LASR Lab - Kansas University Medical Center

Publications

Zoltowski, A.R., Failla, M.D., & Cascio, C.J. (2022). Social touch and allostasis. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.08.005

Quinde-Zlibut, J., Munshi, A., Biswas, G., & Cascio, C.J. (2022). Identifying and describing subtypes of spontaneuous empathic facial expression production in autistic adults. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (accepted for publication).

Zoltowski, A.R., Lyu, I., Failla, M.D., Mash, L.E., Dunham, K., Feldman, J.I., Woynaroski, T.G., Wallace, M.T., Barquero, L.A., Nguyen, T.Q., Cutting, L.E., Kang, H., Landman, B.A., & Cascio, C.J. (2021). Cortical Morphology in Autism: Findings from a Cortical Shape-Adaptive Approach to Local Gyrification Indexing. Cerebral Cortex. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab151

Quinde-Zlibut, J.M., Williams, Z. J., Gerdes, M., Mash, L.E., Heflin, B.H., & Cascio, C.J. (2021). Multifaceted empathy differences in children and adults with autism. Sci Rep. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98516-5

Eyoh, E.E., Failla, M.D., Williams, Z.J., Schwartz, K.L., Cutting, L.E., Landman, B.A., & Cascio, C.J. (2021). Brief Report: The Characterization of Medical Comorbidity Prior to Autism Diagnosis in Children Before Age Two. Autism Dev Discord. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-05380-3

Failla, M.D., Schwartz, K.L., Chaganti, S., Cutting, L.E., Landman, B.A., & Cascio, C.J. (2021). Using phecode analysis to characterize co-occurring medical conditions in autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 25(3), 800-811. doi:10.1177/1362361320934561

Failla, M. D., Gerdes, M. B., Williams, Z. J., Moore, D. J., & Cascio, C. J. (2020). Increased pain sensitivity and pain-related anxiety in individuals with autism. PAIN Reports, 5(6), e861. https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000861

Noel, J.-P., Failla, M. D., Quinde-Zlibut, J. M., Williams, Z. J., Gerdes, M., Tracy, J. M., Zoltowski, A. R., Foss-Feig, J. H., Nichols, H., Armstrong, K., Heckers, S. H., Blake, R. R., Wallace, M. T., Park, S., & Cascio, C. J. (2020). Visual-Tactile Spatial Multisensory Interaction in Adults With Autism and Schizophrenia. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.578401

Failla, M. D., Schwartz, K. L., Chaganti, S., Cutting, L. E., Landman, B. A., & Cascio, C. J. (2020). Using phecode analysis to characterize co-occurring medical conditions in autism spectrum disorder. Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 1362361320934561. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320934561

Quinde-Zlibut, J.M., Okitondo, C.D., Williams, Z.J., Weitlauf, A., Mash, L.E., Heflin, B.H., Woodward, N.D., & Cascio, C.J. (2020) Elevated Thresholds for Light Touch in Children With Autism Reflect More Conservative Perceptual Decision-Making Rather Than a Sensory Deficit. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 14:122. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.00122

Failla, M.D., Bryant, L.K., Heflin, B.H., Mash, L.E., Schauder, K., Davis, S., Gerdes, M.B., Weitlauf, A., Rogers, B.P. and Cascio, C.J. (2020), Neural Correlates of Cardiac Interoceptive Focus Across Development: Implications for Social Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research. doi:10.1002/aur.2289

Williams, Z. J., Failla, M. D., Davis, S. L., Heflin, B. H., Okitondo, C. D., Moore, D. J., & Cascio, C. J. (2019). Thermal Perceptual Thresholds are typical in Autism Spectrum Disorder but Strongly Related to Intra-individual Response Variability. Scientific reports, 9(1), 12595. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49103-2

Bryant, L. K., Woynaroski, T. G., Wallace, M. T., & Cascio, C. J. (2019). Self-reported Sensory Hypersensitivity Moderates Association Between Tactile Psychophysical Performance and Autism-Related Traits in Neurotypical Adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(8), 3159–3172. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04043-8

Sandbank, M., Cascio, C. (2018). Using a motion-tracking device to facilitate motion control in children with ASD for neuroimaging. Developmental Rehabilitation, doi: 10.1080/17518423.2018.1502831.

Gliga, T., Farroni, T., Cascio, C. J. (2018). Social touch: a new vista for developmental cognitive neuroscience? Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, pii: S1878-9293(18)30114-2.

Williams, Z. J., Failla, M. D., Gotham, K. O., Woynaroski, T. G., Cascio C. J. (2018). Psychometric evaluation of the short sensory profile in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3678-7.

A., Newsom, C. R., Wallace, M. T., Stone, W. L., Cascio, C. J. (2018). Developmental sequelae and neurophysiologic substrates of sensory seeking in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 29:41-43

Woodward, N. D., Giraldo-Chica, M., Rogers, B. P., Cascio, C. J. Thalamocortical dysconnectivity in autism spectrum disorder: An analysis of the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange (ABIDE). Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2:76-84, 2017.

