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
Published and In Press
Cuve, H. C. J., Sowden-Carvalho, S., & Cook, J. L. (2026). Spatiotemporal dynamics and substates underlie emotional signalling in facial movements. Scientific Reports.
Keating, C. T., Sowden‐Carvalho, S., O′ Donoghue, H., & Cook, J. L. (2026). Mismatching Expressions: Spatiotemporal and Kinematic Differences in Autistic and Non‐Autistic Facial Expressions. Autism Research, 19, e70157. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70157
Rush, P., Keating, C. T., Lugtmeijer, S., Allmark, E., Davis, A., Beejadhur, A., ... & Sowden-Carvalho, S. (2025). Autistic and non-autistic prosocial decision-making: The impact of recipient neurotype. Research in Autism, 128, 202710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202710
Khudiakova, V., Levy, X., Sowden-Carvalho, S., & Surtees, A. D. (2025). A qualitative exploration of autistic people’s experiences of camouflaging across different social contexts. Autism in Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0288
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. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002652
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