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