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EDUCATION

POST-DOCTORAL EXPERIENCES

PRESENT POSITION

PAST POSITION

RESEARCH PROJECTS

GRANT & AWARDS

COMPETITIVE AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

COMPETITIVE GRANT WRITING AND RESEARCH FUNDING HISTORY

Publications

Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)

  1. Lacroix, A., Garrido, M., Kovarski, K., Barbosa, L., Harquel, S., Vercueil, L., Kauffmann, L., Dutheil, F., Gomot, M., Mermillod, M. (2024). Reduced spatial frequency differentiation and sex-related specificities in fearful face detection in autism: insights from EEG and the predictive brain model. Autism Research.

  2. Lacroix, A., Harquel, S., Mermillod, M., Garrido, M., Barbosa, L., Vercueil, L., Aleysson, D., Dutheil, F., Kovarski, K., Gomot, M. (2024). Sex modulation of faces prediction error in the autistic brain. Communications Biology, 7(1).

  3. Rynkiewicz, A., Zheng, S., Lacroix, A. (2024). Special considerations for assessing and caring for autism in girls and women. Current Opinion in Psychiatry.

  4. Mermillod, M., Perrier, M.J.R., Lacroix, A., Kauffmann, L., Peyrin, C., Méot, A., Vermeulen, N., Dutheil, F. (2022). High spatial frequencies disrupt visual recognition: Evidence from an attentional blink paradigm. Heliyon.

  5. Lacroix, A., Harquel, S., Mermillod, M., Vercueil, L., Aleysson, D., Dutheil, F., Kovarski, K., Gomot, M. (2022). The predictive role of low spatial frequencies in automatic face processing: A visual mismatch negativity investigation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16.

  6. Lacroix, A., Dutheil, F., Logemann, A., Cserjesi, R., Peyrin, C., Biro, B., Gomot, M., Mermillod, M. (2022). Flexibility in autism during unpredictable shifts of socio-emotional stimuli: Investigation of group and sex differences. Autism, 26(7), 1681–1697.

  7. Magnon, V., Vallet, G. T., Benson, A., Mermillod, M., Chausse, P., Lacroix, A., Bouillon-Minois, J.-B., Dutheil, F. (2022). Does heart rate variability predict better executive functioning? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cortex.

  8. Lacroix, A., Nalborczyk, L., Dutheil, F., Kovarski, K., Chokron, S., Garrido, M., Gomot, M., Mermillod, M. (2021). High spatial frequency filtered primes hasten happy faces categorization in autistic adults. Brain and Cognition, 155, 105811.

Submitted Articles

  1. Pieron, M., Lacroix, A., Chokron, S., Demily, C. (Under review in L’Encéphale). For participatory research in autism spectrum disorders.

  2. Lacroix, A., Bennetot-Deveria, Y., Baciu, M., Dutheil, F., Magnon, V., Gomot, M., Mermillod, M. (Under Review in Molecular Autism). Understanding emotional flexibility in autism: The social factors matter.

  3. Lacroix, A., Burnel, M., Baciu, M., Occelli, P., Perrone-Bertolotti, M., David, M., Ego, A. (Under review in Autism). Autistic behaviors reduce school participation in French autistic girls and boys: Insight from a structural equation modeling study.

  4. Lacroix, A., Gomot, M., Fombonne, M., Perrier, M.J.R., Peyrin, C., Vermeulen, N., Park G., Dutheil, F., Mermillod, M. (In revision). Both high and low spatial frequencies are critical for visual consciousness in autism: Evidence from an emotional attentional blink paradigm. Visual Cognition.

Books

  1. Lacroix, A. (2023). Autisme au féminin – Approches historique et scientifique, regards cliniques. Grenoble, France: Éditions de l’Université Grenoble Alpes – Collection Carrefour des Idées.

Book Chapters

  1. Lacroix, A. (2023). Autisme et recherche participative. In C. Barthélémy et F. Bonnet-Briault (Eds.), L’autisme de l’enfance à l’âge adulte, Psychiatrie. Paris, France: Lavoisier.

  2. Rynkiewicz, A., Domarecki, P., Pieniążek, A., Ossolińska, A., Lacroix, A., Sykała, A., Klecha, G. (2023). ECHO Autism Poland STAT and the GQ-ASC (Q-ASC) questionnaire. The use of autism screening assessments in the ECHO Autism Poland model. Poland: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego.

Talks

  1. Lacroix, A. (2024, June 26). Predictive mechanisms during socio-emotional processing in autistic adults. Laboratory of Interactions between Cognition, Action and Emotion (LICAE), Paris, France. Invited talk.

