Dr Evelyne Mercure

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Publications and research outputs

Article

Diverse language experiences in deaf infants and in hearing infants with deaf parents: 25 years of improved understanding and recognition Mercure, Evelyne; Bosworth, Rain and Gliga, Teodora. 2025. Diverse language experiences in deaf infants and in hearing infants with deaf parents: 25 years of improved understanding and recognition. Infant Behavior and Development, 80, 102103. ISSN 0163-6383
From early communication to bimodal vocabulary acquisition: A longitudinal study of hearing children with deaf mothers from infancy to school-age years Mercure, Evelyne; St. Clair, Victoria; Goldberg, Laura; Coulson-Thaker, Kimberley and MacSweeney, Mairéad. 2025. From early communication to bimodal vocabulary acquisition: A longitudinal study of hearing children with deaf mothers from infancy to school-age years. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, ISSN 1366-7289
From Understanding to Mindreading: The Role of Scenario Comprehension and Verbal Demand on Theory of Mind Facchetti, Teresa; Cocchini, Gianna and Mercure, Evelyne. 2025. From Understanding to Mindreading: The Role of Scenario Comprehension and Verbal Demand on Theory of Mind. Journal of Child Language, ISSN 0305-0009

Lived experiences of deaf parents: insights into pride, community, bilingualism, and barriers St. Clair, Victoria; Rosenburg, Patrick and Mercure, Evelyne. 2025. Lived experiences of deaf parents: insights into pride, community, bilingualism, and barriers. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1537618. ISSN 1664-1078
Revisiting perceptual sensitivity to non-native speech in a diverse sample of bilinguals Mousley, Victoria L.; MacSweeney, Mairéad and Mercure, Evelyne. 2024. Revisiting perceptual sensitivity to non-native speech in a diverse sample of bilinguals. Infant Behavior and Development, 76, 101959. ISSN 0163-6383
Watching talking faces: The development of cortical representation of visual syllables in infancy Dopierała, Aleksandra A.W.; López Pérez, David; Mercure, Evelyne; Pluta, Agnieszka; Malinowska-Korczak, Anna; Evans, Samuel; Wolak, Tomasz and Tomalski, Przemysław. 2023. Watching talking faces: The development of cortical representation of visual syllables in infancy. Brain and Language, 244, 105304. ISSN 0093-934X
Bilingual toddlers show increased attention capture by static faces compared to monolinguals Mousley, Victoria L; MacSweeney, Mairéad and Mercure, Evelyne. 2023. Bilingual toddlers show increased attention capture by static faces compared to monolinguals. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 26(4), pp. 835-844. ISSN 1366-7289
The Development of Cortical Responses to the Integration of Audiovisual Speech in Infancy Dopierała, Aleksandra A. W.; Pérez, David López; Mercure, Evelyne; Pluta, Agnieszka; Malinowska-Korczak, Anna; Evans, Samuel; Wolak, Tomasz and Tomalski, Przemysław. 2023. The Development of Cortical Responses to the Integration of Audiovisual Speech in Infancy. Brain Topography, 36(4), pp. 459-475. ISSN 0896-0267
Effect of infant bilingualism on audiovisual integration in a McGurk task Mercure, Evelyne; Bright, Peter; Quiroz, Isabel and Filippi, Roberto. 2022. Effect of infant bilingualism on audiovisual integration in a McGurk task. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 217, 105351. ISSN 0022-0965
Language experience impacts brain activation for spoken and signed language in infancy: Insights from unimodal and bimodal bilinguals Mercure, Evelyne; Evans, S.; Pirazzoli, L.; Goldberg, L.; Bowden-Howl, H.; Coulson-Thaker, K.; Beedie, I.; Lloyd-Fox, S.; Johnson, M.H. and MacSweeney, M. 2020. Language experience impacts brain activation for spoken and signed language in infancy: Insights from unimodal and bimodal bilinguals. Neurobiology of Language, 1(1), pp. 9-32. ISSN 2641-4368
Familial risk of autism alters subcortical and cerebellar brain anatomy in infants and predicts the emergence of repetitive behaviors in early childhood Pote, Inês; Wang, Siying; Sethna, Vaheshta; Blasi, Anna; Daly, Eileen; Kuklisova‐Murgasova, Maria; Lloyd‐Fox, Sarah; Mercure, Evelyne; Busuulwa, Paula; Stoencheva, Vladimira; Charman, Tony; Williams, Steven C. R.; Johnson, Mark H.; Murphy, Declan G. M. and McAlonan, Grainne M.. 2019. Familial risk of autism alters subcortical and cerebellar brain anatomy in infants and predicts the emergence of repetitive behaviors in early childhood. Autism Research, 12(4), pp. 614-627. ISSN 1939-3792
