Dr Louise McHugh BSc MA PhD
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Biography:
| Louise's research interests are centered on the experimental analysis of language and cognition from a behaviour analytic and Relational Frame Theory perspective, including especially the development of complex cognitive skills such as as perspective-taking and the process-level investigation of behavioural and cognitive psychotherapies including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She has published over 40 papers on these topics and has received funding from several sources including the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust, the Waterloo Trust and the Welsh Assembly. Most recently she was awarded a European Marie Curie career integration award to join the faculty at UCD. |
Research Interests
| Louise's research interests are centered on the experimental analysis of language and cognition from a Relational Frame Theory perspective, including especially the development of complex cognitive skills such as perspective-taking, and the process-level investigation of behavioral and cognitive psychotherapies, especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She has published over 40 papers, has received funding from several sources including the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust, and the Waterloo Trust, and recently she was awarded a European Marie Curie award. |
Books
| McHugh, L. & Stewart, I; (2012) The Self and Perspective Taking: Contributions and Applications from Modern Behavioral Science. CA: New Harbinger. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| McHugh, L (2009) 'Perspective-taking and Autism' In: P. Reed (eds). Behavioral theories and interventions. New York: Nova Science Publishers. [Details] |
| McHugh, L., Barnes-Holmes, Y., & Barnes-Holmes, D (2009) 'Perspective-taking' In: R. Rehfeldt & Y. Barnes-Holmes (eds). Derived relational responding: Applications for learners with Autism and other Developmental Disabilities. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger. [Details] |
| McHugh, L (2010) 'An analysis of complex social behavior' In: E. Mayville & J. Mullick (eds). Behavioral foundations of effective Autism treatment. Cambridge: Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| McHugh, L (2011) 'A new approach in psychotherapy: ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy)'. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 12 :76-79. [Details] |
| McHugh, L., Barnes-Holmes, Y., & Barnes-Holmes, D (2004) 'Developmental trends in perspective-taking'. The Psychological Record, 54 :115-145. [Details] |
| McHugh, L., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Stewart, I (2006) 'False belief as generalised operant behavior'. The Psychological Record, 56 :341-364. [Details] |
| McHugh, L., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., Stewart, I. & Dymond, S (2007) 'Deictic relational complexity and the development of deception'. The Psychological Record, 57 :517-531. [Details] |
| McHugh, L., Barnes-Holmes, D., Barnes-Holmes, Y., & Stewart, I (2007) 'Knowing me, knowing you: Deictic complexity in false belief understanding'. The Psychological Record, 57 :533-542. [Details] |
| Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., Freixa i Baqué, E., & Loas, G (2008) 'Assessing perspective taking in schizophrenia using Relational Frame Theory'. The Psychological Record, 60 :413-424. [Details] | |||||||||
| Whelan, R., & McHugh, L (2009) 'Temporal discounting of hypothetical monetary rewards by adolescents, adults, and older adults'. The Psychological Record, 59 (2):247-258. [Details] | |||||||||
| Barnes-Holmes, Y., McHugh, L., & Barnes-Holmes, D (2004) 'Perspective-taking and theory of mind: A relational frame account'. The Behavior Analyst Today, 5 :15-25. [Details] | |||||||||
| Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., McHugh, L., & Hayes, S (2004) 'Teaching derived relational responding with young children'. Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 1 :56-90. [Details] | |||||||||
| McHugh, L., Barnes-Holmes, Y., O¿Hora, D., & Barnes-Holmes, D (2004) 'Perspective-taking: A relational frame analysis'. Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Osborne, L.A., McHugh, L., Saunders, J., & Reed, P (2008) 'The effect of parenting behaviors on subsequent child behavior problems in Autistic Spectrum Conditions'. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2 :249-263. [Details] | |||||||||
| Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., Freixa i Baqué, E., & Loas, G (2008) 'Assessing deictic relational responding in social anhedonia: A functional approach to the development of Theory of Mind impairments'. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 4 (4):360-373. [Details] | |||||||||
| McHugh L., & Wood, R (2008) 'Using a temporal discounting paradigm to measure impulsivity following traumatic brain injury: A pilot study'. Brain Injury, 22 (9):715-721. [Details] | |||||||||
| Osborne, L.A., McHugh, L., Saunders, J., & Reed, P (2008) 'A possible contra-indication for early diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Conditions: Impact on parenting stress'. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2 :707-715. [Details] | |||||||||
| McHugh, L. & Reed, P (2008) 'Using Relational Frame Theory to build grammar in children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions'. The Journal of Speech and Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis, 2.4 (3.1):60-77. [Details] | |||||||||
| Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., & Freixa i Baqué, E (2009) 'Studying Theory of Mind through Relational Frame Theory: A review of the literature on deictic relational responding'. Acta Comportamentalia, 17 :117-136. [Details] | |||||||||
| Dack, C., McHugh, L., & Reed, P (2009) 'Generalization of causal efficacy judgments after evaluative learning'. Learning and Behavior, 37 :336-348. [Details] | |||||||||
| Dack, C., McHugh, L., & Reed, P (2010) 'Multiple determinants of transfer of evaluative function after conditioning with free-operant schedules of reinforcement'. Learning and Behavior, 38 :348-366. [Details] | |||||||||
| Hooper, N. Saunders, J. & McHugh, L (2010) 'The derived generalisation of thought suppression'. Learning and Behavior, 38 (2):160-168. [Details] | |||||||||
