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