Registered Report Protocols
Rush, P., Keating, C. T., Lockwood, P. L., Apps, M., & Sowden, S. (2023) Autistic and non-autistic prosocial decision-making: The impact of recipient neurotype. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Registered Report Special Edition.
Keating, C. T., Hickman, J. L., Geelhand, P., Takahashi, T., Leung, Y…& Sowden, S. (2021) Global perspectives on autism acceptance, camouflaging behaviours and mental health in autism spectrum disorder: A registered report protocol. PLoS ONE, 16(12): e0261774. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261774.
Under Review and Pre-prints
Cuve, H., Sowden-Carvalho, S., & Cook, J. L. (under review). Spatiotemporal structure and substates in facial expressions and speech movements -- Preprint
Keating, C. T., Sowden-Carvalho, S., O’Donoghue, H., & Cook, J. (under review). Comparing the spatiotemporal and kinematic properties of autistic and non-autistic facial expressions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General — preprint
Published and In Press
Khudiakova, V., Sowden-Carvalho, S., & Surtees, A. (in press). A qualitative exploration of autistic people's experiences of camouflaging across different social contexts. Autism.
Khudiakova, V., Russell, E., Sowden-Carvalho, S., & Surtees, A. D. (2024). A systematic review and meta-analysis of mental health outcomes associated with camouflaging in autistic people. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 118, 102492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2024.102492
Hickman, L. J., Sowden-Carvalho, S. L., Fraser, D. S., Schuster, B. A., Rybicki, A. J., Galea, J. M., & Cook, J. L. (2024). Dopaminergic manipulations affect the modulation and meta-modulation of movement speed: evidence from two pharmacological interventions. Behavioural Brain Research, 474, 115213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2024.115213 — preprint
Tafla, T. L., Teixeira, M. C. T. V., Woodcock, K. A., & Sowden-Carvalho, S. (2024). Autism spectrum disorder diagnosis across cultures: Are diagnoses equivalent?. Neurodiversity, 2, 27546330241226811.
Keating, C. T., Hickman, L., Geelhand, P., Takahashi, T., Leung, J., Monk, R., ... & Sowden-Carvalho, S. (2024). Cross-cultural variation in experiences of acceptance, camouflaging and mental health difficulties in autism: A registered report. PloS one, 19(3), e0299824. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299824
Schuster, B. A., Sowden, S., Rybicki, A. J., Fraser, D. S., Press, C., Hickman, L., ... & Cook, J. L. (2024). Disruption of dopamine D2/D3 system function impairs the human ability to understand the mental states of other people. PLoS Biology, 22(6), e3002652.
Geelhand, P., Papastamou, F., Belenger, M., Clin, E., Hickman, J. L., Keating, C. T.,* & Sowden, S.* (2023). Autism-related language preferences of French-speaking autistic adults: an online survey. Autism in Adulthood. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2022.0056
Keating, C. T., Hickman, J. L., Leung, J., Monk, R., Montgomery, A., Heath, H., & Sowden, S. (2023). Autism-related language preferences across the globe: A mixed methods investigation. Autism Research, 16(2), 406-428. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2864.
Sowden, S., Khemka, D., & Catmur, C. (2022). Regulating mirroring of emotions: A social specific mechanism? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75(7), 1302-1313. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218211049780
Schuster, B. A., Sowden, S., Rybicki, A. J., Fraser, D. S., Press, C., Holland, P., & Cook, J. L. (2022). Dopaminergic modulation of dynamic emotion perception. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(21), 4394-4400. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2364-21.2022
Rybicki, A. J., Sowden, S. L., Schuster, B., & Cook, J. L. (2022). Dopaminergic challenge dissociates learning from primary versus secondary sources of information. Elife, 11, e74893. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74893
Keating, C. T., Sowden, S., & Cook, J. L. (2022). Comparing internal representations of facial expression kinematics between autistic and non-autistic adults. Autism Research, 15(3), 493-506. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2642
Schuster, B. A., Fraser, D. S., van den Bosch, J. F., Sowden, S., Gordon, B. D., & Cook, J. L. (2021). Attributing minds to triangles: Kinematics and observer-animator kinematic similarity predict mental state attribution in the animations task. Nature Scientific Reports, 11(1), 18266. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97660-2
Keating, C. T., Fraser, D. S., Sowden, S., & Cook, J. L. (2021). 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. 1–17. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05083-9
Corsi, E*., Cardi, V*., Sowden, S., Coll, M. P., Cascino, G., Ricca, V., Treasure, J., Bird, G*., & Monteleone, A*. (2021). Socio-cognitive processing in people with eating disorders: Computerized tests of mentalizing, empathy and imitation skills. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54(8), 1509–1518. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23556
Sowden, S., Schuster, B. A., Keating, C. T., Fraser, D. S., & Cook, J. L. (2021). The role of movement kinematics in facial emotion expression and recognition. Emotion, 21, 1041-1061. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000835
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, 65, 359-367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2018.08.009
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, 42(11), 1687-1692. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000310
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, 9(2), 292-300. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1511
Sowden, S., Wright, Gordon R. T., Banissy, Michael J., Catmur, C., & Bird, G. (2015). Transcranial current stimulation of the temporoparietal junction improves lie detection. Current Biology, 25(18), 2447-2451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.014
Shah, P., Gaule, A., Sowden, S., Bird, G., & Cook, R. (2015). The 20-item prosopagnosia index (PI20): a self-report instrument for identifying developmental prosopagnosia. Royal Society Open Science, 2(6), 140343. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140343
Sowden, S., & Catmur, C. (2015). The role of the right temporoparietal junction in the control of imitation. Cerebral Cortex, 25(4), 1107-1113. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bht306
Shah, P., & Sowden, S. (2015). Insights into social perception in autism. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(23), 8689. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1216-15.2015
Shah, P., Happé, F., Sowden, S., Cook, R., & Bird, G. (2015). Orienting toward face-like stimuli in early childhood. Child Development, 86(6), 1693-1700. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12441
Sowden, S., & Shah, P. (2014). Self-other control: a candidate mechanism for social cognitive function. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 789. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00789