Dr Gregory Yelland - Researcher Profile

Biography

Gregory works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer. His research interests include psycholinguistics and cognitive impairment, and he teaches undergraduate courses in cognitive psychology, research design and analysis.

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Keywords

Cognitive performance , Algebraic expressions , Asperger's disorder, Autism, Cognitive function , Cognitive impairment, Cognitive processing , Mathematical expressions, Sleep apnoea

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1988

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE WITH HONOURS

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1982

Publications

Book Chapters

Hong, E., Yelland, G., 1997, The generality of lexical neighbourhood effect, in Cognitive processing of Chinese and related Asian languages, The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, pp. 187-203.

Journal Articles

Park, C., Yelland, G.W., Taffe, J.R., Gray, K.M., 2012, Brief report: the relationship between language skills, adaptive behavior, and emotional and behavior problems in pre-schoolers with autism, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders [E], vol 42, issue 12, Springer New York LLC, United States, pp. 2761-2766.

Park, C., Yelland, G.W., Taffe, J.R., Gray, K.M., 2012, Morphological and syntactic skills in language samples of pre school aged children with autism: atypical development?, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology[P], vol 14, issue 2, Informa Healthcare, United Kingdom, pp. 95-108.

Friedman, T.W., Yelland, G.W., Robinson, S.R., 2012, Subtle cognitive impairment in elders with mini-mental state examination scores within the 'normal' range, International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry [P], vol 27, issue 5, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 463-471.

Friedman, T.W., Robinson, S.R., Yelland, G.W., 2011, Impaired perceptual judgment at low blood alcohol concentrations, Alcohol [P], vol 45, issue 7, Elsevier Inc., USA, pp. 711-718.

Speirs, S., Yelland, G., Rinehart, N., Tonge, B., 2011, Lexical processing in individuals with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder, Autism : the international journal of research and practice [P], vol 15, issue 3, Sage Publications Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 307-325.

Bruce, K.M., Smith, J.A., Yelland, G.W., Robinson, S.R., 2008, The impact of cardiac surgery on cognition, Stress and Health, vol 24, issue 3, John Wiley & Sons Inc, USA, pp. 249-266.

Jansen, A., Marriott, K.G., Yelland, G.W., 2007, Parsing of algebraic expressions by experienced users of mathematics, European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, vol 19, issue 2, Psychology Press, Hove England, pp. 286-320.

Swann, C.E., Yelland, G.W., Redman, J.R., Wilson Rajaratnam, S.M., 2006, Chronic partial sleep loss increases the facilitatory role of a masked prime in a word recognition task, Journal of Sleep Research, vol 15, Blackwell Publishing, Oxon England, pp. 23-29.

Yelland, G.W., 2005, A novel measure of cognitive function that is sensitive to CD4 T-cell count in HIV-1, Australian Journal of Psychology, vol 57, Australian Psychological Soc, Carlton Vic Australia, p. 11.

Friedman, T.W., Yelland, G.W., Robinson, S.R., 2005, SCIT: A novel test that is sensitive to subtle deficits in cognitive performance in the elderly, Australian Journal of Psychology, vol 57, Australian Psychological Soc, Carlton Vic Australia, p. 10.

Jansen, A.R., Marriott, K.G., Yelland, G.W., 2003, Comprehension of algebraic expressions by experienced users of mathematics, The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A-Human Experimental Psychology, vol 56, issue 1, Psychology Press, East Sussex England, pp. 3-30.

Mattingley, J.B., Rich, A., Yelland, G., Bradshaw, J.L., 2001, Unconscious priming eliminates automatic binding of colour and alphanumeric form in synaesthesia, Nature, vol 410, Macmillan Publishers Ltd, London UK, pp. 580-582.

Conference Proceedings

Mahtani, S., Robinson, S., Yelland, G., Sasse, A., Conduit, R., 2011, Nadir oxygen desaturation is correlated with cognitive impairment in obstructive sleep apnoea, Little Clock, Big Clock: Molecular to Physiological Clocks, 17th September 2011, Australasian Chronobiology Society, Australia, pp. 37-41.

Byrne, C.J., Yelland, G.W., 2005, Multiple session masked priming: individual differences in orthographic neighbourhood effects, Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 5 August 2004 to 7 August 2004, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc., Mahwah USA, pp. 174-179.

Jansen, A.R., Marriott, K., Yelland, G.W., 2000, Constituent Structure in Mathematical Expressions, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2000), Univ. Pennsylvania USA, 13-15 August 2000, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Mahwah NJ USA, pp. 238-243.

Jansen, A.R., Marriott, K., Yelland, G.W., 1999, Perceiving Structure in Mathematical Expressions, Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, British Columbia CANADA, 19-21 August ,1999, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., New Jersey USA, pp. 229-233.

Jansen, A.R., Marriott, K., Yelland, G., 1999, Perceiving structure in mathematical expressions, Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Society Society, Vancouver, Canada, 19-21 August 1999, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah New Jersey USA, pp. 229-233.

Yelland, G., 1999, To go or not to go: A response alternative, Australian Journal of Psychology, Macquarie Univ Sydney 9-11 April 1999, The Australian Psychological Society, Carlton Vic Australia, p. 47.

Other

Friedman, T.W., Hutchison, C.W., Robinson, S.R., Yelland, G.W., 2008, Assessment of cognitive impairment.

Yelland, G.W., Robinson, S.R., Friedman, T.W., Hutchison, C.W., 2003, Assessment of Cognitive Impairment, Australia.

Grants

Title:

An evaluation of cognitive changes in response to gluten challenge in patients with coeliac disease on a strict gluten free diet.

Investigators:

Newnham, E, Shepherd, S, Gibson, P, Yelland, G, Robinson, S

Funding:

(2010 - 2014). Coeliac Research Fund.

Title:

Cognitive impairment after cardiac surgery.

Investigators:

Smith, J, Robinson, S, Almeida, A, Yelland, G, Bruce, K

Funding:

(2005 - 2009). Australasian Society of Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeons.

Title:

The Development of Written Word Recognition: The Nature of Input Coding for Lexical Access.

Investigators:

Yelland, G

Funding:

(1994 - 1998). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Speech disturbances and quality of life in schizophrenia.

Supervisors:

Rossell, S (Main), Yelland, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The role of wheat gluten in the genesis of gastrointestinal symptoms and fatigue in NCGI patients.

Supervisors:

Muir, J (Main), Gibson, P (Associate), Yelland, G (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Friedman, T.

Program of Study:

Detection of subtle differences in cognitive function. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Yelland, G (Main), Robinson, S (Associate).

Student:

Hutchison, C.

Program of Study:

Utility of the Subtle Cognitive Impairment Test in detecting HIV-associated neuropsychological impairment. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Robinson ((Double Id)), S (Main), Yelland, G (Associate).

Student:

Jansen, A.

Program of Study:

ENCODING AND PARSING OF ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS BY EXPERIENCED USERS OF MATHEMATICS.. (PHD) 2002.

Supervisors:

Marriott, K (Main), Yelland, G (Associate).

Student:

Read, L.

Program of Study:

Individual differences in the automatic lexical processes of young independent readers. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Yelland, G (Main).

Student:

Reid, C.

Program of Study:

Subtyping and individual differences in developmental dyslexia. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Yelland, G (Main).

Student:

Williams, S.

Program of Study:

A transcranial magnetic stimulation study of cortical inhibition in cannabis users. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Fitzgerald, P (Main), Rolfe, T (Associate), Irvine, D (Associate), Yelland, G (Associate).