Profile
Biography
Darren joined the York Trials Unit in November 2023 as part of the Research Support Service. He has over 20 years of research experience and has held post-doctoral positions at the universities of East Anglia, Cambridge and Hertfordshire.
Qualifications
- BSc Applied Psychology (University of Durham)
- MSc Developmental Psychopathology (University of Durham)
- PhD Psychology (University of York)
Research
Overview
Darren's research interests include: developmental disorders, working memory, adolescent mental health, emotional granularity (how we recognise and differentiate between our emotions) and mindfulness. He has also conducted several meta-analyses.
His research crosscuts interventions (does it work?) with basic science (how does it work?).
Research group(s)
Supervision
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Working Memory
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Mental Health
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Emotion
- Mindfulness
Publications
Selected publications
Dunning, D., Tudor, K., Radley, L., Dalrymple, N., Funk, J., Vainre, M., ... & Dalgleish, T. (2022). Do mindfulness-based programmes improve the cognitive skills, behaviour and mental health of children and adolescents? An updated meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Ment Health, 25(3), 135-142.https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/25/3/135.abstract
Dunning, D., Ahmed, S., Foulkes, L., Griffin, C., Griffiths, K., Leung, J. T., ... & MYRIAD Team. (2022). The impact of mindfulness training in early adolescence on affective executive control, and on later mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Ment Health, 25(3), 110-116.https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/25/3/110.abstract
Kuyken, W., Ball, S., Crane, C., Ganguli, P., Jones, B., Montero-Marin, J., ... & MYRIAD Team. (2022). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of universal school-based mindfulness training compared with normal school provision in reducing risk of mental health problems and promoting well-being in adolescence: the MYRIAD cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Ment Health, 25(3), 99-109.https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/25/3/99.abstract
Dunning, D. L., Griffiths, K., Kuyken, W., Crane, C., Foulkes, L., Parker, J., & Dalgleish, T. (2019). Research Review: The effects of mindfulness‐based interventions on cognition and mental health in children and adolescents–a meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60(3), 244-258.https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcpp.12980
Gathercole, S. E., Dunning, D. L., Holmes, J., & Norris, D. (2019). Working memory training involves learning new skills. Journal of memory and language, 105, 19-42.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749596X18300871
Dunning, D. L., & Holmes, J. (2014). Does working memory training promote the use of strategies on untrained working memory tasks?. Memory & cognition, 42, 854-862.https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13421-014-0410-5
Holmes, J., Gathercole, S. E., Place, M., Dunning, D. L., Hilton, K. A., & Elliott, J. G. (2010). Working memory deficits can be overcome: Impacts of training and medication on working memory in children with ADHD. Applied cognitive psychology, 24(6), 827-836.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acp.1589
Holmes, J., Gathercole, S. E., & Dunning, D. L. (2009). Adaptive training leads to sustained enhancement of poor working memory in children. Developmental science, 12(4), F9-F15.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00848.x
Recordings
Podcasts
The Science or Fiction podcast: https://shows.acast.com/the-science-or-fiction-podcast/episodes/does-mindfulness-training-reduce-anxiety-for-young-people
The Mindfulness podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5eY3W3wX5OS0gW0mIqklBW
YouTube
Emotional Granularity video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ditSdrQ99ZU
