Michelle Dawson
University of Montréal [Google scholar citations]
Selected journal papers, commentaries, letters
Gernsbacher, M.A., Dawson, M., & Goldsmith, H.H. (2005).
Three reasons not to believe in an autism epidemic. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14,
55-58.
Mottron L., & Dawson, M. (2005). Against "motion
perception impairment” and its anatomical counterpart, "magnocellular
deficit", as identifiable aspects of autistic perceptual differences.
Commentary on Milne, E., Swettenham, J., & Campbell, R. Motion perception
in autism: a review. Current
Psychology of Cognition, 23, 153-156.
Mottron, L., Ménard, É., Soulières, I.,
& Dawson, M. (2005). L'évaluation cognitive dans les troubles envahissants
du développement. Revue
québécoise de psychologie, 26, 1-20.
Mottron, L., Dawson, M., Soulières, I.,
Hubert, B., & Burack, J.A. (2006). Enhanced perceptual functioning in
autism: An update, and eight principles of autistic perception. Journal of Autism and Developmental
Disorders, 36, 27-43.
Jemel, B., Mottron, L., & Dawson, M. (2006). Impaired face
processing in autism: Fact or artifact? Journal
of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36, 91-106.
Caron, M.-J., Mottron, L., Berthiaume, C., & Dawson, M.
(2006). Cognitive mechanisms, specificity and neural underpinnings of
visuo-spatial peaks in autism. Brain,
129, 1789-802.
Gernsbacher, M.A., Dawson, M., & Mottron, L. (2006). Autism:
Common, heritable, but not harmful. Behavioral
and Brain Sciences, 29, 413-414.
Mottron, L., Mineau, S., Martel, G., St-Charles Bernier, C.,
Berthiaume, C., Dawson, M., Lemay, M., Palardy, M., Charman, T., & Faubert
, J. (2007). Lateral glances toward moving stimuli among young children with
autism: Early regulation of locally-oriented perception? Development and Psychopathology, 17,
23-36.
Dawson, M., Soulières, I., Gernsbacher,
M.A., & Mottron, L. (2007). The level and nature of autistic
intelligence. Psychological
Science, 18, 657-662.
Wang, L., Mottron, L., Peng, D., Berthiaume, C., & Dawson,
M. (2007). Local bias and local-to-global interference without global deficit:
A robust finding in autism under various conditions of attention, exposure time
and visual angle. Cognitive
Neuropsychology, 24, 550-574. [abstract]
Mottron, L., Dawson, M., Bertone, A., & Wang, L. (2007).
Cognitive versatility in autism cannot be reduced to a deficit. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 24,
578-580.
Mottron, L., Dawson, M., & Soulières,
I. (2009). Enhanced perception in savant syndrome: Patterns, structure and
creativity. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 364, 1385-1391.
Soulières, I., Dawson, M., Samson, F.,
Brochu-Barbeau, E., Sahyoun, C., Strangman, G.E., Zeffiro, T.A, & Mottron,
L. (2009). Enhanced visual processing contributes to matrix reasoning in
autism. Human Brain Mapping,
30, 4082-107.
Dawson, M., & Gernsbacher, M.A. (2010). Effectiveness of
intensive autism programmes. Lancet,
375, 722-3.
Perrault, A., Gurnsey, R., Dawson, M., Mottron, L., &
Bertone, A. (2011). Increased sensitivity to mirror symmetry in autism. PLoS-One, 6(4):e19519.
Kéïta, L., Mottron, L., Dawson, M., & Bertone, A. (2011).
Atypical lateral connectivity: a neural basis for altered visuospatial
processing in autism. Biological
Psychiatry, 70,
806-11.
Soulieres, I., Dawson, M., Gernsbacher, M.A., & Mottron, L.
(2011). The level and nature of autistic intelligence II: What about Asperger
syndrome? PLoS-One,
6(9):e25372.
Forgeot d’Arc, B., Dawson, M., Soulieres, I., & Mottron, L.
(2012). Self-injury in autism is largely unexplained: Now what? Journal of Autism and Developmental
Disorders, 42, 2513-2514.
Barbeau, E.B., Soulieres, I., Dawson,
M., Zeffiro, T.A., & Mottron, L. (2013). The level and nature of
autistic intelligence III: Inspection time. Journal
of Abnormal Psychology, 122, 295-301.
Mottron, L., Bouvet, L., Bonnel, A., Samson, F., Burack, J. A.,
Dawson, M., & Heaton, P. (2013). Veridical mapping in the development of
exceptional autistic abilities. Neuroscience
& Biobehavioral Reviews, 37, 209-228.
Bouvet, L., Donnadieu, S., Valdois, S.,
Caron, C., Dawson, M., & Mottron, L. (2014). Veridical mapping in
savant abilities, absolute pitch, and synesthesia: an autism case study. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 106.
