Dr Sophie Lind
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About
Overview
Sophie Lind is currently a Reader in Psychology. She graduated from the University of Warwick in 2003, obtaining a first class BSc in Psychology. She was awarded her PhD in Psychology in 2008 by City, University of London, and subsequently completed a Post-doctoral Fellowship, funded by the charity, Autism Speaks. Dr Lind took up a Lectureship at Durham University in 2010, before returning to City University London in 2013.
Memberships of professional organisations
- Member, ESRC Peer Review College
Teaching
- PS2005 Developmental Psychology
- PS3001 Psychology Project
- PS3022 Introduction to Educational Psychology
- PS3038 From Genes to Behaviour
- SL1013 Lifespan Studies
Research
Research interests
- Developmental psychology
- Developmental disorders (particularly autism spectrum disorder)
- Memory (particularly episodic and autobiographical memory)
- Future-oriented thinking
- Theory of mind
- Metacognition
- Self-awareness
- Spatial navigation
- Executive function
Research funding
ESRC Research Grant (07/2015-06/2018): Metacognition and mindreading: One system or two? Principal Investigator: David Williams; Co-Investigators: Sophie Lind and Peter Carruthers. £348,000
ESRC Research Grant (04/2010-09/2013): Investigating prospection, imagination, and navigation in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (RES-062-23-2192). Principal Investigator: Sophie Lind; Co-Investigator: Dermot Bowler. £351,000
Autism Speaks (USA) Postdoctoral Fellowship (04/2008-03/2010): Past, present, and future-oriented thinking about the self in autism spectrum disorder (grant #2239). US$122,000 (approximately £78,000).
Publications
Publications by category
Chapters (6)
- Lind, S.E., Williams, D.M., Grainger, C. and Landsiedel, J. (2018). The Self in Autism and Its Relation to Memory. (pp. 70-91). Wiley. ISBN 9781119158264.
- Williams, D.M. and Lind, S.E. (2012). Comorbidity and diagnosis of developmental disorders. In Marshall, C. (Ed.), Current Issues in Developmental Disorders (pp. 19-45). Hove, UK: Psychology Press. ISBN 9781848720848.
- Bowler, D., Gaigg, S. and Lind, S. (2011). Memory in autism: binding, self and brain. Researching the Autism Spectrum (pp. 316-346). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521518963.
- Bowler, D., Gaigg, S. and Lind, S.E. (2011). Researching the Autism Spectrum. In Roth, I. and Rezaie, P. (Eds.), Researching the Autism Spectrum: Contemporary perspectives (pp. 316-346). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521736862.
- Lind, S.E. and Williams, D.M. (2011). Behavioral, biopsychosocial, and cognitive models of autism spectrum disorders. In Matson, J.L. and Sturmey, P. (Eds.), International Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (pp. 99-114). New York: Springer. ISBN 9781441980656.
- Lind, S.E. and Bowler, D. (2010). Episodic memory and autonoetic consciousness in autism spectrum disorders: The roles of self-awareness, representational abilities, and temporal cognition. In Boucher, J. and Bowler, D. (Eds.), Memory in Autism (pp. 166-187). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521184014.
Journal articles (29)
- Smith, M., Williams, D., Lind, S. and Ferguson, H.J. (2023). Revisiting the ownership effect in adults with and without autism. PLOS ONE, 18(12), pp. e0293898-e0293898. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0293898
- Kallitsounaki, A., Williams, D.M. and Lind, S.E. (2021). Links Between Autistic Traits, Feelings of Gender Dysphoria, and Mentalising Ability: Replication and Extension of Previous Findings from the General Population. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(5), pp. 1458-1465. doi:10.1007/s10803-020-04626-w
- Nicholson, T., Williams, D.M., Lind, S.E., Grainger, C. and Carruthers, P. (2021). Linking metacognition and mindreading: Evidence from autism and dual-task investigations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(2), pp. 206-220. doi:10.1037/xge0000878
- Lind, S.E., Williams, D.M., Nicholson, T., Grainger, C. and Carruthers, P. (2020). The self-reference effect on memory is not diminished in autism: Three studies of incidental and explicit self-referential recognition memory in autistic and neurotypical adults and adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 129(2), pp. 224-236. doi:10.1037/abn0000467
- Nicholson, T., Williams, D.M., Grainger, C., Lind, S.E. and Carruthers, P. (2019). Relationships between implicit and explicit uncertainty monitoring and mindreading: Evidence from autism spectrum disorder. Consciousness and Cognition, 70, pp. 11-24. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2019.01.013
- Williams, D.M., Nicholson, T., Grainger, C., Lind, S.E. and Carruthers, P. (2018). Can you spot a liar? Deception, mindreading, and the case of autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 11(8), pp. 1129-1137. doi:10.1002/aur.1962
- Grainger, C., Williams, D.M. and Lind, S.E. (2017). Recognition memory and source memory in autism spectrum disorder: A study of the intention superiority and enactment effects. Autism, 21(7), pp. 812-820. doi:10.1177/1362361316653364
- Grainger, C., Williams, D.M. and Lind, S.E. (2016). Judgment of Learning Accuracy in High-functioning Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 46(11), pp. 3570-3582. doi:10.1007/s10803-016-2895-1