  2. Lacroix, A. (2024, April 19). Socio-emotional processing in autism: Gender matters. Savoie Mont Blanc University (USMB) seminar. Chambéry, France. Invited talk.

  3. Lacroix, A. (2024, February 16). Socio-emotional processing in autism: Gender matters. Neurology Friday seminar. Grenoble, France. Invited talk.

  4. Lacroix, A. (2023, December 8). Neurofunctional specificities in autistic adults in predictive processes during cognitive flexibility. Cercog Seminar. Grenoble, France. Invited talk.

  5. Lacroix, A. (2023, June 13). Socio-emotional prediction in autism: Specificities and sex differences. Neurospin Seminar. Paris, France. Invited Talk.

  6. Lacroix, A., Bonnot-Briey, S., Eté, N., Er Rajaoui, L., Maulavé, C. (2023). Recherche participative en France aujourd’hui: point de vue de personnes présentant un Trouble Du Neurodéveloppement (Participatory research in France: The point of view of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders). Scientific and Civic Day of the Institut Robert Debré du Cerveau de l’Enfant (APHP), Paris, France.

  7. Rynkiewicz, A., Sohl, K., Vasa, R.A., Brewer Curran, A., Lacroix, A., Klecha, G., Klecha, J., Plata-Nazar, K., Łucka, I., Mazur, A. (2022, October 7-9). Global scale ECHO Autism model enhancing healthcare for females with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) during their transition into adulthood. 13th Autism-Europe International Congress. Cracow, Poland.

  8. Lacroix, A. (2022, January 19-21). Être femme et autiste. 20e Congrès de l’Encéphale. Paris, France. Invited talk.

  9. Lacroix, A. (2022, March 17). Participatory research: How to achieve a genuine co-construction with autistic individuals. Journée de Recherche Transdisciplinaire iMind/ Gis Autisme. Lyon, France.

  10. Lacroix, A. (2022, June 30 – July 1). Participatory research: How to achieve a genuine co-construction with autistic individuals. Journées Neurosciences Psychiatrie Neurologie. Paris, France.

  11. Mermillod, M., Lacroix, A. (2021, September 30). Predictive brain and emotion recognition in autism. LAPSCO Seminar. Clermont-Ferrand, France. Invited talk.

  12. Lacroix, A., Nalborczyk, L., Mermillod, M., Pouchon, A., Jaffiol, A., Polosan, M. (2021, June 16). Emotional predictive brain in bipolar disorder: Contribution of diffusion models. Meeting of Expertise Centers for Bipolar Disorder of the FondaMental Foundation. Grenoble, France. Invited talk.

  13. Lacroix, A. (2020, January 22). Autism in females: From research to clinical practice. 18e Congrès de l’Encéphale. Paris, France. Invited talk.

  14. Lacroix, A. (2019, June 21). Autistic spectrum disorders in women. Toulouse, France. Invited talk.

  15. Lacroix, A. (2019, May 7). How predictive processing impacts socio-emotional functioning in autism. Congrès International d’Autisme. Paris, France. Invited talk.

  16. Lacroix, A., Vermeulen, N., Mermillod, M., Peyrin, C. (2018, December 7). The role of predictive mechanisms in face processing in autism. 13th Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany.

  17. Lacroix, A., Nalborczyk, L., Mermillod, M. (2018, June 12). Emotion recognition in autism: The role of predictive processing. 10th International Conference on Autism Research. Paris, France.

Posters

  1. Lacroix, A., Mermillod, M., Chokron, S. (2024, September 18-21). Predictive brain mechanisms in face processing in autism. 14th International Conference on Autism Research. Brussels, Belgium.

  2. Lacroix, A., Gomot, M., Mermillod, M., Dutheil, F. (2022, April 5-8). Predictive processing in autism: Gender differences in emotional face recognition. European Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience. Milan, Italy.

  3. Lacroix, A., Kovarski, K., Mermillod, M., Vercueil, L. (2021, December 14-17). The role of spatial frequencies in autism: Evidence from face processing. International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, USA.

  4. Lacroix, A., Rynkiewicz, A., Mermillod, M., Demily, C. (2021, June 21-24). Understanding female autism: Integrating clinical and research perspectives. 12th International Conference on Autism. Lisbon, Portugal.

TEACHING

2021-2023
- Autism: Research Advances, Lecture, Master in Child Neuropsychology, Grenoble Alpes University.
2022
- Differential Psychology and Psychometry, Lecture and Practical Work, Licence in Psychology, Grenoble Alpes University.
2021
- Statistics, Practical Work with R, Master in Child Neuropsychology, Grenoble Alpes University.
2018-2021
- Cognitive Psychology, Practical Work, Licence in Psychology, Grenoble Alpes University.
2018-2019
- Research Methodology, Practical Work, Licence in Psychology, Grenoble Alpes University.
2010-2016
- Teacher in Special Need Education.
2008-2010
- Primary School Teacher.

