Professor Debbie Mills
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Director for Research at Tir na n'Og Child Development Centre and Nursery
Phone: +44(0)1248 388572Email: d.l.mills@bangor.ac.ukRoom 130, Brigantia BuildingPenrallt Road, School of PsychologyBangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2AS
Professor Debbie Mills is a member of the Cognitive Neuroscience Research Institute
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3D Pattern of brain abnormalisiteis in William syndrome visualized using tensor-based morphometry
Chiang, M-C., Reiss, A., Lee, A. D., Bellugi, U., Galaburda, A. M., Korenberg, J. R., Mills, D., Toga, A. W. & Thompson, P. M., 2007, In: Neuroimage. 36, 4, p. 1096-1109 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 93-98Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Abnormal cortical complexity and thickness profiles mapped in Williams syndrome.
Thompson, P. M., Lee, A. D., Dutton, R. A., Geaga, J. A., Hayashi, K. M., Eckert, M. A., Bellugi, U., Galaburda, A. M., Korenberg, J. R., Mills, D. L., Toga, A. W. & Reiss, A. L., 20 Apr 2005, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 25, 16, p. 4146-4158Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 2110-2119Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anomalous Sylvian fissure morphology in Williams syndrome.
Eckert, M. A., Galaburda, A. M., Karchmskiy, A., Liang, A., Thompson, P., Dutton, R. A., Lee, A. D., Bellugi, U., Korenberg, J. R., Mills, D. L., Rose, F. E. & Reiss, A. L., 15 Oct 2006, In: Neuroimage. 33, 1, p. 39-45Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 2753-2761Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1047-1052Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 630-638Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 456-466Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1-35Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developmental changes in neural activity to familiar words and gestures.
Sheehan, E. A., Namy, L. L. & Mills, D. L., 1 Jun 2007, In: Brain and Language. 101, 3, p. 246-259Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ERPs during auditory language comprehension in Williams Syndrome: The effects of Word frequency, imageability and length on word class.
St. George, M., Mills, D. L. & Bellugi, U., 1 Jan 2000, In: Neuroimage. 11, 5, p. 357Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of acoustic distortion & semantic context on event-related potentials to spoken words.
Aydelott, J., Dick, F. & Mills, D. L., 1 Sept 2006, In: Psychophysiology. 43, 5, p. 454-464Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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El síndrome de Williams. Un resumen de hallazgos cognitivos, electrofisiológicos, anatomofuncionales, microanatómicos y genéticos.
Galaburda, A. M., Holinger, D., Mills, D. L., Reiss, A., Korenberg, J. R. & Bellugi, U., 20 Feb 2003, In: Revista de Neurologia. 38, Supplement 1, p. 132-137Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Electrophysiological studies of face recognition in Williams syndrome.
Mills, D. L., Alvarez, T. D., St. George, M., Appelbaum, L. G., Neville, H. & Bellugi, U., 1 Mar 2000, In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 12, Supplement 1, p. 47-64Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evidence for superior parietal impairment in Williams syndrome
Eckert, M. A., Hu, D., Eleiz, S., Bellugi, U., Galaburda, A., Korenberg, J., Mills, D. L. & Reiss, A. L., 11 Jan 2005, In: Neurology. 64, 1, p. 152-153Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 256-261Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 613-642Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1132-1139Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Increased brain activity to infant-directed speech in 6-and 13-month-old infants.
Zangl, R. & Mills, D. L., 1 Jan 2007, In: Infancy. 11, 1, p. 31-62Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Increased local gyrification mapped in Williams syndrome
Gaser, C., Luders, E., Thompson, P. M., Lee, A. D., Dutton, R. A., Geaga, J. A., Hayashi, K. M., Bellugi, U., Galaburda, A., Korenberg, J., Mills, D. L., Toga, A. W. & Reiss, A. L., 15 Oct 2006, In: Neuroimage. 33, 1, p. 46-54Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1283-1288Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 302-314Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 185-192Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Language experience and the organization of brain activity to phonetically similar words: ERP evidence from 14- and 20-month olds.