- Grainger, C., Williams, D.M. and Lind, S.E. (2016). Metacognitive monitoring and control processes in children with autism spectrum disorder: Diminished judgement of confidence accuracy. Consciousness and Cognition, 42, pp. 65-74. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2016.03.003
- Lind, S.E., Bowler, D.M. and Raber, J. (2014). Spatial navigation, episodic memory, episodic future thinking, and theory of mind in children with autism spectrum disorder: evidence for impairments in mental simulation? Frontiers in Psychology, 5. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01411
- Grisdale, E., Lind, S.E., Eacott, M.J. and Williams, D.M. (2014). Self-referential memory in autism spectrum disorder and typical development: Exploring the ownership effect. Consciousness and Cognition, 30, pp. 133-141. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2014.08.023
- Grainger, C., Williams, D.M. and Lind, S.E. (2014). Metacognition, metamemory, and mindreading in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123(3), pp. 650-659. doi:10.1037/a0036531
- Lind, S., Williams, D.M., Bowler, D. and Peel, A. (2014). Episodic memory and episodic future thinking impairments in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder: An underlying difficulty with scene construction or self-projection? Neuropsychology, 28(1), pp. 55-65. doi:10.1037/neu0000005
- Grainger, C., Williams, D.M. and Lind, S. (2014). Online action monitoring and memory for self-performed actions in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(5), pp. 1193-1206. doi:10.1007/s10803-013-1987-4
- Williams, D.M., Jarrold, C., Grainger, C. and Lind, S.E. (2014). Diminished time-based, but undiminished event-based, prospective memory in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder: Relation to working memory ability. Neuropsychology, 28(1), pp. 30-42. doi:10.1037/neu0000008
- Williams, D., Boucher, J., Lind, S. and Jarrold, C. (2013). Time-based and event-based prospective memory in autism spectrum disorder: The roles of executive function, theory of mind, and time-estimation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(7), pp. 1555-1567. doi:10.1007/s10803-012-1703-9
- Lind, S.E., Williams, D.M., Raber, J., Peel, A. and Bowler, D.M. (2013). Spatial navigation impairments among intellectually high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder: Exploring relations with theory of mind, episodic memory, and episodic future thinking. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 122(4), pp. 1189-1199. doi:10.1037/a0034819
- Crane, L., Lind, S.E. and Bowler, D.M. (2012). Remembering the past and imagining the future in autism spectrum disorder. Memory, 21(2), pp. 157-166. doi:10.1080/09658211.2012.712976
- Lind, S.E. and Williams, D.M. (2012). The association between past and future oriented thinking: Evidence from autism spectrum disorder. Learning and Motivation, 43(4), pp. 231-240. doi:10.1016/j.lmot.2012.05.004
- Lind, S.E. and Bowler, D.M. (2010). Impaired Performance on See-Know Tasks Amongst Children with Autism: Evidence of Specific Difficulties with Theory of Mind or Domain-General Task Factors? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40(4), pp. 479-484. doi:10.1007/s10803-009-0889-y
- Lind, S.E. and Bowler, D.M. (2010). Episodic memory and episodic future thinking in adults with autism. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119(4), pp. 896-905. doi:10.1037/a0020631
- Lind, S.E. (2010). Memory and the self in autism: A review and theoretical framework. Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice, 14(5), pp. 430-456. doi:10.1177/1362361309358700
- Lind, S.E. and Bowler, D.M. (2010). Impaired performance on see-know tasks amongst children with autism: Evidence of specific difficulties with theory of mind or domain-general task factors? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40(4), pp. 479-484. doi:10.1007/s10803-009-0889-y
- Lind, S.E. and Bowler, D.M. (2009). Delayed Self-recognition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(4), pp. 643-650. doi:10.1007/s10803-008-0670-7
- Williams, D.M., Lind, S.E. and Happé, F. (2009). Metacognition may be more impaired than mindreading in autism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32(2), pp. 162-163. doi:10.1017/s0140525x09000818
- Lind, S.E. and Bowler, D.M. (2009). Recognition memory, self-other source memory, and theory-of-mind in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(9), pp. 1231-1239. doi:10.1007/s10803-009-0735-2
- Lind, S.E. and Bowler, D.M. (2009). Language and theory of mind in autism spectrum disorder: The relationship between complement syntax and false belief task performance. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(6), pp. 929-937. doi:10.1007/s10803-009-0702-y
- Lind, S.E. and Bowler, D.M. (2009). Delayed self-recognition in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(4), pp. 643-650. doi:10.1007/s10803-008-0670-7
- Boucher, J., Pons, F., Lind, S.E. and Williams, D. (2007). Temporal cognition in children with autistic spectrum disorders: Tests of diachronic perspective taking. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(8), pp. 1413-1429. doi:10.1007/s10803-006-0285-9
Thesis/dissertation
Professional activities
Editorial activity (2)
- Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Associate Editor.
- Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice, Editorial Board Member.