Dr Kate HumphreysBSc MSc PhD DClinPsy CPsychol AFBPsS QICN

2011 – Current

Highly Specialist Clinical Neuropsychologist, South London and Maudsley Trust

2009 – 2011

Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

2006 – 2009

Trainee Clinical Psychologist, King’s College London

2003 – 2006

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University

2001 – 2003

Demonstrator and ad-hoc Lecturer, Birkbeck College London

2000 – 2002

Research Assistant (P/T), University College London, U.K.

1999 – 2000

Rehabilitation Assistant (P/T),  National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

1990 – 1999

Senior Computer Programmer,  John Lewis Partnership, London U.K.

The anatomy of the callosal and visual-association pathways in high-functioning autism: a DTI tractography study. Cortex, 47, 863-73

Thomas C, Humphreys K, Jung KJ, Minshew N, Behrmann M.(2011)

Normal movement selectivity in autism. Neuron, 66,461-9

Dinstein I, Thomas C, Humphreys K, Minshew N, Behrmann M, Heeger DJ. (2010)

Probing the face-space of individuals with prosopagnosia. Neuropsychologia, 48,1828-41

Nishimura M, Doyle J, Humphreys K, Behrmann M. (2010)

Reduced structural connectivity in ventral visual cortex in congenital prosopagnosia. Nature Neuroscience, 12, 29-31

Thomas C, Avidan G, Humphreys K, Jung KJ, Gao F, Behrmann M.

Cortical patterns of category-selective activation for faces, places and objects in adults with autism. Autism Research, 1, 52-63

Humphreys, K., Hasson, U., Avidan, G., Minshew, N. & Behrmann, M. (2008)

Reduction in white matter connectivity, revealed by DTI, may account for age-related changes in face perception. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20, 268-284

Behrmann, M., Thomas, C. Moya, L.H., Peters, M.A., Avidan. G., Humphreys, K. & Jung, K.J. (2008)

Visual Category-Selectivity for Faces, Places and Objects Emerges Along Different Developmental Trajectories. Developmental Science, 10, F15-F30

Scherf, S., Behrmann, M., Humphreys, K. & Luna, B. (2007)

A fine-grained analysis of facial expression processing in autism. Neuropsychologia, 45, 685-695

Humphreys, K., Minshew, N., Lee Leonard, G. & Behrmann, M. (2007)

The development of ‘face-space’ in infancy. Visual Cognition, 15, 578-698

Humphreys, K. & Johnson, M.H. (2007)

A detailed investigation of facial expression processing in congenital prosopagnosia as compared to acquired prosopagnosia. Experimental Brain Research, 176, 356-373

Humphreys, K., Avidan, G. & Behrmann, M. (2006)

Seeing it differently: Visual processing in autism. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10, 258-264

Behrmann, M., Thomas, C. & Humphreys, K. (2006)

Using “Bubbles” with babies: A new technique for investigating the informational basis of infant perception. Infant Behavior and Development, 29, 471-475

Humphreys, K., Gosselin, F., Schyns, P. & Johnson, M.H. (2006)

Configural processing in autism and its relationship to face processing. Neuropsychologia, 44, 110-129

Behrmann, M., Avidan, G., Lee Leonard, G., Kimchi, R., Luna, B., Humphreys, K. & Minshew, N. (2006)

Exploring the Williams syndrome face processing debate: The importance of building developmental trajectories. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 1258-1274

Karmiloff-Smith, A., Thomas, M., Annaz, D., Humphreys, K., Ewing, S., Grice, S., Brace, N., Van Duuren, M., Pike, G., & Campbell, R. (2004)

Developing a brain specialized for face perception: a converging methods approach. Developmental Psychobiology, 40, 200-212

De Haan, M., Humphreys, K. & Johnson, M.H. (2002)