Courchesne, V., Meilleur, A.A.S.,
Poulin-Lord, M. P., Dawson, M., & Soulières, I. (2015). Autistic
children at risk of being underestimated: school-based pilot study of a
strength-informed assessment. Molecular
Autism, 6(1), 12.
Nader, A. M., Courchesne, V., Dawson,
M., & Soulières, I. (2016). Does WISC-IV underestimate the
intelligence of autistic children? Journal
of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 5, 1582-1589.
Jacques, C., Courchesne, V., Meilleur,
A.A.S., Mineau, S., Ferguson, S., Cousineau, D., Labbe, A., Dawson, M., &
Mottron, L. (2018). What interests young autistic children? An exploratory study of
object exploration and repetitive behavior. PloS
one, 13(12),
e0209251.
Dawson, M., & Cowen, T. (2019). Autistics appear different,
but also are different, and this should be valued. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42.
Dawson, M., & Fletcher‐Watson,
S. (2021). Commentary: What conflicts of interest tell us about autism
intervention research—a commentary on Bottema‐Beutel et
al.(2020). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62(1),
16-18.
Dawson, M., & Fletcher-Watson, S. (2022).
When autism researchers disregard harms: A commentary. Autism, 26(2), 564-566.
Nader, A. M., Tullo,
D., Bouchard, V., Degré-Pelletier, J., Bertone, A., Dawson, M., &
Soulières, I. (2022). Category learning in autism: Are some
situations better than others? Journal of Experimental Psychology:
General, 151(3), 578.
Jacques, C., Courchesne, V., Mineau, S., Dawson, M., & Mottron, L. (2022). Positive, negative, neutral—or unknown? The perceived valence of emotions expressed by young autistic children in a novel context suited to autism. Autism, 26(7):1833-1848.
Selected book chapters
Dawson, M., Mottron, L., & Gernsbacher, M. A. (2008).
Learning in autism. In J. H. Byrne (Series Ed.) & H. Roediger (Vol. Ed.), Learning and memory: A comprehensive
reference: Cognitive Psychology (pp. 759-772). New York: Elsevier.
Mottron, L., Dawson, M. & Soulieres,
I. (2008). A different memory: Are distinctions drawn from the study of
non-autistic memory appropriate to describe memory in autism? In J. Boucher and
D. Bowler (Eds.) Memory in Autism
(pp. 311-329). Cambridge University Press.
Dawson, M., & Mottron, L. (2011). Do autistics have
cognitive strengths? Should ASC be defined as disorders? In S. Bolte and J.
Hallmayer (Eds.) Autism
Spectrum Conditions (pp. 32-34). Gottingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Mottron, L., & Dawson, M. (2013). The autistic spectrum. In
O. Dulac, M. Lassonde, H.B. Sarnat (Eds.), Handbook
of Clinical Neurology: Pediatric Neurology, 111, 263-271. New York:
Elsevier.
Mottron, L., & Dawson, M. (2013). Giftedness. In F.R. Volkmar
(Ed.), Encyclopedia of Autism
Spectrum Disorders (pp. 1440-1441). New York: Springer.
Dawson, M. (2013). Verbal intelligence. In F.R. Volkmar (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum
Disorders (pp. 3243-3250). New York: Springer.
2018 update: Dawson, M. (2018). Verbal Intelligence. In: Volkmar
F. (eds) Encyclopedia of
Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY.
Mottron, L., Soulieres, I., &
Dawson, M. (2013). Perception. In F.R. Volkmar (Ed.),Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (pp.
2168-2176). New York: Springer.
2019 update: Mottron L., Soulières I.,
& Dawson M. (2019). Perception. In: Volkmar F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Springer, New York, NY.
Mottron, L., Dawson, M., &
Soulieres, I. (2013). Interests, circumscribed/all absorbing. In F.R. Volkmar (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (pp. 1638-1643). New York: Springer.
2020 update: Mottron L., Soulières I.,
& Dawson M. (2020). Interests, Circumscribed/All Absorbing. In: Volkmar F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum
Disorders. Springer, New York, NY.
Dawson, M. (2018). Splinter skills and cognitive strengths in
autism. In E. Bratten (Ed.), The
SAGE Encyclopedia of Intellectual and Developmental Disorders (pp.
1563-1564). Thousand
Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Working papers
Cowen, T., & Dawson, M. (2009). What does the Turing test
really mean? And how many human beings (including Turing) could pass?
Selected conference presentations and posters
Mottron, L., Dawson, M., Berthiaume, C., & Soulières, I.
(2004, May). Peaks of ability reflect g factor in individuals with autism.
International Meeting for Autism Research. Sacramento, CA.
Dawson, M. , Mottron, L., Jelenic, P.,
& Soulières, I. (2005, May). Superior performance of autistics
on RPM and PPVT relative to Wechsler scales provides evidence for the nature of
autistic intelligence. International Meeting for Autism Research. Boston, MA.
Mottron, L., Dawson, M., & Soulières, I. (2006, February).
What is the nature of autistic intelligence? Annual Meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. St. Louis, MO.
