Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

2026

• Baron-Cohen, S, Radecki, M, A, Allison, C, Tsompanidis, A, Greenberg, D, M, Warrier, V, Lai, M-C, Lombardo, M, V, Shamay-Tsoory, S, Uzefovsky, F, Saxe, R, Tager-Flusberg, H, Klin, A, Leslie, A, M, White, S, J, Frith, U, (2026) Do autistic people have degrees of disability in theory of mind? The importance of meta-analytic convergence. Psychological Inquiry, 36, 262-267.
• Baron-Cohen, S, Tsompanidis, A, Srivastava, D, P, Mill, J, Lancaster, M, Adhya, D, the APEX consortium, Warrier, V, (2026) The prenatal sex steroid theory of autism after 25 years. Nature Human Behaviour, 10, 841–848.
• Binte Mohd Ikhsan, S, N, Holt, R, Ruigrok, A, Man, J, Parsons, T, Gibbs, K, Bullock, E, Baranger, A, Allison, C, Doherty, M, Ghosh, A, Terčon, J, Van den Bosch, K, Baron-Cohen, S, (2026) Priorities for change for autistic people across Europe. Molecular Autism, 17.
• Doherty, M, Shaw, S, C, K, Chaplin, E, Baron-Cohen, S, (2026) Embracing neurodiversity in medicine: insights from the history of psychiatry. The Lancet, 408, 596–597.
• Hu, F, Tong, J, Gardner, M, Lifespan Brain Chart Consortium, Chen, A, A, Bethlehem, R, A, I, Seidlitz, J, Li, H, Alexander-Bloch, A, Chen, Y, Shinohara, R, T, (2026) dGAMLSS: an exact, distributed algorithm to fit generalized additive models for location, scale, and shape for privacy-preserving population reference charts. Bioinformatics, 42.
• Kandeğer, A, Allison, C, Çelik, M, E, Söylemez, H, Bayırlı, Ö, Selvi, Y, Baron-Cohen, S, (2026) Examining social barriers in adults with ADHD: The role of autistic traits, empathy, theory of mind in social anxiety and avoidance. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 153, 279-289.
• Kennedy, B, S, Weir, E, Fysh, M, C, Tsompanidis, A, Payne, R, A, Allison, C, Matthews, F, E, Baron-Cohen, S, (2026) Risk of hospitalization and death among autistic young people in England during the Covid-19 pandemic. Molecular Autism, 17.
• Khan, Y, T, Tsompanidis, A, Hymanson, E, Wickramanayake, S, APEX Consortium, Austin, T, Allison, C, Baron-Cohen, S, (2026) Sex differences in face looking preferences at birth. Biology of Sex Differences.
• Khan, Y, T, Tsompanidis, A, Radecki, M, A, Allison, C, Lai, M, C, Bethlehem, R, A, I, Baron-Cohen, S, (2026) Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to postnatal development. Scientific Reports, 16.
• Khan, Y, T, Tsompanidis, A, Sun, L, Allison, C, Baron-Cohen, S, (2026) The Empathy Quotient and Systemising Quotient for Toddlers: Development and Validation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-026-07427-9.
• Leyhausen, J, Gurr, C, Berg, L, M, Seelemeyer, H, Hermila, B, Schäfer, T, Chiocchetti, A, G, Pretzsch, C, M, Loth, E, Oakley, B, Buitelaar, J, K, Beckmann, C, F, Charman, T, Bourgeron, T, Barthome, E, Banaschewski, T, Jones, E, J, H, the EU-AIMS LEAP Group, Murphy, D, Ecker, C, (2026) Archival Report: Parsing autism heterogeneity: transcriptomic subgrouping of imaging-derived phenotypes in autism. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 11, 80-90.
• Moseley, R, L, Marsden, S, J, Allison, C, Parsons, T, A, Cassidy, S, Procyshyn, T, Pelton, M, Weir, E, M, Chikaura, T, Mosse, D, Hall, I, Owens, L, Cheyette, J, Crichton, D, Rodgers, J, Hodges, H, Baron-Cohen, S, (2026) “A combination of everything”: a mixed-methods approach to the factors which autistic people consider important in suicidality. Autism in Adulthood.
• Moseley, R, L, Marsden, S, J, Pelton, M, Weir, E, Procyshyn, T, Allison, C, L, Parsons, T, A, Cassidy, S, Chikaura, T, Hodges, H, Mosse, D, Rodgers, J, Hall, I, Owens, L, Cheyette, J, Crichton, D, Hedley, D, Baron-Cohen, S, (2026) “The best way we can stop suicides is by making lives worth living”: a mixed-methods survey in the UK of perspectives on suicide prevention from the autism community. EClinicalMedicine, 93, 103793.
