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Justin H. G. Williams

Justin H. G. Williams

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Psychology

D-Index
30
Citations
7878
World Ranking
11277
National Ranking
642

Overview

Justin H. G. Williams is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of psychology and neuroscience. Their work spans cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, social psychology, psychiatry, and mental health, as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Embodied and Extended Cognition
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Justin H. G. Williams has published articles in notable venues such as Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Brain and Behavior, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Autism, and Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. The venues with the highest number of their publications are Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews and Brain and Behavior.

Selected recent papers include:

  • A sensorimotor control framework for understanding emotional communication and regulation, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • The Human Affectome, 2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Emotional self-awareness in autism: A meta-analysis of group differences and developmental effects, 2020, Autism
  • A systematic review of how emotional self-awareness is defined and measured when comparing autistic and non-autistic groups, 2020, Research in autism spectrum disorders
  • Prevalence and Characterization of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in a Pediatric Population, 2023, JAACAP Open

Frequent collaborators in their research include Gordon D. Waiter, Charlotte F. Huggins, Michelle Sader, Isobel M. Cameron, and Wataru Sato.

Best Publications

  • Imitation, mirror neurons and autism.

    Justin H.G. Williams;Andrew Whiten;Thomas Suddendorf;David I. Perrett

  • A Systematic Review of Action Imitation in Autistic Spectrum Disorder

    Justin Hereward Gwilym Williams;A. Whiten;T. Singh

  • Neural mechanisms of imitation and 'mirror neuron' functioning in autistic spectrum disorder.

    Justin Hereward Gwilym Williams;Gordon David Waiter;A. Gilchrist;D. I. Perrett

  • Characteristics of fetal anticonvulsant syndrome associated autistic disorder

    Adelene Rasalam;H. Hailey;Justin Hereward Gwilym Williams;S. J. Moore

  • Effects of treating postnatal depression on mother-infant interaction and child development: systematic review.

    A S Poobalan;L S Aucott;L Ross;W C S Smith

  • A voxel-based investigation of brain structure in male adolescents with autistic spectrum disorder

    Gordon David Waiter;Justin Hereward Gwilym Williams;Alison Dorothy Murray;A. Gilchrist

  • Structural white matter deficits in high-functioning individuals with autistic spectrum disorder: a voxel-based investigation.

    Gordon David Waiter;Justin Hereward Gwilym Williams;Alison Dorothy Murray;A. Gilchrist

  • An fMRI study of joint attention experience.

    Justin Hereward Gwilym Williams;Justin Hereward Gwilym Williams;Gordon David Waiter;Oliver Perra;D. I. Perrett

  • Visual–auditory integration during speech imitation in autism

    Justin H.G. Williams;Dominic W. Massaro;Natalie J. Peel;Alexis Bosseler

  • Self–other relations in social development and autism: multiple roles for mirror neurons and other brain bases

    Justin Hereward Gwilym Williams

  • Consequences of prenatal toxin exposure for mental health in children and adolescents: a systematic review.

    Justin H. G. Williams;Louise Ross

  • Imitation and the Social Mind: Autism and Typical Development.

    Sally J. Rogers;Justin H. G. Williams

  • Second to fourth finger ratio and possible precursors of developmental psychopathology in preschool children

    Justin Hereward Gwilym Williams;K. D. Greenhalgh;J. T. Manning

  • Deregulation of EIF4E: a novel mechanism for autism

    M. Neves-Pereira;B. Müller;D. Massie;J. H. G. Williams

  • Do mirror neuron areas mediate mu rhythm suppression during imitation and action observation

    Lieke Braadbaart;Justin H.G. Williams;Gordon D. Waiter

  • A test of motor (not executive) planning in developmental coordination disorder and autism.

    Lisa M. van Swieten;Elsje van Bergen;Justin H. G. Williams;Andrew D. Wilson

  • Behavior-Based Intervention for Occupational Safety: Critical Impact of Social Comparison Feedback

    Justin H. G. Williams;E. Scott Geller

  • Exercising attention within the classroom.

    Liam Hill;Justin H G Williams;Lorna Aucott;June Milne

  • Action perception is intact in autism spectrum disorder

    James P Cusack;Justin H G Williams;Peter Neri

  • Manual Control Age and Sex Differences in 4 to 11 Year Old Children

    Ian Flatters;Liam J. B. Hill;Justin H. G. Williams;Sally E. Barber

  • Lip-reading and visual-auditory integration during speech imitation in autism

    D.D. Massaro;J Williams;T. Suddendorf;A Bosseler

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Mon-Williams
Mark Mon-Williams University of Leeds
David I. Perrett
David I. Perrett University of St Andrews
Andrew Whiten
Andrew Whiten University of St Andrews
Wataru Sato
Wataru Sato Kyoto University
Lisa M. DeBruine
Lisa M. DeBruine University of Glasgow
Thomas Suddendorf
Thomas Suddendorf University of Queensland
Benedict C. Jones
Benedict C. Jones University of Strathclyde
John T. Manning
John T. Manning Swansea University
Bernhard Fink
Bernhard Fink University of Vienna
Sally J. Rogers
Sally J. Rogers University of California, Davis

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