SUPERVISION

Bachelor’s Honours

2023-2024
1. Aline Virot, Grenoble Alpes University - fMRI study of the activity of the predictive networks in autistic males and females during social and non-social flexibility tasks. Principal supervisor. In progress.
2. Orane Ouassa, Grenoble Alpes University - fMRI study of the activity of the predictive networks in autistic males and females during an emotional flexibility task. Principal supervisor. In progress.
2020-2021
3. Valentine Cuisinier, Grenoble Alpes University - Spatial frequency processing during visual recognition in autistic adults. Co-supervisor. Completed.
2018-2019
4. Margot Fombonne, Grenoble Alpes University - Emotional attentional blink in autism. Co-supervisor. Completed.

Master’s Non-Thesis

2022-2023
1. Marion Chabert, Grenoble Alpes University - Identifying the factors influencing scholar and social participation in autistic children using structural equation modeling. Principal supervisor. Completed.

Master’s Thesis

2021-2022
1. Emma Torija, Grenoble Alpes University - Predictive brain and flexibility in autistic adults. Co-supervisor. Completed.
2. Yoann Bennetot, Grenoble Alpes University - Flexibility during the processing of socio-emotional stimuli in autistic adults. Co-supervisor. Completed.
3. Antoine Jaffiol, Grenoble Alpes University - Emotional proactive brain in bipolar disorder. Co-supervisor. Completed.
4. Margot Fombonne, Grenoble Alpes University - Emotional proactive brain in autism. Co-supervisor. Completed.
5. Morgane Bordet, Grenoble Alpes University - Socio-emotional flexibility in autistic adults. Co-supervisor. Completed.

JURY

Thesis Defense

2024
1. Soline Burckard, Neurospin, Paris France - Cortical sulcation and autism symptomatology: MRI studies.

Master’s Non-Thesis

2024
1. Cynthia Cohen, Grenoble Alpes University - Study of implicit and explicit metacognitive processes of students diagnosed with ASD through their questioning in class.
2. Morgane Pires, Grenoble Alpes University - Visual perspective-taking: A case study of autistic children with intellectual disability.
3. Cynthia Gilibert, Grenoble Alpes University - Visual Perspective taking in Autism Spectrum disorder.
4. Enola Boisseleau, Toulouse III University - Visual sensory research in adolescents with ADHD or ASD: A pilot study.
2023
5. Orlane Berric, Grenoble Alpes University - Development of an experimental device for non-semantic recognition of emotional facial expressions in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
6. Elise Courbis, Grenoble Alpes University - Development of a device to assess emotion recognition abilities in context among autistic children.
7. Pauline Reynouard, Grenoble Alpes University - Development of an experimental device for non-semantic recognition of facial emotions in neurotypical children and children with autism spectrum disorder.
8. Purghe Lola, Grenoble Alpes University - Recognition of emotional facial expressions in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
9. Jeannie Meyreand, Grenoble Alpes University - Evaluation of the perception of emotional facial expressions in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Towards an adapted methodology.
2021
10. Gael Galindo, Grenoble Alpes University - Link between theory of mind and visual perspective-taking based on autistic traits in a neurotypical adult population.

GENERAL AUDIENCE, KNOWLEDGE USER PRESENTATIONS AND ROUNDTABLES

2024
1. Shattering Myths: Discovering Autism in Females, Lecture for the Grand Autism Symposium by Ideereka. Online.
2. Autism in Females: Which Specificities, Lecture at the Saint Egrève Hospital Centre.
3. Autism in Females: History, Characteristics, and Support, Recorded Course for the Autism Training Platform PUFADSA. Clermont-Ferrand, France.
4. Autism in Females: Dispelling Common Misconceptions, Aspie Friendly Lecture. Clermont-Ferrand, France.

2023
5. Différences liées au sexe dans la perception visuelle des visages chez les adultes autistes et non autistes: Influence des mécanismes prédictifs?, Scientific and Participative Mediation “Sex/gender and sensory perception in neurodevelopmental disorders”, Paris, France.
6. My Book on Autism in Females, Talk on my book for “Aspie-Friendly University”, Online, France.
7. Women in Science, Invited for the Roundtable on Women in Science for the Biotechno Forum, Grenoble, France.
8. Autisme au féminin: Dépasser les lieux commun avec l’approche scientifique, Presentation for the organization “Autisme Genève”, Geneva, Switzerland.
9. Autisme: et les filles…?, Presentation for Primary School Teachers and Special Need Teachers, Paris, France.
10. Les filles et l’autisme: moins nombreuses? moins visibles? Mythes et réalités, Presentation for the Self-Regulation System Day, Online, France.
11. Autisme au féminin, One Day of Lecture for the Organization “Autisme Suisse Romande”, Lausanne, Switzerland.
12. Autisme au féminin, Talk for the Autism Awareness Day for the Organization Asperger Lorraine, Metz, France.
13. Femmes autistes: les oubliées, Workshop “Science Infuse” organized by the Library of Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, France.