• Moseley, R, L, Procyshyn, T, Chikaura, T, Marsden, S, J, Parsons, T, A, Cassidy, S, Allison, C, Pelton, M, Weir, E, Crichton, D, Mosse, D, Rodgers, J, Hall, I, Owens, L, Cheyette, J, Hodges, H, Hedley, D, Baron-Cohen, S, (2026) Community priorities for preventing suicide in autistic people: An approach to guide policy and practice. Autism in Adulthood.
• Procyshyn, T, L, Weir, E, M, Pelton, M, Chikaura, T, Hodges, H, Comley, K, Godson, S, Allison, C, Baron-Cohen, S, (2026) Occurrence and correlates of suicidal thoughts among young autistic users of a mental health app. Autism Research, 19, e70251.
• Rum, Y, Feldman, N, Genzer, S, Allison, C, Golan, O, Perry, A, Baron-Cohen, S, (2026) Nuances of double empathy in autistic and non-autistic people: examination using the empathic accuracy paradigm. Molecular Autism, 17.
• Trevethick, R, Baron-Cohen, S, Weir, E, Allison, C, Fysh, M, C, Laplante, D, P, Dey, M, Opie, J, E, (2026) Neurodiversity-affirming principles in oncology treatment: A lived-experience case study. Psycho-Oncology, 35, e70394.
• Werwach, A, Tsompanidis, A, Villa, L, Tait, R, Suckling, J, Austin, T, Hampton, S, Allison, C, Holt, R, Baron-Cohen, S, Schaadt, G, (2026) Prenatal Volume in the Bilateral Superior Temporal Gyrus Associates With Children’s Expressive Vocabulary at 24–36 Months. Developmental Science, 29, e70187.
• Wijekoon, S, Robison, J, Welch, C, Westphal, A, Loftin, R, Jachyra, P, Perry, B, Rombos, V, Picciolini, C, Bosyj, C, Senman, L, Baron-Cohen, S, Penner, M, (2026) Family and clinician perspectives about how autism and extremism intersect. Autism in Adulthood.

2025

• Bast, N, Ahmad, J, Mason, L, Jones, E, J, Matyjek, M, Polzer, L, Luckhardt, C, Müller, A, K, McAlonan, G, M, Banaschewski, T, Baumeister, S, Loth, E, Freitag, C, M, and the EU-AIMS LEAP Group, (2025) Locus coeruleus tonic upregulation increases selectivity to inconspicuous auditory information in autistic compared to non-autistic individuals: a combined pupillometry and electroencephalography study. Molecular Autism, 16, 41.
• Bedford, S, A, Lai, M, C, Lombardo, M, V, Chakrabarti, B, Ruigrok, A, Suckling, J, Anagnostou, E, Lerch, J, P, Taylor, M, Nicolson, R, Stelios, G, Baron-Cohen, S, Bethlehem, R, A, I, et al, (2025) Brain-charting autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder reveals distinct and overlapping neurobiology. Biological Psychiatry, 97, 517-530.
• Binte Mohd Ikhsan, S, N, Holt, R, Man, J, Parsons, T, Schalbroeck, R, Ruigrok, A, Baranger, A, Allison, C, Doherty, M, Van den Bosch, K, Terčon, J, Violland, P, Ghosh, A, Cusack, J, Baron-Cohen, S, (2025) Access to services for autistic people across Europe. Molecular Autism, 16, 35.
• Bourque, V, R, Schmilovich, Z, Huguet, G, England, J, Okewole, A, Poulain, C, Renne, T, Jean-Louis, M, Saci, Z, Zhang, X, Rolland, T, Labbe, A, Vorstman, J, Rouleau, G, A, Baron-Cohen, S, Mottron, L, Bethlehem, R, A, I, Warrier, V, Jacquemont, S, (2025) Genomic and developmental models to predict cognitive and adaptive outcomes in autistic children. JAMA Pediatrics,179, 655-665.
•  Brown, D, Procyshyn, T, L, Allison, C, Neyroud, E, Baron-Cohen, S, (2025) Neurodiversity in custody: Screening results for ADHD and autistic traits in individuals arrested by the London Metropolitan Police. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 35, 327-333.
• de Jonge, E, Garcés, P, de Bildt, A, Groen, Y, Jones, E, J, Mason, L, Holt, R, J, Hayward, H, Murphy, D, Oakley, B, Charman, T, the EU-AIMS LEAP Group et al, (2025) Atypical resting-state EEG graph metrics of network efficiency across development in autism and their association with social cognition: Results from the LEAP study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 117001.
• Del Río, J, P, Tsompanidis, A, Gaspar, P, Maturana, A, Rojas, G, Dagnino-Subiabre, A, Olea, A, Maliqueo, M, Echiburú, B, de Guevara, A, L, Montiel, J, Baron-Cohen, S, Crisosto, N, (2025) Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): Likelihood of cooccurring neuropsychiatric conditions and the dual hit hypothesis. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 77, 101188.
• Fan, X-R, He, Y, Wang, Y, S, Li, L, Lifespan Brain Chart Consortium (LBCC), China Autism Brain Imaging Consortium (CABIC), Duan, X, Zuo, X-N, (2025) Profiling brain morphology for autism spectrum disorder with two cross-culture large-scale consortia. Communications Biology, 8, 1157.
