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Prof Michael Thomas

Positions held:
  • Chief Scientific Advisor, School of Psychological Sciences
  • Overview

    Overview

    Biography

    Michael S. C. Thomas is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at 糖心logo入口 University of London. From 2010-2025, Michael was Director of the Centre for Educational Neuroscience, a cross-institutional research centre which aims to further translational research between neuroscience and education, and establish new transdisciplinary accounts in the learning sciences. In 2003, Michael established the Developmental Neurocognition Laboratory within 糖心logo入口鈥檚 world-leading Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development. The focus of his laboratory is to use multi-disciplinary methods to understand the brain and cognitive bases of cognitive variability, including behavioural, brain imaging, computational, and genetic methods. In 2006, the lab was the co-recipient of the Queen鈥檚 Anniversary Prize for Higher Education, for the project 鈥淣europsychological work with the very young: understanding brain function and cognitive development鈥. Michael is a Chartered Psychologist, Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and board member of the International Mind Brain and Education Society. From January 2026, Michael took up the position of Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Education.

    Highlights

    • Michael recently published a book on educational neuroscience, along with Denis Mareschal and Iroise Dumontheil, entitled 'Educational Neuroscience
      Development Across the Life Span' (Routledge, 2020,聽)

    Web profiles

    Administrative responsibilities

    • Director of the PhD programme, Department of Psychological Sciences
    • Psychology Pathway Lead, UBEL ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership
    • Assistant Dean for Postgraduate Research, School of Science

    Honours and awards

    • Fellowship British Psychological Society,
    • Fellowship Association for Psychological Science,
    • Senior Fellowship Higher Education Academy,

    ORCID

  • Research

    Research

    Research interests

    • Brain and behaviour
    • Educational neuroscience
    • Language and cognitive development
    • Developmental disorders
    • Genetics
    • Bilingualism

    Research Centres and Institutes

    • Director,

    Research clusters and groups

    • Director,
  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Teaching

    I am module co-ordinator for two postgraduate courses, Generic Skills and Genetics of Development. I contribute to a range of modules on cognitive neuroscience, cognitive development, and computational modelling.

