The 'Tetris effect': autistic and non-autistic people share an implicit drive for perceptual cohesion

Authors: Nazia Jassim, Brónagh McCoy, Esther Wing-Chi Yip, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen, Rebecca P. Lawson

Source: Molecular Autism, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2025)

Subject Terms: Visual perception, Tetris, Perceptual cohesion, Spatial cognition, Attention, Autism, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2392

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Autistic and transgender/gender diverse people’s experiences of health and healthcare

Authors: Kate Green, Elizabeth Weir, Lily Wright, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen

Source: Molecular Autism, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-21 (2025)

Subject Terms: Autism, Transgender/gender diverse, Healthcare, Healthcare quality, Physical health, Mental health, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2392

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Sex Differences in Human Brain Structure at Birth

Authors: Yumnah T. Khan, Alex Tsompanidis, Marcin A. Radecki, Lena Dorfschmidt, APEX Consortium, Topun Austin, John Suckling, Carrie Allison, Meng-Chuan Lai, Richard A. I. Bethlehem, Simon Baron-Cohen

Source: Biology of Sex Differences, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2024)

Subject Terms: Sex differences, Brain structure, Neonatal brain, Brain development, Medicine, Physiology, QP1-981

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2042-6410

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Using Organoids to Model Sex Differences in the Human Brain

Authors: Adam Pavlinek, Dwaipayan Adhya, Alex Tsompanidis, Varun Warrier, Anthony C. Vernon, Madeline Lancaster, Jonathan Mill, Deepak P. Srivastava, Simon Baron-Cohen, Carrie Allison, Rosie Holt, Paula Smith, Tracey Parsons, Joanna Davis, Matthew Hassall, Daniel H. Geschwind, Alexander EP. Heazell, Alice Franklin, Rosie Bamford, Jonathan Davies, Matthew E. Hurles, Hilary C. Martin, Mahmoud Mousa, David H. Rowitch, Kathy K. Niakan, Graham J. Burton, Fateneh Ghafari, Lucia Dutan-Polit, Madeline A. Lancaster, Ilaria Chiaradia, Tal Biron-Shental, Lidia V. Gabis

Source: Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, Vol 4, Iss 5, Pp 100343- (2024)

Subject Terms: Autism, Brain organoids, Sex chromosomes, Sex differences, Steroids, X chromosome inactivation, Psychiatry, RC435-571

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667174324000569; https://doaj.org/toc/2667-1743

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Moral foundations in autistic people and people with systemizing minds

Authors: Yeshaya David M. Greenberg, Rosemary Holt, Carrie Allison, Paula Smith, Robbie Newman, Theo Boardman-Pretty, Jonathan Haidt, Simon Baron-Cohen

Source: Molecular Autism, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2024)

Subject Terms: Autism, Moral judgements, Moral foundations theory, Empathizing-systemizing theory, Political identification, Libertarians, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2392

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The ‘PSILAUT’ protocol: an experimental medicine study of autistic differences in the function of brain serotonin targets of psilocybin

Authors: Tobias P. Whelan, Eileen Daly, Nicolaas A. Puts, Paula Smith, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen, Ekaterina Malievskaia, Declan G. M. Murphy, Grainne M. McAlonan

Source: BMC Psychiatry, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)

Subject Terms: Autism, Psilocybin, Psychedelics, Serotonin, Pharmacology, Neuroimaging, Psychiatry, RC435-571

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-244X

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Fetal brain growth and infant autistic traits

Authors: Ezra Aydin, Alex Tsompanidis, Daren Chaplin, Rebecca Hawkes, Carrie Allison, Gerald Hackett, Topun Austin, Eglė Padaigaitė, Lidia V. Gabis, John Sucking, Rosemary Holt, Simon Baron-Cohen

Source: Molecular Autism, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)

Subject Terms: Early brain development, Ultrasound, Transcerebellar diameter, Q-CHAT, Autistic traits, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2392

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Is the association between mothers’ autistic traits and childhood autistic traits moderated by maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index?

Authors: Novika Purnama Sari, Alexandros Tsompanidis, Rama J. Wahab, Romy Gaillard, Ezra Aydin, Rosemary Holt, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Pauline W. Jansen

Source: Molecular Autism, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023)

Subject Terms: Autistic traits, Pre-pregnancy body mass index, Mothers, Children, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2392

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Modelling Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions Among Autistic Individuals Using Polygenic Scores

Authors: Adeniran Okewole, Vincent-Raphael Bourque, Sebastien Jacquemont, Varun Warrier, Simon Baron-Cohen

Source: BJPsych Open, Vol 10, Pp S69-S69 (2024)

Subject Terms: Psychiatry, RC435-571

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Relation: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472424002229/type/journal_article; https://doaj.org/toc/2056-4724

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Increased rates of chronic physical health conditions across all organ systems in autistic adolescents and adults

Authors: John H. Ward, Elizabeth Weir, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen

Source: Molecular Autism, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2023)

