Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development School of Psychology,
Birkbeck College Henry Wellcome Building,
London
WC1E 7HX
Phone: +44 (0)20 7079 0757
Email: l.dafner@bbk.ac.uk
Research Interests
I am currently involved in the British Autism Study of Infant Siblings (BASIS), a collaborative research network for the study of infants at-risk of autism in the UK.
Education
Bachelor of Arts with Honours (2010-2011)
First Class Honours in Psychology
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Psychophysiology (2007-2009)
Vice-Chancellors Scholarship
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Professional Development
ADOS-2 Training Course
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (July 2013)
Electrical Geodesics Inc. (EGI) International School
Electrical Geodesics Inc. (September 2013)
Hospital Research & Clinical Observation Internship
St Vincent Hospital, Melbourne, Australia (January 2010)
Publications and Conference Presentations
Dafner, L., Jones, E., Bedford, R., Webb, S. J., Johnson, M. H., & Charman, T. (2014). Exploring Measurement Invariance of Temperament Constructs in Infants at High Familial Risk for Autism. XIX International Conference for Infant Studies, Berlin.
Kaufman, J., Tarasuik, J. C., Dafner, L., Russell, J., Marshsall, S., & Meyer, D. (2013). Parent misperception of youngest child size. Current Biology, 23(24), 1085-1086.
Kaufman, J., Dafner, L., Mayes, A., Pigdon, L., & Leun, S. (2012). Electrophysiological measures of infant siblings of children with autism. Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference, Brisbane.
Dafner, L., Mayes, A., Tarasuik, J., & Kaufman, J. (2011). Early electrophysiological markers of autism spectrum disorders in young infants. AMAZE Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Forum, Melbourne.