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Peter Watson

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Peter Watson

Contact details

E-mail address: peter.watson@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1223 355294 (extension 801)
Direct line: +44 (0)1223 273712
Fax: +44 (0)1223 359062
Address: MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit,
15 Chaucer Road,
Cambridge,
CB2 7EF

Research areas

  • Power analysis
  • SPSS and R programming.
  • Statistical applications in functional neuroimaging.

CBU publications

  • Luke, L., Clare, I.C.H., Ring, H., Redley, M. and WATSON, P. (In Press) Decision-making difficulties experienced by adults with autism spectrum conditions, Autism #
  • Presland, A.D., Broughton, S. , Luke, L.R., Wheeler, E., Chan, S., WATSON, P.C. , Fairchild, G., Clare, I.C.H. , and Ring, H.A. (In Press) Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis activity in adults with intellectual disabilities: A preliminary investigation, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research #
  • Sajjadi, Seyed Ahmad, Patterson, K., Arnold, R.J., WATSON, P. and Nestor, P.J. (In Press) Primary progressive aphasia: a tale of two syndromes and the rest., Neurology #
  • Siaperas, P., Ring, H.A., McAllister, C.J. , Henderson, S., Barnett, A., WATSON, P. and Holland, A.J. (In Press) Atypical movement performance and sensory integration in Asperger’s syndrome, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders #
  • Browne, G., Berry, E., Kapur, N., Hodges, S., Smyth, G., WATSON, P. & Wood, K. (2011) SenseCam improves memory for recent events and quality of life in a patient with memory retrieval difficulties, Memory, 19(7), 713-722 #
  • Davies, D.M., de Vries, P.J., Johnson, S.R., McCartney, D.L., Cox, J.A., Serra, A.L., WATSON, P.C., Howe, C.J., Doyle, T., Pointon, K., Cross, J.J., Tattersfield, A.E., Kingswood, C. and Sampson, J.R. (2011) Sirolimus Therapy for Angiomyolipoma in Tuberous Sclerosis and Sporadic Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: A Phase 2 trial, Clinical Cancer Research, 17, 4071-4081 #
  • Saez. M.M., Deakins, J., Winson, R., WATSON, P. and WILSON, B.A. (2011) A 10 year follow up of a paging service for people with memory and planning problems within a healthcare system: how do recent users differ from the original users, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 21(6) 769-783. #
  • Ball, S. L., Holland, A. J., WATSON, P. C. and Huppert, F.A. (2010) Theoretical exploration of the neural bases of behavioural disinhibition, apathy and executive dysfunction in preclinical Alzheimer's disease in people with Down's syndrome: potential involvement of multiple frontal-subcortical neuronal circuits., Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54(4), 320-336 #
  • Clare, I.C.H., Woodbury-Smith, M., Bambrick, M., WATSON, P. & Staufenberg, E. (2010) Circumscribed Interests and 'Offenders' with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case-Control Study, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 21(3), 366-377 #
  • Pengas, G., HODGES, J.R., WATSON, P. & Nestor, P. (2010) Focal posterior cingulate atrophy in incipient Alzheimer's disease., Neurobiology of Aging, 31(1), 25-33 #
  • Berry, E., HAMPSHIRE, A., ROWE, J., Hodges, S., Kapur, n., WATSON, P.C., Browne, G., Smyth, G., Wood, K. & OWEN, A.M. (2009) The neural basis of effective memory therapy in a patient with limbic encephalitis, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry with Practical Neurology, 80(11), 1202-1205 #
  • Thompson, F.J., Dibben, C., WATSON, P. and Hunt, N. (2009) Lithium monitoring: should tracking prescriptions be implemented to improve outcome?: An evaluation of potential practice change., Clinical Governance, 14(2), 120-125 #
  • WATSON, P. (2009) Book review: Analysis of variance and covariance:how to choose and construct models for the life sciences by CP Doncaster and AJH Davey, Psychological Medicine, 39(4), 695-696 #
  • WILSON, B.A., Emslie, H., Evans, J., Quirk, K., WATSON, P. & FISH, J. (2009) The NeuroPage System for children and adolescents with neurological deficits, Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 12(6), 421-426 #
  • De Vries, P.J and WATSON, P. (2008) Attention deficits in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) - rethinking the pathways to the endstate, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52(4), 348-357 #
  • Massimi, M. Berry, E., Browne, G. Smyth, G. WATSON, P. Baecker, R.M. (2008) An exploratory case study of the impact of ambient biographical displays on identity in a patient with Alzheimer's disease, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 18(5&6), 742-765 #