2022
14. L’autisme au féminin, Oral Presentation for the Organization Parlons d’Autisme, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
15. Autisme au féminin, Presentation for the Organization Autisme Bassin Lémanique, Margencel, France.
16. L’autisme au féminin, One Day Training for the Organization Autisme Suisse Romande, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
17. Devenir parent quand on est autiste: des challenges supplémentaires?, Webinar iMind, France.

2021
18. La question identitaire chez les femmes autistes adultes, Webinar for the Groupement National des Centres Ressources Autisme, Grenoble, France.
19. La fatigabilité des personnes autistes, Round Table for the SpielAct Festival, Genève, Switzerland.

2019
20. L’autisme au féminin: profil et diagnostic, Oral Presentation for « Femmes avant tout » at the French National Assembly, Paris, France.
21. État des lieux de la recherche sur les femmes autistes, Oral Presentation for Autisme 22, Saint Brieuc, France.
22. Filles et femmes autistes, de l’ombre à la lumière, Oral Presentation at the Haute École de Travail Social et de la Santé, Lausanne, Switzerland.

2018
23. L’autisme au féminin durant l’enfance: profil et dépistage, 2nd Congress of “L’étoile d’Asperger”, Toulouges, France.
24. L’autisme au féminin: quelles spécificités?, Centre d’Évaluation Savoyard de L’autisme, Chambéry, France.
25. L’autisme au féminin, que dit la recherche?, Presentation for Autism Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
26. L’autisme au féminin: état des connaissances et stratégies d’accompagnement scolaire, Haute École de Travail Social et de la Santé, Lausanne, Switzerland.

BROADCAST INTERVIEWS

2023-09-10
1. Autism in Females, Interview for the French Radio France Bleu Isère.

2023-09-08
2. Being a Female and Autistic, Podcast “Troubles dans le Spectre” realized by the Research Center IMind Lyon. 50 minutes.

2023-06-12
3. Autism in Females: Presentation of How Autism Presents in Females and Why They Are Underdiagnosed, Presentation of my Book. The Program is the 13/14 on the French National Radio France Inter - 10 minutes.

2023-05-16
4. Autism in Females: Presentation of How Autism Manifests in Females, What Are Their Specificities and Presentation of My Book, Invited for the Broadcast “L’instantané”, on the French Regional Channel France 3 Alpes. 10 minutes.

2023-05-12
5. Autism in Females: Sex Ratio, Diagnostic, Research, Interview for the French Radio Vivre FM. 45 minutes.

2023-03-23
6. Autism in Females and Females with Autism, Podcast for the French Radio “La Voix des Femmes”, Paris, France. 40 minutes.

2023-03-20
7. Women in Science, Presentation of my Research on Autism in Females, Invited for the Podcast “Les grandes histoires” on the French Radio “France Culture”. 25 minutes.

2023-01-22
8. Autism in Females, Interview with the French Newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré. 1 hour.

2022-09-12
9. Autism in Females, Interview for the French Newspaper Le Monde. 1 hour.

MEDIA APPEARANCES

2024-06-20
1. Autism in Females: State of the Art and Future Perspectives, Presentation of the Conference at the International Conference on Autism Research, Paris, France.
2024-04-23
2. The Role of Gender in Autism Diagnosis, Radio Show on “La santé en direct”, Paris, France.

2023-10-22
3. Focus on Women with Autism: Research and Clinical Advances, Presentation for the “Forum Autisme” organized by the French Association “Autisme et Société”.

2023-10-10
4. Autism and Gender Differences: A Review of Current Research, Presentation at the “International Neurodevelopmental Disorders Conference”, Toulouse, France.

2023-08-30
5. Understanding Autism in Women: An Overview, Talk at the “Festival de la Science” organized by the French Ministry of Education, Paris, France.

2023-05-25
6. Autism in Females: An Overview of Recent Findings, Presentation for the “International Conference on Autism Spectrum Disorder”, Geneva, Switzerland.

2022-11-12
7. Women with Autism: Challenges and Advances, Presentation for the “National Forum on Autism”, Paris, France.