Karri Gillespie-Smith

I am a Developmental Psychologist interested in linking core social and cognitive constructs to real world applications. These core constructs include: social attention, face perception, and self-concept. My overarching research theme is interested in how core socio-cognitive strengths and weaknesses impact wider areas of functioning (e.g. clinical symptomology, forensic applications, risk awareness, social media use and gaming) in Autism and other groups developing atypically. To carry this research out I use a variety of methodologies including behavioural paradigms, eye-tracking, survey and (most recently) qualitative. I am excited to be involved with the GenderEd network because I am interested in the ways sex and gender may impact atypical developmental trajectories for e.g. sex differences in autism and how sex can influence autism presentation and clinical outcomes.