Dr Dan Carroll

All publications

Journal articles

• Chan HK, Rowe R & Carroll D (2024) Factors associated with parent-teacher hyperactivity/inattention screening discrepancy: findings from a UK national sample. PLoS ONE, 19(5). View this article in WRRO
• Yavaşlar Doğru Y, Carroll D & Blakey E (2023) Cognitive flexibility in early childhood: a contemporary view of the development of flexible goal-oriented behavior. Psikoloji Çalışmaları / Studies in Psychology, 43(2), 171-193. View this article in WRRO
• Lambek R, Sonuga-Barke EJS, Lange A-M, Carroll DJ, Daley D & Thomsen PH (2022) Parent training for ADHD: No generalization of effects from clinical to neuropsychological outcomes in a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Attention Disorders.
• Morgan EJ, Carroll DJ, Chow CKC & Freeth M (2022) The effect of social presence on mentalizing behavior. Cognitive Science, 46(4).
• Simpson A, Lipscombe S & Carroll DJ (2022) Why are some inhibitory tasks easy for preschool children when most are difficult? Testing two hypotheses. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 220.
• Blakey E, Matthews D, Cragg L, Buck J, Cameron D, Higgins B, Pepper L, Ridley E, Sullivan E & Carroll D (2020) The role of executive functions in socioeconomic attainment gaps : results from a randomized controlled trial. Child Development. View this article in WRRO
• Shearman N, Millings A, Carroll D & Rowe A (2019) A preliminary exploration of the links between attachment disorganisation and schizotypy dimensions in adulthood. Schizophrenia Research. View this article in WRRO
• Blakey E & Carroll DJ (2018) Not All Distractions Are the Same: Investigating Why Preschoolers Make Distraction Errors When Switching. Child Development, 89(2), 609-619. View this article in WRRO
• Simpson A & Carroll DJ (2018) Young children can overcome their weak inhibitory control, if they conceptualize a task in the right way. Cognition, 170, 270-279. View this article in WRRO
• Simpson A, Upson M & Carroll DJ (2017) Where does prepotency come from on developmental tests of inhibitory control?. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 162, 18-30. View this article in WRRO
• Rahman AA, Carroll DJ, Espy KA & Wiebe SA (2017) Neural Correlates of Response Inhibition in Early Childhood: Evidence From a Go/No-Go Task. Developmental Neuropsychology, 42(5), 336-350. View this article in WRRO
• Carroll DJ, Blakey E & FitzGibbon L (2016) Cognitive Flexibility in Young Children: Beyond Perseveration. Child Development Perspectives, 10(4), 211-215. View this article in WRRO
• Blakey E, Visser I & Carroll DJ (2016) Different Executive Functions Support Different Kinds of Cognitive Flexibility: Evidence From 2-, 3-, and 4-Year-Olds. Child Development, 87(2), 513-526. View this article in WRRO
• Blakey E & Carroll DJ (2015) A Short Executive Function Training Program Improves Preschoolers’ Working Memory. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. View this article in WRRO
• Ladas AI, Carroll DJ & Vivas AB (2015) Attentional Processes in Low-Socioeconomic Status Bilingual Children: Are They Modulated by the Amount of Bilingual Experience?. Child Development, 86(2), 557-578.
• Simpson A & Carroll DJ (2014) What's so special about verbal imitation? Investigating the effect of modality on automaticity in children.. J Exp Child Psychol, 121, 1-11.
• Fitzgibbon L, Cragg L & Carroll DJ (2014) Primed to be inflexible: the influence of set size on cognitive flexibility during childhood.. Front Psychol, 5, 101. View this article in WRRO
• Carroll DJ, Fitzgibbon L & Critchley A (2014) Why do alternative ways of responding improve children's performance on tests of strategic reasoning?. Br J Dev Psychol, 32(2), 195-204.
• Simpson A, Carroll DJ & Riggs KJ (2013) Prepotency in action: Does children's knowledge of an artifact affect their ability to inhibit acting on it?. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
• Carroll DJ, Riggs KJ, Apperly IA, Graham K & Geoghegan C (2012) How do alternative ways of responding influence 3- and 4-year-olds' performance on tests of executive function and theory of mind?. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
• Beck SR, Carroll DJ, Brunsdon VEA & Gryg CK (2010) Supporting children's counterfactual thinking with alternative modes of responding. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
• Apperly IA, Carroll DJ, Samson D, Humphreys GW, Qureshi A & Moffitt G (2010) Why are there limits on theory of mind use? Evidence from adults' ability to follow instructions from an ignorant speaker. Q J EXP PSYCHOL, 63(6), 1201-1217.
• Apperly IA & Carroll DJ (2009) How do symbols affect 3-to 4-year-olds' executive function? Evidence from a reverse-contingency task. DEVELOPMENTAL SCI, 12(6), 1070-1082.
• Carroll DJ, Apperly IA & Riggs KJ (2007) Choosing between two objects reduces 3-year-olds' errors on a reverse-contingency test of executive function.. J Exp Child Psychol, 98(3), 184-192.
• Carroll DJ, Apperly IA & Riggs KJ (2007) The executive demands of strategic reasoning are modified by the way in which children are prompted to think about the task: Evidence from 3-to 4-year-olds. Cognitive Development, 22(1), 142-148.
• Robinson EJ, Rowley MG, Beck SR, Carroll DJ & Apperly IA (2006) Children's sensitivity to their own relative ignorance: Handling of possibilities under epistemic and physical uncertainty. Child Development, 77(6), 1642-1655. View this article in WRRO
• Beck SR, Robinson EJ, Carroll DJ & Apperly IA (2006) Children's thinking about counterfactuals and future hypotheticals as possibilities. Child Development, 77(2), 413-426. View this article in WRRO
• James-Brabham E, Loveridge T, Sella F, Wakeling P, Carroll DJ & Blakey E () How do socioeconomic attainment gaps in early mathematical ability arise?. Child Development. View this article in WRRO
• Kyriakidou M, Blades M & Carroll D () Inconsistent findings for the eyes closed effect in children: the implications for interviewing child witnesses. Frontiers in Psychology, 5. View this article in WRRO
• Simpson A & Carroll D () Understanding early inhibitory development : distinguishing two ways that children use inhibitory control. Child Development. View this article in WRRO
• Carroll D, Blakey E & simpson A () Can we boost preschoolers’ inhibitory performance just by changing the way they respond?. Child Development.

Preprints

• James-Brabham E, Loveridge T, Sella F, Wakeling P, Carroll DJ & Blakey E () How do Socioeconomic Attainment Gaps in Early Mathematical Ability Arise?, Center for Open Science.
• Carroll DJ, Blakey E & Simpson A () Can we boost preschoolers’ inhibitory performance just by changing the way they respond?, Center for Open Science.