0000-0003-1143-8190 About
Darren is a Teaching & Research academic in the Psychology Discipline, Institute for Health & Sport at Victoria University and adjunct Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University. He was a previous Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow and lab head at the Developmental Neuromotor & Cognition Lab (DNCLab) at La Trobe University. His research program examines the dynamic interplay between executive functions and motor control across typical and atypical development. This research program has emphasised the need to go beyond traditional standardised cognitive assessments which rarely capture subtle changes across and within domains in neurodevelopmental disorders. Much of this research has focused on technology-integrated gamification for personalised assessment and cognitive-motor interventions in children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. He has received competitive funding through the Australian Research Council Discovery and Linkage schemes as well as recent industry and philanthropic funding.
Employment
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Victoria University Lecturer2023 - Present
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La Trobe University Senior Research Fellow2013 - 2020
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Monash University Research Fellow2011 - 2013
Education
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Publications (77)
- Socially oriented attention in young children with neurofibromatosis type 1: An eye-tracking study Save
- Mapping young children's executive function and motor skill profiles to emotional and behavioral problems: a latent profile analysis Save
- Brain volumes in genetic syndromes associated with mTOR dysregulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis Save
- Delineating Visual Habituation Profiles in Preschoolers with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross-Syndrome Study Save
- Delineation of cross-domain associations between everyday executive function and adaptive behaviour in Down syndrome and Williams syndrome Save
- Specialization of amygdala subregions in emotion processing Save
- Ten-year follow-up study found that motor-free intelligence quotient declined in children with mild-to-moderate cerebral palsy Save
- Relationships of Motor Changes with Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric Features in FMR1 Male Carriers Affected with Fragile X-Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome Save
- Feasibility of a virtual reality-based exercise intervention and low-cost motion tracking method for estimation of motor proficiency in youth with autism spectrum disorder Save
- Correction to: Feasibility of a virtual reality-based exercise intervention and low-cost motion tracking method for estimation of motor proficiency in youth with autism spectrum disorder (Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, (2022), 19, 1, (1)… Save