388572
Email: d.l.mills@bangor.ac.uk

Room 130, Brigantia Building
Penrallt Road, School of Psychology
Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2AS

 

Professor Debbie Mills is a member of the Cognitive Neuroscience Research Institute

  1. 2007
  2. Published

    Frontostriatal dysfunction in Williams syndrome.

    Mobbs, D., Eckert, M. A., Mills, D. L., Korenberg, J., Bellugi, U., Galaburda, A. M. & Reiss, A. L., 1 Aug 2007, In: Biological Psychiatry. 62, 3, p. 256-261

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    More is not always better: Increased fractional Anisotropy of superior longitudinal fasciculus associated with poor Visuospatial abilities in Williams syndrome.

    Hoeft, F., Barnea-Goraly, N., Haas, B. W., Golarai, G., Ng, D., Mills, D. L., Korenberg, J., Bellugi, U., Galaburda, A. & Reiss, A. L., 31 Oct 2007, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 27, 44, p. 11960-11965

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. 2008
  5. Published

    Deletion of 7q11.23 Genes and Williams Syndrome

    Korenberg, J., Dai, L., Bellugi, U., Pasley, A., Mills, D. L., Galaburda, A., Reiss, A., Pober, B., Epstein, C. J. (ed.), Erickson, R. P. (ed.) & Wynshaw-Boris, A. (ed.), 1 Jan 2008, Inborn errors of development. 2008 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 1544-1555

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  6. Published

    Association Between Cerebral Shape and Social Use of Language in Williams Syndrome.

    Gothelf, D., Searcy, Y. M., Reilly, J., Lai, P. T., Lanre-Amos, T., Mills, D. L., Korenberg, J. R., Galaburda, A., Bellugi, U. & Reiss, A. L., 1 Nov 2008, In: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 146A, 21, p. 2753-2761

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Defining the social phenotype in Williams syndrome: A model for linking gene, the brain, and behavior

    Jarvinen-Pasley, A., Bellugi, U., Reilly, J., Mills, D. L., Galaburda, A., Reiss, A. & Korenberg, J. R., 1 Dec 2008, In: Development and Psychopathology. 20, 1, p. 1-35

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. 2009
  9. Published

    William’s syndrome: gene expression is related to parental origin and regional coordinate control

    Collette, J. C., Chen, X-N., Mills, D., Galaburda, A., Reiss, A., Bellugi, U. & Korenberg, J. R., 2009, In: Journal of Human Genetics. 54, 4, p. 193-198 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Early communicative development and the social brain.

    Mills, D. L., Conboy, B., De Haan, M. (ed.) & Gunnar, M. R. (ed.), 1 Jan 2009, Handbook of social development neuroscience. 2009 ed. Guildford Press, p. 175-207

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  11. Published

    Genetic influences on sociability: Heightened amygdala reactivity and event-related responses to positive social stimuli in Williams syndrome

    Hass, B., Mills, D. L., Yam, A., Hoeft, F., Bellugi, U. & Reiss, A., 28 Jan 2009, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 29, 4, p. 1132-1139

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Is It Williams Syndrome? GTF2IRD1 Implicated in Visual-Spatial Construction and GTF2I in Sociability Revealed by High Resolution Arrays.

    Dai, L., Bellugi, U., Chen, X. N., Pulst-Korenberg, A. M., Jarvinen-Pasley, A., Tirosh-Wagner, T., Eis, P. S., Graham, J., Mills, D. L., Searcy, Y. & Korenberg, J. R., 1 Mar 2009, In: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 149A, 3, p. 302-314

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. 2010
  14. Published

    Intelligence in Williams syndrome is related to STX1A, which encodes a component of the presynaptic SNARE Complex

    Gao, M. C., Bellugi, U., Dai, L., Mills, D., Sobel, E. M., Lange, K. & korenberg, J. R., 2010, In: PLoS ONE. 5, 4, 8 p., e10292.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Cross-modal influences of affect across social and non-social domains in individuals with Williams syndrome

    Jarvinen-Pasley, A., Vines, B. W., Hill, K., Yam, A., Grichanik, M., Mills, D. L., Reiss, A., Korenberg, J. R. & Bellugi, U., 1 Jan 2010, In: Neuropsychologia. 48, 2, p. 456-466

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    A preliminary study of orbitofrontal activation and hypersociability in Williams Syndrome.

