Dr Kathleen Taylor

Researcher and science writer

affiliated to the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics,
University of Oxford.

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Sample Publications

Books & chapters

Taylor, K. (2009), Cruelty: human evil and the human brain. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Find Cruelty on Amazon.co.uk.
Taylor, K. (2006), On brainwashing, in The Barbarization of Warfare, ed. G. Kassimeris; New York University Press. Find the book on Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com.
Taylor, K. (2004), Brainwashing: the science of thought control. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Find Brainwashing on Amazon.co.uk.
Taylor, K.E. (2003). The possible role of abnormal platelet-activating factor metabolism in psychiatric disorders. Phospholipid Spectrum Disorders in Psychiatry and Neurology. 2nd ed: Marius Press.

Newspapers & magazines

Taylor, K.E., Thought crime, The Guardian, 8 October 2005.
Taylor, K.E., So, do you know who's pulling your strings?, Times Higher Education Supplement, 26 November 2004.

Academic articles, reviews etc

Taylor, K.E. (2008), Review of Women as Weapons of War, by Kelly Oliver. Critical Studies in Terrorism, 1, 3.
Taylor, K.E. (2007), Disgust is a factor in extreme prejudice, British Journal of Social Psychology, 46(3), 597-617. Available as PDF here.
Taylor, K.E. (2006), Intergroup atrocities in war: a neuroscientific perspective, Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 22, 230-44. Available as PDF here.
Taylor, K.E. (2004). Familial cancer and developmental dyslexia: an observational pilot study, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 46(2), 119-27. Available as PDF here.
Francks, C., Fisher, S.E., Marlow, A.J., MacPhie, I.L., Taylor, K.E., Richardson, A.J., Stein, J.F. and Monaco, A.P. (2003), Familial and genetic effects on motor coordination, laterality, and reading-related cognition, American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 1970-7.
Taylor, K.E. and Walter, J. (2003), Occupation choices of adults with and without symptoms of dyslexia, Dyslexia, 9(3), 177-85. Available as PDF here.
Taylor, K.E. and Stein, J.F. (2002). Dyslexia and familial high blood pressure: an observational pilot study, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 86(1), 30-3. Available as PDF here.
Taylor, K.E., Richardson, A.J. and Stein, J.F. (2001). Could platelet-activating factor play a role in developmental dyslexia?, Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 64(3), 173-80. Available as PDF here.
Taylor, K.E. (2001). Applying continuous modelling to consciousness, Journal of Consciousness Studies, 8, 2, 45-60. A draft version is available as PDF here.
Taylor, K.E., Higgins, C.J., Calvin, C.M., Hall, J.A., Easton, T., McDaid, A.M. and Richardson, A.J. (2000). Dyslexia in adults is associated with clinical signs of fatty acid deficiency, Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 63(1/2), 75-8. Available as PDF here.
Taylor, K.E. (2000). A continuum approach to modelling cognitive disorders, Medical Hypotheses, 54, 642-4. Available as PDF here.
Taylor, K.E. (2000). Immune-biochemical interactions in schizophrenia,Schizophrenia Research, 44, 245-6.
Taylor, K.E. and Richardson, A.J. (2000). Visual function, fatty acids and dyslexia, Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 63(1/2), 89-94.
Taylor, K.E. (2000). A data-donor scheme for brain researchers, Lancet, 355, 849-50. Available as PDF here.
Taylor, K.E. and Stein, J.F. (1999). Attention, intention and salience in the posterior parietal cortex: a computational approach, Neurocomputing, 26-27, 901-10. Available as PDF here.
Taylor, K. E. and Cahusac, P. M. B. (1994). The effects of the metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist 1S,3R-ACPD on neurones in the rat primary somatosensory cortex in vivo, Neuropharmacology, 33, 103-8. Available as PDF here.

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