Developing evaluation tools for assessing the educational potential of apps for preschool children in the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Kolak, J., Norgate, S., Monaghan, P., & Taylor, G. (2021). Developing evaluation tools for assessing the educational potential of apps for preschool children in the UK. Journal of Children and Media, 15(3), 410-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2020.1844776

Selecting high quality apps can be challenging for caregivers and educators. We here develop tools evaluating educational potential of apps for preschool children. In Study 1, we developed two complementary evaluation tools tailored to different audi... Read More about Developing evaluation tools for assessing the educational potential of apps for preschool children in the UK.

Neurodevelopmental outcomes in individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) with and without exposure to neglect : clinical cohort data from a national FASD diagnostic clinic (2018)
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Mukherjee, R., Cook, P., Norgate, S., & Price, A. (2019). Neurodevelopmental outcomes in individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) with and without exposure to neglect : clinical cohort data from a national FASD diagnostic clinic. Alcohol, 76, 23-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcohol.2018.06.002

Disentangling the relative developmental impact of prenatal alcohol exposure from postnatal neglect is clinically valuable for informing future service provision. In this study developmental outcomes across groups are compared in a ‘natural experim... Read More about Neurodevelopmental outcomes in individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) with and without exposure to neglect : clinical cohort data from a national FASD diagnostic clinic.

Lift-share using mobile apps in tourism : the role of trust, sense of community and lift-share practices (2017)
Journal Article
Dickinson, J., Filimonau, V., Cherrett, T., Davies, N., Hibbert, F., Norgate, S., & Speed, C. (2017). Lift-share using mobile apps in tourism : the role of trust, sense of community and lift-share practices. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 61(Part B), 397-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2017.11.004

This paper explores the use of mobile technology to enable lift-share in the leisure travel domain of camping tourism. Here mobile devices can connect a user community on the move undertaking non-routine trips and reveal temporal and spatial connecti... Read More about Lift-share using mobile apps in tourism : the role of trust, sense of community and lift-share practices.

Prenatal alcohol exposure and traumatic childhood experiences : a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Price, A. D., Cook, P., Norgate, S., & Mukherjee, R. (2017). Prenatal alcohol exposure and traumatic childhood experiences : a systematic review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 80, 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.05.018

Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and traumatic childhood experiences (trauma) such as abuse or neglect can each cause central nervous system neurobiological changes or structural damage which can manifest as cognitive and behavioural dysfunction. In c... Read More about Prenatal alcohol exposure and traumatic childhood experiences : a systematic review.

What can be done to lessen morbidity associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders? (2016)
Journal Article
Mukherjee, R., Cook, P., Fleming, K., & Norgate, S. (2017). What can be done to lessen morbidity associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders?. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102, 463-467. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-310822

Fetal alcohol syndrome and its wider spectrum of presentation fetal alcohol spectrum disorders represent a range of disorders that are sometimes difficult to recognise as they may present in a way that overlaps with other conditions. This makes i... Read More about What can be done to lessen morbidity associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders?.

Editorial: Disabilities and vulnerable road users in the urban environment (2016)
Journal Article
Norgate, S., & Melia, S. (2016). Editorial: Disabilities and vulnerable road users in the urban environment. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 169(DP3), 121-162. https://doi.org/10.1680/jurdp.2016.169.3.121

Walking school buses as a form of active transportation for children : A review of the evidence (2015)
Journal Article
Smith, L., Norgate, S., Cherrett, T., Davies, N., Wistanley, C., & Harding, M. (2015). Walking school buses as a form of active transportation for children : A review of the evidence. Journal of School Health, 85(3), 197-210. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12239

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Walking School Buses (WSBs) offer a potentially healthier way for children to get to school whilst reducing traffic congestion. A number of pressing societal challenges make it timely to evaluate evidence of their value. METHOD... Read More about Walking school buses as a form of active transportation for children : A review of the evidence.

Maternally perceived barriers to and facilitators of establishing and maintaining tooth-brushing routines with infants and preschoolers (2014)
Journal Article
Elison, S., Norgate, S., Dugdill, L., & Pine, C. (2014). Maternally perceived barriers to and facilitators of establishing and maintaining tooth-brushing routines with infants and preschoolers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(7), 6808-6826. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110706808

Establishing effective toothbrushing routines using fluoridated toothpaste in infancy has been suggested as important to dental health throughout childhood and into adulthood. However, previous studies have revealed a number of potential barriers to,... Read More about Maternally perceived barriers to and facilitators of establishing and maintaining tooth-brushing routines with infants and preschoolers.