Latent trajectories of adaptive behaviour in infants at high and low familial risk for autism spectrum disorder Bussu, Giorgia; Jones, Emily J. H.; Charman, Tony; Johnson, Mark H.; Buitelaar, Jan K.; Blasi, Anna; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Bedford, Rachael; Bolton, Patrick; Chandler, Susie; Cheung, Celeste; Davies, Kim; Fernandes, Janice; Gammer, Isobel; Garwood, Holly; Giraud, Jeanne; Gui, Anna; Hudry, Kristelle; Lieu, Michelle; Mercure, Evelyne; Lloyd-Fox, Sarah; Maris, Helen; O’Hara, Louise; Pickles, Andrew; Ribeiro, Helena; Salomone, Erica; Tucker, Leslie and Volein, Agnes. 2019. Latent trajectories of adaptive behaviour in infants at high and low familial risk for autism spectrum disorder. Molecular Autism, 10(1),
Language experience influences audiovisual speech integration in unimodal and bimodal bilingual infants Mercure, Evelyne; Kushnerenko, Elena; Goldberg, Laura; Bowden‐Howl, Harriet; Coulson, Kimberley; Johnson, Mark H and MacSweeney, Mairéad. 2018. Language experience influences audiovisual speech integration in unimodal and bimodal bilingual infants. Developmental Science, 22(1), e12701. ISSN 1363-755X
Impact of Language Experience on Attention to Faces in Infancy: Evidence From Unimodal and Bimodal Bilingual Infants Mercure, Evelyne; Quiroz, Isabel; Goldberg, Laura; Bowden-Howl, Harriet; Coulson, Kimberley; Gliga, Teodora; Filippi, Roberto; Bright, Peter; Johnson, Mark H. and MacSweeney, Mairéad. 2018. Impact of Language Experience on Attention to Faces in Infancy: Evidence From Unimodal and Bimodal Bilingual Infants. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(1943), ISSN 1664-1078
Autism diagnosis differentiates neurophysiological responses to faces in adults with tuberous sclerosis complex Tye, Charlotte; Farroni, Teresa; Volein, Ágnes; Mercure, Evelyne; Tucker, Leslie; Johnson, Mark H. and Bolton, Patrick F.. 2015. Autism diagnosis differentiates neurophysiological responses to faces in adults with tuberous sclerosis complex. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 7(1), 33. ISSN 1866-1947
Atypical processing of voice sounds in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder Blasi, Anna; Lloyd-Fox, Sarah; Sethna, Vaheshta; Brammer, Michael J.; Mercure, Evelyne; Murray, Lynne; Williams, Steven C.R.; Simmons, Andrew; Murphy, Declan G.M. and Johnson, Mark H.. 2015. Atypical processing of voice sounds in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder. Cortex, 71, pp. 122-133. ISSN 0010-9452
Convergent and Divergent fMRI Responses in Children and Adults to Increasing Language Production Demands Krishnan, Saloni; Leech, Robert; Mercure, Evelyne; Lloyd-Fox, Sarah and Dick, Frederic. 2015. Convergent and Divergent fMRI Responses in Children and Adults to Increasing Language Production Demands. Cerebral Cortex, 25(10), pp. 3261-3277. ISSN 1047-3211
Auditory semantic processing in dichotic listening: Effects of competing speech, ear of presentation, and sentential bias on N400s to spoken words in context Carey, Daniel; Mercure, Evelyne; Pizzioli, Fabrizio and Aydelott, Jennifer. 2014. Auditory semantic processing in dichotic listening: Effects of competing speech, ear of presentation, and sentential bias on N400s to spoken words in context. Neuropsychologia, 65, pp. 102-112. ISSN 0028-3932
Audio-visual speech perception: a developmental ERP investigation Knowland, Victoria C.P.; Mercure, Evelyne; Karmiloff-Smith, Annette; Dick, Fred and Thomas, Michael S.C.. 2013. Audio-visual speech perception: a developmental ERP investigation. Developmental Science, 17(1), pp. 110-124. ISSN 1363-755X
Articulating Novel Words: Children's Oromotor Skills Predict Nonword Repetition Abilities Krishnan, Saloni; Alcock, Katherine J.; Mercure, Evelyne; Leech, Robert; Barker, Edward; Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Dick, Frederic. 2013. Articulating Novel Words: Children's Oromotor Skills Predict Nonword Repetition Abilities. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 56(6), pp. 1800-1812. ISSN 1092-4388