  • Ring, H., Woodbury-Smith, M., WATSON, P., Wheelwright, S. & Baron-Cohen, S. (2008) Clinical heterogeneity among people with high functioning autism spectrum conditions: evidence favouring a continuous severity gradient, Behavioral and Brain Functions, 4, 11 #
  • WILSON, B.A., GREENFIELD, E., Clare, L., Baddeley, A., Cockburn, J., WATSON, P., Tate. R, SOPENA, S., NANNERY, R. (2008) The Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test- Third Edition (RBMT-3), The Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test- Third Edition (RBMT-3). Pearson Assessment #
  • Berry, E., Kapur, N., Williams, L., Hodges, S., WATSON, P., Smyth, G., Srinivasan, J., Smith, R., WILSON, BA. & Wood, K. (2007) The use of a wearable camera, SenseCam, as a pictorial diary to improve autobiographical memory in a patient with limbic encephalitis: A preliminary report., Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 17(4/5), 582-601 #
  • EMSLIE, H., WILSON, BA., Quirk, K., Evans, JJ. & WATSON, P. (2007) Using a paging system in the rehabilitation of encephalitic patients., Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 17(4/5):567-581. #
  • Thompson, F., Jaco,b R., Clare, I.C.H., WATSON, P.C. & Holland, A.J. (2007) Mental disorders and pre-hospital refusal of transport for treatment: ethical challenges for ambulance staff, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 63, 338-339 #
  • ADLAM, A.L.R., BOZEAT, S., ARNOLD, R., WATSON, P. & HODGES, J.R. (2006) Semantic Knowledge in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer's Disease, Cortex , 42(5), 675-684 #
  • Ball, S.L., Holland, A.J., Hon, J., Huppert, F.A., Treppner, P. & WATSON, P.C. (2006) Personality and behaviour changes mark the early stages of Alzheimer's disease in adults with Down's syndrome: findings from a prospective population-based study, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(7), 661-673 #
  • Lough, S., Kipps, C.M., Treise, C., WATSON, P., Blair, J.R. & HODGES, J.R. (2006) Social reasoning, emotion and empathy in frontotemporal dementia, Neuropsychologia, 44(6), 950-958 #
  • Suto, W.M.I., Clare, I.C.H., Holland, A.J. & WATSON, P.C. (2006) Understanding of basic financial concepts among adults with mild learning disabilities., British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45(2), 261-266 #
  • Jacob, R., Clare, I.C.H., Holland, A.J., WATSON, P.C., Maimaris, C. & Gunn, M. (2005) Self-Harm, Capacity, and Refusal of Treatment: Implications for Emergency Medicial Practice. A Prospective Observational Study., Emergency Medical Journal, 22(11), 799-802 #
  • Suto, W.M.I., Clare, I.C.H., Holland, A.J. & WATSON, P.C. (2005) Capacity to make financial decisions among people with mild intellectual disabilities, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 49(3), 199-209 #
  • Suto, W.M.I., Clare, I.C.H., Holland, A.J. & WATSON, P.C. (2005) The relationships among three factors affecting the financial decision-making abilities of adults with mild intellectual disabilities, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 49(3), 210-217 #
  • WATSON, P. (2005) Survival Analysis, A Handbook of Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology (Editors: J Miles and P Gilbert), 237 - 247 #
  • WILSON, B.A., EMSLIE, H., Foley, J., Shiel, A., WATSON, P., HAWKINS, K., Groot, Y. & Evans, J.J. (2005) The Cambridge Prospective Memory Test (CAMPROMPT), London: Harcourt Assessment, 2005 #
  • WILSON, B.A., EMSLIE, H., Quirk, K., Evans, J. & WATSON, P. (2005) A randomised control trial to evaluate a paging system for people with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Brain Injury, 19(11), 891-894 #
  • Woodbury-Smith, M.R., Clare, I.C.H., Kearns, A., Staufenberg, E., WATSON, P. & Holland, A.J. (2005) The cognitive phenotype of men and women with high functioning autistic spectrum disorders who offend: a case-control study, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 16(4), 747-763 #
  • Ball, S.L., Holland, A.J., Huppert, F.A., Treppner, P., WATSON, P. & Hon, J. (2004) The modified CAMDEX informant interview is a valid and reliable tool for use in the diagnosis of dementia in adults with Down's syndrome, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 48(6), 611-620 #
  • Lewis, G.H., ROBERTSON, I., WATSON, P. & Datta, A.K. (2003) Circadian rhythm of sleepiness and vigilance studied in man [Published in 1998], Journal of Physiology, 506, 114-115 #
  • Groot, Y.C.T., WILSON, B.A., EVANS, J. & WATSON, P. (2002) Prospective memory functioning in people with and without brain injury, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8, 645-654 #