Soulières, I., Rivest, J.B., Hosein, A., Dawson, M., Mottron,
L., & Jemel, B. (2007, March). A backward masking study reveals the
hierarchy of visual categorization in autism and Asperger syndrome. Society for
Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Boston, MA.
Dawson, M., & Mottron, L. (2007, May). How many hours is
forty hours? Range of treatment intensity in Lovaas (1987). International
Meeting for Autism Research. Seattle, WA.
Mottron, L., Soulières, I., Dawson, M., & Gernsbacher, M.A.
(2007, May). Intelligence in autism: What are the good predictors?
International Meeting for Autism Research. Seattle, WA.
Soulières, I., Dawson, M., Rivest, J.B., Hosein, A., Mottron, L.
& Jemel, B. (2007, May). Atypical hierarchy of visual categorization in
autism and Asperger syndrome. International Meeting for Autism Research.
Seattle, WA.
Zeffiro, T., Vasios, C., Soulières, I., Dawson, M., Sahyoun, C.,
Belliveau, J., Mottron, L., & Gernsbacher, M.A. (2007, June). Neural
mechanisms of visual reasoning: The Standard Progressive Matrices. Organization
for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Mottron, L., Soulières, I., Meilleur,
A.A., & Dawson, M. (2008, May). Peaks of ability as a subtyping
tool for autism. International Meeting for Autism Research. London, UK.
Soulières, I., Dawson, M., Samson, F., Barbeau, E.B., Sahyoun,
C., Zeffiro, T.A., & Mottron, L. (2008, May). Neural underpinnings of
autistic reasoning and novel problem solving. International Meeting for Autism
Research. London, UK.
Dawson, M. & Mottron, L. (2009, May). Where autistics excel:
Compiling an inventory of autistic cognitive strengths. International Meeting
for Autism Research. Chicago, IL.
Mottron, L., Soulières, I., Gernsbacher, M.A., & Dawson, M.
(2009, May). The level and nature of autistic intelligence II: What about
Asperger syndrome? International Meeting for Autism Research. Chicago, IL.
Mottron, L., Soulieres, I., Samson, F., Burack, J., Bertone, A.,
Zeffiro, T.A., & Dawson, M. (2010, May). Perception in autism, 2006 - 2009:
Updating the enhanced perceptual functioning model. International Meeting for
Autism Research. Philadelphia, PA.
Perrault, A., Gurnsey, R., Dawson, M., Mottron, L., &
Bertone, A. (2011, May). Increased sensitivity to mirror symmetry in autism.
International Meeting for Autism Research. San Diego, CA.
Caron, C., Thermidor, G., Dawson, M., & Mottron, L. (2012,
June). Day program for autistic spectrum children in difficulty. Innovative
Research in Autism. Tours, France.
Dawson, M., & Soulieres, I. (2013, May). Is there an optimal
developmental path in autism? International Meeting for Autism Research. San
Sebastian, Spain.
Nader, A.M., Courchesne, V., Soulieres, I., & Dawson, M.
(2013, May). Does WISC-IV underestimate the intelligence of autistic children?
International Meeting for Autism Research. San Sebastian, Spain.
Courchesne, V., Jacques, C., Nader, A.M., Descamps, M., Danis,
E., Mottron, L., Dawson, M., & Soulieres, I. (2015, May). Assessment of
intelligence in young autistic children: A comparison of tests available under and
over age 3. International Meeting for Autism Research. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Jacques, C., Courchesne, V., Mineau, S.,
Lajeunesse, S., Ferguson, S., Cimon-Paquet, C., Bilodeau, V., Dawson, M., &
Mottron , L. (2015, May). Young autistic children in a stimulating play
situation: Nature and frequency of emotions. International Meeting for Autism
Research. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Jacques, C., Courchesne, V., Meilleur, A.A.S., Mineau, S.,
Ferguson, S., Cousineau, D., Mottron, L., & Dawson, M. (2016, May). What interests
young autistic children? Assessing object exploration and repetitive behaviors
in a stimulating play situation. International Meeting for Autism Research.
Baltimore, Maryland.
Jacques, C., Courchesne, V., Mineau, S., Cimon-Paquet, C.,
Degré-Pelletier, J., Pelletier, S., Thermidor, G., Mottron, L., & Dawson,
M. (2017, May). Positive, negative, and other emotions in young autistic
children: the importance of context. International Meeting for Autism Research.
San Francisco, California.
Dawson, M., Courchesne, V., Mineau, S., Mottron, L., &
Jacques, C. (2017, May). Repetitive behavior and object exploration in young
autistic children: how are they associated? International Meeting for Autism
Research. San Francisco, California.
Nader, A. M., Tullo, D., Bouchard, V., Degré-Pelletier, J.,
Danis, E., Bertone, A., Dawson, M., & Soulières, I. (2017, May). Increased
access to information, but not increased feedback, enhances category learning
in autism. International Meeting for Autism Research. San Francisco,
California.
Updated on January 3, 2023
