David Messer

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
144 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

David Messer is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, David Messer has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 45 papers in Education and 28 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in David Messer's work include Reading and Literacy Development (43 papers), Language Development and Disorders (35 papers) and Child Development and Digital Technology (30 papers). David Messer is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (43 papers), Language Development and Disorders (35 papers) and Child Development and Digital Technology (30 papers). David Messer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. David Messer's co-authors include Lucy A. Henry, Natalia Kucirkova, Karen J. Pine, Gilly Nash, Julie Dockrell, Rosie Flewitt, Lia Kvavilashvili, Kieron Sheehy, Stuart Powell and Rita Jordan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Child Development and Journal of Educational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

David Messer

139 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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New directions for early literacy in a digital age: The iPad

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cognitive and Language Abilities Associated With Reading in Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2025 ·Remedial and Special Education ·(unknown), (unknown), David Messer, Henrik Danielsson	1
2	See and Eat! The impact of repeated exposure to vegetable ebooks on young children's vegetable acceptance 2023 ·Appetite ·(unknown), Katrina May Dulay, Alan Roberts, Kate Harvey, David Messer, Carmel Houston‐Price	0
3	The complexity of student-led research: from terminology to practice in a case study of three countries 2023 ·Oxford Review of Education ·(unknown), (unknown), David Messer, (unknown)	2
4	Reading Disabilities in Children with Cerebral Palsy: associations with Working Memory 2023 ·Reading & Writing Quarterly ·(unknown), David Messer, Kieron Sheehy	0
5	Parent, child, and environmental predictors of vegetable consumption in Italian, Polish, and British preschoolers 2022 ·Frontiers in Nutrition ·(unknown), Katrina May Dulay, Kate Harvey, (unknown), Marcella Caputi, G. Cerrato, Paola Molina, (unknown), (unknown), Julia Barlińska, David Messer, Carmel Houston‐Price	9
6	Investigating Reading Comprehension in Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities: Evaluating the Simple View of Reading 2021 ·Journal of Cognition ·(unknown), Henrik Danielsson, (unknown), David Messer, Lucy A. Henry, Stefan Samuelsson	10
7	Me and my veggies: The use of interactive, personalised picture books in healthy eating interventions 2020 ·Nutrition Bulletin ·Katrina May Dulay, (unknown), Kate Harvey, David Messer, Carmel Houston‐Price	6
8	Touching the virtual, touching the real: iPads and enabling literacy for students experiencing disability 2014 ·The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy ·Rosie Flewitt, Natalia Kucirkova, David Messer	49
9	Using developmental trajectories to examine verbal and visuospatial short-term memory development in children and adolescents with Williams and Down syndromes 2013 ·Research in Developmental Disabilities ·(unknown), Lucy A. Henry, David Messer, Henrik Danielsson, Janice H. Brown, Jerker Rönnberg	25
10	Strengths and weaknesses in executive functioning in children with intellectual disability 2011 ·Research in Developmental Disabilities ·Henrik Danielsson, Lucy A. Henry, David Messer, Jerker Rönnberg	105
11	Executive functioning in children with specific language impairment 2011 ·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ·Lucy A. Henry, David Messer, Gilly Nash	275
12	Television alcohol advertising: Do children really mean what they say? 2008 ·British Journal of Developmental Psychology ·(unknown), Karen J. Pine, David Messer	30
13	Complete Psychology, Second Edition 2008 ·Open Research Online (The Open University) ·Graham C. L. Davey, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), David Messer, Simon Moore	1
14	Morphosyntax in children with word finding difficulties 2008 ·Journal of Child Language ·Victoria A. Murphy, Julie Dockrell, David Messer, (unknown)	2
15	More gestures than answers: Children learning about balance. 2004 ·Developmental Psychology ·Karen J. Pine, (unknown), David Messer	123
16	Design of Educational Multimedia A Review of Literature 2000 ·EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology ·Ahmed Al-Hunaiyyan, (unknown), Sara Jones, David Messer	1
17	MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE DESIGN IN RELATION TO A LEARNER’S CULTURE 1999 ·EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology ·(unknown), Sara Jones, David Messer, Ahmed Al-Hunaiyyan	3
18	Exploring developmental psychology : from infancy to adolescence 1999 ·David Messer, William S. Millar	11
19	Developmental psychology : a reader 1998 ·David Messer, Julie Dockrell	1
20	Imitation of Pretend Play Acts by Children with Autism and Down Syndrome 1997 ·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders ·Sarah Libby, Stuart Powell, David Messer, Rita Jordan	65

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