Lizzy Sheppard

Contact

• workRoom C56 Psychology
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 74 86279
• Elizabeth.Sheppard@nottingham.ac.uk

Research Summary

Autism

I have a wide range of research interests relating to autism. At the moment I am particularly interested in how autistic people make inferences about other people's mental states and personality traits. Conversely, how do typical adults form impressions of autistic people? What type of perceptual information do people rely on to make these judgments? I am also interested in the more general question of what kind of beliefs people in the population hold about autism, and whether they differ across cultures

Psychology of driving

I'm interested in cognitive processes involved in driving, including perceptual, attentional and decision-making processes. I'm particularly interested in how these processes differ between people who have learned to drive in environments where driver behaviour, accident and fatality rates dramatically differ: for instance, we have carried out a number of studies comparing drivers from the UK with drivers from Malaysia. I'm also interested in how other individual differences may influence performance within the driving domain, including how being autistic affects aspects of driving performance.

Recent Publications

• E SHEPPARD, E VAN LOON and D ROPAR, 2023. Dimensions of Self-Reported Driving Difficulty in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults and their Relationship with Autistic Traits Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 53(1), 285-295
• SHEPPARD, E., LEE, Y. T., LUNT, J., JANSSEN, S. M. J. and LEE, Y. M., 2023. Cross-cultural effects on drivers’ use of explicit and implicit communicative cues to predict intentions of other road users Safety Science. 159, (In Press.)
• COSTLEY, D., EMERSON A., ROPAR, D., SHEPPARD, E., MCCUBBING, CAMPBELL BASS, S., DENT, S., ELLIS, R., LIMER, S., PHILLIPS, S. and WARD PENNY, J., 2022. Trying to solve the 'worst situation' together: Participatory autism research Educational Action Research.
• ISLAM, AZHARUL, SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, CONWAY, MARTIN A. and HAQUE, SHAMSUL, 2021. Autobiographical memory of war veterans: A mixed-studies systematic review MEMORY STUDIES. 14(2), 214-239

