Areas of Research

PUBLICATIONS

Brittenham, C., T. Vanneau, and S. Molholm (2026). Multisensory attenuation of the pupil light response in autistic and non-autistic children. European Journal of Neuroscience, 63(11), e70578.

Molholm, S., Franciscoa, A. A., Horsthuisa, D. J., Lecaj, T., Cregina, D., Brittenham, C., Foxe, J. J. (2026). A behavioral and electrophysiological investigation of conflict monitoring in cystinosis (CTNS gene mutations) using the flanker paradigm. Frontiers in Nephrology. 6, 1608421.

Brittenham, C., Wagner, J. B., Westendorf, A., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Nelson, C. A. (2025). Differing patterns of face processing in infants at elevated likelihood of autism. Infant Behavior and Development, 80, 1-13.

Brittenham, C., DiCriscio, A. S., Troiani, V., Hu, Y., & Wagner, J. B. (2025). Task-evoked pupil responses during free-viewing of hierarchical figures in relation to autistic traits in adults. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 9778.

Brittenham, C., Gordon, J., Zemon, V. M., & Siper, P. M. (2022). Objective frequency analysis of transient visual evoked potentials in autistic children. Autism Research, 15(3), 464-480.

Siper, P. M., Rowe, M. A., Guillory, S. B., Rouhandeh, A. A., George-Jones, J. L., Tavassoli, T., Lurie, S., Zweifach, J., Weissman, J., Foss-Feig, J., Halpern, D., Trelles, P., Mulhern, M.S., Brittenham, C., Gordon, J., Zemon,V., Buxbaum, J., Kolevzon, A. (2022). Visual evoked potential abnormalities in Phelan-McDermid syndrome. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(4), 565-574.

In Press

Brittenham, C., Keehn, B., Wagner, J. B. (in press). Attention and learning in autism and infants at elevated likelihood for autism. In D. Amso (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Infant Development of Attention, Memory, and Learning. Oxford University Press.

Vanneau, T., Brittenham, C., Darrell, M., Foxe, J., Molholm, S. (in press). Neural oscillatory dynamics reveal altered top-down and integrative mechanisms during face processing in autistic children and unaffected siblings of autistic children. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 

Under Review / Available on bioRxiv

Vanneau, T., Reisli, S., Brittenham, C., Crosse, M. J., Molholm, S. (under review). Reduced flexibility in predictive tuning and contextual adaptation in autism: an EEG and behavioral study. Autism Research.

Darrell, M., Vanneau, T., Brittenham, C., Foxe, J., Molholm, S. (under review). Frontal theta phase modulates asymmetric posterior neural mechanisms of spatial attention. NeuroImage.

Darrell, M., Vanneau, T., Brittenham, C., Foxe, J., Molholm, S. (available on bioRxiv). Asymmetric neural dynamics of visuospatial attention in autism spectrum disorder.

Vanneau, T., Brittenham, C., Darrell, M., Quiquempoix, M., Foxe, J .J., Molholm, S. (available on bioRxiv). Instability of alpha oscillatory states in autism and familial liability: evidence from burst-resolved high-density electroencephalography (EEG).

In Preparation

Brittenham, C., Vanneau, T., Becker, S., Acluche, F., Jacobs, S., Mitchell, J., Foxe, J., Molholm, S. (in prep). Divergent late-stage somatosensory adaptation in autism. 

Brittenham, C., Cassim, T., Moses, J., Wagner, J. B. (in prep). Less face engagement, more object focus, and greater pupil constriction associated with autistic traits in non-autistic preschoolers. 

Soker-Elimiliah, S., Brittenham, C., DeStefano, A., Wagner, J. B. (in prep). Temperamental sensory features in the first years of life predict later autistic traits. 

Chavarga, A., Ergun, T. S., Brittenham, C., Gordon, J., & Abramov, I. (in prep). Colors: Chromaticity and appearance diagrams. 

PRESENTATIONS

Symposium Presentations

Soker-Elimaliah, S., Brittenham, C., & Wagner, J. B. (2026). Challenges and best practices for electrodermal activity data collection from autistic and non-autistic children. In Accessible Psychophysiology in Autism: Methodological Innovations Across Modalities (Symposium). In Society for Psychophysiological Research Annual Meeting.

