Alex Anwyl-Irvine

Alex Anwyl-Irvine

I’m a software developer and scientist who specialises in gathering and processing big data. Whether this is building software to gather mouse-movements, or applying novel models to brain imaging datasets.

Publications

2021

Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Armstrong, T., & Dalmaijer, E. S. (2021). MouseView.js: Reliable and valid attention tracking in web-based experiments using a cursor-directed aperture. Behaviour Research Methods, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01703-5

Dalmaijer, E. S., Gibbons, S.G., Bignardi, G., Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Smith, T. A., Siugzdaite, R., Uh, S., Johnson, A., & Astle, D. (2021). Direct and indirect links between children’s socio-economic status and education: Pathways via mental health, attitude, and cognition. Current Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02232-2

Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Dalmaijer, E. S., Quinn, A. J., Johnson, A., & Astle, D. E. (2021). Subjective SES is associated with children’s neurophysiological response to auditory oddballs. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 2(1), tgaa092. https://doi.org/10.1093/texcom/tgaa092

2020

Anwyl-Irvine, A.L., Dalmaijer, E. S., Hodges, N., & Evershed, J. K. (2020). Realistic precision and accuracy of online experiment platforms, web browsers, and devices. Behavior Research Methods, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01501-5

Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Massonnié, J., Flitton, A., Kirkham, N., & Evershed, J. K. (2020). Gorilla in our midst: An online behavioral experiment builder. Behavior research methods, 52(1), 388-407. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-019-01237-x

Bignardi, G., Dalmaijer, E. S., Anwyl-Irvine, A.L., Smith, T. A., Siugzdaite, R., Uh, S., & Astle, D. E. (2020). Longitudinal increases in childhood depression symptoms during the COVID-19 lockdown. Archives of Disease in Childhood . https://10.1136/archdischild-2020-320372

Bignardi, G., Dalmaijer, E. S., Anwyl-Irvine, A.L., & Astle, D. E. (2020). Collecting big data with small screens: Group tests of children’s cognition with touchscreen tablets are reliable and valid. Behavior Research Methods, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01503-3

2017

Clarke, A. D., Mahon, A., Irvine, A., & Hunt, A. R. (2017). People are unable to recognize or report on their own eye movements. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70(11), 2251-2270. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2016.1231208

Pre-prints

Uh, S., Siugzdaite, R., Anywl-Irvine, A. L., Dalmaijer, E. S., Bignardi, G., Smith, T. A., & Astle, D. E. (2021). Testing for implicit emotion regulation in childhood. bioRxiv.https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.19.473228

Dalmaijer, E. S., Nord, C. L., Bignardi, G., Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Siugzdaite, R., Smith, T. A., Billing, A., & Astle, D. E. (2020). Cognitive profile partly mediates allergy-associated decrease in mental health. MedRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.01.20019778

Doctoral Thesis

Anwyl-Irvine, A. L. (2021). Socioeconomic Neurophysiology: Exploring the relationship between a child’s environment and their neurocognitive development. University of Cambridge. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.82445

Software

Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Dalmaijer, E. S. (2021). ConnectomeMatch: Python implementation of preprocessing and significance testing with inexact graph matching. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5572257

Conferences

Anwyl-Irvine, A. L. (2020). All about online timing & accuracy. Invited Talk. BeOnline 2020. Zoom/University College London. <www.beonline.research.sc/2020/videos#session2>

Anwyl-Irvine, A. L. (2019) .Measuring Evidence Accumulation in Children using a Random Dot Kinematogram iPad App. Poster Presentation. British Neuroscience Association Festival of Neuroscience. The Convention Centre, Dublin. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2398212819855490

Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Bignardi, G., Dalmaijer, E., Astle, D.E. (2018). Resilience in Education and Development (RED): a multi-level investigation. Poster Presentation. Oxford Autumn School in Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Oxford. Doi: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30110.59205

Anwyl-Irvine, A. L. (2018). The Unity game engine for a large-cohort, developmental study. Invited Talk. BeOnline 2018. University College London. <www.youtu.be/KLiDINy-i2g>

Book Chapers

Dalmaijer, E. S., Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Bignardi, G., Hauk, O., & Astle, D. E. Magnetoencephalography and developmental cognitive neuroscience. In The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198827474.013.5

Public Engagement

Irvine, A. (2015). The ultimate coalition: What the average face of a party leader looks like in 2015. The Guardian. Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2015/may/05/the-ultimate-coalition-what-the-average-face-of-a-party-leader-looks-like-in-2015 Also published on PetaPixel Photography:https://petapixel.com/2015/05/08/the-ultimate-coalition-averaging-the-portraits-of-uk-political-leaders/