Highlight publications
Keating, CT, Hickman, L, Leung, J, Monk, R, Montgomery, A, Heath, H & Sowden, S 2022, 'Autism-related language preferences of English-speaking individuals across the globe: A mixed methods investigation', Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2864
Keating, CT, Hickman, L, Geelhand, P, Takahashi, T, Leung, J, Schuster, B, Rybicki, A, Girolamo, TM, Clin, E, Papastamou, F, Belenger, M, Eigsti, I-M, Cook, JL, Kosaka, H, Osu, R, Okamoto, Y & Sowden, S 2021, 'Global perspectives on autism acceptance, camouflaging behaviours and mental health in autism spectrum disorder: A registered report protocol', PLoS ONE, vol. 16, no. 12, e0261774. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261774
Sowden, S, Schuster, BA, Keating, CT, Fraser, DS & Cook, JL 2021, 'The role of movement kinematics in facial emotion expression production and recognition', Emotion, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 1041-1061. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000835
Sowden, S, Khemka, D & Catmur, C 2021, 'Regulating mirroring of emotions a social-specific mechanism?', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218211049780
Keating, CT, Sowden, S & Cook, JL 2021, 'Comparing internal representations of facial expression kinematics between autistic and non‐autistic adults', Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2642
Recent publications
Article
Khudiakova, V, Levy, X, Sowden-Carvalho, S & Surtees, A 2025, 'A qualitative exploration of autistic people's experiences of camouflaging across different social contexts', Autism in Adulthood.
Keating, CT, Hickman, L, Geelhand, P, Takahashi, T, Leung, J, Monk, R, Schuster, B, Rybicki, A, Girolamo, TM, Clin, E, Papastamou, F, Belenger, M, Eigsti, I-M, Cook, JL, Kosaka, H, Osu, R, Okamoto, Y, Sowden-Carvalho, S & Dey, A (ed.) 2024, 'Cross-cultural variation in experiences of acceptance, camouflaging and mental health difficulties in autism: A registered report', PLOS One, vol. 19, no. 3, e0299824. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299824
Schuster, B, Sowden-Carvalho, S, Rybicki, A, Fraser, DS, Press, C, Hickman, L, Holland, P & Cook, JL 2024, 'Disruption of dopamine D2/D3 system function impairs the human ability to understand the mental states of other people', PLoS Biology, vol. 22, no. 6, e3002652. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002652
Hickman, LJ, Sowden-Carvalho, SL, Fraser, DS, Schuster, BA, Rybicki, AJ, Galea, JM & Cook, JL 2024, 'Dopaminergic manipulations affect the modulation and meta-modulation of movement speed: Evidence from two pharmacological interventions', Behavioural Brain Research, vol. 474, 115213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2024.115213
Keating, CT, Fraser, DS, Sowden, S & Cook, JL 2022, 'Differences Between Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults in the Recognition of Anger from Facial Motion Remain after Controlling for Alexithymia', Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 1855-1871. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05083-9
Rybicki, AJ, Sowden, SL, Schuster, B & Cook, JL 2022, 'Dopaminergic challenge dissociates learning from primary versus secondary sources of information', eLife, vol. 11, e74893. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74893
Schuster, BA, Sowden, S, Rybicki, AJ, Fraser, DS, Press, C, Holland, P & Cook, JL 2022, 'Dopaminergic modulation of dynamic emotion perception', The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 42, no. 21, pp. 4394-4400. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2364-21.2022
Schuster, BA, Fraser, DS, van den Bosch, JJF, Sowden, S, Gordon, AS, Huh, D & Cook, JL 2021, 'Kinematics and observer-animator kinematic similarity predict mental state attribution from Heider–Simmel style animations', Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 18266. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97660-2
Corsi, E, Cardi, V, Sowden, S, Coll, M-P, Cascino, G, Ricca, V, Treasure, J, Bird, G & Monteleone, AM 2021, 'Socio-cognitive processing in people with eating disorders: computerized tests of mentalizing, empathy and imitation skills', International Journal of Eating Disorders, vol. 54, no. 8, pp. 1509-1518. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23556
Sowden, S, Koletsi, S, Lymberopoulos, E, Militaru, E, Catmur, C & Bird, G 2018, 'Quantifying compliance and acceptance through public and private social conformity', Consciousness and Cognition, vol. 65, pp. 359-367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2018.08.009
Sowden, S, Koehne, S, Catmur, C, Dziobek, I & Bird, G 2016, 'Intact Automatic Imitation and Typical Spatial Compatibility in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Challenging the Broken Mirror Theory', Autism Research, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 292-300. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1511
Sowden, S, Brewer, R, Catmur, C & Bird, G 2016, 'The specificity of the link between alexithymia, interoception, and imitation', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 1687-1692. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000310
Shah, P, Happé, F, Sowden, S, Cook, R & Bird, G 2015, 'Orienting Toward Face-Like Stimuli in Early Childhood', Child Development, vol. 86, no. 6, pp. 1693-1700. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12441
Preprint
Keating, CT, Hickman, L, Leung, J, Monk, R, Montgomery, A, Heath, H & Sowden, S 2022 'Autism-related language preferences across the globe: a mixed methods investigation' PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/859x3
Review article
Khudiakova, V, Russell, E, Sowden-Carvalho, S & Surtees, ADR 2024, 'A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Mental Health Outcomes Associated with Camouflaging in Autistic People', Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, vol. 118, 102492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2024.102492
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