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• E SHEPPARD, E VAN LOON and D ROPAR, 2023. Dimensions of Self-Reported Driving Difficulty in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults and their Relationship with Autistic Traits Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 53(1), 285-295
• SHEPPARD, E., LEE, Y. T., LUNT, J., JANSSEN, S. M. J. and LEE, Y. M., 2023. Cross-cultural effects on drivers’ use of explicit and implicit communicative cues to predict intentions of other road users Safety Science. 159, (In Press.)
• COSTLEY, D., EMERSON A., ROPAR, D., SHEPPARD, E., MCCUBBING, CAMPBELL BASS, S., DENT, S., ELLIS, R., LIMER, S., PHILLIPS, S. and WARD PENNY, J., 2022. Trying to solve the 'worst situation' together: Participatory autism research Educational Action Research.
• ISLAM, AZHARUL, SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, CONWAY, MARTIN A. and HAQUE, SHAMSUL, 2021. Autobiographical memory of war veterans: A mixed-studies systematic review MEMORY STUDIES. 14(2), 214-239
• MITCHELL, PETER, SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH and CASSIDY, SARAH, 2021. Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health. The British journal of developmental psychology. 39(1), 1-18
• MILLER, K. A., CHAPMAN, P. and SHEPPARD, E., 2021. A cross-cultural comparison of where drivers choose to look when viewing driving scenes Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. 81, 639-649
• R ALKHALDI, E SHEPPARD, E BURDETTE and P MITCHELL, 2021. Do neurotypical people like or dislike autistic people? Autism in Adulthood. 3(3), 275-279
• COSTLEY, D., EMERSON A., ROPAR, D. and SHEPPARD, E., 2021. The Anxiety Caused by Secondary Schools for Autistic Adolescents: In Their Own Words Education Sciences. 11(11), 726
• ENGEL, CARLA SIMONE and SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, 2020. Can Cartoons Which Depict Autistic Characters Improve Attitudes Towards Autistic Peers? Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 50, 1007-1017
• DE VRIES, MARIEKE, CADER, SABRINA, COLLEER, LUCY, BATTEUX, ELEONORE, YASDIMAN, MERYEM BETUL, TAN, YIH JIUN and SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, 2020. University Students' Notion of Autism Spectrum Conditions: A Cross-Cultural Study. Journal of autism and developmental disorders.
• LEE, YEE MUN, MILLER, KARL, CRUNDALL, DAVID and SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, 2020. Cross-cultural effects on detecting multiple sources of driving hazard: Evidence from the deceleration detection flicker test TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR. 69, 222-234
• LEE, YEE MUN and SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, 2020. Effects of position of speed limit signs and the presence of speed camera on Malaysian drivers' speed choice: An eye-tracking study TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR. 74, 386-395
• ALKHALDI RS, SHEPPARD E and MITCHELL P, 2019. Is There a Link Between Autistic People Being Perceived Unfavorably and Having a Mind That Is Difficult to Read? Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 49(10), 3973-3982
• MITCHELL, PETER, CASSIDY, SARAH and SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, 2019. The double empathy problem, camouflage, and the value of expertise from experience BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES. 42,
• LEE, Y. M. and SHEPPARD, E., 2018. The effect of lighting conditions and use of headlights on drivers’ perception and appraisal of approaching vehicles at junctions Ergonomics. 61(3), 444-455
• MILTON, D. E. M, HEASMAN, B. and SHEPPARD, E., 2018. Double Empathy. In: F. VOLKMAR, ed., Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders Springer, New York.
• SHEPPARD, E. and ROPAR, D., 2018. Driving hazard perception in ASD. In: F. VOLKMAR, ed., Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders Springer, New York.
• SHEPPARD, E., VAN LOON, E., UNDERWOOD, G. and ROPAR, D., 2017. Attentional differences in a driving hazard perception task in adults with autism spectrum disorders Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 47(2), 405-414
• LEE, Y. M., CHONG, S. Y., GOONTING, K. and SHEPPARD, E., 2017. The effect of speed limit credibility on drivers' speed choice TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR. 45, 43-53
• LEE, Y. M. and SHEPPARD, E., 2017. Differences in gap acceptance for approaching cars and motorcycles at junctions: What causes the size-arrival effect? Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. 50, 50-54
• WU, W., SHEPPARD, E. and MITCHELL, P., 2017. Judging personality from a brief sample of behavior: detecting where others stand on trait continua European Journal of Personality. 31(6), 685-700
• VALANIDES C, SHEPPARD E and MITCHELL P, 2017. How accurately can other people infer your thoughts-And does culture matter? PloS one. 12(11), e0187586
• WU, W, SHEPPARD, E. and MITCHELL, P., 2016. Being Sherlock Holmes: Can we sense empathy from a brief sample of behaviour? British Journal of Psychology. 107(1), 1-22
