Dissertations from the ARC
Below are a partial list of electronic copies of PhD theses by ARC graduate students. These are free to download for research use only.
We encourage ARC Alumni to send a digital copy of their PhD thesis to our webmaster to make it open access.
(Click on a link to view the dissertation PDF)
Alex Tsompanides (2022)
Nazia Jassim (2022)
Tanya Procyshyn (2021)
Effects of Oxytocin on the Social Brain in Autistic and Typical Women
Elizabeth Weir (2021)
The Physical Health and Healthcare of Autistic Adults
Mariann Kovacs (2020)
Educational and Vocational Disengagement in Autistic Young Adults
Sarah Hampton (2020)
Autistic Mothers and the Perinatal Period: Maternal Experiences and Infant Development
Arko Paul (2020)
The Role of Synaptic Genes NRXN1 and SHANK3 in Autism: An Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Study
Aicha Massrali (2020)
Cellular Phenotypes Associated with NRXN1 Mutations in Autism
Ezra Aydin (2020)
Fetal Biometry and Early Behavioural Development
Owen Parsons (2019)
Perception, Expectation and Uncertainty in Autism
Varun Warrier (2018)
The Genetics of Autism and Related Traits
Richard Bethlehem (2017)
Effects of Hormones, Genetics, and Sex on Typical and Atypical Brain Organization
Dwaipayan Adhya (2017)
The Role of Testosterone and Atypical Gene Networks in Autism: An Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Study
Jan Freyberg (2016)
Psychophysics of Excitation and Inhibition in Autism
Alexa Pohl (2016)
The Fetal Steroid Theory of Autism: Androgens, Estrogens, and Sex-Differential Autism Risk
Dorothea Floris (2015)
Asymmetry in Autism: Brain Structure, Function and Behaviour
Stephanie Mok (2015)
Social Fear Learning in Oxytocin Receptor Knockout Mice and People with Autism Spectrum Conditions
Amber Ruigrok (2015)
Testosterone and Androgen Receptor Effects on Sex Differences in White Matter in the Human Brain
Rebecca Clark-Elford (2014)
Affective Modulation of Oxytocin on Cognition in Social Anxiety: Exploring Affective Reward, Attention and Instrumental Learning
Lindsay Chura (2013)
A Structured Neuroimaging Investigation of the Corpus Callosum in Typically Developing Children and in Autism
Rosie Holt (2013)
Investigating Individuals with Autism Spectrum Conditions and their Siblings; Cognitive Measures, Brain Structure and Function
Caroline Robertson (2013)
Atypical Dynamics of Visual Perception in Autism
Sophia (Xiang) Sun (2012)
Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Conditions in China
Meng-Chuan Lai (2011)
How is Sex Related to Autism?
Teresa Tavassoli (2011)
Sensory Perception in Autism Spectrum Conditions
Mike Lombardo (2010)
Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms Underlying Self-Referential and Social Cognition in Autism and the General Population
Carrie Allison (2009)
The Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (Q-CHAT)
Emma Chapman (2008)
Gina Owen (2008)
Using Systemising to Facilitate Social Competence in Autism
Julian Asher (2007)
Bonnie Auyeung (2007)
Foetal Testosterone, Cognitive Sex Differences and Autistic Traits
Jaclyn Billington (2007)
Systemising: A Cognitive and Neural Perspective
Richard Griffin (2007)
Early Social Understanding in Toddlers with Autism
Bhismadev Chakrabarti (2006)
Individual Differences in Human Emotion Perception
Ofer Golan (2006)
Systemising Emotions: Teaching Emotion Recognition to People with Autism Using Interactive Multimedia
Rebecca Knickmeyer (2005)
Prenatal testosterone and autism
Chris Ashwin (2004)
Investigating the Social Brain in Autism
John Lawson (2004)
Svetlana Luchmaya (2000)
Foetal Testosterone and Social-Communicative Development
Michelle O’Riordan (1998)
Reduced Perception of Similarity in Autism
Jamie Craig (1997)
Imagination and Creativity in Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
Therese Joliffe (1997)
Central Coherence Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Fiona Scott (1996)
Reasoning, Imagery and Imagination in Autism
Tony Charman (1994)
Wendy Phillips (1993)
Understanding Intention and Desire by Children with Autism
Simon Baron-Cohen (1985)
Social Cognition and Pretend Play in Autism