Neurophysiological responses to faces and gaze direction differentiate children with ASD, ADHD and ASD + ADHD Tye, Charlotte; Mercure, Evelyne; Ashwood, Karen L.; Azadi, Bahare; Asherson, Philip; Johnson, Mark H.; Bolton, Patrick and McLoughlin, Gráinne. 2013. Neurophysiological responses to faces and gaze direction differentiate children with ASD, ADHD and ASD + ADHD. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 5, pp. 71-85. ISSN 1878-9293
Infant Neural Sensitivity to Dynamic Eye Gaze Is Associated with Later Emerging Autism Elsabbagh, Mayada; Mercure, Evelyne; Hudry, Kristelle; Chandler, Susie; Pasco, Greg; Charman, Tony; Pickles, Andrew; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Bolton, Patrick and Johnson, Mark H.. 2012. Infant Neural Sensitivity to Dynamic Eye Gaze Is Associated with Later Emerging Autism. Current Biology, 22(4), pp. 338-342. ISSN 0960-9822
The emergence of cerebral specialization for the human voice over the first months of life Lloyd-Fox, S.; Blasi, A.; Mercure, Evelyne; Elwell, C. E. and Johnson, M. H.. 2012. The emergence of cerebral specialization for the human voice over the first months of life. Social Neuroscience, 7(3), pp. 317-330. ISSN 1747-0919
Early Specialization for Voice and Emotion Processing in the Infant Brain Blasi, Anna; Mercure, Evelyne; Lloyd-Fox, Sarah; Thomson, Alex; Brammer, Michael; Sauter, Disa; Deeley, Quinton; Barker, Gareth J.; Renvall, Ville; Deoni, Sean; Gasston, David; Williams, Steven C.R.; Johnson, Mark H.; Simmons, Andrew and Murphy, Declan G.M.. 2011. Early Specialization for Voice and Emotion Processing in the Infant Brain. Current Biology, 21(14), pp. 1220-1224. ISSN 0960-9822
The N170 Shows Differential Repetition Effects for Faces, Objects, and Orthographic Stimuli Mercure, Evelyne; Kadosh, Kathrin Cohen and Johnson, Mark H.. 2011. The N170 Shows Differential Repetition Effects for Faces, Objects, and Orthographic Stimuli. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5, 6. ISSN 1662-5161
Mapping Infant Brain Myelination with Magnetic Resonance Imaging Deoni, Sean C. L; Mercure, Evelyne; Blasi, Anna; Gasston, David; Thomson, Alex; Johnson, Mark; Williams, Steven C. R. and Murphy, Declan G. M. 2011. Mapping Infant Brain Myelination with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(2), pp. 784-791. ISSN 0270-6474
IQ, fetal testosterone and individual variability in children's functional lateralization Mercure, Evelyne; Ashwin, Emma; Dick, Frederic; Halit, Hanife; Auyeung, Bonnie; Baron-Cohen, Simon and Johnson, Mark H.. 2009. IQ, fetal testosterone and individual variability in children's functional lateralization. Neuropsychologia, 47(12), pp. 2537-2543. ISSN 0028-3932
Differential Lateralization for Words and Faces: Category or Psychophysics? Mercure, Evelyne; Dick, Frederic; Halit, Hanife; Kaufman, Jordy and Johnson, Mark H.. 2008. Differential Lateralization for Words and Faces: Category or Psychophysics? Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(11), pp. 2070-2087. ISSN 0898-929X
Featural and configural face processing differentially modulate ERP components Mercure, Evelyne; Dick, Frederic and Johnson, Mark H.. 2008. Featural and configural face processing differentially modulate ERP components. Brain Research, 1239, pp. 162-170. ISSN 0006-8993

Conference or Workshop Item

Ensembles of Bidirectional LSTM and GRU Neural Nets for Predicting Mother-Infant Synchrony in Videos Stamate, Daniel; Davuloori, Pradyumna; Logofatu, Doina; Mercure, Evelyne; Addyman, Caspar and Tomlinson, Mark. 2024. 'Ensembles of Bidirectional LSTM and GRU Neural Nets for Predicting Mother-Infant Synchrony in Videos'. In: Engineering Applications of Neural Networks: 25th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks (EANN 2024). Corfu, Greece 27 - 30 June 2024.
Predicting High vs Low Mother-Baby Synchrony with GRU-Based Ensemble Models Stamate, Daniel; Haran, Riya; Rutkowska, Karolina; Davuloori, Pradyumna; Mercure, Evelyne; Addyman, Caspar and Tomlinson, Mark. 2023. 'Predicting High vs Low Mother-Baby Synchrony with GRU-Based Ensemble Models'. In: Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2023. Heraklion, Crete, Greece 26-29 September 2023.