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Dr Aisling Mulvihill

Research Fellow
Queensland Brain Institute
Research Fellow
School of Psychology
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Researcher biography

Aisling Mulvihill is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland. Her research activities span the topics of social cognition and self-regulation from early childhood to adolescence.

Aisling has extensive clinical expertise in supporting children with learning and social-emotional challenges relating to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). In 2013, she co-authored the Ant Patrol Children's Stories, a series of six educational children's stories that aim to support children's social and emotional learning. The series has been well-received by educators, allied health professionals and parents.

Aisling's current research investigates the relationship between language and theory of mind, and the use of self-talk to regulate thinking and behavior in young children. She is also involved in an interdisciplinary science of learning research project investigating the effect of metacognitive training on attention control in young adolescents.

Featured projects Duration
Metacognition Projects

Publications

Books (6)
Book Chapter (1)
Journal Articles (9)
Thesis (1)
Data Collections (4)

Books

Sherlock, Deberea, Mulvihill, Aisling and Lynch, Marc (2013). Pick your moment. Brisbane, Australia: MASTER Institute Publications.
Sherlock, Deberea, Mulvihill, Aisling and Lynch, Marc (2013). Seeing red. Brisbane, Australia: MASTER Institute Publications.
Sherlock, Deberea, Mulvihill, Aisling and Lynch, Marc (2013). Mind on the job. Brisbane, Australia: MASTER Institute publications.
Sherlock, Deberea, Mulvihill, Aisling and Lynch, Marc (2013). Stay in line. Brisbane, Australia: MASTER Institute Publications.
Sherlock, Deberea, Mulvihill, Aisling and Lynch, Marc (2013). Fear factor. Brisbane, Australia: MASTER Institute Publications.
Sherlock, Deberea, Mulvihill, Aisling and Lynch, Marc (2013). Name of the game. Brisbane, Australia: MASTER Institute Publications.

Book Chapter

Sherlock, Deberea and Mulvihill, Aisling (2021). The MASTER™ focus program: a theoretically informed meta-attention intervention for early adolescence. Learning under the lens: applying findings from the science of learning to the classroom. (pp. 125-138) edited by Annemaree Carroll, Ross Cunnington and Annita Nugent. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429027833-9

Journal Articles

Farrell, Callyn, Sanderson, Ellen, Mulvihill, Aisling, Thai, Michael and Slaughter, Virginia (2024). Parents' mental state language and child gender: A scoping review of developmental evidence. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12502
Farrell, Callyn, Slaughter, Virginia, McAuliffe, Tomomi and Mulvihill, Aisling (2023). Participation and experiences in extracurricular activities for autistic and neurotypical children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54 (11), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s10803-023-06142-z
Cuskelly, Monica, Gilmore, Linda, Rayner, Christopher, Girkin, Fiona, Mulvihill, Aisling and Slaughter, Virginia (2023). The impacts of typically developing siblings on the developmental outcomes of children with disability: a scoping review. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 140 104574, 104574. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104574
Farrell, Callyn, Slaughter, Virginia, Thai, Michael and Mulvihill, Aisling (2023). How we talk to kids: adults prefer different forms of language for children based on gender expression. Sex Roles, 89 (3-4), 119-134. doi: 10.1007/s11199-023-01393-7
Mulvihill, Aisling, Armstrong, Rebecca, Casey, Charlotte, Redshaw, Jonathan, Scarinci, Nerina and Slaughter, Virginia (2023). Early childhood educators' mental state language and children's theory of mind in the preschool setting. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 41 (3), 227-245. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12449
Kong, Qiuyi, Mulvihill, Aisling, Slaughter, Virginia, Fraser, Harry, Cavanagh-Welch, Bailey, Elwina, Felicia Crysta, Kang, Jie and Ruffman, Ted (2023). Not just quantity but also quality of language: cross-cultural comparisons of maternal mental state talk in New Zealand, Australia, and China. PLOS ONE, 18 (3) e0282480, e0282480. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282480
Mulvihill, Aisling, Matthews, Natasha, Dux, Paul E. and Carroll, Annemaree (2022). Task difficulty and private speech in typically developing and at-risk preschool children. Journal of Child Language, 50 (2) PII S0305000921000945, 1-28. doi: 10.1017/s0305000921000945
Mulvihill, Aisling, Matthews, Natasha, Dux, Paul E. and Carroll, Annemaree (2021). Preschool children’s private speech content and performance on executive functioning and problem-solving tasks. Cognitive Development, 60 101116, 101116. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101116
Mulvihill, Aisling, Carroll, Annemaree, Dux, Paul E. and Matthews, Natasha (2019). Self-directed speech and self-regulation in childhood neurodevelopmental disorders: Current findings and future directions. Development and Psychopathology, 32 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1017/s0954579418001670

Thesis

Mulvihill, Aisling (2020). Self-directed speech and self-regulation in typically developing and developmentally at-risk children. PhD Thesis, School of Education, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.718

Data Collections

Chidley, Kali, Matthews, Natasha, Ehrhardt, Shane, Mulvihill, Aisling, Wards, Yohan, Armitage, Kristy, Mattingley, Jason, Filmer, Hannah and Dux, Paul (2024). The Meta-Attention Knowledge Questionnaire: Validation in an Adult Sample. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/ad3d2a8
Mulvihill, Aisling, Matthews, Natasha, Dux, Paul E. and Carroll, Annemaree (2019). Private Speech Task Relevant Regulatory Content Coding Scheme Adapted from Zimmerman’s (2000; 2009) Cyclical SRL model. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.672
Sherlock, Deberea and Mulvihill, Aisling (2018). MASTER Focus Program: Outline of Skills. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.524
Sherlock, Deberea and Mulvihill, Aisling (2018). Metacognitive Instructional Framework. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.521