  • Publications

    Publications

    Article

    • Kohli, Maitrei and Magoulas, George D. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2026) . Developmental Science 29 (3), pp. e70186. ISSN 1363-755x.
    • D'Souza, H. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Mareschal, Denis and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2026) . Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 39 (4), pp. e70218. ISSN 1360-2322.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Coecke, S. (2023) . Cognitive Science 47 (1), pp. e13217. ISSN 1551-6709 online.
    • Shen, C. and Mireku, M.O. and Di Simplicio, M. and Dumontheil, Iroise and Thomas, Michael S.C. and R枚枚sli, M. and Elliott, P. and Toledano, M.B. (2022) . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Advances 2 (3), pp. e12098. ISSN 2692-9384.
    • Whiting, S.B. and Wass, S.V. and Green, Simon and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2021) . Mind, Brain, and Education 15 (2), pp. 177-188. ISSN 1751-2271.
    • Hodgkiss, A. and Gilligan鈥怢ee, K.A. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Tolmie, A.K. and Farran, E.K. (2021) . British Journal of Developmental Psychology 39 (4), pp. 566-583. ISSN 0261-510X.
    • Gini, S. and Knowland, V. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Van Herwegen, J. (2021) . Mind, Brain, and Education 15 (4), pp. 289-298. ISSN 1751-2271.
    • Jenkins, R.H. and Shen, C. and Dumontheil, Iroise and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Elliott, P. and R枚枚sli, M. and Toledano, M.B. (2020) . Computers in Human Behavior 109 (106320), ISSN 0747-5632.
    • Thomas, Michael and Ojinaga Alfageme, Olatz and D'Souza, H. and Patkee, P. and Rutherford, M. and Mok, K. and Hardy, J. and LonDownS Consortium, - and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2020) . Research in Developmental Disabilities 104 (103638), ISSN 0891-4222.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Ansari, Daniel and Knowland, Victoria (2019) . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 60 (4), pp. 477-492. ISSN 0021-9630.
    • Mireku, M.O. and Barker, M.M. and Mutz, J. and Dumontheil, Iroise and Thomas, Michael S.C. and R枚枚sli, M. and Elliott, P. and Toledano, M.B. (2019) . Environment International 124, pp. 66-78. ISSN 0160-4120.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2019) . Current Directions in Psychological Science 28 (4), pp. 337-340. ISSN 0963-7214.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Fedor, Anna and Davis, Rachael and Yang, Juan and Alireza, Hala and Charman, T. and Masterson, J. and Best, W. (2019) . Psychological Review 126 (5), pp. 693-726. ISSN 0033-295X.
    • Mireku, M. and Mueller, W. and Fleming, C. and Chang, I. and Dumontheil, Iroise and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Eeftens, M. and Elliott, P. and Ro虉o虉sli, M. and Toledano, M. (2018) . Environmental Research 161, pp. 1-8. ISSN 0013-9351.
    • Hodgkiss, A. and Gilligan, K. and Tolmie, A.K. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Farran, E.K. (2018) . British Journal of Educational Psychology 88 (4), pp. 675-697. ISSN 0007-0998.
    • Brookman-Byrne, Annie and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2018) . Impact 2, pp. 5-8. ISSN 2514-6955.
    • Gilligan, K. and Hodgkiss, A. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Farran, E. (2018) . Cognitive Development 47, pp. 133-145. ISSN 0885-2014.
    • Gilligan, K.A. and Hodgkiss, A. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Farran, E.K. (2018) . Developmental Science 22 (4), pp. e12786. ISSN 1363-755x.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2017) . Psychologist Magazine 30, pp. 22-26. ISSN 0952-8229.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Forrester, N.A. and Ronald, Angelica (2016) . Cognitive Science 40 (1), pp. 51-99. ISSN 1551-6709.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Davis, Rachael and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Knowland, Victoria C.P. and Charman, Tony (2016) . Developmental Science 19 (2), pp. 284-305. ISSN 1363-755x.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2016) . Child Development Perspectives 10 (2), pp. 73-80. ISSN 1750-8592.
    • Baughman, F. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Anderson, M. and Reid, C. (2016) . Intelligence 56, pp. 99-107. ISSN 0160-2896.
    • Kerrigan, L. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Bright, P. and Filippi, R. (2016) . Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 20 (3), pp. 602-612. ISSN 1366-7289.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2016) . Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 19, pp. 258-269. ISSN 1878-9293.
    • Howard-Jones, P. and Varma, S. and Ansari, D. and Butterworth, B. and De Smedt, B. and Goswami, U. and Laurillard, D. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2016) . Psychological Review 123 (5), pp. 620-627. ISSN 0033-295X.
    • Camp, Joanne and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Farran, E.K. (2016) . Research in Developmental Disabilities 59, pp. 80-92. ISSN 0891-4222.
    • Camp, Joanne and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Farran, E. (2016) . Research in Developmental Disabilities 59, pp. 80-92. ISSN 0891-4222.
    • Annaz, D. and Leonard, H.C. and Karmiloff, K. and Johnson, Mark H. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2015) . Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 59 (5), pp. 422-438. ISSN 0964-2633.
