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Overview

Howard Ring is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interrelated fields, primarily focused on neuroscience and medicine, including cognitive neuroscience, genetics, developmental and educational psychology, psychiatry and mental health, as well as pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate engagement with topics such as hearing loss and rehabilitation, neuroscience and music perception, autism spectrum disorder research, behavioral and psychological studies, epilepsy research and treatment, genomics and rare diseases, and genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Recent papers include:

  • "Epilepsy, anti-seizure medication, intellectual disability and challenging behaviour - Everyone's business, no one's priority" (2020, Seizure)
  • "The effect of ambient sounds on decision-making and heart rate variability in autism" (2021, Autism)
  • "Long-term cognitive outcome in adult survivors of an early childhood posterior fossa brain tumour" (2020, International Journal of Clinical Oncology)
  • "Exploring electrophysiological markers of auditory predictive processes and pathological ageing in adults with Down's syndrome" (2022, European Journal of Neuroscience)
  • "The auditory Mismatch Negativity reflects accelerated aging in adults with Down's Syndrome" (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Frequent coauthors in Howard Ring's collaborative work include I. C. H. Clare, Anthony Holland, Peter Watson, Chiara Avancini, and Sally Jennings.

The scientist has contributed to a diverse set of publication venues, including:

  • Autism
  • Seizure
  • International Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The main research disciplines in which Howard Ring operates are:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Their subfields of study include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Genetics
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Core topics addressed in their publications involve:

  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Epilepsy Research and Treatment
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Best Publications

  • Social intelligence in the normal and autistic brain: an fMRI study.

    Simon Baron‐Cohen;Howard A. Ring;Sally Wheelwright;Edward T. Bullmore;Edward T. Bullmore

  • The amygdala theory of autism.

    S Baron-Cohen;H A Ring;E T Bullmore;S Wheelwright

  • Measuring autistic traits in the general population: a systematic review of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) in a nonclinical population sample of 6,900 typical adult males and females

    Emily Ruzich;Carrie Allison;Paula Smith;Peter Watson

  • Recognition of mental state terms. Clinical findings in children with autism and a functional neuroimaging study of normal adults.

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Howard Ring;John Moriarty;Bettina Schmitz

  • Cerebral correlates of preserved cognitive skills in autism. A functional MRI study of embedded figures task performance

    Howard A. Ring;Simon Baron-Cohen;Sally Wheelwright;Steve C. R. Williams

  • Blunted left cingulate activation in mood disorder subjects during a response interference task (the Stroop).

    George Ms;Ketter Ta;Parekh Pi;Rosinsky N

  • Neuropsychiatry of the basal ganglia

    H A Ring;J Serra-Mestres

  • Obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder with and without Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome

    Mark S. George;Michael R. Trimble;Howard A. Ring;F. R. Sallee

  • Atypical EEG complexity in autism spectrum conditions: A multiscale entropy analysis

    Ana Catarino;Owen Churches;Owen Churches;Simon Baron-Cohen;Alexandre Andrade

  • Depression in Parkinson's disease. A positron emission study.

    H. A. Ring;C. J. Bench;M. R. Trimble;D. J. Brooks

  • A model of the mindreading system: Neuropsychological and neurobiological perspectives.

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Howard Ring

  • fMRI of parents of children with Asperger Syndrome: A pilot study

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Howard Ring;Xavier Chitnis;Sally Wheelwright

  • Decision-making difficulties experienced by adults with autism spectrum conditions:

    Lydia Luke;Isabel C.H. Clare;Howard Ring;Marcus Redley

  • Task-related functional connectivity in autism spectrum conditions: an EEG study using wavelet transform coherence

    Ana Catarino;Ana Catarino;Alexandre Andrade;Owen Churches;Adam P Wagner;Adam P Wagner

  • A prospective study of the early postsurgical psychiatric associations of epilepsy surgery

    H A Ring;J Moriarty;M R Trimble

  • Cerebral blood flow abnormalities in adults with infantile autism

    Mark S. George;Durval C. Costa;Kypros Kouris;Howard A. Ring

  • Rapid tranquillisation. A survey of emergency prescribing in a general psychiatric hospital.

    L S Pilowsky;H Ring;P J Shine;M Battersby

  • Psychiatric profiles and patterns of cerebral blood flow in focal epilepsy: interactions between depression, obsessionality, and perfusion related to the laterality of the epilepsy.

    E B Schmitz;J Moriarty;D C Costa;H A Ring

  • Elevated frontal cerebral blood flow in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: A 99Tcm-HMPAO SPECT study

    Mark S. George;Michael R. Trimble;Durval C. Costa;Mary M. Robertson

  • A SPECT study of the effect of vagal nerve stimulation on thalamic activity in patients with epilepsy.

    H.A Ring;S White;D.C Costa;R Pottinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Baron-Cohen
Simon Baron-Cohen University of Cambridge
Peter Watson
Peter Watson University of Cambridge
Isabel C. H. Clare
Isabel C. H. Clare University of Cambridge
Anthony J. Holland
Anthony J. Holland University of Cambridge
Sally Wheelwright
Sally Wheelwright University of Sussex
Angela Hassiotis
Angela Hassiotis University College London
Andrew Jahoda
Andrew Jahoda University of Glasgow
Bonnie Auyeung
Bonnie Auyeung University of Edinburgh
Jonathan Evans
Jonathan Evans University of Glasgow
John M. Starr
John M. Starr University of Edinburgh

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