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La Trobe University
School of Psychological Science

Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre

Publications

Recent Publications Related to Autism (last 5 years)

  • Dissanayake, C., Bui, Q., Bulhak-Paterson, D., Huggins, R., & Loesch, D. (in press). Behavioural and cognitive phenotypes in idiopathic autism versus autism associated with fragile X syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (accepted April 2008).
  • Clifford, S.M., & Dissanayake, C. (in press). The early development of joint attention in infants with Autistic Disorder using home video observations and parental interview. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (accepted August 2007).
  • Barbaro, J. & Dissanayake, C. (2007). A comparative study of the use and understanding of self-presentational display rules in children with high functioning autism and Asperger's Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 1235-1246.
  • Loesch, D.Z., Bui, Q.M., Dissanayake, C., Clifford, S., Gould, E., Bulhak-Paterson, D., Tassone, F., Taylor, A.K., Hessl, D., Hagerman, R., Hagerman, P., & Huggins, R.M. (2007). Molecular and cognitive predictors of the continuum of autistic behaviours in fragile X. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 31, 315-326.
  • Clifford, S., Dissanayake, C., Bui, Q.M., Huggins, R., Taylor, A.K., & Loesch, D.Z. (2007). Autism spectrum phenotype in males and females with Fragile X full mutation and premutation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 738-747.
  • Nielsen, M., Suddendorf, T., & Dissanayake, C. (2006). Imitation and self-recognition in autism: In search of an explanation. In S. J. Rogers & J. Williams (Eds.), Imitation and the social mind: Autism and typical development. New York NY: Guilford Publications.
  • Macintosh. K., & Dissanayake, C. (2006). Social skills and problem behaviours in school aged children with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36, 1065-1076.
  • Macintosh. K., & Dissanayake, C. (2006). A comparative study of the spontaneous social interactions and social skills of children with high-functioning autism and children with Asperger's disorder. Autism, 10, 199-220.
  • Dissanayake, C., Bui, Q.M., Huggins, R., & Loesch, D.Z. (2006). Growth in stature and head circumference in high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder during the first three years of life. Development and Psychopathology. 18(2), 381-393.
  • Gernsbacher, M. A., Dissanayake, C., Goldsmith, H.H., Mundy, P., Rogers, S., & Sigman, M. (2005). Autism and deficits in attachment behaviour. Science, 307, 1201-1203.
  • Macintosh. K., & Dissanayake, C. (2004). Annotation: The similarities and differences between Autistic Disorder and Asperger's disorder: A review of the empirical evidence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 421-434.
  • Dissanayake, C. (2004). Change in behavioural symptoms in children with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder: Evidence for one disorder? Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 29, 48-57.
  • Sigman, M., Dissanayake, C., Corona, R, & Espinosa, M. (2003). Social and cardiac responses of young children with autism. Autism, 7, 205-216.
  • Dissanayake, C., & Macintosh, K. (2003). Mind reading and social functioning in children with high functioning autism and Asperger's disorder. Invited chapter in B. Rapacholi & V. Slaughter (Eds.), Individual differences in theory of mind: Implications for typical and atypical development. Macquarie Monographs in Cognitive Science Series, Psychology Press.