    • Best, A. and Fedor, Anna and Hughes, L. and Kapikian, A. and Masterson, J. and Roncoli, S. and Fern-Pollak, L. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2015) . Cognitive Neuropsychology 32 (3-4), pp. 133-168. ISSN 0264-3294.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Kovas, Y. and Meaburn, Emma L. and Tolmie, A. (2015) . Mind Brain & Education 9 (2), pp. 72-80. ISSN 1751-228X.
    • Forrester, Gillian and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2015) . Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 30 (8), pp. 922-927. ISSN 2327-3798.
    • Filippi, R. and Morris, J. and Richardson, F.M. and Bright, P. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Marian, V. (2015) . Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 18 (3), pp. 490-501. ISSN 1366-7289.
    • Forrester, Gillian and Pegler, R. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Mareschal, Denis (2014) . Behavioural Brain Research 268, pp. 14-21. ISSN 0166-4328.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Knowland, Victoria C.P. (2014) . Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 57, pp. 467-483. ISSN 1092-4388.
    • Knowland, Victoria C.P. and Mercure, E. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Dick, Frederic and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2014) . Developmental Science 17 (1), pp. 110-124. ISSN 1363-755x.
    • Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Casey, B.J. and Massand, Esha and Tomalski, Przemyslaw and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2014) . Clinical Psychological Science 2 (5), pp. 628-637. ISSN 2167-7026.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Knowland, Victoria C.P. (2014) . Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 57, pp. 467-483. ISSN 1092-4388.
    • Forrester, Gillian and Quaresmini, C. and Leavens, D.A. and Mareschal, Denis and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2013) . Behavioural Brain Research 237, pp. 200-206. ISSN 0166-4328.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2013) . Trends in Neuroscience and Education 2 (1), pp. 23-26. ISSN 2211-9493.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2013) . Developmental Science 16 (2), pp. 314-316. ISSN 1363-755x.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Forrester, Neil A. and Ronald, Angelica (2013) . Developmental Psychology 49 (12), pp. 2325-2343. ISSN 0012-1649.
    • Filippi, R. and Karaminis, T. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2013) . Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 17 (2), pp. 294-315. ISSN 1366-7289.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Purser, Harry and Tomlinson, S. and Mareschal, Denis (2012) . Brain and Cognition 78 (1), pp. 38-49. ISSN 0278-2626.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Purser, H.R.M. and Mareschal, Denis (2012) . Mind & Language 27 (5), pp. 595-618. ISSN 0268-1064.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Purser, Harry R.M. and Mareschal, Denis (2012) . Mind & Language 27 (5), pp. 595-618. ISSN 0268-1064.
    • Filippi, R. and Leech, R. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Green, D. and Dick, Frederic (2012) . Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 15 (4), pp. 858-872. ISSN 1366-7289.
    • Ramsden, S. and Richardson, Fiona M. and Josse, G. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Ellis, C. and Shakeshaft, C. and Seghier, M.L. and Price, C.J. (2012) . Nature 485, pp. 666-666. ISSN 0028-0836.
    • Purser, Harry and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Snoxall, Sarah and Mareschal, Denis and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2011) . International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 46 (3), pp. 361-373. ISSN 1368-2822.
    • Filippi, Roberto and Richardson, Fiona M. and Dick, Frederic and Leech, Robert and Green, D.W. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Price, C.J. (2011) . Journal of Neuroscience 31 (29), pp. 10732-10740. ISSN 0270-6474.
    • Richardson, Fiona M. and Seghier, M.L. and Leff, A.P. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Price, C.J. (2011) . Journal of Neuroscience 31 (22), pp. 8239-8247. ISSN 0270-6474.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Knowland, Victoria C.P. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2011) . Psychological Review 118 (4), pp. 637-654. ISSN 0033-295x.
    • Ramsden, S. and Richardson, Fiona M. and Josse, G. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Ellis, C. and Shakeshaft, C. and Seghier, M.L. and Price, C.J. (2011) . Nature 479 (7371), pp. 113-116. ISSN 0028-0836.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2011) . Public Service Review: UK Science and Technology 4, pp. 1-2. ISSN 2046-5696.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and van Duuren, M. and Purser, Harry and Mareschal, Denis and Ansari, D. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2010) . Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 106 (2-3), pp. 99-114. ISSN 0022-0965.
    • Richardson, Fiona M. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Price, C.J. (2010) . Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 22 (6), pp. 1283-1298. ISSN 0898-929X.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Karaminis, T.N. and Knowland, Victoria C.P. (2010) . Language Learning and Development 6 (2), pp. 162-169. ISSN 1547-5441.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Richardson, Fiona M. and Forrester, Neil A. and Baughman, Frank D. (2010) . Connection Science ISSN 0954-0091.
