Graduate Student, Aaron Dallman, was recently awarded an Organization for Autism Research Graduate Research Award to support his dissertation research. He is using EMA – ecological momentary assessment – to understand the relationship between context and emotions. EMA provides a great way to study in the moment emotions through quick surveys sent via text throughout the day. … Read more

We recently had a paper published in a special issue of Advances in Autism focusing on Women, Girls and ASD. The paper, led by Sallie Nowell, examined whether their were sex differences in parent reported circumscribed interests. We found that while these behaviors did not differ in their frequency or intensity, the content of them … Read more

Our paper “Visual Attention to Faces: Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder” was recently accepted for publication in Molecular Autism. In this study, we used eye tracking to quantify visual attention to faces within scenes that varied in their social richness (we characterized them as socially lean and socially rich). We found that when scenes … Read more

Dr Harrop was part of a team of researchers recently awarded a UNC Pilot Sleep Grant to study family management of sleep problems in Down Syndrome. The study will be led by Dr. Marcia Van Riper in the School of Nursing.