BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.1//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news561@dbe.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260921T142403 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20261029T163000 SUMMARY:Neural Correlates of Face Processing in Autistic Males and Females: A Multimodal Perspective DESCRIPTION:AbstractDespite significant advances in medical care\, many com plex and multifactorial conditions stand to benefit from further methodolo gical innovation in biomarker development and multimodal data integration. An illustrative and pressing example is autism – a highly prevalent con dition lacking any approved pharmacological treatment for its core symptom s and accompanied by a complex sex-dependent presentation. Among the socia l-communicative differences that are characteristic of autistic individual s\, difficulties in processing social information – especially faces – are some of the most prominent features. While individual neuroimaging mo dalities have provided valuable insights into the neural correlates of fac e processing\, studies that integrate data across multiple modalities rema in scarce. In this talk\, I will present findings from different studies i nvestigating the neural correlates of face processing\, with a particular focus on the fusiform gyrus – a critical region for face recognition and processing. I will discuss how integrating multiple neuroimaging modaliti es using novel imaging approaches enhances our understanding of social fun ctioning in autism and will further highlight distinct neural patterns obs erved in males and females.\\r\\nBiosketchDorothea Floris is a cognitive n euroscientist specializing in autism and neuroimaging. She completed her P hD at the University of Cambridge in 2015\, working with Simon Baron-Cohen \, before joining the NYU Child Study Center as a postdoctoral fellow with Adriana Di Martino and Michael Milham\, supported by an Autism Science Fo undation Fellowship. From 2018 to 2021\, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Statistical Imaging Group at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroima ging\, working with Christian Beckmann. In 2021\, she joined the Universit y of Zurich as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow\, where she con tinues her research on the neurobiology of autism. Her research has since been supported by a University of Zurich Postdoctoral Grant and\, most rec ently\, an Academic Excellence Fellowship. X-ALT-DESC:

Abstract
Despite significant advances i n medical care\, many complex and multifactorial conditions stand to benef it from further methodological innovation in biomarker development and mul timodal data integration. An illustrative and pressing example is autism – a highly prevalent condition lacking any approved pharmacological trea tment for its core symptoms and accompanied by a complex sex-dependent pre sentation. Among the social-communicative differences that are characteris tic of autistic individuals\, difficulties in processing social informatio n – especially faces – are some of the most prominent features. While individual neuroimaging modalities have provided valuable insights into th e neural correlates of face processing\, studies that integrate data acros s multiple modalities remain scarce. In this talk\, I will present finding s from different studies investigating the neural correlates of face proce ssing\, with a particular focus on the fusiform gyrus – a critical regio n for face recognition and processing. I will discuss how integrating mult iple neuroimaging modalities using novel imaging approaches enhances our u nderstanding of social functioning in autism and will further highlight di stinct neural patterns observed in males and females.

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Bios ketch
Dorothea Floris is a cognitive neuroscientist speciali zing in autism and neuroimaging. She completed her PhD at the University o f Cambridge in 2015\, working with Simon Baron-Cohen\, before joining the NYU Child Study Center as a postdoctoral fellow with Adriana Di Martino an d Michael Milham\, supported by an Autism Science Foundation Fellowship. F rom 2018 to 2021\, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Statistical Imagin g Group at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging\, working with Ch ristian Beckmann. In 2021\, she joined the University of Zurich as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow\, where she continues her research on the neurobiology of autism. Her research has since been supported by a Un iversity of Zurich Postdoctoral Grant and\, most recently\, an Academic Ex cellence Fellowship.

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