    • Richardson, Fiona M. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Filippi, Roberto and Harth, H. and Price, C.J. (2010) . Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 22 (5), pp. 943-954. ISSN 0898-929X.
    • Annaz, Dagmara and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Johnson, Mark H. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2009) . Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 102 (4), pp. 456-486. ISSN 0022-0965.
    • Purser, Harry and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Snoxall, Sarah and Mareschal, Denis (2009) . Language and Cognitive Processes 24 (10), pp. 1406-1430. ISSN 0169-0965.
    • Annaz, Dagmara and van Herwegen, J. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Fishman, R. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Rundblad, G. (2009) . International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 44 (6), pp. 962-978. ISSN 1368-2822.
    • Annaz, Dagmara and Remington, A. and Milne, E. and Coleman, M. and Campbell, R. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Swettenham, J. (2009) . Developmental Science 13 (6), pp. 826-838. ISSN 1363-755X.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Annaz, Dagmara and Ansari, D. and Scerif, G. and Jarrold, C. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2009) . Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 52 (2), pp. 336-358. ISSN 1092-4388.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Knowland, V. (2009) . European Psychiatric Review 2 (1), pp. 2-5.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Johnson, Mark H. (2008) . Current Directions in Psychological Science 17 (1), pp. 1-5. ISSN 0963-7214.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Westermann, Gert and Mareschal, Denis and Johnson, Mark H. and Sirois, S. and Spratling, Michael (2008) . Behavioral and Brain Sciences 31 (3), pp. 345-356. ISSN 0140-525X.
    • Sirois, S. and Spratling, Michael and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Westermann, Gert (2008) . Behavioral and Brain Sciences 31 (3), pp. 321-331. ISSN 0140-525X.
    • Richardson, Fiona M. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2008) . Developmental Science 11 (3), pp. 371-389. ISSN 1363-755X.
    • Westermann, Gert and Mareschal, Denis and Johnson, Mark H. and Sirois, S. and Spratling, Michael and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2007) . Developmental Science 10 (1), pp. 75-83. ISSN 1363-755x.
    • Mareschal, Denis and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2007) . IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation 11 (2), pp. 137-150. ISSN 1089-778x.
    • Mareschal, Denis and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2006) . IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine 1 (3), pp. 32-40. ISSN 1556-603x.
    • Richardson, Fiona M. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2006) . Developmental Science 9 (2), pp. 151-155. ISSN 1363-755x.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Dockrell, J.E. and Messer, D. and Parmigiani, C. and Ansari, D. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2006) . Language and Cognitive Processes 21 (6), pp. 721-759. ISSN 0169-0965.
    • Laing, E. and Grant, J. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Parmigiani, C. and Ewing, S. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2005) . Cortex 41 (2), pp. 169-179. ISSN 0010-9452.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2005) . Cortex 41 (3), pp. 434-442. ISSN 0010-9452.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2005) . Language Learning and Development 1 (1), pp. 65-92. ISSN 1547-5441.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2004) . Infancy 5 (2), pp. 199-207. ISSN 1525-0008.
    • Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Annaz, Dagmara and Humphreys, K. and Ewing, S. and Brace, N. and van Duuren, M. and Pike, G. and Grice, Sarah and Campbell, R. (2004) . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 45 (7), pp. 1258-1274. ISSN 0021-9630.
    • Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2003) . Development and Psychopathology 15 (4), pp. 969-990. ISSN 0954-5794.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2003) . Journal of Cognition and Development 4 (1), pp. 99-125. ISSN 1524-8372.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2003) . Developmental Science 6 (5), pp. 537-556. ISSN 1363-755x.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2003) . Psychological Review 110 (4), pp. 647-682. ISSN 0033-295x.
    • Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Scerif, G. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2002) . Developmental Psychobiology 40 (3), pp. 311-322. ISSN 0012-1630.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2002) . Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25 (6), pp. 727-750. ISSN 0140-525X.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2002) . Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 5 (3), pp. 216-217. ISSN 1366-7289.
    • Atkinson, A.P. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Cleeremans, A. (2000) . Trends in Cognitive Sciences 4 (10), pp. 372-382. ISSN 1364-6613.

