Dr Fiona Barlow-Brown
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Psychology
- School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Penrhyn Road
Associate Professor
About
I am a developmental psychologist with research interests which cover aspects of developmental, cognitive and social psychology. My expertise primarily lies in the development of blind children and a variety of aspects of reading development in young children.
Currently I am working on projects looking at:
- Braille reading in beginning blind readers and braille reading difficulties in this population
- Letter reversals in young sighted children
- Social and Academic inclusion in visually impaired and blind adolescents
- Socio-emotional support for university students with vision impairment
- Early maths skills and the ANR in young blind children
Qualifications
- PhD
- SFHEA
Domains
Publications
The benefits of an autism peer network in higher education
Back, Elisa, Main, Ellie, Schur, Pheobe, Manitsa, Ifigeneia, Clifford, Katharine, Barlow-Brown, Fiona, Parchment, Swane and Spurin, Hayley, 2025, Neurodiversity
The development of Vi-Connect : an educational game for the social inclusion at school of students with vision impairment
Huang, Tien-Chi, Manitsa, Ifigeneia, Livanou, Maria, Burnett Heyes, Stephanie, Barlow-Brown, Fiona, Gardia, Nuria, Siegfried, Olivia, Clarke, Zoe, Coelho, Holly and De Caro, Alberto, 2024, PLoS ONE (19), 12, pp e0306805
Exploring the “interactive” hypothesis in adolescents with vision impairment : the relationship between school belonging and self-esteem
Manitsa, Ifigeneia and Barlow-Brown, Fiona, 2024, Psychology : The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society (29), 2, pp 79-104
Evaluating the role of social inclusion in the self-esteem and academic inclusion of adolescents with vision impairment
Manitsa, Ifigeneia, Barlow-Brown, Fiona and Livanou, Maria, 2023, British Journal of Visual Impairment
The role of habilitation services in the lives of children and adolescents with visual impairments
Manitsa, Ifigeneia and Barlow-Brown, Fiona, 2022, British Journal of Visual Impairment.
A qualitative insight into factors pertaining to alcohol consumption among young adult women during the COVID-19 outbreak
Montague, Amy, Manitsa, Ifigeneia and Barlow-Brown, Fiona, 2022, Emerging Adulthood (10), 2, pp 511-518
Self-concept of adolescents with visual impairments
Manitsa, Ifigeneia, Barlow-Brown, Fiona and Lyons, Evanthia, 2020, British Journal of Visual Impairment (38), 2, pp 160-167
Size and modality effects in Braille learning : implications for the blind child from pre-reading sighted children
Barlow-Brown, Fiona, Barker, Christopher and Harris, Margaret, 2019, British Journal of Educational Psychology (89), 1, pp 165-176
Reading difficulties in blind, braille-reading children
Coppins, Natasha and Barlow-Brown, Fiona, 2006, British Journal of Visual Impairment (24), 1, pp 37-39
The role of letter knowledge and phonological awareness in young Braille readers
Barlow-Brown, Fiona and Connelly, Vincent, 2002, Journal of Research in Reading (25), 3, pp 259-270
The benefits of an autism peer network in higher education
Back, Elisa, Main, Ellie, Manitsa, Ifigeneia, Clifford, Katharine, Schur, Phoebe, Barlow-Brown, Fiona, Parchment, Swane and Spurin, Hayley(2024). In: Neurodevelopmental Annual Seminar (NDAS) 2024, 28 Jun 2024 :Norwich, U.K.
Self-concept in adolescents with visual impairments
Manitsa, Ifigeneia, Barlow-Brown, Fiona and Lyons, Evanthia(2019). In: 10th Annual Faculty Research Conference: Contemporary Issues in Business and Social Sciences in a period of uncertainty, 03 - 04 Jun 2019 :Kingston upon Thames, U.K.
The relationship between fears and disgust across childhood
Barlow-Brown, Fiona, Barker, Christopher H., Dawson, Ruth and Bryant, J.(2006). In: British Psychological Society Developmental Section Conference, 7-9 Sep 2006 :London, U.K.