  • MANLY, T., Lewis, G.H., Robertson, I.H., Watson, P.C. & Datta, A.K. (2002) Coffee in the cornflakes: Time-of-day, routine response control and subjective sleepiness., Neuropsychologia, 40(1), 1-6 #
  • MANLY, T., NIMMO-SMITH, I., WATSON, P., Anderson, V., Turner, A. & Robertson, I.H. (2002) The Differential Assessment of Children's Attention: The Test of Everyday Attention for Children (TEA-Ch) , Normative Sample and ADHD performance., Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42(8), 1065-1081 #
  • Rabbitt, P., WATSON, P., Donlan, C., Mcinnes, L., Horan, M., Pendleton, N. & Clague, J. (2002) Effects of death within 11 years on cognitive performance in old age., Psychology & Aging, 17(3), 468-481 #
  • Garrard, P., Lambon Ralph, M.A., Watson, P.C., Powis, J., PATTERSON, K. & HODGES, J.R. (2001) Longitudinal profiles of semantic impairment for living and nonliving concepts in dementia of Alzheimer's type., Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 13 (7) 892-909 #
  • Gunn, M., Bellhouse, J., Clare, I., Holland, T. & WATSON, P. (2001) Families and New Medical Dilemmas ñ Capacity to Make Decisions, Child and Family Law Quarterly, 13, 383-398 #
  • MANLY, T., WOLDT, K., WATSON, P. & Warburton, E. (2001) Is motor perseveration in unilateral neglect 'driven' by the presence of neglected left-sided stimuli?, Neuropsychologia 40(11),1794-1803 #
  • CLARE, L., WILSON, B.A ., EMSLIE, H., Tate, R., WATSON, P. (2000) Adapting the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test Extended Version (RBMT-E) for people with restricted mobility., British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 39, 363-369 #
  • Perry, R.J., WATSON, P., HODGES, J.R. (2000) The nature and staging of attentional dysfunction in early (mininal and mild) Alzheimer's disease: Relationship to episodic and semantic memory impairment., Neuropsychologia, (2000), 38, 252-271. #
  • WILSON, B.A ., WATSON, P., Baddeley, A.D., EMSLIE, H., and EVANS, J.J. (2000) Improvement or simply practice? The effects of twenty repeated assessments on people with and without brain injury., Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 6, 469-479, 2000. #
  • Wong, J.G., Clare, I.C.H., Holland, A.J., WATSON, P.C. & Gunn, M. (2000) The capacity of people with a 'mental disability' to make a health care decision, Psychological Medicine, 30(2), 295-306 #
  • Hon, J., Huppert, F.A., Holland, A.J. & WATSON, P. (1999) Neuropsychological assessment of older adults with Down's Syndrome: An epidemiological study using the Cambridge Cognitive Examination (CAMCOG), British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38(2), 155-165 #
  • WILSON, B. A., Evans, J. J., EMSLIE, H., Balleny, H., Watson, P. C., & Baddeley, A. D. (1999) Measuring recovery from post traumatic amnesia., Brain Injury, 1999, 13 (7), 505-520. #
  • WILSON, B.A., CLARE, L., BADDELEY, A.D., Cockburn, J., WATSON, P., & Tate, R. (1999) The Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test - Extended Version, Bury St. Edmunds: Thames Valley Test Company #
  • Garrard, P., PATTERSON, K., WATSON, P.C. & HODGES, J.R. (1998) Category specific semantic loss in dementia of Alzheimer’s type: Functional-anatomical correlations from cross-sectional analyses., Brain, 121, 633-646. #
  • Holland, A.J., Hon, J., Huppert, F.A., Stevens, F. & WATSON, P. (1998) A population-based study of the prevalence and presentation of dementia in adults with Down's syndrome, British Journal of Psychiatry, 172, 493-498 #
  • Hon, J., Huppert, F.A., Holland, A.J. & WATSON, P. (1998) The Value of the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (Children's Version) in an Epidemiological Study of Adults with Down's Syndrome, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 37, 15-29 #
  • Wilson, B.A. & Watson, P.C. (1996) A practical framework for understanding compensatory behaviour in people with organic memory impairment, Memory, 4, 465-486 #
  • Morris, P. & WATSON, P.C. (1995) Home Accident Deaths Database (HADD) tables, Chapter in Consumer Safety Unit: 19th Annual Report Home Accident Surveillance System 1995, 31 - 39 #
  • Rabbitt, P.M.A., Donlan, C., WATSON, P., Mcinnes, L. & Bent, N. (1995) Unique And Interactive Effects Of Depression, Age, Socioeconomic Advantage, And Gender On Cognitive Performance Of Normal Healthy Older People, Psychology and Aging,, Psychology & Aging , 10, 307-313 #
  • Rudolfer, S.M. & WATSON, P.C., and Lesaffre, E. (1995) Are Ordinal Models Useful For Classification? A Revised Analysis, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 52, 105-132 #