Ami Klin

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Yale University
School of Medicine
Child Study Center
Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Harris Associate Professor

Mailing Address

SHM G134 B
Yale Child Study Center
230 South Frontage Road, P.O.Box 207900
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-7900
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (203) 785-3565
Fax: (203) 737-4197
ami.klin@yale.edu
http://www.autism.fm

Qualifications

Post-doctoral Fellowship, Yale University, Developmental Psychopathology, 1992.
Ph.D., University of London (LSE & MRC), Psychology, 1988.
B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1983.

Expertise and Research Interests

The defining feature of autism and related conditions is a profound disorder of socialization. My work on nosology,neuropsychology, and social cognition of autistic spectrum disorders focus on better characterization of autistic social dysfunction. In the past 3 years we developed new social cognitive paradigms such as the Social Attribution Task (SAT) that are used in behavioral, functional neurogimaging, and genetic studies. We have also established an eye-tracking laboratory for the study of visual scanning patterns of naturalistic social situations in normative samples and in infants, children, and adults with autism and related conditions.

Other Expertise

I wish to be contacted by interested students (medical, graduate or undergraduates) as a potential research mentor/thesis advisor in the area of social cognition in normative and socially disabled populations.

Future Research

Eye-tracking studies of face perception and social visual pursuit in infants, and of the capacity for imposing mental representations of humans upon ambiguous visual stimuli. Also, further development of social cognitive methods including a new Physical Attribution Task, and a lower extension of the Social Attribution Task. Finally, my colleague Warren Jones (my main collaborator in eye-tracking studies) and I are establishing a collaboration focused on eye-tracking studies of lesioned infant primates with a view to probe specific hypothesis of brain systems subserving socialization.

Industrial Relevance

Performance-based methods for the early diagnosis of autism and related conditions, and novel methods of naturalistic data collection for the study of core aspects of early socialization.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Autism, Child Psychiatry, Child Psychology.

Additional Terms:

Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Eye-tracking, Social Cognition, Social Neuroscience.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Hebrew: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Portuguese: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Spanish: (Fluent, Functional, Fluent)
French: (Fluent, Basic, Functional)

Honors and Awards

2001, Distinguished Award for Research, Autism Society of America Foundation
2001, Distinguished Award for Clinical Services and Research, Asperger Syndrome Education Network of America
1992-1994, Nominated Fellow, National Center for Clinical Infant Programs
1992-1994, Gesell Scholar, Gesell Institute for Human Development
1988, Ph.D. Distinction, University of London
1988, Robert McKenzie Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis, University of London
1984-1986, Echonomic and Social Research Council Award, University of London
1983-1984, Argov Scholarship Award, University of London
1980-1983, Dean's List of Academic Achievement, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Publications

  • Volkmar FR, Klin A, Schultz RT, Rubin E, Bronen R, Asperger''s disorder., American Journal of Psychiatry, 157(2), 262-7, 2000 Abstract
  • Schultz, R.T., Gauthier, I., Klin, A., et al., Abnormal ventral temporal cortical activity among individuals with autism and Asperger syndrome during face discrimination, Archives of General Psychiatry, 57, 331-340., 2000
  • Grossman, J.B., Klin, A., et al., Verbal bias in recognition of facial emotions in children with Asperger syndrome, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41(3), 369-379, 2000
  • Klin et al., Interrater reliability of clinical diagnosis and DSM-IV criteria for autistic disorder: Results of the DSM-IV autism field trial, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30(2), 163-167, 2000
  • Attributing social meaning to ambiguous visual stimuli in higher functioning autism and Asperger syndrome: the Social Attribution Task, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41(7), 831-846, 2000
  • Klin A, Sparrow SS, de Bildt A, Cicchetti DV, Cohen DJ, Volkmar FR, A normed study of face recognition in autism and related disorders., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 29(6), 499-508, December 1999 Abstract
  • Martin A, Scahill L, Klin A, Volkmar FR, Higher-functioning pervasive developmental disorders: rates and patterns of psychotropic drug use., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38(7), 923-31, July 1999 Abstract
  • Klin, A., et al., A normed study of face recognition in autism and related disorders, Journal of Autism and Related Disorders, 29(6), 497-507, 1999
  • Landau, E.C., Cicchetti, D.V., Klin, A., & Volkmar, F.R., Season of birth in autism: a fiction revisited, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 29(5), 385-393, 1999
  • Volkmar FR, Klin A, Pauls D, Nosological and genetic aspects of Asperger syndrome., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 28(5), 457-63, October 1998 Abstract
  • Mayes L C, Klin A, Tercyak K P Jr, Cicchetti D V, Cohen D J, Test-retest reliability for false-belief tasks., Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 37(3), 313-9, March 1996 Abstract
  • Volkmar F R, Klin A, Schultz R, Bronen R, Marans W D, Sparrow S, Cohen D J, Asperger's syndrome [clinical conference], Journal of The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 35(1), 118-23, January 1996 Abstract
  • Klin A, Volkmar F R, Sparrow S S, Cicchetti D V, Rourke B P, Validity and neuropsychological characterization of Asperger syndrome: convergence with nonverbal learning disabilities syndrome., Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 36(7), 1127-40, October 1995 Abstract
  • Klin A, Mayes L C, Volkmar F R, Cohen D J, Multiplex developmental disorder., Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 16(3 Suppl), S7-11, June 1995 Abstract
  • Klin A, Cohen D J, [Theoretical perspectives on autism], Psychiatrie De L Enfant, 38(2), 477-94, 1995 Abstract
  • Volkmar F R, Klin A, Siegel B, Szatmari P, Lord C, Campbell M, Freeman B J, Cicchetti D V, Rutter M, Kline W, et al, Field trial for autistic disorder in DSM-IV., American Journal of Psychiatry, 151(9), 1361-7, September 1994 Abstract
  • Klin A, Volkmar F R, Elective mutism and mental retardation., Journal of The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32(4), 860-4, July 1993 Abstract
  • Klin A, Auditory brainstem responses in autism: brainstem dysfunction or peripheral hearing loss?, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 23(1), 15-35, March 1993 Abstract
  • Cohen D J, Volkmar F, Anderson G, Klin A, Integrating biological and behavioral perspectives in the study and care of autistic individuals: the future., Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 30(1), 15-32, 1993 Abstract
  • Klin A, Volkmar F R, Sparrow S S, Autistic social dysfunction: some limitations of the theory of mind hypothesis., Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 33(5), 861-76, July 1992 Abstract
  • Klin, A (1994) Aspenger Syndrome. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 3:141-148
  • Volkmar FR, Klin A, Siegel B, et al (1994) DSM-IV Actism/PDD Field Trial. American Journal of Psychiatry, In Press

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