Subject Terms: Autism, Physical health, Chronic illness, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Gastrointestinal condition, Neurological condition, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2392

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Linking functional and structural brain organisation with behaviour in autism: a multimodal EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project (LEAP) study

Authors: Lennart M. Oblong, Alberto Llera, Ting Mei, Koen Haak, Christina Isakoglou, Dorothea L. Floris, Sarah Durston, Carolin Moessnang, Tobias Banaschewski, Simon Baron-Cohen, Eva Loth, Flavio Dell’Acqua, Tony Charman, Declan G. M. Murphy, Christine Ecker, Jan K. Buitelaar, Christian F. Beckmann, The EU-AIMS LEAP Group, Natalie J. Forde

Source: Molecular Autism, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2023)

Subject Terms: Linked ICA, Autism spectrum disorder, Brain-behaviour associations, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2392

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Fine-grained topographic organization within somatosensory cortex during resting-state and emotional face-matching task and its association with ASD traits

Authors: Christina Isakoglou, Koen V. Haak, Thomas Wolfers, Dorothea L. Floris, Alberto Llera, Marianne Oldehinkel, Natalie J. Forde, Bethany F. M. Oakley, Julian Tillmann, Rosemary J. Holt, Carolin Moessnang, Eva Loth, Thomas Bourgeron, Simon Baron-Cohen, Tony Charman, Tobias Banaschewski, Declan G. M. Murphy, Jan K. Buitelaar, Andre F. Marquand, Christian F. Beckmann

Source: Translational Psychiatry, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2023)

Subject Terms: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2158-3188

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Non-suicidal self-injury and its relation to suicide through acquired capability: investigating this causal mechanism in a mainly late-diagnosed autistic sample

Authors: Rachel L. Moseley, Nicola J. Gregory, Paula Smith, Carrie Allison, Sarah Cassidy, Simon Baron-Cohen

Source: Molecular Autism, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2022)

Subject Terms: NSSI, Suicide, Acquired capability, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2392

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Facial expression recognition is linked to clinical and neurofunctional differences in autism

Authors: Hannah Meyer-Lindenberg, Carolin Moessnang, Bethany Oakley, Jumana Ahmad, Luke Mason, Emily J. H. Jones, Hannah L. Hayward, Jennifer Cooke, Daisy Crawley, Rosemary Holt, Julian Tillmann, Tony Charman, Simon Baron-Cohen, Tobias Banaschewski, Christian Beckmann, Heike Tost, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Jan K. Buitelaar, Declan G. Murphy, Michael J. Brammer, Eva Loth

Source: Molecular Autism, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2022)

Subject Terms: Autism, Autism spectrum disorder, Facial expression recognition, Clustering analysis, Stratification biomarkers, Social brain, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2392

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Diagnostic model development for schizophrenia based on peripheral blood mononuclear cell subtype-specific expression of metabolic markers

Authors: Jihan K. Zaki, Santiago G. Lago, Nitin Rustogi, Shiral S. Gangadin, Jiri Benacek, Geertje F. van Rees, Frieder Haenisch, Jantine A. Broek, Paula Suarez-Pinilla, Tillmann Ruland, Bonnie Auyeung, Olya Mikova, Nikolett Kabacs, Volker Arolt, Simon Baron-Cohen, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Hemmo A. Drexhage, Lot D. de Witte, René S. Kahn, Iris E. Sommer, Sabine Bahn, Jakub Tomasik

Source: Translational Psychiatry, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)

Subject Terms: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2158-3188

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Perceptual decision-making in autism as assessed by 'spot the difference' visual cognition tasks

Authors: Nazia Jassim, Adrian M. Owen, Paula Smith, John Suckling, Rebecca P. Lawson, Simon Baron-Cohen, Owen Parsons

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2022)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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Digit ratio (2D:4D) and maternal testosterone-to-estradiol ratio measured in early pregnancy

Authors: Gareth Richards, Ezra Aydin, Alex Tsompanidis, Eglė Padaigaitė, Topun Austin, Carrie Allison, Rosemary Holt, Simon Baron-Cohen

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2022)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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Maternal age, autistic-like traits and mentalizing as predictors of child autistic-like traits in a population-based cohort

Authors: Novika Purnama Sari, Pauline W. Jansen, Laura M. E. Blanken, Amber N. V. Ruigrok, Peter Prinzie, Henning Tiemeier, Simon Baron-Cohen, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Tonya White

Source: Molecular Autism, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2022)

Subject Terms: Maternal age, Mentalizing, Autistic-like traits, Children, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2392

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Autistic adults have poorer quality healthcare and worse health based on self-report data

Authors: Elizabeth Weir, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen

Source: Molecular Autism, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2022)

Subject Terms: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2392

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Evidence of partner similarity for autistic traits, systemizing, and theory of mind via facial expressions

Authors: Gareth Richards, Simon Baron-Cohen, Varun Warrier, Ben Mellor, Jessica Davies, Laura Gee, John Galvin

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2022)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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