Brittenham, C., Vanneau, T., Becker, S., Acluche, F., Jacobs, S., Mitchell, J., Foxe, J., Molholm, S. Divergent late-stage somatosensory adaptation in autism.  In Analysis Matters: Methodological Innovations in Developmental Sensory ERP Research from Infancy to Childhood in Neurodivergent and Typical Populations (Symposium). In FLUX Conference.

Poster Presentions

Soker-Elimaliah, S., DeStefano, A., Brittenham, C., Shvartsburd, A., & Wagner, J. B. (2026). Developmental trajectories of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in infancy. In International Congress of Infant Studies Conference. 

Brittenham, C., Vanneau, T., Crosse, M. J., Foxe, J., Molholm, M. (2026). Continuous pupil responses to audio-visual stimuli in noise in autistic and non-autistic children. In International Society for Autism Research Conference.

Darrell, M., Vanneau, T., Brittenham, C., Foxe, J., Molholm, M. (2026). Unpacking neural mechanisms of selective attention in autism spectrum disorder: An EEG-investigation of behavioral & neural correlates. In International Society for Autism Research Conference.

DeStefano, A, Samuel, R., Shvartsburd, A., Soker-Elimaliah, S., Brittenham, C., McCloskey, D., Wagner, J. B. (2026). Associations between stress biomarkers and the broader autism phenotype in college students. In International Society for Autism Research Conference.

 Vanneau, T., Brittenham, C., Quiquempoix, M., Foxe, J., Molholm, M. (2026). Investigating neuro-oscillatory alpha dynamics in autistic children at rest and at play. In Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference. 

Brittenham, C. & Wagner, J. B. (2025). Less face engagement, more object focus, and greater pupil constriction associated with autistic traits in nonautistic preschoolers. In International Society for Autism Research Conference.

Soker-Elimaliah, S., Brittenham, C., & Wagner, J. B. (2025). Temperamental sensory features in the first years of life predict later autistic traits. In International Society for Autism Research Conference.

DeStefano, A., Brittenham, C., Soker-Elimaliah, S., Hayes, L., Wagner, J. B. (2025). Assessment of a novel PLR app in adults varying in autistic traits. In Eastern Psychological Association Conference.

Brittenham, C., Soker-Elimaliah, S., Scarano, S. R., & Wagner, J.B. (2024). The pupillary light reflex in infants is associated with concurrent markers of social communication. In International Congress of Infant Studies Conference.

Brittenham, C. & Wagner, J. B. (2024). Global processing takes more time and is less accurate in individuals with high levels of autistic traits. In International Society for Autism Research Conference.

Brittenham, C. & Wagner, J. B. (2023). Examining visual processing of hierarchical figures through behavioral measures and pupillometry in relation to autistic traits in adults. In International Society for Autism Research Conference.

Brittenham, C. & Wagner, J. B. (2023). No initial left gaze bias to faces in children with high levels of autistic traits. In Society for Research in Child Development Conference.

Brittenham, C., Soker-Elimaliah, S., & Wagner, J. B. (2022). Diminished left gaze bias to faces in infants with elevated autism-related traits. In International Congress of Infant Studies Conference.

Brittenham, C. & Wagner, J. B. (2022). Lack of left gaze bias to faces in adults with high levels of autistic Traits. In International Society for Autism Research Conference.

Brittenham, C., Wagner, J. B., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Nelson, C. A. (2021). Exploring face inversion effects and attentional biases in infants at high risk for ASD. In International Society for Autism Research Virtual Conference. 

Nunez, V., Gordon, J., Brittenham, C., McNeil, R., Pertsovskaya, V., Yin, Y., & Shapley, R. (2019). Double-opponent cells in parvocellular and koniocellular pathways contribute to the perception of color in color patterns. Journal of Vision, 19(15), 7-7.

Nunez, V., Shapley, R., Schuette, P., Amir, A., Brittenham, C., Butt, A., Chan, N., Syed Ali, H., Pehme, P., Ridwan, C. S., Song, Y., Gordon, J. (2016). Evidence of nonlinear edge mechanism in cortical responses to color in the cVEP. Perception Meeting. 45, 213-213.