    Book

    • Spencer, J. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and McClelland, J.L. (2009) . Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195300598.
    • Mareschal, Denis and Johnson, Mark H. and Sirois, S. and Spratling, Michael and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Westermann, Gert (2007) . Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 1, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198529903.

    Book section

    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2020) . In: Stevens, C. and Pakulak, E. and Soledad Segretin, M. and Lipina, S. (eds.) Neuroscientific Perspectives on Poverty. Erice, Italy: International Mind, Brain and Education School, Ettore Majorana Foundations and Center for Scientific Culture. pp. 234-266. ISBN 9789878667362.
    • Yang, J. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2016) . In: 2016 12th International Conference on Semantics, Knowledge and Grids (SKG). New York, U.S.: IEEE Computer Society. pp. 47-53. ISBN 9781509047956.
    • Knowland, Victoria C.P. and Purser, Harry and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2015) . In: Wright, J. (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier. ISBN 9780080970868.
    • Richardson, Fiona and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2015) . In: Bavin, E. and Naigles, L. (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Child Language (2nd edition). Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 585-608. ISBN 9781107087323.
    • Karaminis, Themelis and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2015) . In: Stavrakaki, S. (ed.) Specific Language Impairment. Language Acquisition and Language Disorders. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins. pp. 145-174. ISSN 0925-0123. ISBN 9789027253217.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Laurillard, D. (2013) . In: Mareschal, Denis and Tolmie, A. and Butterworth, B. (eds.) Educational Neuroscience. Oxford, UK: Wiley. pp. 46-76. ISBN 9781119973195.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Purser, Harry and Richardson, Fiona M. (2013) . In: Zelazo, P.D. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology: Self and Other. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199958474.
    • Kohli, M. and Magoulas, George D. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2013) . In: Jin, Y. (ed.) 13th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (UKCI). IEEE. pp. 151-158. ISBN 9781479915668.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Baughman, Frank D. and Karaminis, T. and Addyman, Caspar (2013) . In: Marshall, C.R. (ed.) Current Issues in Developmental Disorders. Oxford, UK: Psychology Press. ISBN 9781848720848.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Knowland, V.C.P. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2012) . In: Davelaar, Eddy J. (ed.) Connectionist Models of Neurocognition and Emergent Behavior: From Theory to Applications. Progress in Neural Processing. Singapore: World Scientific. pp. 309-325. ISBN 9789814340359.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2012) . In: Educational Neuroscience. BJEP Monograph Series II. London, UK: The British Psychological Society. pp. 143-156. ISBN 9781854337177.
    • Kohli, M. and Magoulas, George D. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2012) . In: Jayne, C. and Yue, S. and Iliadis, L.S. (eds.) Engineering Applications of Neural Networks: 13th International Conference. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer. ISBN 9783642329098.
    • Karaminis, T.N. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2012) . In: Seel, N.M. (ed.) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer. pp. 767-771. ISBN 9781441914286.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Purser, Harry and van Herwegen, J. (2011) . In: Farran, E.K. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (eds.) Neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan: A Neuroconstructivist approach. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 13-35. ISBN 9780199594818.
    • Knowland, V.C.P. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2011) . In: Fidler, D.J. (ed.) Early development in neurogenetic disorders. Elsevier. pp. 43-74. ISBN 9780123744784.
    • Karaminis, T.N. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2011) . In: Seel, N.M. (ed.) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer. pp. 771-774. ISBN 9781441914279.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2010) . In: Kail, M. and Hickmann, M. (eds.) Language Acquisition across Linguistic and Cognitive Systems. Language Acquisition and Language Disorders. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins. pp. 67-87. ISBN 9789027253149.
    • Westermann, Gert and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2010) . In: Goswami, U. (ed.) The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development. New Jersey, U.S.: Wiley Blackwell. pp. 723-748. ISBN 9781405191166.
    • Karaminis, T.N. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2010) . In: Ohlsson, S. and Catrambone, R. (eds.) Cognition in Flux: Proceedings of 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, Texas, USA: Cognitive Science Society. pp. 730-735. ISBN 9780976831860.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and McClelland, J.L. and Richardson, Fiona M. and Shapiro, A.C. and Baughman, Frank D. (2009) . In: Spencer, J. (ed.) Toward a Unified Theory of Development: Connectionism and Dynamic System Theory Re-Considered. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195300598.
    • Spencer, J. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and McClelland, J.L. (2009) . In: Spencer, J. (ed.) Toward a Unified Theory of Development: Connectionism and Dynamic System Theory Re-Considered. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195300598.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2009) . In: Kail, M. and Fayol, M. and Hickmann, M. (eds.) Apprentissage des langues. Paris, France: CNRS Editions. pp. 451-475. ISBN 9782271066480.
    • Richardson, Fiona M. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2009) . In: Bavin, E.L. (ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Child Language. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 459-471. ISBN 9780521883375.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2009) . In: Mayor, J. and Ruh, N. and Plunkett, K. (eds.) Connectionist Models of Behaviour & Cognition II. Progress in Neural Processing. London, UK: World Scientific. pp. 349-360. ISBN 9789812834225.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and McClelland, J.L. and Richardson, Fiona M. and Schapiro, A.C. and Baughman, Frank D. (2009) . In: Spencer, J. and Thomas, Michael S.C. and McClelland, J.L. (eds.) Toward a New Unified Theory of Development: Connectionism and Dynamical Systems Theory Re-considered. Oxford Series in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 337-354. ISBN 9780195300598.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and McLelland, J.L. (2008) . In: Sun, R. (ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology. Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 23-58. ISBN 9780521674102.
    • Annaz, Dagmara and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2008) . In: Reed, J. and Warner-Rogers, J. (eds.) Child Neuropsychology: Concepts, Theory and Practice. Hoboken, U.S.: Wiley Blackwell. pp. 7-18. ISBN 9781405152662.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Richardson, Fiona M. (2006) . In: Munakata, Y. and Johnson, Mark H. (eds.) Processes of Change in Brain and Cognitive Development. Attention and Performance. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 315-347. ISBN 9780198568742.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2006) . In: Morris, C.A. and Lenhoff, H.M. and Wang, P.P. (eds.) Williams-Beuren Syndrome: Research, Evaluation, and Treatment. Baltimore, U.S.: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 254-273. ISBN 9780801882128.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and van Heuven, W.J.B. (2005) . In: Kroll, J.F. and de Groot, A.M.B. (eds.) Handbook of Bilingualism: Psycholinguistic Approaches. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 202-225. ISBN 9780195151770.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2005) . In: Fletcher, P. and Miller, J. (eds.) Developmental Theory and Language Disorders. Trends in Language Acquisition Research. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins. pp. 11-34. ISBN 9789027234742.
    • Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2004) . In: Langer, J. and Taylor Parker, S. and Milbrath, C. (eds.) Biology and Knowledge Revisited: From Neurogenesis to Psychogenesis. Jean Piaget Symposia Series. Hampshire, UK: Taylor & Francis. pp. 307-321. ISBN 9780805846270.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2004) . In: Goswami, U. (ed.) Blackwell Handbook of Child Cognitive Development. Blackwell Handbooks of Developmental Psychology. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 575-599. ISBN 9780631218418.
    • Karmiloff-Smith, Annette and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2002) . In: Arbib, M.A. (ed.) The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks (2nd Edition). Cambridge, U.S.: MIT Press. pp. 339-342. ISBN 9780262011976.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Karmiloff-Smith, Annette (2002) . In: Sternberg, R.J. and Lautrey, J. and Lubart, T. (eds.) Models of Intelligence: International Perspectives. Decade of Behavior. Washington, U.S.: American Psychological Association. pp. 133-150. ISBN 9781557989710.
    • Mareschal, Denis and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2001) . In: Kalverboer, A.F. and Gramsbergen, A. (eds.) Handbook of Brain and Behaviour in Human Development. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer. pp. 734-765. ISBN 9780792369431.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Mareschal, Denis (2001) . In: Barnden, J.A. and Lee, M.G. (eds.) Metaphor and Artificial Intelligence. Metaphor & Symbol. London, UK: Psychology Press. pp. 5-27. ISSN 1092-6488. ISBN 9780805897302.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Mareschal, Denis (1999) . In: Proceedings of the AISB'99 Symposium on Metaphor, Artificial Intelligence, and Cognition. The Society for the Study of Artificial Inteligence and Simulation of Behavior. pp. 1-10. ISBN 1902956060.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Mareschal, Denis (1997) . In: Langley, P. and Shafto, M.G. (eds.) Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. London, UK: Psychology Press, Routledge. pp. 757-762. ISBN 9780805829419.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Mareschal, Denis (1996) . In: Cottrell, G.W. (ed.) Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. London, UK: Psychology Press, Routledge. pp. 696-701. ISBN 9781138876637.