    Mimura, M., Hoeft, F., Kato, M., Kobayashi, N., Sheau, K., Piggot, J., Mills, D. L., Galaburda, A., Korenberg, J. R., Bellugi, U. & Reiss, A. L., 26 Jan 2010, In: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 2, 2, p. 93-98

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Atypical hemispheric asymmetry in the perception of negative human vocalizations in individuals with Williams syndrome

    Jarvinen-Pasley, A., Pollak, S. D., Yam, A., Hill, K. J., Grichanik, M., Mills, D. L., Reiss, A. L., Korenberg, J. R. & Bellugi, U., 1 Mar 2010, In: Neuropsychologia. 48, 4, p. 1047-1052

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Individual differences in social behavior predict amygdala response to fearful facial expressions in Williams Syndrome.

    Haas, B., Hoeft, F., Searcy, Y., Mills, D. L., Bellugi, U. & Reiss, A., 1 Apr 2010, In: Neuropsychologia. 48, 5, p. 1283-1288

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    The fusiform face area is enlarged in Williams Syndrome.

    Golarai, G., Hong, S., Haas, B., Galaburda, A., Mills, D. L., Bellugi, U., Grill-Spector, K. & Reiss, A., 12 May 2010, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 30, 19, p. 6700-6712

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Affiliative behavior in Williams syndrome: Social perception and real-life social behavior.

    Jarvinen-Pasley, A., Adolphs, R., Yam, A., Hill, K. J., Grichanik, M., Reilly, J., Mills, D. L., Reiss, A. L., Korenberg, J. R. & Bellugi, U., 1 Jun 2010, In: Neuropsychologia. 48, 7, p. 2110-2119

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. 2011
  22. Published

    Language and sociability: insights from Williams syndrome

    Fishman, I., Yam, A., Bellugi, U. & Mills, D. L., 1 Sept 2011, In: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 3, 3, p. 185-192

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Contrasting patterns of language-associated brain activity in autism and Williams syndrome.

    Fishman, I., Yam, A., Bellugi, U., Lincoln, A. & Mills, D. L., 1 Oct 2011, In: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 6, 5, p. 630-638

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. 2012
  25. Published

    Vowels in early words: an event-related potential study

    Mani, N., Mills, D. L. & Plunkett, K., 1 Jan 2012, In: Developmental Science. 15, 1, p. 2-11

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. 2013
  27. Published

    Genetic Mapping of Brain Plasticity Across Development in Williams Syndrome: ERP Markers of Face and Language Processing

    Mills, D. L., Dai, L., Fishman, I., Yam, A., Appelbaum, L. G., St. George, M., Galaburda, A., Bellugi, U. & Korenberg, J. R., 12 Nov 2013, In: Developmental Neuropsychology. 38, 8, p. 613-642

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Neuroimaging Methods

    Dick, F., Loyd-Fox, S., Blasi, A., Elwell, C. & Mills, D., 1 Dec 2013, Handbook of Educational Neuroscience. Mareschal, D., Butterworth, B. & Tolmie, A. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 13-45

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  29. 2014
  30. Published

    Mapping Genetically Controlled Neural Circuits of Social Behavior and Visuo-Motor Integration by a Preliminary Examination of Atypical Deletions with Williams Syndrome

    Hoeft, F., Dai, L., Hass, B. W., Sheau, K., Mimura, M., Mills, D. L., Galaburda, A., Bellugi, U., Korenberg, J. R. & Reiss, A. L., 8 Aug 2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 8, p. e104088

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  31. 2016
  32. Published

    Deletion of 7q11.23 Genes and Williams Syndrome

    Dai, L., Jarvinen-Pasley, A., Bellugi, U., Mills, D., Brown, T., Halgren, E., Pober, B. & Korenberg, J. R., 8 Sept 2016, Epstein's Inborn Errors of Development: : The Molecular Basis of Clinical Disorders of Morphogenesis. Erickson, R. P. & Wynshaw-Boris, A. J. (eds.). Third ed. Oxford University Press, (Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  33. 2017
  34. Published

    Abnormalities in visual processing lead to hypersociability and evaluation of trust: An ERP study of Williams syndrome

    Shore, D., Ng, R., Bellugi, U. & Mills, D., Oct 2017, In: Cognitive, Affective and Behavioural Neuroscience. 17, 5, p. 1002-1017 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  35. 2018
  36. Published

    Vocabulary of 2-year-olds learing English and an additional language: Nroms and effecs of linguistic distance

    Floccia, C., Sambrook, T., Delle Luche, C., Kwok, R., Goslin, J., White, L., Cattani, A., Sullivan, E., Gervain, J., Abbott-Smith, K., Krott, A., Mills, D., Rowland, C. & Plunkett, K., Mar 2018, In: Monographs for the Society for Research in Child Development. 83, 1, p. 1-135

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review