Jennifer Foss-Feig, PhD
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2025
Understanding depression in autism: the role of subjective perception and anterior cingulate cortex volume
Hao Y, Banker S, Trayvick J, Barkley S, Peters A, Thinakaran A, McLaughlin C, Gu X, Schiller D, Foss-Feig J. Understanding depression in autism: the role of subjective perception and anterior cingulate cortex volume. Molecular Autism 2025, 16: 9. PMID: 39930465, PMCID: PMC11812218, DOI: 10.1186/s13229-025-00638-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior cingulate cortexAutism spectrum disorderSelf-reported depressionAnterior cingulate cortex volumeCo-occurring depressionAmygdala volumeAutism symptomsSocial functioningCingulate cortex volumeSocial interaction taskSocial interactionSocial interaction behaviorClinically diagnosed depressionHeterogeneity of autism spectrum disorderSubjective perceptionHeightened self-awarenessAutistic young adultsASD adultsDepressive phenotypeSocial deficitsCingulate cortexCross-sectional natureSocial impairmentPrevalence of depressionASD individualsPhenotypic divergence between individuals with self-reported autistic traits and clinically ascertained autism
Banker S, Harrington M, Schafer M, Na S, Heflin M, Barkley S, Trayvick J, Peters A, Thinakaran A, Schiller D, Foss-Feig J, Gu X. Phenotypic divergence between individuals with self-reported autistic traits and clinically ascertained autism. Nature Mental Health 2025, 3: 286-297. PMID: 40084231, PMCID: PMC11896879, DOI: 10.1038/s44220-025-00385-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutism spectrum disorderAutistic traitsHigh-trait groupDecision-making taskIn-person sampleSample of adultsAvoidance symptomsSocial anxietySelf-ratingsSpectrum disorderAutism researchNeuropsychiatric traitsSelf-reportAutismIn-personTraitsSocial tendenciesSocial influenceLaboratory settingClinical characterizationParticipantsAdultsClinical validationPerceptions of opportunitiesAnxietyA Family Peer Advocate Model to Address Disparities in Access to Care for Minority Autistic Children with Co-Occurring Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Trelles P, Mahjani B, Wilkinson E, Buonagura N, Donnelly L, Foss Feig J, Halpern D, McKay M, Siper P, Buxbaum J, Kolevzon A. A Family Peer Advocate Model to Address Disparities in Access to Care for Minority Autistic Children with Co-Occurring Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal Of Developmental And Physical Disabilities 2025, 37: 217-238. DOI: 10.1007/s10882-024-10001-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFamily quality of lifeQuality of lifeCaregiver stressCaregivers of autistic childrenIntervention groupFamily qualityCare of autistic childrenLevels of caregiver stressCo-occurring attention deficit/hyperactivity disorderWait-list control designAccess to careSystems of careAttention deficit/hyperactivity disorderAssociated with significant burdenParent empowerment programPrimary outcome measureClinically significant improvementCaregiver strainPeer advocatesService utilizationChild behavioral outcomesCaregiversOutcome measuresCareSecondary outcomesNeurobiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability
Massa A, Costales J, Rubeis S, Foss-Feig J, Hof P, Kolevzon A. Neurobiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability. 2025, 855-864. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780197640654.003.0063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAbstract Autism spectrum disorderIntellectual disabilityAutism spectrum disorderSpectrum disorderNeurobiology of autism spectrum disordersAssociated with IDRepetitive behaviorsNeurodevelopmental disordersSocial communicationNeurobiologyInhibitory neurotransmissionSynaptic dysfunctionDisordersEarly childhoodASD riskGenetic factorsAnimal studiesASD genesNeurotransmissionGenetic studiesImpairmentDisability
2024
Investigating social orienting in children with Phelan-McDermid syndrome and ‘idiopathic’ autism
San José Cáceres A, Wilkinson E, Cooke J, Baskett V, Blackmore C, Crawley D, Durkin A, Halpern D, Núñez M, Siper P, Murphy D, Foss-Feig J, Kolevzon A, Loth E. Investigating social orienting in children with Phelan-McDermid syndrome and ‘idiopathic’ autism. Journal Of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2024, 16: 64. PMID: 39563223, PMCID: PMC11575217, DOI: 10.1186/s11689-024-09564-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-social stimuliPhelan-McDermid syndromeNeurotypical childrenIdiopathic autismAutistic featuresClinical groupsOrienting responseSocial orientationBackgroundPhelan-McDermid syndromeMental ageAutism groupSocial stimuliStimulus typeMotivational difficultiesAutismDevelopmental delay/intellectual disabilityDelayed speechSocial interactionStimuliPMS groupConclusionsThese findingsGroup levelSocial learningChildrenAtypicalitySpeech and language patterns in autism: Towards natural language processing as a research and clinical tool
Trayvick J, Barkley S, McGowan A, Srivastava A, Peters A, Cecchi G, Foss-Feig J, Corcoran C. Speech and language patterns in autism: Towards natural language processing as a research and clinical tool. Psychiatry Research 2024, 340: 116109. PMID: 39106814, PMCID: PMC11371491, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutism spectrum disorderNatural language processingLanguage differencesLanguage patternsLanguage processingCharacteristics of autism spectrum disorderQuantitative measures of speechRate of speechMeasures of speechHeterogeneity of findingsLinguistic phenotypeLinguistic researchProsodic differencesLanguage idiosyncrasiesSpectrum disorderLanguage featuresLanguageNatural languageSpeechSubjective ratingsAutismReciprocal conversionAbnormal rangePotential implicationsClinical tool
2023
Integrating neuropsychological research on autism and psychosis to improve clinical outcomes
Schalbroeck R, Foss-Feig J, Jutla A, Ziermans T. Integrating neuropsychological research on autism and psychosis to improve clinical outcomes. Nature Reviews Psychology 2023, 2: 723-739. DOI: 10.1038/s44159-023-00251-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSchizophrenia spectrum disordersSpectrum disorderSymptoms of autismCo-occurring symptomsCognitive functioningNeuropsychological researchSensory processingNeuropsychological featuresSocial interactionAutismBody of literatureResearch road mapDirect effortsQuality of lifePsychosisDisordersClinical outcomesTreatment optionsCritical questionsFunctioningClinical phenotypeRelevant outcomesResearchSymptomsDepression
News & Links
News
- July 12, 2017Source: Spectrum
The social ties between autism and schizophrenia
- April 24, 2017
Anticevic, Murray co-edit special issue in Biological Psychiatry
- January 27, 2015
Eleven young investigators receive grants to pursue brain and behavior research
- August 16, 2014
Dr. Jennifer Foss-Feig Wins NARSAD Young Investigator Award