• SHEPPARD, E., PILLAI, D., WONG, G. T. L., ROPAR, D. and MITCHELL, P., 2016. How easy is it to read the minds of people with autism spectrum disorder Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 46(4), 1247-1254
• TAN, C.B.Y, SHEPPARD, E. and STEPHEN, I. D., 2016. Recognizing dynamic faces in Malaysian Chinese participants Perception. 45(3), 300-314
• SHEPPARD, E, VAN LOON, E, UNDERWOOD, G and ROPAR, D, 2016. Difficulties predicting time-to-arrival in individuals with autism spectrum disorders Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 28, 17-23
• LEE, Y. M. and SHEPPARD, E., 2016. The effect of motion and signalling on drivers' ability to predict intentions of other road users Accident Analysis and Prevention. 95, 202-208
• WU, WENJIE, SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH and MITCHELL, PETER, 2016. The game is afoot: A response to three insightful commentaries BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 107(1), 33-35
• LEE, YEE MUN, SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH and CRUNDALL, DAVID, 2015. Cross-cultural effects on the perception and appraisal of approaching motorcycles at junctions TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR. 31, 77-86
• TAN, C.B.Y, SHEPPARD, E. and STEPHEN, I. D., 2015. A change in strategy: Static emotion recognition in Malaysian Chinese Cogent Psychology. 2(1), 1085941
• HAQUE, S. and SHEPPARD, E., eds., 2015. Culture and Cognition: A Collection of Critical Essays Peter Lang.
• FREETH, M., MILNE, E., SHEPPARD, E. and RAMACHANDRAN, R., 2014. Autism across cultures: Perspectives from non-Western cultures and implications for research. In: F. R. VOLKMAR, R. PAUL, S. J. ROGERS and K. A. PELPHREY, eds., The Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders 4. John Wiley & Sons Canada.
• PILLAI, DHANYA, SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, ROPAR, DANIELLE, MARSH, LAUREN, PEARSON, AMY and MITCHELL, PETER, 2014. Using Other Minds as a Window Onto the World: Guessing What Happened from Clues in Behaviour JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. 44(10), 2430-2439
• LIM, PHUI CHENG, SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH and CRUNDALL, DAVID, 2014. A predictive hazard perception paradigm differentiates driving experience cross-culturally TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR. 26, 210-217
• FREETH, M, SHEPPARD, E, RAMACHANDRAN, R and MILNE, E, 2013. A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Autistic Traits in the UK, India and Malaysia. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 43(11), 2569-2583
• LIM, PHUI CHENG, SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH and CRUNDALL, DAVID, 2013. Cross-cultural effects on drivers' hazard perception TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR. 21, 194-206
• TAN, CHRYSTALLE B. Y., STEPHEN, IAN D., WHITEHEAD, ROSS and SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, 2012. You Look Familiar: How Malaysian Chinese Recognize Faces PLOS ONE. 7(1),
• PILLAI, DHANYA, SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH and MITCHELL, PETER, 2012. Can People Guess What Happened to Others from Their Reactions? PLOS ONE. 7(11),
• SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, 2011. Autism and the edges of the known world: Sensitivities, language and constructed reality BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 102, 275-276
• SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, ROPAR, DANIELLE, UNDERWOOD, GEOFFREY and VAN LOON, EDITHA, 2010. Brief Report: Driving Hazard Perception in Autism JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. 40(4), 504-508
• SHEPPARD, E., ROPAR, D. and MITCHELL, P., 2009. Autism and dimensionality: differences between copying and drawing tasks Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 39(7), 1039-1046
• SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, ROPAR, DANIELLE and MITCHELL, PETER, 2009. Perceiving the impossible How individuals with autism copy paradoxical figures AUTISM. 13(4), 435-452
• SHEPPARD, ELIZABETH, ROPAR, DANIELLE and MITCHELL, PETER, 2009. Drawing the line: How people with autism copy line drawings of three-dimensional objects PERCEPTION. 38(7), 1104-1106
• SHEPPARD, E., MITCHELL, P. and ROPAR, D., 2008. Differences between individuals with and without autism in copying tasks: how knowledge interferes when drawing perspective. In: LANGE-KUTTNER, C. and VINTER, A., eds., Drawing and the non-verbal mind: A lifespan perspective Cambridge University Press. 325-343
• ROPAR, D, MITCHELL, P and & SHEPPARD, E., 2007. The influence of conceptual knowledge on perceptual processing in autism. In: E. MCGREGOR, M. NUNEZ, K. WILLIAMS, AND J. GOMEZ, ed., Autism: An integrated view from Neurocognitive, Clinical and Intervention research Oxford: Blackwell.
• SHEPPARD E, ROPAR D and MITCHELL P, 2007. The Impact Of Meaning And Dimensionality On Copying Accuracy In Individuals With Autism. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders. 37(10), 1913-24
• SHEPPARD, E, ROPAR, D and MITCHELL, P, 2005. The impact of meaning and dimensionality on the accuracy of children's copying BRITISH JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 23, 365-381