Kathryn Suzanne Scherf

Associate Professor of Psychology

Kathryn Suzanne Scherf

Research Summary

Development of face and object representation in typically developing children and children with developmental disorders.

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Publication Tags

Autism Autistic Disorder Aptitude Brain Facial Recognition Autism Spectrum Disorder Language Emotions Cues Puberty Databases Syntax Ocular Fixation Theory Of Mind Adulthood Trend Magnetic Resonance Imaging Adolescent Amygdala Meta Analysis Research Personnel White Matter Adolescence Child Psychology Recognition

Most Recent Publications

College as a Developmental Context for Emerging Adulthood in Autism: A Systematic Review of What We Know and Where We Go from Here

Chaia Flegenheimer, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2022, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders on p. 2075-2097

Introducing the female Cambridge face memory test – long form (F-CFMT+)

Myles Arrington, Daniel Elbich, Junqiang Dai, Bradley Duchaine, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2022, Behavior Research Methods

Changes in cortical coherence supporting complex visual and social processing in adolescence

Yulia Lerner, K. Suzanne Scherf, Mikhail Katkov, Uri Hasson, Marlene Behrmann, 2021, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience on p. 2215-2230

College as a context for emerging adulthood and autism: What we know and what still needs to be done

Chaia Flegenheimer, K. Scherf, 2021, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities

A quantitative meta-analysis of face recognition deficits in autism: 40 years of research.

Jason W. Griffin, Russell Bauer, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2021, Psychological Bulletin on p. 268-292

Measuring sensitivity to eye gaze cues in naturalistic scenes

Gordon Bill, Elisabeth Whyte, Jason W. Griffin, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2020, International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research on p. 1-9

A quantitative meta-analysis of face recognition deficits in autism: 40 years of research

Jason Griffin, K. Scherf, 2020, Psychological Bulletin

Does decreased visual attention to faces underlie difficulties interpreting eye gaze cues in autism?

Jason W. Griffin, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2020, Molecular Autism

The complex emotion expression database: A validated stimulus set of trained actors

Margaret S. Benda, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2020, PLoS One

Puberty and functional brain development in humans

Junqiang Dai, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2019, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Most-Cited Papers

Designing Serious Game Interventions for Individuals with Autism

Elisabeth M. Whyte, Joshua M. Smyth, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2015, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders on p. 3820-3831

Facing changes and changing faces in adolescence

K. Suzanne Scherf, Marlene Behrmann, Ronald E. Dahl, 2012, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience on p. 199-219

A Two-Hit Model of Autism

Giorgia Picci, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2015, Clinical Psychological Science on p. 349-371

The amygdala: An agent of change in adolescent neural networks

K. Suzanne Scherf, Joshua M. Smyth, Mauricio R. Delgado, 2013, Hormones and Behavior on p. 298-313

Connecting developmental trajectories

K. Suzanne Scherf, Lisa S. Scott, 2012, Developmental Psychobiology on p. 643-663

A theoretical rut

Giorgia Picci, Stephen J. Gotts, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2016, Developmental Science on p. 524-549

The visual white matter

Ariel Rokem, Hiromasa Takemura, Andrew S. Bock, K. Suzanne Scherf, Marlene Behrmann, Brian A. Wandell, Ione Fine, Holly Bridge, Franco Pestilli, 2017, Journal of Vision on p. 4

Two faces, two languages: An fMRI study of bilingual picture naming

Yunqing Li, Jing Yang, K. Suzanne Scherf, Ping Li, 2013, Brain and Language on p. 452-462

Idiom, syntax, and advanced theory of mind abilities in children with autism spectrum disorders

Elisabeth M. Whyte, Keith E. Nelson, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2014, Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders on p. 120-130

From Caregivers to Peers

Giorgia Picci, K. Suzanne Scherf, 2016, Psychological Science on p. 1461-1473