Mills, D. L., Prat, C., Stager, C., Zangl, R., Neville, H. & Werker, J., 1 Oct 2004, In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 16, 8, p. 1452-1464Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. e104088Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 11960-11965Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reduced parietal and visual cortical activation during global processing in Williams syndrome
Mobbs, D., Eckert, M. A., Menon, V., Mills, D., Korenberg, J. R., Galaburda, A., Rose, F., Bellugi, U. & Reiss, A., 2007, In: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 49, p. 433-438 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relative sparing of primary auditory cortex in Williams Syndrome.
Holinger, D. P., Bellugi, U., Mills, D. L., Korenberg, J. R., Reiss, A. L., Sherman, G. F. & Galaburda, A. M., 10 Mar 2005, In: Brain Research. 1037, 1-2, p. 35-42Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 6700-6712Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The neurobiology of Williams syndrome: Cascading influences of visual system impairment?
Eckert, M. A., Galaburda, A. M., Mills, D. L., Bellugi, U., Korenberg, J. R. & Reiss, A. L., 1 Aug 2006, In: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 63, 16, p. 1867-1875Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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To modulate or not to modulate: Differing results in uniquely shaped Williams syndrome brains.
Eckert, M. A., Tenforde, A., Galaburda, A. M., Bellugi, U., Korenberg, J. R., Mills, D. L. & Reiss, A. L., 1 Sept 2006, In: Neuroimage. 32, 3, p. 1001-1007Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Two languages, one developing brain: Event-related potentials to words in bilingual toddlers.
Conboy, B. T. & Mills, D. L., 1 Jan 2006, In: Developmental Science. 9, 1, p. F1-F12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1-135Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 2-11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Watching the infant brain learn words: effects of vocabulary size and experience.
Mills, D. L., Plunkett, K., Prat, C. & Schafer, G., 1 Jan 2005, In: Cognitive Development. 20, 1, p. 19-31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 proceeding › Chapter
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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. 1544-1555Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Do changes in brain organization reflect shifts in symbolic functioning?
Mills, D. L., Conboy, B., Paton, C. & Namy, L. (ed.), 1 Jan 2005, Symbol Use and Symbolic Representation: Developmental and Comparative Perspectives. 2005 ed. Psychology Press, p. 123-153Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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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. 175-207Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Electrophysiological studies of language development.
St George, M., Mills, D. L., Weissenborn, J. (ed.) & Hoehle, B. (ed.), 1 Jan 2001, Language acquisition and language disorders. 2001 ed. John Benjamins Publishing, p. 247-259Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Experience and developmental changes in the organization of language-relevant brain activity.
Mills, D. L., Sheehan, E. A., Coch, D. (ed.), Fischer, K. W. (ed.) & Dawson, G. (ed.), 1 Jan 2007, Human behavior, learning, and the developing brain: Typical development.. 2007 ed. The Guilford Press, p. 183-218Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Language development in Williams syndrome.
Karmiloff-Smith, A., Mills, D. L. & Brown, K. (ed.), 1 Jan 2006, Encyclopedia of language and linguistics: Second edition, Volume 13, Language acquisition. 2006 ed. Elsevier, p. 585-589Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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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. 13-45Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Neurophysiological markers of face processing in Williams syndrome.
Mills, D. L., Alvarez, T. D., St George, M., Appelbaum, L. G., Bellugi, U. & Neville, H., 1 Jan 2001, Journey from cognition to brain to gene: Perspectives from Williams syndrome. 2001 ed. MIT Press, p. 73-104Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Williams Syndrome: A neurogenetic model of human behavior.
Korenberg, J., Bellugi, U., Salandanan, L. S., Mills, D. L., Reiss, A. L. & Cooper, D. (ed.), 1 Jan 2003, Nature Encyclopedia of the Human Genome. 2003 ed. Nature, p. 757-766Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- Conference contribution › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Gender in teacher-student interactions: Another factor in spatial ability development and STEM affiliation
Gamarra Burga, E., Tenbrink, T. & Mills, D., 8 Mar 2024, (Accepted/In press) Spatial Cognition Conference Proceedings 2024. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review