2024
Social Anxiety Reduces Visual Attention to the Eyes of Emotional Faces in Autistic Youth
Franke C, Griffin J, Naples A, Wolf J, McPartland J. Social Anxiety Reduces Visual Attention to the Eyes of Emotional Faces in Autistic Youth. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2024, 1-13. PMID: 39556296, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06636-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-autistic participantsSocial attentionSocial anxietyEye contactAutistic youthEyes of emotional facesSA characteristicsEye trackingReduced eye contactSelf-reported SAReduced visual attentionNon-autistic childrenEmotional facesAutistic participantsPsychiatric characteristicsNon-autistic youthAutistic individualsEmotional expressionVisual attentionEye regionBehavioral featuresSocial interactionAutismParticipantsCo-occurrenceAutistic Individuals Do Not Alter Visual Processing Strategy During Encoding Versus Recognition of Faces: A Hidden Markov Modeling Approach
Griffin J, Webb S, Keehn B, Dawson G, McPartland J. Autistic Individuals Do Not Alter Visual Processing Strategy During Encoding Versus Recognition of Faces: A Hidden Markov Modeling Approach. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2024, 1-10. PMID: 38430386, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06259-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual processing strategiesAutistic individualsRecognition of facesEye movement patternsProcessing strategiesEye movementsEfficient face processingDynamics of eye movementsFace processingNT peersSource of difficultyRecognition phaseExploratory strategyMarkov modeling approachConclusionThese findingsEncodingIndividualsHidden Markov Model approachFaceAdolescentsRecognitionParticipantsPeer
2023
On the relation between interoceptive attention and health anxiety: Distinguishing adaptive and maladaptive bodily awareness
Trevisan D, Tsheringla S, McPartland J. On the relation between interoceptive attention and health anxiety: Distinguishing adaptive and maladaptive bodily awareness. Cogent Psychology 2023, 10: 2262855. DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2023.2262855.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInteroceptive attentionHealth anxietyMeasures of worryLower interoceptive accuracyIllness anxiety disorderHierarchical multiple regressionSeries of questionnairesInteroceptive accuracyEmotional constructsInteroceptive mechanismsAnxiety disordersAnxietyOpposite patternCommon measuresMultiple regressionDifferent measuresAttentionMeasuresOnline survey toolAlexithymiaRegression analysisWorryParticipantsCorrelatesConstructs
2022
A generalizable connectome-based marker of in-scan sustained attention in neurodiverse youth
Horien C, Greene A, Shen X, Fortes D, Brennan-Wydra E, Banarjee C, Foster R, Donthireddy V, Butler M, Powell K, Vernetti A, Mandino F, O'Connor D, Lake E, McPartland J, Volkmar F, Chun M, Chawarska K, Rosenberg M, Scheinost D, Constable R. A generalizable connectome-based marker of in-scan sustained attention in neurodiverse youth. Cerebral Cortex 2022, 33: 6320-6334. PMID: 36573438, PMCID: PMC10183743, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention taskAttentional stateConnectome-based predictive modelingNeurodiverse conditionsSustained attention taskAttention network modelSample of youthNeurotypical participantsSustained attentionBrain correlatesNeurobiological correlatesAttention networkIndividual participantsSeparate samplesYouthParticipantsHead motionTaskCorrelatesAttentionAutismConfoundsNetwork modelGeneralizesHealthcare settings
2020
Real-Time Eye-to-Eye Contact Is Associated With Cross-Brain Neural Coupling in Angular Gyrus
Noah JA, Zhang X, Dravida S, Ono Y, Naples A, McPartland JC, Hirsch J. Real-Time Eye-to-Eye Contact Is Associated With Cross-Brain Neural Coupling in Angular Gyrus. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2020, 14: 19. PMID: 32116606, PMCID: PMC7016046, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.00019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTemporal-parietal junctionAngular gyrusEye contactRight temporal-parietal junctionNeural couplingInteractive behaviorDirect eye contactDynamic videosNeural processesNeural mechanismsEye gazeInterpersonal interactionsHuman participantsReal-time eyeSocial behaviorNeural signalsTime eyesFace videosGyrusTheoretical frameworkCoupling hypothesisGeneral theoretical frameworkParticipantsEye conditionsProcessing system
2019
Autism spectrum traits predict higher social psychological skill
Gollwitzer A, Martel C, McPartland JC, Bargh JA. Autism spectrum traits predict higher social psychological skill. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 19245-19247. PMID: 31501348, PMCID: PMC6765248, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1911460116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial psychological phenomenaPsychological skillsPsychological phenomenaSocial cognitive skillsAutism spectrum traitsSocial cognitionPerception deficitsAutism spectrumParticipants' accuracySocial phenomenaIndividual intentionsPast researchSecond studySkillsParticipantsIntentionEmotionsCognitionTraitsDifferent formsDeficitsThoughtUnderliesDivergent typesPoor accuracy
2017
Event-related potentials index neural response to eye contact
Naples AJ, Wu J, Mayes LC, McPartland JC. Event-related potentials index neural response to eye contact. Biological Psychology 2017, 127: 18-24. PMID: 28396215, PMCID: PMC5593764, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.04.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain responsesNeural markersGreater brain responseSocial cognitionERP componentsAutistic traitsIndividual differencesParticipants' gazeNeural responsesCo-registered EEGBrain activityEye contactNormative scoresMouth movementsMeaningful variabilitySocial functionReciprocal gazeSocial performanceGazeComponent differencesN170CognitionFaceP300Participants
2012
Sensitivity and Specificity of Proposed DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder
McPartland JC, Reichow B, Volkmar FR. Sensitivity and Specificity of Proposed DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2012, 51: 368-383. PMID: 22449643, PMCID: PMC3424065, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.01.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAsperger SyndromeChecklistChildChild Development Disorders, PervasiveChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesDiagnosis, DifferentialDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersDisability EvaluationEligibility DeterminationHumansIncidenceMental Health ServicesSensitivity and SpecificityUnited StatesConceptsAutism spectrum disorderDSM-5 diagnostic criteriaDSM-5 criteriaSpectrum disorderDSM-5 symptomsDSM-IV field trialCognitive abilitiesAutism spectrumSignificant public health ramificationsAble individualsAutistic disorderSymptom ChecklistFuture researchDiagnostic criteriaHealth ramificationsDiagnostic rubricDisordersDiagnostic subgroupsItemsService eligibilityPublic health ramificationsIndividualsChecklist itemsParticipantsChecklist