Mash, L. E., Schauder, K. B., Cochran, C., Park, S., Cascio, C. J. The development of interoceptive cognition in autism spectrum disorder and typical development (In press, Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology).

Failla, M. D., Moana-Filho, E., Essick, G., Baranek, G. T., Rogers, B. P., Cascio, C. J. Intact initial response to pain in autism is diminished during sustained pain. Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice. DOI: 10.1177/136236131769043, 2017.

Simon, D. M., Damiano, C. R., Woynaroski, T. G., Ibanez, L. V., Murias, M., Stone, W. L., Wallace, M. T., Cascio, C. J. Neural correlates of hyporesponsiveness in toddlers at high risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3191-4, 2017.

Failla, M. D., Peters, B., Karbasforoushan, H., Foss-Feig, J. H., Schauder, K., Heflin, B. H., Cascio, C. J. Intra-insular connectivity and somatosensory responsiveness in young children with ASD. Molecular Autism, Jun 13;8:25. doi: 10.1186/s13229-017-0143-y, 2017.

Cascio, C. J., Moore, D., McGlone, F. (2018). Social touch and human development. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, pii: S1878-9293(17)30196-2.

Foss-Feig, J. H., McGugin, R. W., Gauthier, I., Mash, L. E., Ventola, P., Cascio, C. J. A functional neuroimaging study of fusiform response to restricted interests in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 8:15. DOI: 10.1186/s11689-016-9149-6, 2016.

Cascio, C. J., Woynaroski, T., Baranek, G. T., Wallace, M. T. Toward an interdisciplinary approach to understanding sensory function in autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research Apr 19. doi: 10.1002/aur.1612. [Epub ahead of print], 2016.

Cascio, C. J., Lorenzi, J., Baranek, G. T. Self-reported pleasantness ratings and examiner-coded defensiveness in response to touch in children with ASD: Effects of stimulus material and bodily location. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(5):1528-37, 2016.

Woodward, N. D., Cascio, C. J. Resting-state functional connectivity in psychiatric disorders. JAMA Psychiatry 72(8): 743-4, 2015.

Cascio, C. J., Gu, C., Schauder, K. B., Key, A. P., Yoder, P. Somatosensory event-related potentials and association with tactile behavioral responsiveness patterns in children with ASD. Brain Topography 28(6):895-903, 2015.

Schauder, K. B., Muller, C., Veenstra-Vanderweele, J., Cascio, C. J. Genetic variation in serotonin transporter modulates tactile hyperresponsiveness in ASD. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 10:93-100, 2015.

Schauder, K. B., Mash, L. E., Bryant, L. K., Cascio, C. J. Interoceptive ability and body awareness in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 131:193-200, 2015.

Pryweller, J. R., Schauder, K. B., Anderson, A. W., Heacock, J. L., Foss-Feig, J. H., Newsom, C. R., Loring, W. A., Cascio, C. J. White matter correlates of sensory processing in autism spectrum disorders. Neuroimage: Clinical, doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.09.01, 2014.

Cascio, C. J., Foss-Feig, J. H., Heacock, J., Schauder, K. B., Loring, W. A., Rogers, B. P., Pryweller, J. R., Newsom, C. R., Cockhren, J., Cao, A., Bolton, S. Affective neural response to restricted interests in autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 55(2):162-71, 2014.

Foss-Feig, J. H., Tadin, D., Schauder, K. B., Cascio, C. J. A substantial and unexpected enhancement of motion perception in autism. Journal of Neuroscience, May 8;33(19):8243-9, 2013.

Cascio, C. J., Gribbin, M. J., Gouttard, S., Smith, R. G., Jomier, M., Field, S. H., Graves, M., Hazlett, H. C., Muller, K., Gerig, G., Piven, J. Fractional anisotropy distributions in 2-6 year-old children with autism. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities Research, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01599.x, 2012.

Cascio, C. J., Foss-Feig, J. H., Heacock, J. L., Newsom, C. R., Cowan, R. L., Benningfield, M. M., Rogers, B. P., Cao, A. Response of neural reward regions to food cues in autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 4:9 doi:10.1186/1866-1955-4-9, 2012.

Cascio, C. J., Moana-Filho, E. J., Guest, S., Nebel, M. B., Weisner, J., Baranek, G. T., Essick, G. K. Perceptual and neural response to affective tactile texture stimulation in adults with autism spectrum disorders. Autism Research, Aug;5(4):231-44, 2012

Cascio, C. J., Foss-Feig, J. H., Burnette, C. P., Heacock, J. L., Cosby, A. A. The rubber hand illusion in children with autism spectrum disorders: delayed influence of combined tactile and visual input on proprioception. Autism, 16(4) 406-19, 2012

Foss-Feig, J. H., Heacock, J. L., Cascio, C. J. Tactile responsiveness patterns and their association with core features in autism spectrum disorders. Res Autism Spectr Disord, 6(1):337-344, 2012

Cascio, C. J. Somatosensory processing in neurodevelopmental disorders. J Neurodev Disord, 2, 62-69, 2010.

