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Karen E Waldie, PhD

Professor of Psychology, The University of Auckland
Verified email at auckland.ac.nz
Cited by 6462

Short sleep duration in middle childhood: risk factors and consequences

GM Nixon, JMD Thompson, DY Han, DM Becroft… - Sleep, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: To measure sleep duration in 7-year-old children; identify the
determinants of sleep duration; and assess the association between short sleep duration …

Cohort profile: growing up in New Zealand

SMB Morton, PE Atatoa Carr, CC Grant… - International journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The longitudinal study,'Growing Up in New Zealand', was explicitly established to provide
contemporary, population-relevant evidence about the multidisciplinary determinants of …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and ADHD symptoms measured at ages 7 and 11 years

JMD Thompson, KE Waldie, CR Wall, R Murphy… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Objective Our aim was to replicate and extend the recently found association between
acetaminophen use during pregnancy and ADHD symptoms in school-age children …

Dyscalculia and dyslexia in adults: Cognitive bases of comorbidity

AJ Wilson, SG Andrewes, H Struthers, VM Rowe… - Learning and individual …, 2015 - Elsevier
The developmental learning disabilities dyscalculia and dyslexia have a combined
prevalence of 10% or more, and a co-occurrence (comorbidity) rate of around 40%. The …

Antibiotics in the first year of life and subsequent neurocognitive outcomes

RF Slykerman, J Thompson, KE Waldie… - Acta …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim There may be a link between disruption to the gut microbiota in early life and later
neurocognitive outcomes. We hypothesised that antibiotic use in early life is associated with …

An ERP investigation of the Stroop task: The role of the cingulate in attentional allocation and conflict resolution

G Badzakova-Trajkov, KJ Barnett, KE Waldie, IJ Kirk - Brain research, 2009 - Elsevier
The majority of studies support a role of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in the attentional
control necessary for conflict resolution in the Stroop task; however, the time course of …

Risk factors for obesity in 7-year-old European children: the Auckland Birthweight Collaborative Study

NJ Blair, JMD Thompson, PN Black… - Archives of disease in …, 2007 - adc.bmj.com
Objective: To identify risk factors associated with obesity in primary school children, with a
particular focus on those which can be modified. To identify critical periods and growth …

Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism, human memory, and synaptic neuroplasticity

YN Lamb, NS McKay, CS Thompson… - Wiley …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Some people have much better memory than others, and there is compelling evidence that a
considerable proportion of this variation in memory ability is genetically inherited. A form of …

Migraine and cognitive function: a life-course study

KE Waldie, M Hausmann, BJ Milne, R Poulton - Neurology, 2002 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To investigate the association between migraine and cognitive ability among
members of a longitudinal birth cohort study. Methods: Headache status was determined at …

Depression symptoms during pregnancy: evidence from growing up in New Zealand

KE Waldie, ER Peterson, S D'Souza… - Journal of affective …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Depression during pregnancy has significant implications for pregnancy
outcomes and maternal and child health. There is a need to identify which family, physical …