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Mikle South is affiliated with Brigham Young University in the United States and has a research profile centered on neuroscience and psychology. Their work largely spans cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology, with contributions also intersecting genetics, education, and developmental and educational psychology.

The primary focus of Mikle South's research involves Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), covering multiple dimensions within this area. Additional research topics include family and disability support, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, child development and digital technology, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, and neural and behavioral psychology studies.

Frequent publication venues for Mikle South's work include:

  • Autism Research
  • Autism
  • Research in Autism
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • JAMA Network Open

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Looking good but feeling bad: "Camouflaging" behaviors and mental health in women with autistic traits, 2020, Autism
  • Self-guided mindfulness and cognitive behavioural practices reduce anxiety in autistic adults: A pilot 8-month waitlist-controlled trial of widely available online tools, 2020, Autism
  • Death by Suicide Among People With Autism: Beyond Zebrafish, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Sensory Sensitivity and Intolerance of Uncertainty Influence Anxiety in Autistic Adults, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Validity of the WISC-V in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance, 2021, Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

Their research has been cited in various works, with citation counts ranging up to 193 for their most cited article on camouflaging behaviors and mental health in women with autistic traits.

Mikle South frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Jacqui Rodgers
  • Jonathan S. Beck
  • Rebecca A. Lundwall
  • Terisa P. Gabrielsen
  • Deborah M. Riby

Best Publications

  • Repetitive Behavior Profiles in Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism

    Mikle South;Sally J Ozonoff;William M. McMahon

  • DSM-IV-Defined Asperger Syndrome: Cognitive, Behavioral and Early History Differentiation from High-Functioning Autism

    Sally J Ozonoff;Mikle South;Judith N. Miller

  • The Interplay Between Sensory Processing Abnormalities, Intolerance of Uncertainty, Anxiety and Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours in Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Sarah Wigham;Jacqui Rodgers;Mikle South;Helen McConachie

  • Intolerance of Uncertainty as a Framework for Understanding Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Christina Boulter;Mark Freeston;Mikle South;Jacqui Rodgers

  • Respite Care, Marital Quality, and Stress in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Amber Harper;Tina Taylor Dyches;James Harper;Susanne Olsen Roper

  • The relationship between executive functioning, central coherence, and repetitive behaviors in the high-functioning autism spectrum

    Mikle South;Mikle South;Sally J Ozonoff;William M. Mcmahon

  • Sensory, Emotional and Cognitive Contributions to Anxiety in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Mikle South;Jacqui Rodgers

  • The Roles of Shame and Guilt in Hypersexual Behavior

    Randy Gilliland;Mikle D. South;Bruce N. Carpenter;Sam A. Hardy

  • Utility of the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale in research and clinical populations.

    Mikle South;Brenda J. Williams;William M. McMahon;Thomas Owley

  • Looking good but feeling bad: “Camouflaging” behaviors and mental health in women with autistic traits:

    Jonathan S Beck;Rebecca A Lundwall;Terisa Gabrielsen;Jonathan C Cox

  • Specific impairment of face-processing abilities in children with autism spectrum disorder using the Let's Face It! skills battery

    Julie M. Wolf;James W. Tanaka;Cheryl Klaiman;Jeff Cockburn

  • Modeling the cognitive mechanisms linking autism symptoms and anxiety in adults

    Max E. Maisel;Kevin G. Stephenson;Mikle South;Jacqui Rodgers

  • Multisite, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of porcine secretin in autism.

    Thomas Owley;William Mcmahon;Edwin H. Cook;Tracy Laulhere

  • The perception and identification of facial emotions in individuals with autism spectrum disorders using the Let's Face It! Emotion Skills Battery.

    James W. Tanaka;Julie M. Wolf;Cheryl Klaiman;Kathleen Koenig

  • Feedback and reward processing in high-functioning autism.

    Michael J. Larson;Mikle South;Erin Krauskopf;Ann Clawson

  • A potentiated startle study of uncertainty and contextual anxiety in adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder

    Paul D Chamberlain;Jacqui Rodgers;Michael J Crowley;Sarah E White

  • Enhanced decision making and risk avoidance in high-functioning autism spectrum disorder.

    M South;PD Chamberlain;S Wigham;T Newton

  • Sex differences in error-related performance monitoring.

    Michael J. Larson;Mikle South;Peter E. Clayson

  • Cognitive Control and Conflict Adaptation Similarities in Children and Adults

    Michael J Larson;Ann Clawson;Peter E Clayson;Mikle South

  • Failure is Not an Option: Risk-Taking is Moderated by Anxiety and Also by Cognitive Ability in Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Mikle South;Julianne Dana;Sarah E. White;Michael J. Crowley

  • Functional MRI connectivity of children with autism and low verbal and cognitive performance

    Terisa P. Gabrielsen;Jeff S. Anderson;Kevin G. Stephenson;Jonathan Beck

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacqui Rodgers
Jacqui Rodgers Newcastle University
Michael J. Larson
Michael J. Larson Brigham Young University
Michael J. Crowley
Michael J. Crowley Yale University
Mark H. Freeston
Mark H. Freeston Newcastle University
Sally J Ozonoff
Sally J Ozonoff University of California, Davis
Peter E. Clayson
Peter E. Clayson University of California, Los Angeles
William M. McMahon
William M. McMahon University of Utah
Helen McConachie
Helen McConachie Newcastle University
Janet E. Lainhart
Janet E. Lainhart University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mirko Uljarević
Mirko Uljarević University of Melbourne

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