| Hooper, N., Villatte, M., Neofotistu, E., & McHugh, L (2010) 'The effects of mindfulness versus thought suppression on implicit and explicit measures of experiential avoidance'. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 6 :233-244. [Details] | |||||||||
| Wang, T., Dack, C., McHugh, L., & Whelan, R (2011) 'Preserved nodal number effects under equal reinforcement'. Learning and Behavior, 39 :224-238. [Details] | |||||||||
| Coyne, L., McHugh, L. & Martinez, E (2011) 'Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Advances and applications with children, adolescents, and families'. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 20 (2):379-399. [Details] | |||||||||
| Reed, P., Thompson, C., Osborne, L.A., & McHugh, L (2011) 'The effects of concurrent task on human optimization and self-control'. Learning and Motivation, 42 :185-192. [Details] | |||||||||
| Reed, P., Altweck, A. Broomfield, L., McHugh, L (2012) 'Effect of observing response procedures on over-selectivity in match to samples procedures, in a population with Autism Spectrum Disorders'. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, . [Details] | |||||||||
| McHugh, L. Procter, J., Herzog, M., Schock, A. & Reed, P (2012) 'The effect of mindfulness on extinction and behavioral resurgence'. Learning and Behavior, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Dack, C., McHugh, L. & Reed, P (2012) 'Transfer of judgments of control to a discriminative stimulus and to novel stimuli through derived relations'. Learning and Behavior, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Hooper, N., Sandoz, K., Ashton, J., Clarke, A & McHugh, L (2012) 'Comparing thought suppression and acceptance as coping techniques for food cravings'. Eating Behaviors, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Wang, T., McHugh., L. & Whelan, R (2012) 'A test of the discrimination account in equivalence class formation'. Learning and Motivation, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Barnes-Holmes, D., Cochrane, A., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Stewart, I. & McHugh, L (2004) 'Psychological acceptance, experimental analyses and theoretical interpretations'. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4 :210-270. [Details] | |||||||||
| Barnes-Holmes, D., Barnes.-Holmes, Y., McHugh, L. & Hayes, S (2004) 'Relational frame theory. Some implications for understanding and treating human psychopathology'. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4 :101-167. [Details] | |||||||||
| McHugh, L., Barnes-Holmes, Y., & Barnes-Holmes, D (2004) 'An RFT account of the development of complex cognitive phenomena: Perspective-taking, false belief understanding and deception'. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 4 :303-324. [Details] | |||||||||
| McHugh, L., Barnes-Holmes, Y., & Barnes-Holmes, D (2004) 'Understanding perspective-taking, false belief, and deception from a behavioural perspective'. The Irish Psychologist, 30 :142-147. [Details] | |||||||||
| Dymond, S., & McHugh, L (2005) 'Symbolic behaviour and perspective-taking are forms of derived relational responding and can be learned'. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 28 . [Details] | |||||||||
| McHugh, L., & Reed, P (2007) 'Age trends in stimulus over-selectivity'. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 88 :369-380. [Details] | |||||||||
| Broomfield, L., McHugh, L., & Reed, P (2008) 'The effect of observing response procedures the reduction of over-selectivity in match to samples tasks: Immediate but not long term benefits'. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 29 :217-234. [Details] | |||||||||
| Broomfield, L., McHugh, L. & Reed, P (2008) 'Re-emergence of under-selected stimuli, after the extinction of over-selected stimuli in an automated match to samples procedure'. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 29 (6):503-512. [Details] | |||||||||
| Osborne, L.A., McHugh, L., Saunders, J., & Reed, P. (2008) 'Parental stress affects the impact of early teaching interventions for autistic spectrum disorders'. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38 :1092-1103. [Details] | |||||||||
| McHugh L., & Wood, R (2008) 'Using a temporal discounting paradigm to measure impulsivity following traumatic brain injury: A pilot study'. Brain Injury, 22 (9):715-721. [Details] | |||||||||
| Reed, P., Broomfield, L., McHugh, L., McCausland, A., & Leader. G (2009) 'Extinction of over-selected stimuli causes emergence of under-selected cues in higher-functioning children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders'. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39 (2):290-298. [Details] | |||||||||
| McHugh, L., Simpson, A. & Reed, P (2010) 'Mindfulness as a potential intervention for stimulus over-selectivity in older adults'. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1 :178-184. [Details] | |||||||||
| Villatte, M., Monestès, J. L., McHugh, L., Freixa i Baqué, E., & Loas, G (2010) 'Adopting the perspective of another in belief attribution: Contribution of Relational Frame Theory to the understanding of impairments in schizophrenia'. Journal Of Behavior Therapy And Experimental Psychiatry, 41 :125-134. [Details] | |||||||||
| Broomfield, L., McHugh, L. & Reed, P. (2010) 'Factors impacting the emergence of behavioral control by under-selected stimuli after reduction of behavioral control by over-selected stimuli in a simultaneous discrimination procedure for humans'. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 94 :125-133. [Details] | |||||||||
| Reed, P., Petrina, M.N., & Hugh, L.; (2011) 'Over-selectivity as a learned response'. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 32 :201-206. [Details] | |||||||||
| McHugh, L., Bobarnac, A., & Reed, P (2011) 'Teaching children with Autism to tact situation based emotions'. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41 :1423-1428. [Details] | |||||||||
| McHugh, L (2011) 'A new approach in psychotherapy: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy'. Biological Psychiatry, 12 :76-79. [Details] | |||||||||
| Hooper, N., Davies, N., Davies, L. & McHugh, L.; (2011) 'Comparing thought suppression and mindfulness as coping techniques for spider fear'. Consciousness and Cognition, 20 :1824-1830. [Details] | |||||||||
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