    Conference item

    • Stamate, Cosmin and Magoulas, George and Thomas, Michael (2021) . 22nd International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks, 2021, Crete, Greece (online)
    • Baughman, Frank D. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2008) . 30th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2008, Washington, U.S.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (2008) . 30th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2008, Washington, U.S.
    • Abreu, M.A. and French, R.M. and Annaz, Dagmara and Thomas, Michael S.C. and Schonen, S. (2005) . 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 2005, Stresa, Italy
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Redington, M. (2004) . 20th International Conference on Computational Linguistics, 2004, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Mareschal, Denis and Hinds, A. (2001) . 23rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 2001, Edinburgh, U.K.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and de Wet, N.M. (1999) . The 5th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, 1999, Birmingham, UK
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (1998) . The 20th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1998, Madison, U.S.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. (1998) . 4th Neural Computation & Psychology Workshop, Connectionist Representations: Theory and Practice, 1998, London, UK
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Mareschal, Denis (1997) . 19th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1997, Stanford, U.S.
    • Thomas, Michael S.C. and Plunkett, K. (1995) . 17th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1995, Pittsburg, U.S.

    Letter

    • Van Herwegen, J. and Purser, H. and Thomas, Michael S.C. (2019) . Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders 3, pp. 343-346. Springer. ISSN 2366-7532.

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