2024
Spatiotemporal Eye Movement Dynamics Reveal Altered Face Prioritization in Early Visual Processing Among Autistic Children
Griffin J, Naples A, Bernier R, Chawarska K, Dawson G, Dziura J, Faja S, Jeste S, Kleinhans N, Sugar C, Webb S, Shic F, McPartland J, Trials A. Spatiotemporal Eye Movement Dynamics Reveal Altered Face Prioritization in Early Visual Processing Among Autistic Children. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2024 PMID: 39237004, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReduced social attentionEye movement patternsSocial attentionVisual processingLongitudinal time pointsClinical features of autismContext of social perceptionAutism symptom severityFeatures of autismEarly visual processingWell-characterized sampleFace regionSymptom severityNeurotypical childrenAdaptive functioningExploratory patternsSocial difficultiesSocial perceptionAutismAutistic ChildrenFace informationTime pointsAssociated with clinical featuresFace recognitionDecreased likelihood
2021
Electrophysiological Studies of Reception of Facial Communication in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizophrenia
Levy E, Isenstein E, Foss-Feig J, Srihari V, Anticevic A, Naples A, McPartland J. Electrophysiological Studies of Reception of Facial Communication in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizophrenia. Review Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2021, 9: 521-554. PMID: 36568688, PMCID: PMC9783109, DOI: 10.1007/s40489-021-00260-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutism spectrum disorderEvent-related potentialsSchizophrenia spectrum disordersSpectrum disorderFacial communicationResearch Domain Criteria frameworkSocial cognitionHeterogeneous clinical populationN170 latencySocial perceptionTransdiagnostic researchClinical populationsNeural activitySZ populationInconsistent findingsNeurodevelopmental disordersN170Criteria frameworkResearch findingsAreas of overlapDisordersN250CognitionElectrophysiological studiesPerception
2019
Oxytocin Enhances the Neural Efficiency of Social Perception
Tillman R, Gordon I, Naples A, Rolison M, Leckman JF, Feldman R, Pelphrey KA, McPartland JC. Oxytocin Enhances the Neural Efficiency of Social Perception. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2019, 13: 71. PMID: 30914935, PMCID: PMC6421852, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotional facesFace perceptionN170 latencyNeutral facesSocial perceptionExperiment 1Experiment 2Face processing taskNeutral facial expressionsSpecialized neural circuitryEffects of oxytocinDifferent facial featuresFearful facesNeural efficiencyEmotional expressionNeural correlatesInformative cuesIndividual differencesNeural processesParticipants' gazeNeural substratesFacial expressionsSubjects designNeural circuitryOT influences
2016
Autistic traits modulate conscious and nonconscious face perception
Stavropoulos KK, Viktorinova M, Naples A, Foss-Feig J, McPartland JC. Autistic traits modulate conscious and nonconscious face perception. Social Neuroscience 2016, 13: 40-51. PMID: 27750521, PMCID: PMC6194504, DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2016.1248788.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsAutism spectrum disorderAutistic traitsEmotional facesFace perceptionAutism QuotientAQ scoresShorter N170 latenciesBroader autism phenotypeHigher AQ scoresAutistic-like traitsEmotion perceptionN170 latencyNonconscious perceptionNeural underpinningsERP componentsAutism phenotypeConscious awarenessSocial perceptionSocial impairmentNeural responsesSpectrum disorderP300 amplitudeCore featuresSubclinical levels
2014
A computer-generated animated face stimulus set for psychophysiological research
Naples A, Nguyen-Phuc A, Coffman M, Kresse A, Faja S, Bernier R, McPartland JC. A computer-generated animated face stimulus set for psychophysiological research. Behavior Research Methods 2014, 47: 562-570. PMID: 25028164, PMCID: PMC4297263, DOI: 10.3758/s13428-014-0491-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFace stimuliHigh-level visual propertiesLow-level image propertiesDifferent face categoriesDynamic face stimuliEarly brain responsesEvent-related potentialsLow-level visual featuresFace perceptionFace categoriesStructural encodingDynamic facesNaturalistic videosVisual processingSocial perceptionBrain responsesNeutral movementsGrayscale facesAffective movementsHuman faceVisual propertiesPsychophysiological researchVisual featuresLow-level image characteristicsImpossible movementsThe Social Neuroscience of Autism Spectrum Disorder
McPartland J, Tillman R, Yang D, Bernier R, Pelphrey K. The Social Neuroscience of Autism Spectrum Disorder. 2014 DOI: 10.1002/9781118911389.hautc20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial neuroscienceInformation processingMental state reasoningSocial information processingAtypical brain functionAutism spectrum disorderComplex information processingAction understandingBrain systemsSocial perceptionCommunicative impairmentsSpectrum disorderNeural systemsAlternative accountNeural connectivityASDBrain functionNeuroscienceProcessingConceptual backgroundPathogenesis of autismAutismMore effective strategiesTranslational objectivesPerception
2013
Sex Differences in Social Perception in Children with ASD
Coffman MC, Anderson LC, Naples AJ, McPartland JC. Sex Differences in Social Perception in Children with ASD. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2013, 45: 589-599. PMID: 24293083, PMCID: PMC4039621, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-2006-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderSocial information processingFace perceptionEvent Related PotentialsInformation processingSex differencesSocial functionERP markersNeural correlatesASD literatureSocial perceptionFace responsesSpectrum disorderRelated potentialsSocial functioningBrain recordingsObserved sex differencesSymptom severityPerceptionUnderrepresentation of femalesCurrent studyInfluential differencesNeural phenotypesCorrelatesChildren
2012
Neural Mechanisms of Improvements in Social Motivation After Pivotal Response Treatment: Two Case Studies
Voos AC, Pelphrey KA, Tirrell J, Bolling DZ, Wyk B, Kaiser MD, McPartland JC, Volkmar FR, Ventola P. Neural Mechanisms of Improvements in Social Motivation After Pivotal Response Treatment: Two Case Studies. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2012, 43: 1-10. PMID: 23104615, PMCID: PMC4999079, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1683-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPivotal Response TreatmentAutism spectrum disorderSocial stimuliResponse treatmentFunctional magnetic resonance imagingYoung childrenNeural correlatesSocial motivationSocial skillsSocial perceptionNeural mechanismsNeural responsesBehavioral measuresSpectrum disorderSocial communicationBehavioral treatmentEye trackingNeural systemsAdaptive behaviorBrain regionsBaseline measuresStriking gainsStimuliChildrenPositive effectPreserved reward outcome processing in ASD as revealed by event-related potentials
McPartland JC, Crowley MJ, Perszyk DR, Mukerji CE, Naples AJ, Wu J, Mayes LC. Preserved reward outcome processing in ASD as revealed by event-related potentials. Journal Of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2012, 4: 16. PMID: 22958616, PMCID: PMC3436639, DOI: 10.1186/1866-1955-4-16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFeedback-related negativityAutism spectrum disorderReward system functionFeedback monitoringBehavioral measuresSpectrum disorderEarly visual processingEvent-related potentialsMonetary reward taskFull Scale IQCurrent studySocial anxietyAutism exhibitAutism symptomatologyERP componentsNegative valenceReward outcomesFeedback valenceTypical peersReward taskTypical developmentVisual processingElectrophysiological markersSocial perceptionMonetary rewards