• Floris, D, L, Llera, A, Zabihi, M, Moessnang, C, Jones, E, J, Mason, L, Haartsen, R, Holz, N, E, Mei, T, Elleaume, C, Vieira, B,H, Holt, R, J, Baron-Cohen, S, et al, (2025) A multimodal neural signature of face processing in autism within the fusiform gyrus. Nature Mental Health, 3, 31-45.
• Green, K, Weir, E, Allison, C, Baron-Cohen, S, (2025) Autistic and transgender/gender diverse people’s experiences of health and healthcare. Molecular Autism, 16, 4.
• Franklin, A, Davies, J, P, Clifton, N, E, Blake, G, E, Bamford, R, Walker, E, M, Chioza, B, Frith, M, APEX Consortium, Youth-GEMs Consortium, Burrage, J, Owens, N, Prabhakar, S, Dempster, E, Hannon, E, Mill, J, (2025) Cell-type-specific DNA methylation dynamics in the prenatal and postnatal human cortex. Cell Genomics, 5.
• Gu, Y, Maria-Stauffer, E, Bedford, S, A, iPSYCH-autism consortium, Romero-Garcia, R, Grove, J, Børglum, A, D, Martin, H, Baron-Cohen, S, Bethlehem, R, A, Warrier, V, (2025) Polygenic scores for autism are associated with reduced neurite density in adults and children from the general population. Molecular Psychiatry, 30, 3393-3403.
• Jassim, N, McCoy, B, Yip, E, W, Allison, C, Baron-Cohen, S, Lawson, R, P, (2025) The “Tetris effect”: autistic and non-autistic people share an implicit drive for perceptual cohesion. Molecular Autism, 16, 22.
• Kennedy, E, Fysh, M, C, Vickerstaff, V, Gronostaj-Miara, A, Hanson, C, McKay, K, Lane, C, Senior, R, Carmichael, P, Allison, C, Wright, T, Butler, G, Baron-Cohen, S, Maree Hunter, R, Omar, R, (2025) Baseline findings from the Longitudinal Outcomes of Gender Identity in Children (LOGIC) study. The British Journal of Psychiatry.
• Koko, M, Satterstrom, F, K, Autism Sequencing Consortium, APEX Consortium, Warrier, V, Martin, H, (2025) Contribution of autosomal rare and de novo variants to sex differences in autism. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 112, 599-614.
• Pecci-Terroba, C, Lai, M, C, Lombardo, M, V, Chakrabarti, B, Ruigrok, A, N, Suckling, J, Anagnostou, E, Lerch, J, P, Taylor, M, J, Nicolson, R, Georgiades, S, Crosbie, J, Schachar, R, Kelley, E, Jones, J, Arnold, P, D, Seidlitz, J, Alexander-Bloch, A, F, Bullmore, E, T, Baron-Cohen, S, Bedford, S, A, Bethlehem, R, A, I, (2025) Subgrouping autism and ADHD based on structural MRI population modelling centiles. Molecular Autism, 16, 33.
• Procyshyn, T, L, Moseley, R, L, Marsden, S, J, Allison, C, Parsons, T, Cassidy, S, Pelton, M, Weir, E, Chikaura, T, Hodges, H, Mosse, D, Hall, I, Owens, L, Cheyette, J, Crichton, D, Rodgers, J, Baron-Cohen, S, (2025) ‘I did not think they could help me’: Autistic adults’ reasons for not seeking public healthcare when they last experienced suicidality. Autism, 29, 2677-2690.
• Robinson, J, Allison, C, Auyeung, B, Clare, I, C, Lombardo, M, Nagra, N, Baron-Cohen, S, (2025) Investigating the role of three screening measures to support clinical decision-making in adult autism assessments. PLoS One.
• Rum, Y, Genzer, S, Golan, O, Allison, C, Baron-Cohen, S, Perry, A, (2025) Empathy and interest towards an autistic person and the effect of disclosing the diagnosis. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders,(DOI: 10.1007/s10803-025-06802-2).
• Tsompanidis, A, Burton, G, J, Baron‐Cohen, S, Dunbar, R, I, (2025) The Placental Steroid Hypothesis of Human Brain Evolution. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 34.
• Zhang, X, Grove, J, Gu, Y, Buus, C, K, Nielsen, L, K, Neufeld, S, A, Koko, M, Malawsky, D, S, Wade, E, Verhoef, E, Gui, A, Hegemann, L, APEX consortium, iPSYCH Autism Consortium, PGC-PTSD Consortium, Geschwind, D, H, Wray, N, R, Havdahl, A, Ronald, A, St Pourcain, B, Robinson, E, B, Bourgeron, T, Baron-Cohen, S, Borglum, A, D, Martin, H, C, Warrier, V, (2025) Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis. Nature. 646, 52-60.