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      Abnormal functional activation and maturation of fronto-striato-temporal and cerebellar regions during sustained attention in autism spectrum disorder 

      Christakou, A.; Giampietro, V.; Brammer, Michael; Smith, A. B.; Robertson, D. M.; Rubia, K.; Bailey, Anthony J.; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Bolton, P. F.; Bullmore, Edward T.; Carrington, S.; Chakrabarti, B.; Daly, Eileen M.; Deoni, Sean C. L.; Ecker, C.; Happé, Francesca; Henty, Julian; Jezzard, Peter; Johnston, Patrick; Jones, D. K.; Lombardo, Michael V.; Madden, A.; Mullins, D.; Murphy, Declan G. M.; Pasco, Greg; Sadek, Susan A.; Spain, D.; Steward, R.; Suckling, John; Wheelwright, Sally J.; Williams, Steven C. R. (2014)
      Objective: Sustained attention problems are common in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and may have significant implications for the diagnosis and management of ASD and associated comorbidities. Furthermore, ASD ...
    • Article  

      The amygdala in autism: Not adapting to faces? 

      Lombardo, Michael V.; Chakrabarti, B.; Baron-Cohen, Simon (2009)
    • Article  

      Are power calculations useful? A multicentre neuroimaging study 

      Suckling, John; Henty, Julian; Ecker, C.; Deoni, Sean C. L.; Lombardo, Michael V.; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Jezzard, Peter; Barnes, Anna; Chakrabarti, B.; Ooi, Cinly; Lai, Meng-Chuan; Williams, Steven C. R.; Murphy, Declan G. M.; Bullmore, Edward T. (2014)
      There are now many reports of imaging experiments with small cohorts of typical participants that precede large-scale, often multicentre studies of psychiatric and neurological disorders. Data from these calibration ...
    • Article  

      Decreased centrality of cortical volume covariance networks in autism spectrum disorders 

      Balardin, J. B.; Comfort, W. E.; Daly, Eileen M.; Murphy, Clodagh M.; Andrews, Derek Sayre; Murphy, Declan G. M.; Ecker, C.; Sato, J. R.; Bailey, Anthony J.; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Bolton, P. F.; Bullmore, Edward T.; Carrington, S.; Catani, Marco; Chakrabarti, B.; Craig, Michael C.; Daly, Eileen M.; Deoni, Sean C. L.; Happé, Francesca; Henty, Julian; Jezzard, Peter; Johnston, Patrick; Jones, D. K.; Lai, Meng-Chuan; Lombardo, Michael V.; Madden, A.; Mullins, D.; Murphy, Clodagh M.; Murphy, Declan G. M.; Pasco, Greg; Ruigrok, Amber N. V.; Sadek, Susan A.; Spain, D.; Stewart, R.; Suckling, John; Wheelwright, Sally J.; Williams, Steven C. R.; Wilson, C. E.; MRC AIMS Consortium (2015)
      Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental conditions characterized by atypical structural and functional brain connectivity. Complex network analysis has been mainly used to describe altered ...
    • Article  

      Elevated fetal steroidogenic activity in autism 

      Baron-Cohen, Simon; Auyeung, Bonnie; Nørgaard-Pedersen, B.; Hougaard, D. M.; Abdallah, M. W.; Melgaard, L.; Cohen, A. S.; Chakrabarti, B.; Ruta, L.; Lombardo, Michael V. (2015)
      Autism affects males more than females, giving rise to the idea that the influence of steroid hormones on early fetal brain development may be one important early biological risk factor. Utilizing the Danish Historic Birth ...
    • Article  

      Organizational effects of fetal testosterone on human corpus callosum size and asymmetry 

      Chura, Lindsay R.; Lombardo, Michael V.; Ashwin, Emma; Auyeung, Bonnie; Chakrabarti, B.; Bullmore, Edward T.; Baron-Cohen, Simon (2010)
      Previous theory and research in animals has identified the critical role that fetal testosterone (FT) plays in organizing sexually dimorphic brain development. However, to date there are no studies in humans directly testing ...
    • Article  

      Oxytocin increases eye contact during a real-time, naturalistic social interaction in males with and without autism 

      Auyeung, Bonnie; Lombardo, Michael V.; Heinrichs, M.; Chakrabarti, B.; Sule, A.; Deakin, J. B.; Bethlehem, R. A. I.; Dickens, L.; Mooney, Natasha; Sipple, J. A. N.; Thiemann, P.; Baron-Cohen, Simon (2015)
      Autism spectrum conditions (autism) affect ~1% of the population and are characterized by deficits in social communication. Oxytocin has been widely reported to affect social-communicative function and its neural underpinnings. ...
    • Article  

      Shared neural circuits for mentalizing about the self and others 

      Lombardo, Michael V.; Chakrabarti, B.; Bullmore, Edward T.; Wheelwright, Sally J.; Sadek, Susan A.; Suckling, John; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Bailey, Anthony J.; Bolton, P. F.; Carrington, S.; Daly, Eileen M.; Deoni, Sean C. L.; Ecker, C.; Happé, Francesca; Henty, Julian; Jezzard, Peter; Johnston, Patrick; Jones, D. K.; Madden, A.; Mullins, D.; Murphy, Clodagh M.; Murphy, Declan G. M.; Pasco, Greg; Spain, D.; Stewart, R.; Williams, Steven C. R. (2010)
      Although many examples exist for shared neural representations of self and other, it is unknown how such shared representations interact with the rest of the brain. Furthermore, do high-level inference-based shared mentalizing ...
    • Article  

      Subgrouping the Autism "Spectrum": Reflections on DSM-5 

      Lai, Meng-Chuan; Lombardo, Michael V.; Chakrabarti, B.; Baron-Cohen, Simon (2013)
    • Article  

      Why are Autism Spectrum conditions more prevalent in Males? 

      Baron-Cohen, Simon; Lombardo, Michael V.; Auyeung, Bonnie; Ashwin, Emma; Chakrabarti, B.; Knickmeyer, Rebecca (2011)
      Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) are much more common in males, a bias that may offer clues to the etiology of this condition. Although the cause of this bias remains a mystery, we argue that it occurs because ASC is an ...
    • Book Chapter  

      Why is autism more common in males? 

      Baron-Cohen, Simon; Lombardo, Michael V.; Auyeung, Bonnie; Ashwin, Emma; Chakrabarti, B.; Knickmeyer, Rebecca (2014)
      Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) are much more common in males, a bias that may offer clues to the etiology of this condition. We argue that it occurs because ASC are an extreme manifestation of the male brain. The extreme ...