Cascio, C. J., McGlone, F., Folger, S., Tannan, V., Baranek, G., Pelphrey, K. A., Essick, G. Tactile perception in adults with autism: a multidimensional psychophysical study. J Autism Dev Disord, 38(1), 127-37, 2008.

Cascio, C. J., Gerig, G., Piven, J. Diffusion tensor imaging: Application to the study of the developing brain. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 46(2), 213-23, 2007.

Cascio, C. J., Styner, M., Smith, R. G., Poe, M. D., Gerig, G., Hazlett, HC, Jomier, M, Bammer, R, Piven, J. Reduced relationship to cortical white matter volume revealed by tractography-based segmentation of the corpus callosum in young children with developmental delay. Am J Psychiatry, 163(12), 2157-63, 2006.

Cascio, C. J., Sathian, K. Temporal cues contribute to tactile perception of roughness. J Neurosci, 21(14), 5289-96, 2001.

Williams, Z.J., Suzman, E., Bordman, S.L., Markfield, J., Kaiser, S., Dunham, K.A., Zoltowski, A.R., Failla, M., Cascio, C.J., & Woynaroski, T.G. (2022). Characterizing Interoceptive Differences in Autism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Case-control Studies. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (accepted for publication).

Crucianelli, L., Cascio, C.J., Salomon, R., & Salvato, G. (2022). When the body feels like mine: Constructing and deconstructing the sense of body ownership through the lifespan. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience-Cognitive Neuroscience, 854135.

Narapareddy, A., Eckland, M.R., Riordan, H.R., Cascio, C.J., & Isaacs, D.A. (2022). Altered Interoceptive Sensibility in Adults with Chronic Tic Disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.914897.

Williams, Z.J., Cascio, C.J., Woynaroski, T.G. (2022). Measuring subjective quality of life in autistic adults with the PROMIS global-10: Psychometric study and development of an autism-specific scoring method. Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221085364

Isaacs, D., Key, A.P., Cascio, C.J., Conley, A.C., Riordan, H., Walker, H.C., Wallace, M.T., & Claassen, D.O. (2022). Cross-disorder comparison of sensory over-responsivity in chronic tic disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Compr Psychiatry. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2021.152291.

Suzman, E., Williams, Z.J., Feldman, J.I., Failla, M.D., Cascio, C.J., Wallace, M.T., Niarchou, M., Sutcliffe, J.S., Wodka, E., & Woynaroski, T.G. (2021). Psychometric validation and refinement of the Interoception Sensory Questionnaire (ISQ) in adolescents and adults on the autism spectrum. Molecular autism, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-021-00440-y

Noel, J.-P., Paredes, R., Terrebone, E., Feldman, J.I., Woynaroski, T.G., Cascio, C.J., Seriès, P., & Wallace, M.T. (2021). Inflexible Updating of the Self-Other Divide During a Social Context in Autism; Psychophysical, Electrophysiological, and Neural Network Modeling Evidence. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.03.013

Feldman, J.I., Raj, S., Bowman, S.M., Santapuram, P., Golden, A.J., Daly, C., Dunham, K., Suzman, E., Augustine, A.E., & Garla, V., Muhumuza, A., Cascio, C.J., Williams, K.L., Kirby, A.V., Keceli-Kaysili, B., & Woynaroski, T.G. (2021). Sensory Responsiveness Is Linked With Communication in Infant Siblings of Children With and Without Autism. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(6), 1964-1976. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-001961

Williams, Z. J., He, J. L., Cascio, C. J., & Woynaroski, T. G. (2020). A Review of Decreased Sound Tolerance in Autism: Definitions, Phenomenology, and Potential Mechanisms. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.11.030

Isaacs, D., Key, A.P., Cascio, C.J., Conley, A.C., Walker, H.C., Wallace, M.T., Claassen, D.O. (2020). Sensory Hypersensitivity Severity and Association with Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Adults with Tic Disorder. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 16, 2591-2601. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S274165.

Chaganti, S., Welty, V. F., Taylor, W., Albert, K., Failla, M. D., Cascio, C., … Landman, B. A. (2019). Discovering novel disease comorbidities using electronic medical records. PloS one, 14(11), e0225495. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225495

Noel, J. P., Lytle, M. N., Cascio, C. J., Wallace, M. T. (2018). Disrupted Integration of Exteroceptive and Interoceptive Signaling in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research, 11(1): 194-205.

Bian, D., Zheng, Z., Swanson, A., Weitlauf, A., Woynaroski, T., Cascio, C. J., Key, A. P., Warren, Z., Sarkar, N. (2018). A Novel Multisensory Stimulation and Data Capture System (MADCAP) for Investigating Sensory Trajectories in Infancy. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 1526-1534, Aug. 2018.