Several psychiatric illnesses are characterised by impairments in the perception, interpretation and generation of responses to the intention, dispositions and behaviors of others - otherwise known as social cognition. Research in this area investigates the neurobiological basis of social cognition in both psychiatric and non-psyciatric populations using neurophysiological measures.
Social behavior
Publications
E Demetriou, A Lampit, DS Quintana, S Naismith, YJ Song, J Pye, I Hickie, AJ Guastella.
Autism Spectrum Disorders: A meta-analysis of executive function.
Molecular Psychiatry,
2017.
DS Quintana, GA Alvares.
Oxytocin: How does this neuropeptide change our social behavior?.
Frontiers for Young Minds,
2016.
RC Onuoha, DS Quintana, M Lyvers, AJ Guastella.
A meta-analysis of Theory of Mind in Alcohol Use Disorders.
Alcohol and Alcoholism,
2016.
F Iorfino, GA Alvares, AJ Guastella, DS Quintana.
Cold face test-induced increases in heart rate variability are abolished by engagement in a social cognition task.
Journal of Psychophysiology,
2015.
S Shahrestani, EM Stewart, DS Quintana, IB Hickie, AJ Guastella.
Heart Rate Variability during Adolescent and Adult Social Interactions: a Meta-Analysis.
Biological Psychology,
2015.
A Masi, DS Quintana, N Glozier, A Lloyd, IB Hickie, AJ Guastella.
Cytokine aberrations in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Molecular Psychiatry,
2014.
S Shahrestani, EM Stewart, DS Quintana, IB Hickie, AJ Guastella.
Heart rate variability during social interactions in children with and without psychopathology: a meta-analysis.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry,
2014.
DS Quintana, AJ Guastella, T Outhred, IB Hickie, AH Kemp.
Heart rate variability is associated with emotion recognition: Direct evidence for a relationship between the autonomic nervous system and social cognition.
International Journal of Psychophysiology,
2012.