Education

• BSc. Hons. Psychology, Bristol University
• PhD. Early Visual processing in Alzheimer’s Disease, Bristol University.
• MSc. Evidence Based Health Care. Oxford University.

Profile

Research Interest

• Visual and attention-related processing in dementia, mild cognitive impairment and subjective cognitive impairment.
• The influence of methodology upon study outcome in dementia research.

Professional Activities:

Honors and Awards

Publications

1. Nash, P., Willis, P., Tales, A. &Cryer, T. (2015).Sexual health and sexual activity in later life.Reviews in Clinical Gerontology 25(Part 1)
2. Jenkins, A., Bayer, T., Tree, J. & Tales, A. (2014). Response to "Self-reported memory complaints: Implications from a longitudinal cohort with autopsies". (Neurology) http://www.neurology.org
3. Bayer, A., Phillips, M., Porter, G., Leonards, U., Bompas, A. & Tales, A. (2014). Abnormal inhibition of return in mild cognitive impairment: is it specific to the presence of prodromal dementia?.Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
4. Tales, A., Wilcock, G., Phillips, J. & Bayer, A. (2014). Is there more to subjective cognitive impairment than meets the eye? A perspective. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 41(3), 655-661.
5. Tales, A., Wilcock, G., Phillips, J. & Bayer, A. (2014). Is there more to subjective cognitive impairment than meets the eye? Raising awareness. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
6. Stothart, G., Kazanina, N., Naatanen, R., Haworth, J. & Tales, A. (in press). Early visual evoked potentials and mismatch negativity in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
7. Stothart, G. Tales, A. &Kazanina, N. (2013). Evoked potentials reveal age-related compensatory mechanisms in early visual processing. Neurobiology of Aging 34(4), 1302-1308.
8. Tales, A. Leonards, U. &Bompas, A. (2013). Intra-Individual reaction time variability in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A precursor to dementia? Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 32(2), 457-466.
9. Tales, A. (2013). Intra-Individual Reaction Time Variability in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease: Gender, Processing Load and Speed Factors. PLOS ONE
10. H. Porter, G. Leonards, U. Troscianko, T. Haworth, J. Bayer, A. & Tales, A. (2012). Dealing with illumination in visual scenes: Effects of Ageing and Alzheimer's Disease. PLoS ONE 7(9),
11. Tales, A. Leonards, U. Bompas, A. Snowden, R. Philips, M. Porter, G. Haworth, J. Wilcock, G. & Bayer, A. (2012). Intra-Individual reaction time variability in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A precursor to dementia?.Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 32(2), 457-466.
12. Tales, A. Bayer, A. Krajčík, Š. &Jellinger, K. (2012). Mild Cognitive Impairment: Beyond Memory Dysfunction. International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2012, 1-2.
13. Porter, G. Wright, A. Tales, A. & Gilchrist, I. (2012). Stimulus onsets and distraction in younger and older adults..Psychology and Aging 27(4), 1111-1119.
14. Tales, A. Bayer, A. Haworth, J. Snowden, R. & Philips, M. (2011). Visual search in mild cognitive impairment: A longitudinal study. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 24(1), 151-160.
15. Tales, A. Snowden, R. Phillips, M. Haworth, J. Porter, G. Wilcock, G. & Bayer, A. (2011). Exogenous phasic alerting and spatial orienting in mild cognitive impairment compared to healthy ageing: Study outcome is related to target response. Cortex 47(2), 180-190.
16. Porter, G. Tales, A. Troscianko, T. Wilcock, G. Haworth, J. &Leonards, U. (2010). New insights into feature and conjunction search: I. Evidence from pupil size, eye movements and ageing. Cortex 46(5), 621-636.
17. Porter, G. Leonards, U. Wilcock, G. Haworth, J. Troscianko, T. & Tales, A. (2010). New insights into feature and conjunction search: II. Evidence from Alzheimer's disease.Cortex 46(5), 637-649.
18. Porter, G. Tales, A. &Leonards, U. (2010). What makes cast shadows hard to see?.Journal of Vision 10(3), 1-18.
19. Tales, A. Porter, G. & Butler, S. (2009). Automatic change detection during the performance of a continuous visual task.Neuroreport 20(18), 1638-1642.
20. Tales, A. Haworth, J. Wilcock, G. Newton, P. & Butler, S. (2008). Visual mismatch negativity highlights abnormal pre-attentive visual processing in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychologia 46(5), 1224-1232.
21. Tales, A. & Porter, G. (2008). Visual attention-related processing in Alzheimer's disease. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology
22. Tales, A. Snowden, R. Brown, M. &Wilcock, G. (2006). Alerting and orienting in Alzheimer's disease..Neuropsychology 20(6), 752-756.
23. Tales, A. & Butler, S. (2006). Visual mismatch negativity highlights abnormal preattentive visual processing in Alzheimer's disease. NeuroReport 17(9), 887
24. Tales, A. Snowden, R. Haworth, J. &Wilcock, G. (2005).Abnormal spatial and non-spatial cueing effects in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.NeuroCase 11(1), 85-92.
25. Tales, A. Haworth, J. Nelson, S. Snowden, R. &Wilcock, G. (2005).Abnormal visual search in mild cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease.NeuroCase 11(1), 80-84.
26. Stagg, C. Hindley, P. Tales, A. & Butler, S. (2004). Visual mismatch negativity: The detection of stimulus change. NeuroReport 15(4), 659-663.
27. Tales, A. Muir, J. Jones, R. Bayer, A. & Snowden, R. (2004).The effects of saliency and task difficulty on visual search performance in ageing and Alzheimer's disease.Neuropsychologia 42(3), 335-345.
28. Tales, A. Troscianko, T. Wilcock, G. & Butler, S. (2002). Age-related changes in the preattentional detection of visual change.Neuroreport 13, 969-972.
29. Tales, A. Butler, S. Fossey, J. & al, e. (2002). Visual search in Alzheimer's disease: A deficiency in processing conjunctions of features. Neuropsychologia 40, 1849-1857.
30. Tales, A. Muir, J. Bayer, A. Jones, R. & Snowden, R. (2002).Phasic visual alertness in Alzheimer's disease and ageing.Neuroreport 13(18), 2557-2560.
31. Tales, A. Muir, J. Bayer, A. & Snowden, R. (2002). Spatial shifts in visual attention in normal ageing and dementia of the Alzheimer type. Neuropsychologia
32. Tales, A. Butler, S. Troscianko, T. & al, e. (2001).Pupillary light reflex in Alzheimer's disease.Aging and Clinical Experimental Research 13, 473-478.

33. Tales, A. Newton, P. Troscianko, T. & Butler, S. (1999). Mismatch negativity in the visual modality. Neuroreport 10(16), 3363-3367.