The missing dimension : The relevance of people's conception of time (2014)
Journal Article
Norgate, S., Davies, N., Speed, C., Cherrett, T., & Dickinson, J. (2014). The missing dimension : The relevance of people's conception of time. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(01), 93-94. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13001829

While a timely conceptual innovation for the digital age, the “map” proposed by Bentley et al. would benefit from strengthening through the inclusion of a non–clock-time perspective. In this way, there could be new hypotheses developed which could be... Read More about The missing dimension : The relevance of people's conception of time.

Improving collection efficiency through remote monitoring of charity assets (2014)
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McLeod, F., Erdogan, G., Cherrett, T., Bektas, T., Davies, N., Shingleton, D., …Norgate, S. (2014). Improving collection efficiency through remote monitoring of charity assets. Waste Management, 34(2), 273-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2013.11.006

Collection costs associated with servicing a major UK charity’s donation banks and collecting unsold goods from their retail shops can account for up to 20% of the overall income gained. Bank and shop collections are commingled and are typically made... Read More about Improving collection efficiency through remote monitoring of charity assets.

Children's memories about events relating to treatment for eye cancer : influence of age at loss of eye (2012)
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Norgate, S., & Littleton, K. (2012). Children's memories about events relating to treatment for eye cancer : influence of age at loss of eye. Infant Mental Health Journal, 32(5), 563-577. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.20309

Treatment for Retinoblastoma frequently involves removal of at least one eye in the first five years. Variation in age of treatment leads to the assumption that children’s later verbal accessibility of early traumatic memories may vary, with some chi... Read More about Children's memories about events relating to treatment for eye cancer : influence of age at loss of eye.

A critical analysis of IQ studies of adopted children (2006)
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Richardson, K., & Norgate, S. (2006). A critical analysis of IQ studies of adopted children. Human Development, 49(6), 319-335. https://doi.org/10.1159/000096531

The pattern of parent-child correlations in adoption studies has long been interpreted to suggest substantial additive genetic variance underlying variance in IQ. The studies have frequently been criticized on methodological grounds, but those critic... Read More about A critical analysis of IQ studies of adopted children.

The equal environments assumption of classical twin studies may not hold (2005)
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Richardson, K., & Norgate, S. (2005). The equal environments assumption of classical twin studies may not hold. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 75(3), 339-350. https://doi.org/10.1348/000709904X24690

The classical twin method – comprising comparisons of monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins – in the domain of cognitive abilities and attainments has led to wide acceptance of results suggesting a large amount of additive genetic variance, with... Read More about The equal environments assumption of classical twin studies may not hold.

Les capacités de représentation d'un enfant aveugle congénital entre un et sept ans (The representational ability of a congenitally blind child between one and seven years) (2002)
Journal Article
Lewis, V., Norgate, S., & Collis, G. (2002). Les capacités de représentation d'un enfant aveugle congénital entre un et sept ans (The representational ability of a congenitally blind child between one and seven years)

On considère souvent que les enfants aveugles présentent des difficultés dans leurs capacités de représentation, notamment dans le jeu de fiction, la compréhension de soi et des autres et la représentation spatiale. Une interprétation possible de tel... Read More about Les capacités de représentation d'un enfant aveugle congénital entre un et sept ans (The representational ability of a congenitally blind child between one and seven years).

New methods for studying blind children's understanding of familiar space (2002)
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Lewis, V., Collis, G., Shadlock, R., Potts, M., & Norgate, S. (2002). New methods for studying blind children's understanding of familiar space. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 20(1), 17-23. https://doi.org/10.1177/026461960202000104

Two previous studies have indicated that until the teenage years blind children understand the relationships between familiar locations in and around their home in terms of the routes between them rather than in terms of straight line directions. Giv... Read More about New methods for studying blind children's understanding of familiar space.

Toothbrushing as a dyadic process : insights from novice caregivers and firstborn infants
Thesis
Elison, S. Toothbrushing as a dyadic process : insights from novice caregivers and firstborn infants. (Thesis). University of Salford

AIMS: The thesis explored influences on emergence of toothbrushing as a dyadic process through infancy with influences conceptualised throughout using Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model. Influences were used to develop methods to support novice mother... Read More about Toothbrushing as a dyadic process : insights from novice caregivers and firstborn infants.