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Laurent Mottron

Laurent Mottron

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Psychology

D-Index
83
Citations
25460
World Ranking
1273
National Ranking
66

Laurent Mottron publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laurent Mottron sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 253 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Laurent Mottron D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laurent Mottron sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Laurent Mottron is a researcher affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada, primarily active in the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their body of work spans 62 publications in Neuroscience and 36 in genetic and molecular biology disciplines.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, with 114 publications addressing various aspects of this field. Other significant research topics include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (44 publications), Child Development and Digital Technology (22), Family and Disability Support Research (16), Language Development and Disorders (16), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (16), and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (14).

Laurent Mottron's recent papers cover a range of subjects primarily focused on autism research. Selected papers are:

  • Autism spectrum heterogeneity: fact or artifact? (2020), published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • A radical change in our autism research strategy is needed: Back to prototypes (2021), published in Autism Research
  • Effect Sizes of Deletions and Duplications on Autism Risk Across the Genome (2020), published in American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Representativeness of autistic samples in studies recruiting through social media (2022), published in Autism Research
  • Connectivity alterations in autism reflect functional idiosyncrasy (2021), published in Communications Biology

Their frequent collaborators include David Gagnon, Sébastien Jacquemont, Valérie Courchesne, Guillaume Huguet, and Boris C. Bernhardt, with collaboration counts ranging from 10 to 14 joint publications each.

Laurent Mottron's work is regularly published in several prominent journals. Among the main publication venues are Autism Research (6 publications), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 5 preprints, Molecular Autism (4), Molecular Psychiatry (3), and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (3).

Their subfields of study demonstrate a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience (60 publications), Genetics (36), Psychiatry and Mental Health (18), Clinical Psychology (17), and Developmental and Educational Psychology (12).

Best Publications

  • Enhanced Perceptual Functioning in Autism: An Update, and Eight Principles of Autistic Perception

    Laurent Mottron;Michelle Dawson;Isabelle Soulières;Benedicte Hubert;Benedicte Hubert

  • The Level and Nature of Autistic Intelligence

    Michelle Dawson;Isabelle Soulières;Morton Ann Gernsbacher;Laurent Mottron

  • A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for autism

    Lauren A. Weiss;Lauren A. Weiss;Dan E. Arking;Mark J. Daly;Mark J. Daly;Aravinda Chakravarti

  • Enhanced and diminished visuo-spatial information processing in autism depends on stimulus complexity.

    Armando Bertone;Laurent Mottron;Patricia Jelenic;Jocelyn Faubert

  • Enhanced Pitch Sensitivity in Individuals with Autism: A Signal Detection Analysis

    Anna Bonnel;Laurent Mottron;Isabelle Peretz;Manon Trudel

  • Epilepsy in Autism is Associated with Intellectual Disability and Gender: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis

    Claire Amiet;Isabelle Gourfinkel-An;Anissa Bouzamondo;Sylvie Tordjman

  • Enhanced perceptual functioning in the development of autism.

    Laurent Mottron;Jacob A. Burack

  • 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

  • Local and Global Processing of Music in High-functioning Persons with Autism: Beyond Central Coherence?

    L. Mottron;I. Peretz;E. Ménard

  • Enhanced visual functioning in autism: An ALE meta-analysis

    Fabienne Samson;Laurent Mottron;Isabelle Soulières;Isabelle Soulières;Thomas A. Zeffiro

  • Motion Perception in Autism: A Complex Issue

    Armando Bertone;Laurent Mottron;Patricia Jelenic;Jocelyn Faubert

  • Mutations in SYNGAP1 in autosomal nonsyndromic mental retardation.

    Fadi F. Hamdan;Julie Gauthier;Dan Spiegelman;Anne Noreau

  • Atypical sleep architecture and the autism phenotype.

    Élyse Limoges;Laurent Mottron;Christianne Bolduc;Claude Berthiaume

  • A Study of Perceptual Analysis in a High-Level Autistic Subject with Exceptional Graphic Abilities

    L. Mottron;S. Belleville

  • Novel de novo SHANK3 mutation in autistic patients.

    Julie Gauthier;Dan Spiegelman;Amélie Piton;Ronald G. Lafrenière

  • Cognitive mechanisms, specificity and neural underpinnings of visuospatial peaks in autism

    M.-J. Caron;L. Mottron;C. Berthiaume;M. Dawson

  • Systematic resequencing of X-chromosome synaptic genes in autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.

    Piton A;Gauthier J;Hamdan Ff;Lafrenière Rg

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

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

  • Neuroanatomical differences in brain areas implicated in perceptual and other core features of autism revealed by cortical thickness analysis and voxel-based morphometry.

    Krista L. Hyde;Fabienne Samson;Alan C. Evans;Laurent Mottron

  • Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy and the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children

    Takoua Boukhris;Odile Sheehy;Laurent Mottron;Anick Bérard

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Roger Godbout
Roger Godbout University of Montreal
Jacob A. Burack
Jacob A. Burack McGill University
Ridha Joober
Ridha Joober Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Eric Fombonne
Eric Fombonne Oregon Health & Science University
Fadi F. Hamdan
Fadi F. Hamdan University of Montreal
Sylvie Belleville
Sylvie Belleville University of Montreal
Marie-Odile Krebs
Marie-Odile Krebs Université Paris Cité
Amélie Piton
Amélie Piton University of Strasbourg
Olivier Collignon
Olivier Collignon Université Catholique de Louvain

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