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Sarah Kaarina Crockford

Post-doc
Post Doc
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Biografia

I am currently a post-doctoral researcher working with Michael Lombardo at the Laboratory for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Rovereto, Italy. My PhD was completed at the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Jenny Gibson and Napoleon Katsos, where I worked on the relationship between multilingualism and autistic traits.

The driving focus of my work is to ensure that research can be as inclusive as possible in order to better understand and make inferences about the human mind, brain, and lived experience. To do so, I work on expanding on and/or developing novel frameworks to measure data where we expect a high amount of variability in a given population or where it's difficult to generate specific conditions, such as when collecting naturalistic data. My research interests have an emphasis on applications to autism, multilingualism, linguistic, and developmental research.

Education

Title: PhD
Institute: University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Country: United Kingdom
From: 2017 To: 2022

Title: MSc
Institute: University College London
Location: London
Country: United Kingdom
From: 2016 To: 2017

Title: BA
Institute: University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
From: 2012 To: 2016

Experience External

Title: Teaching
Institute: University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Country: United Kingdom
From: 2018 To: 2021

Title: Research Assistant
Institute: Centre for Research in Autism and Education, UCL
Location: London
Country: United Kingdom
From: 2016 To: 2016

Title: Research Intern
Institute: Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Country: United Kingdom
From: 2014 To: 2015

All Publications
2023
Crockford S. K., Satta E., Severino I., Fiacchino D., Vitale A., Bertelsen N., Busuoli E. M., Mandelli V., Lombardo M. V.
Detection of idiosyncratic gaze fingerprint signatures in humans
bioRxiv
Article Journal
2022
Procyshyn T., Lombardo M., Lai M-C., Jassim M., Auyeung B., Crockford S., Deakin J., Soubramanian S., Sule A., Terburg D., et al.
Oxytocin enhances basolateral amygdala activation and functional connectivity while processing emotional faces: preliminary findings in autistic versus non-autistic women.
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Article Journal
2020
Pohl A L., Crockford S K., Blakemore M., Allison C., Baron-Cohen S.
A comparative study of autistic and non-autistic women’s experience of motherhood
Molecular Autism
Article Journal
2020
Kist J D., Bethlehem R A I., Stonier B., Sluijters O., Crockford S K., Jonge E., Freyberg J., Baron-Cohen S., Parsons O E.
Assessing the relationship between cognitive empathy, age, and face perception using a sequential bayesian analysis.
bioRxiv
Article Journal
2020
Procyshyn T L., Lombardo M V., Lai M-C., Auyeung B., Crockford S K., Deakin J., Soubramanian S., Sule A., Baron-Cohen S., Bethlehem R A I.
Effects of oxytocin administration on salivary sex hormone levels in autistic and neurotypical women.
Molecular Autism
Article Journal
Awards and Achievements
2017
Crockford S K.
Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Training Program Scholarship
2016
Crockford S K.
The Lee Davidson Prize
2016
Crockford S K.
The School of Languages, Cultures and Societies Prize