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Grace Iarocci is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and is active in research primarily within the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their scholarly work has a particular emphasis on autism spectrum disorder research as well as associated areas such as family and disability support.

Their recent publications span a range of topics related to developmental and psychological studies, focusing frequently on autism and its broader social and clinical context. Notable papers include:

  • "Systematic review of risk and protective factors associated with substance use and abuse in individuals with autism spectrum disorders," 2020, Autism
  • "Child and Family Outcomes Following Pandemics: A Systematic Review and Recommendations on COVID-19 Policies," 2020, Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • "Music Therapy in Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Systematic Review," 2021, Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • "The Role of Executive Functioning in Predicting Social Competence in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder," 2020, Autism Research
  • "Developmental Perspectives on the Study of Persons with Intellectual Disability," 2021, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Nichole E. Scheerer, Troy Q. Boucher, Vanessa C. Fong, Sarah M. Hutchison, and Amparo V. Márquez-García, demonstrating sustained partnerships over numerous publications.

Publications by Grace Iarocci appear regularly in key venues dedicated to autism and developmental disorders, including:

  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Autism
  • Autism Research
  • Autism in Adulthood
  • Development and Psychopathology

Their research interests encompass a broad spectrum of subjects within developmental and clinical psychology, including subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, and education. More specifically, their work covers:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Language Development and Disorders

Grace Iarocci's scholarly contributions provide insights into the intersection of neuroscience and psychology with a focus on developmental disorders and family dynamics. Their extensive publication record along with consistent collaboration points to a sustained engagement with both clinical and research communities concerned with autism and related developmental conditions.

Best Publications

  • Sensory Integration and the Perceptual Experience of Persons with Autism.

    Grace Iarocci;John McDonald

  • Locally oriented perception with intact global processing among adolescents with high‐functioning autism: evidence from multiple paradigms

    Laurent Mottron;Jacob A. Burack;Grace Iarocci;Sylvie Belleville

  • Family Quality of Life When There Is a Child With a Developmental Disability

    Roy I. Brown;Jacqueline MacAdam–Crisp;Mian Wang;Grace Iarocci

  • Eyes are special but not for everyone: The case of autism

    Jelena Ristic;Laurent Mottron;Chris Kelland Friesen;Grace Iarocci

  • Deconstructing executive deficits among persons with autism: implications for cognitive neuroscience.

    Natalie Russo;Tara Flanagan;Grace Iarocci;Darlene Berringer

  • Child and Family Outcomes Following Pandemics: A Systematic Review and Recommendations on COVID-19 Policies.

    Vanessa C Fong;Grace Iarocci

  • Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the University Context: Peer Acceptance Predicts Intention to Volunteer

    Emily Gardiner;Grace Iarocci

  • On mosaics and melting pots: conceptual considerations of comparison and matching strategies.

    Jacob A. Burack;Grace Iarocci;Tara D. Flanagan;Dermot M. Bowler

  • Unhappy (and happy) in their own way: A developmental psychopathology perspective on quality of life for families living with developmental disability with and without autism

    Emily Gardiner;Grace Iarocci

  • Benefits and pitfalls in the merging of disciplines: the example of developmental psychopathology and the study of persons with autism.

    Jacob A. Burack;Grace Iarocci;Dermot Bowler;Laurent Mottron

  • Global–Local Visual Processing in High Functioning Children with Autism: Structural vs. Implicit Task Biases

    Grace Iarocci;Jacob A. Burack;David I. Shore;David I. Shore;Laurent Mottron

  • What gene-environment interactions can tell us about social competence in typical and atypical populations.

    Grace Iarocci;Jodi Yager;Theo Elfers

  • Visual influences on speech perception in children with autism

    Grace Iarocci;Adrienne Rombough;Jodi Yager;Daniel J. Weeks

  • Everyday executive function predicts adaptive and internalizing behavior among children with and without autism spectrum disorder.

    Emily Gardiner;Grace Iarocci

  • Self and social regulation: Social interaction and the development of social understanding and executive functions.

    Bryan W. Sokol;Ulrich Müller;Jeremy I. M. Carpendale;Arlene R. Young

  • Systematic review of factors that may influence the outcomes and generalizability of parent‐mediated interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorder

    David Trembath;Mandeep Gurm;Nichole E Scheerer;Dominic A Trevisan;Dominic A Trevisan

  • Intact covert orienting to peripheral cues among children with autism.

    Grace Iarocci;Jacob A. Burack

  • Music Therapy in Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Systematic Review

    Amparo V. Marquez-Garcia;Justine Magnuson;James Morris;Grace Iarocci

  • Age differences in visual search for compound patterns: long- versus short-range grouping.

    Jacob A. Burack;James T. Enns;Grace Iarocci;Beth Randolph

  • The Development of the Multidimensional Social Competence Scale: A Standardized Measure of Social Competence in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Jodi Yager;Grace Iarocci

  • The mysterious myth of attention deficits and other defect stories: Contemporary issues in the developmental approach to mental retardation

    Jacob A. Burack;David W. Evans;Cheryl Klaiman;Grace Iarocci

  • Systematic review of risk and protective factors associated with substance use and abuse in individuals with autism spectrum disorders.

    Madelaine Ressel;Brittni Thompson;Marie-Hélène Poulin;Claude L Normand

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob A. Burack
Jacob A. Burack McGill University
James T. Enns
James T. Enns University of British Columbia
Laurent Mottron
Laurent Mottron University of Montreal
David I. Shore
David I. Shore McMaster University
Sylvain Moreno
Sylvain Moreno Simon Fraser University
Ulrich Müller
Ulrich Müller University of Victoria
Edward Zigler
Edward Zigler Yale University
Alan Kingstone
Alan Kingstone University of British Columbia
Wendy Troop-Gordon
Wendy Troop-Gordon Auburn University
Daniel Smilek
Daniel Smilek University of Waterloo

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