Graduate student
University of Bath
I am a PhD researcher in psychology at the University of Bath, exploring ways we can measure and understand autistic traits.
My work involves using innovative statistical and data science concepts to validate, improve and create autistic trait measures and analyse autistic traits more widely. I also explore how autistic traits relate and interact with other social psychological factors, such as compensation strategies.
Spectrum spoke to the researchers who uncovered an error in autism screening guidelines that have been in use for nearly a decade.
The U.K. clinical guidelines used to screen for autism contain an error, which may have resulted in many delayed or missed diagnoses over the past decade.
Using imaging technologies, he transformed our understanding of how creativity and scientific discovery arise in the brain.
Using imaging technologies, he transformed our understanding of how creativity and scientific discovery arise in the brain.
The cells later repair the damage, which occurs mostly in transcriptionally silent parts of the genome.
The cells later repair the damage, which occurs mostly in transcriptionally silent parts of the genome.
Sensory traits and restricted and repetitive behaviors are best understood as distinct but related characteristics, the new work suggests.
Sensory traits and restricted and repetitive behaviors are best understood as distinct but related characteristics, the new work suggests.