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Overview

Meng-Chuan Lai is affiliated with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada. The research spans neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, with a primary focus on autism spectrum disorder and related neurodevelopmental conditions. Their work intersects subfields including cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, genetics, and education.

Their study topics cover:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Meng-Chuan Lai has contributed to multiple papers, some recent notable publications include:

  • "Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Is social camouflaging associated with anxiety and depression in autistic adults?", 2021, Molecular Autism
  • "The Human Phenotype Ontology in 2024: phenotypes around the world," 2023, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Coping, fostering resilience, and driving care innovation for autistic people and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond," 2020, Molecular Autism
  • "Evidence-based support for autistic people across the lifespan: maximising potential, minimising barriers, and optimising the person-environment fit," 2020, The Lancet Neurology

Frequent co-authors working with Meng-Chuan Lai include:

  • Simon Baron-Cohen
  • Stephanie H. Ameis
  • Michael Lombardo
  • Declan Murphy
  • Christine Ecker

The scientist publishes regularly in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Autism
  • Autism
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Autism Research

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of co-occurring mental health diagnoses in the autism population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Meng-Chuan Lai;Caroline Kassee;Richard Besney;Sarah Bonato

  • A meta-analysis of sex differences in human brain structure

    Amber Nathalie Ruigrok;Gholamreza Salimi-Khorshidi;Meng-Chuan Lai;Simon Baron-Cohen

  • Sex/Gender Differences and Autism: Setting the Scene for Future Research

    Meng-Chuan Lai;Michael V. Lombardo;Bonnie Auyeung;Bhismadev Chakrabarti

  • “Putting on My Best Normal”: Social Camouflaging in Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions

    Laura Hull;K. V. Petrides;Carrie Allison;Paula Smith

  • A Behavioral Comparison of Male and Female Adults with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Conditions

    Meng-Chuan Lai;Michael V. Lombardo;Greg Pasco;Amber N. V. Ruigrok

  • Identifying the lost generation of adults with autism spectrum conditions

    Meng-Chuan Lai;Simon Baron-Cohen

  • Quantifying and exploring camouflaging in men and women with autism

    Meng-Chuan Lai;Michael V Lombardo;Amber Nv Ruigrok;Bhismadev Chakrabarti;Bhismadev Chakrabarti

  • Big data approaches to decomposing heterogeneity across the autism spectrum

    Michael V. Lombardo;Michael V. Lombardo;Meng-Chuan Lai;Meng-Chuan Lai;Meng-Chuan Lai;Simon Baron-Cohen;Simon Baron-Cohen

  • Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals

    Varun Warrier;David M. Greenberg;David M. Greenberg;Elizabeth Weir;Clara Buckingham

  • Subgrouping the autism "spectrum": reflections on DSM-5.

    Meng-Chuan Lai;Michael V. Lombardo;Bhismadev Chakrabarti;Bhismadev Chakrabarti;Simon Baron-Cohen

  • Development and Validation of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q)

    Laura Hull;William Mandy;Meng-Chuan Lai;Meng-Chuan Lai;Meng-Chuan Lai;Simon Baron-Cohen

  • Biological sex affects the neurobiology of autism

    Meng-Chuan Lai;Meng-Chuan Lai;Michael V. Lombardo;John Suckling;Amber N. V. Ruigrok

  • Annual Research Review: The role of the environment in the developmental psychopathology of autism spectrum condition.

    William Mandy;Meng-Chuan Lai

  • Gender differences in self-reported camouflaging in autistic and non-autistic adults:

    Laura Hull;Meng-Chuan Lai;Meng-Chuan Lai;Meng-Chuan Lai;Simon Baron-Cohen;Carrie Allison

  • The “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test: Complete Absence of Typical Sex Difference in ~400 Men and Women with Autism

    Simon Baron-Cohen;Daniel C. Bowen;Rosemary J. Holt;Carrie Allison

  • The EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project (LEAP): design and methodologies to identify and validate stratification biomarkers for autism spectrum disorders

    Eva Loth;Tony Charman;Luke Mason;Julian Tillmann

  • Is social camouflaging associated with anxiety and depression in autistic adults

    Laura Hull;Lily Levy;Meng-Chuan Lai;Meng-Chuan Lai;Meng-Chuan Lai;K. V. Petrides

  • Brain surface anatomy in adults with autism: the relationship between surface area, cortical thickness, and autistic symptoms

    Christine Ecker;Cedric Ginestet;Yue Feng;Patrick Johnston

  • Coping, fostering resilience, and driving care innovation for autistic people and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

    Stephanie H. Ameis;Stephanie H. Ameis;Meng Chuan Lai;Benoit H. Mulsant;Benoit H. Mulsant;Peter Szatmari;Peter Szatmari

  • Cognition in males and females with autism: similarities and differences.

    Meng-Chuan Lai;Michael V. Lombardo;Amber N. V. Ruigrok;Bhismadev Chakrabarti;Bhismadev Chakrabarti

  • Autism - in 100 words

    Simon Baron-Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Baron-Cohen
Simon Baron-Cohen University of Cambridge
Michael V. Lombardo
Michael V. Lombardo Italian Institute of Technology
Bhismadev Chakrabarti
Bhismadev Chakrabarti University of Reading
Peter Szatmari
Peter Szatmari University of Toronto
Bonnie Auyeung
Bonnie Auyeung University of Edinburgh
Evdokia Anagnostou
Evdokia Anagnostou Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Carrie Allison
Carrie Allison University of Cambridge
William Mandy
William Mandy University College London
Sven Bölte
Sven Bölte Karolinska Institute
Tony Charman
Tony Charman King's College London

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