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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
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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
Shah, P, Sowden, S, Gaule, A, Catmur, C & Bird, G 2015, 'The 20 item prosopagnosia index (PI20): Relationship with the Glasgow face-matching test', Royal Society Open Science, vol. 2, no. 11, 150305. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150305
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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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