Publications
Cerebellum in language, cognition, and development
LeBel, A., & D’Mello, A.M. (2023). A seat at the (language) table: incorporating the cerebellum into frameworks for language processing. Current Opinions in Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2023.101310
Rice, L. C., D’Mello, A. M., & Stoodley, C. J. (2021). Differential behavioral and neural effects of regional cerebellar tDCS. Neuroscience, 462, 288–302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.03.008
D’Mello, A. M., Gabrieli, J. D., & Nee, D. E. (2020). Evidence for hierarchical cognitive control in the human cerebellum. Current Biology, 30(10), 1881–1892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.028
D’Mello, A. M., Centanni, T. M., Gabrieli, J. D. E., & Christodoulou, J. A. (2020). Cerebellar contributions to rapid semantic processing in reading. Brain and Language, 208, 104828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2020.104828
Guell, X., D’Mello, A. M., Hubbard, N. A., Romeo, R. R., Gabrieli, J. D. E., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Schmahmann, J., Anteraper, S. A. (2020). Functional Territories of Human Dentate Nucleus. Cerebral Cortex. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhz247
D’Mello, A. M., Turkeltaub, P. E., & Stoodley, C. J. (2017). Cerebellar tDCS modulates neural circuits during semantic prediction: A combined tDCS-fMRI study. Journal of Neuroscience, 2818–16. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2818-16.2017
Moore, D. M., D’Mello, A. M., McGrath, L. M., & Stoodley, C. J. (2017). The developmental relationship between specific cognitive domains and grey matter in the cerebellum. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 24, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2016.12.001
Turkeltaub, P. E., Swears, M. K., D’Mello, A. M., & Stoodley, C. J. (2016). Cerebellar tDCS as a novel treatment for aphasia? Evidence from behavioral and resting-state functional connectivity data in healthy adults. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 34(4), 491–505. https://doi.org/10.3233/RNN-150633
Autism and Cerebellum
Frosch, I. R., Mittal, V. A., & D’Mello, A. M. (2022). Cerebellar contributions to social cognition in ASD: A predictive processing framework. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 16, 810425. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2022.810425
Anteraper, S. A., Guell, X., Hollinshead, M. O., D’Mello, A.M., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Biederman, J., & Joshi, G. (2020). Functional alterations associated with structural abnormalities in adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. Brain Connectivity, 10(7), 368–376. https://doi.org/10.1089/brain.2020.0746
Anteraper, S. A., Guell, X., Taylor, H. P., D’Mello, A.M., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., & Joshi, G. (2019). Intrinsic functional connectivity of dentate nuclei in autism spectrum disorder. Brain Connectivity, 9(9), 692–702.
Arnold Anteraper, S., Guell, X., D’Mello, A.M., Joshi, N., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., & Joshi, G. (2019). Disrupted Cerebrocerebellar Intrinsic Functional Connectivity in Young Adults with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Data-Driven, Whole-Brain, High-Temporal Resolution Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Brain Connectivity, 9(1), 48–59. https://doi.org/10.1089/brain.2018.0581
D’Mello, A. M., & Stoodley, C. J. (2015). Cerebro-cerebellar circuits in autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 9, 408. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2015.00408
D’Mello, A. M., Crocetti, D., Mostofsky, S. H., & Stoodley, C. J. (2015). Cerebellar gray matter and lobular volumes correlate with core autism symptoms. NeuroImage: Clinical, 7, 631–639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2015.02.007
Autism and Language
D’Mello, A. M., Moore, D. M., Crocetti, D., Mostofsky, S. H., & Stoodley, C. J. (2016). Cerebellar gray matter differentiates children with early language delay in autism. Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 9(11), 1191–1204. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1622
Strengths / Differences in Autism
D’Mello, A. M., Frosch, I. R., Meisler, S., Grotzinger, H., Perrachione, T.K., Gabrieli, J.D.E. (In Press). Research Articles, Behavioral/Cognitive
Diminished repetition suppression reveals selective and systems-level face processing differences in ASD. Journal of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0608-22.2023
D’Mello, A. M., Frosch, I. R., Li, C. E., Cardinaux, A. L., & Gabrieli, J. D. E. (2022). Exclusion of females in autism research: Empirical evidence for a “leaky” recruitment-to-research pipeline. Autism Research, 15(10), 1929–1940. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2795
Rozenkrantz, L., D’Mello, A. M., & Gabrieli, J. D. E. (2021). Enhanced rationality in autism spectrum disorder. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25(8), 685–696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2021.05.004
Social cognition in the brain
Olson, H.A., & D'Mello, A.M. (2022). The Social Brain. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University Press. Ed. Oliver Braddick. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.781
Reading and executive function
Marks, R. A., Pollack, C., Meisler, S., D’Mello, A.M., Centanni, T., Romeo, R. R., Wade, K., Matejko, A. A., Ansari, D., & Gabrieli, J. (2022). Neurocognitive risk factors for co-occurring math difficulties in dyslexia: Differences in executive function and visuospatial processing. PsyArxiv. (Preprint)
Al Dahhan, N. Z., Halverson, K., Peek, C. P., Wilmot, D., D’Mello, A.M., Romeo, R. R., Meegoda, O., Imhof, A., Wade, K., & Sridhar, A. (2022). Dissociating executive function and ADHD influences on reading ability in children with dyslexia. Cortex, 153, 126–142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.03.025
Pollack, C., Wilmot, D., Centanni, T. M., Halverson, K., Frosch, I., D’Mello, A. M., Romeo, R. R., Imhof, A., Capella, J., & Wade, K. (2021). Anxiety, motivation, and competence in mathematics and reading for children with and without learning difficulties. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 704821. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.704821
D’Mello, A. M., & Gabrieli, J. D. (2018). Cognitive neuroscience of dyslexia. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 49(4), 798–809. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_LSHSS-DYSLC-18-0020
Predictive processing in cognition
D’Mello, A. M., Bach, P., Corlett, P. R., & Rozenkrantz, L. (2022). Editorial: Predictive mechanisms in action, perception, cognition, and clinical disorders. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16, 1005905. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.1005905
D’Mello, A. M., & Rozenkrantz, L. (2020). Neural Mechanisms for Prediction: From Action to Higher-Order Cognition. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(27), 5158–5160. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0732-20.2020
Scientific Communication
D'Mello, A.M. (2023). How scientists can counteract their unwitting contributions to autism's sex bias. Spectrum. https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/how-scientists-can-counteract-their-unwitting-contributions-to-autisms-sex-bias/
Rozenkrantz, L., & D'Mello, A.M. (2022). Autistic people challenge preconceived ideas about rationality. Psyche. https://psyche.co/ideas/autistic-people-challenge-preconceived-ideas-about-rationality
D’Mello, A.M., & Flynn, O. (2019). Respect the poster. Science, 366(6466), 766–766. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.366.6466.766