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EMAIL silvana.mareva@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Department
  • MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    • Research Theme Lifelong Brain Development and Brain Ageing The Social Brain
    Research Focus

    Keywords

  • Brain Development
  • Neurodevelopment & Cognition
  • Atypical Development

    • Clinical Conditions

  • Autism
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    • Equipment & Techniques

  • Neuropsychological testing

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    Dr Silvana Mareva

    University Position
    Research Associate

    Interests

    Silvana is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Attention, Learning, and Memory (https://calm.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/) and Lecturer at the University of Exeter. Her work focuses on studying neurodevelopmental difficulties transdiagnostically aiming to understand how and why children may struggle at school and how to best support the wellbeing of neurodivergent young people.

    Key Publications

    Mapping neurodevelopmental diversity in executive function

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.15.23291392
    Journal:
    E-pub date: 16 Jun 2023
    Authors: S Mareva, J Holmes

    Transdiagnostic profiles of behaviour and communication relate to academic and socioemotional functioning and neural white matter organisation.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13685
    Journal: J Child Psychol Psychiatry
    E-pub date: 1 Feb 2023
    Authors: S Mareva, D Akarca, CALM Team, J Holmes

    Cognitive and Academic Skills in Two Developmental Cohorts of Different Ability Level: A Mutualistic Network Perspective.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1037/h0101870
    Journal: J Appl Res Mem Cogn
    E-pub date: 1 Jun 2022
    Authors: S Mareva, CALM team, J Holmes

    A generative network model of neurodevelopmental diversity in structural brain organization.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24430-z
    Journal: Nat Commun
    E-pub date: 9 Jul 2021
    Authors: D Akarca, PE Vértes, ET Bullmore, CALM team, DE Astle

    Transdiagnostic associations across communication, cognitive, and behavioural problems in a developmentally at-risk population: a network approach.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1818-7
    Journal: BMC Pediatr
    E-pub date: 21 Nov 2019
    Authors: S Mareva, CALM team, J Holmes

    Publications

    Dimensions of cognition, behaviour, and mental health in struggling learners: A spotlight on girls.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12082
    Journal: JCPP Adv
    E-pub date: 1 Dec 2022
    Authors: J Guy, S Mareva, G Franckel, CALM Team, J Holmes

    Parental socioeconomic status weakly predicts specific cognitive and academic skills beyond general cognitive ability

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/kqtsd
    Journal:
    E-pub date: 5 Sep 2022
    Authors: G Bignardi, S Mareva, D Astle

    Higher-order dimensions of psychopathology in a neurodevelopmental transdiagnostic sample.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000710
    Journal: J Abnorm Psychol
    E-pub date: 1 Nov 2021
    Authors: J Holmes, S Mareva, MP Bennett, MJ Black, J Guy

    Cognitive Dimensions of Learning in Children With Problems in Attention, Learning, and Memory.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000644
    Journal: J Educ Psychol
    E-pub date: 1 Oct 2021
    Authors: J Holmes, J Guy, RA Kievit, A Bryant, S Mareva, CALM Team, SE Gathercole

    Exploring the Relationship between Social Class and Quality of Life: the Mediating Role of Power and Status

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-020-09853-y
    Journal: Applied Research in Quality of Life
    E-pub date: 1 Oct 2021
    Authors: T Wingen, B Englich, V Estal-Muñoz, S Mareva, AP Kassianos

    Bridging Brain and Cognition: A Multilayer Network Analysis of Brain Structural Covariance and General Intelligence in a Developmental Sample of Struggling Learners.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence9020032
    Journal: J Intell
    E-pub date: 15 Jun 2021
    Authors: IL Simpson-Kent, EI Fried, D Akarca, S Mareva, ET Bullmore, The Calm Team, RA Kievit

    Policy evaluation and behavioral economics

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003181873-11
    Journal:
    E-pub date: 1 Jan 2021
    Authors: K Ruggeri, JP Stuhlreyer, JE Immonen, S Mareva, M Friedemann, AF Paul, M Lee, RC Shelton, A Robbiani, FW Thielen, A Gelashvili, F Cavassini, F Naru

    Dispositional playfulness in young children: A cross-sectional and longitudinal examination of the psychometric properties of a new child self-reported playfulness scale and associations with social behaviour

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2181
    Journal: Infant and Child Development
    E-pub date: 1 Jul 2020
    Authors: E Fink, S Mareva, JL Gibson

    Making sense of social pretense: The effect of the dyad, sex and language ability in a large observational study of children’s behaviors in a social pretend play context

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12420
    Journal: Social Development
    E-pub date: 19 Oct 2019
    Authors: J Gibson, E Fink, P Torres, W Browne, S Mareva

    Do Tangible User Interfaces promote social behaviour during free play? A comparison of autistic and typically-developing children playing with passive and digital construction toys

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2018.08.005
    Journal: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
    E-pub date: 1 Feb 2019
    Authors: GA Francis, W Farr, S Mareva, JL Gibson