Virginia Carter Leno
Biographic Data
| ID | 5759433 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia Carter Leno |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia Carter |
| FAMILY NAME | Leno |
| SIGNATURE | LENO V C |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7455-5514 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Adolescent eating behaviours
BACKGROUND: Autistic individuals and individuals with ADHD are more likely to experience eating disorders, yet the reasons for this are not well understood. We investigated whether childhood neurodivergent (i.e. autistic and ADHD) traits are associated with patterns of emotional/restrained eating and externally driven eating behaviours in adolescence, whether these associations differed by sex and if they are mediated by anxiety. METHODS: We test…
Trajectories of childhood bullying behaviors and conduct problems
Bullying behaviors and conduct problems are two forms of antisocial behavior that frequently co-occur in childhood. However, it remains unclear whether their developmental trajectories are distinct and the extent to which different aspects of cognitive functioning account for their development. We aimed to disentangle the developmental trajectories of bullying behaviors and conduct problems, test their interrelations across childhood, and assess …
The roles of sensory hyperreactivity and hyporeactivity in understanding infant fearfulness and emerging autistic traits
BACKGROUND: Existing evidence indicates that atypical sensory reactivity is a core characteristic of autism, and has been linked to both anxiety (and its putative infant precursor of fearfulness) and repetitive behaviours. However, most work has used cross-sectional designs and not considered the differential roles of hyperreactivity and hyporeactivity to sensory inputs, and is thus limited in specificity. METHODS: 161 infants with and without an…
Testing the social motivation theory of autism
BACKGROUND: The Social Motivation Theory proposes that social reward processing differences underlie autism. However, low social motivation has also been linked to higher anxiety. Given the co-occurrence between autism and anxiety, it is possible that anxiety drives the association between social motivation and autistic characteristics. This study tests the mechanisms underlying the association between social motivation and autistic traits. METHO…
Associations between emotion recognition and autistic and callous‐unemotional traits
BACKGROUND: Although autism and callous-unemotional (CU) traits are distinct conditions, both are associated with difficulties in emotion recognition. However, it is unknown whether the emotion recognition difficulties characteristic of autism and CU traits are driven by comparable underpinning mechanisms. METHODS: We tested whether cueing to the eyes improved emotion recognition in relation to autistic and CU traits in a heterogeneous sample of …
Neural mechanisms of language development in infancy
Understanding the neural processes underpinning individual differences in early language development is of increasing interest, as it is known to vary in typical development and to be quite heterogeneous in neurodevelopmental conditions. However, few studies to date have tested whether early brain measures are indicative of the developmental trajectory of language, as opposed to language outcomes at specific ages. We combined recordings from two …
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Associations between emotion recognition and autistic and callous‐unemotional traits
BACKGROUND: Although autism and callous-unemotional (CU) traits are distinct conditions, both are associated with difficulties in emotion recognition. However, it is unknown whether the emotion recognition difficulties characteristic of autism and CU traits are driven by comparable underpinning mechanisms. METHODS: We tested whether cueing to the eyes improved emotion recognition in relation to autistic and CU traits in a heterogeneous sample of …
Neural mechanisms of language development in infancy
Understanding the neural processes underpinning individual differences in early language development is of increasing interest, as it is known to vary in typical development and to be quite heterogeneous in neurodevelopmental conditions. However, few studies to date have tested whether early brain measures are indicative of the developmental trajectory of language, as opposed to language outcomes at specific ages. We combined recordings from two …
The roles of sensory hyperreactivity and hyporeactivity in understanding infant fearfulness and emerging autistic traits
BACKGROUND: Existing evidence indicates that atypical sensory reactivity is a core characteristic of autism, and has been linked to both anxiety (and its putative infant precursor of fearfulness) and repetitive behaviours. However, most work has used cross-sectional designs and not considered the differential roles of hyperreactivity and hyporeactivity to sensory inputs, and is thus limited in specificity. METHODS: 161 infants with and without an…
Testing the social motivation theory of autism
BACKGROUND: The Social Motivation Theory proposes that social reward processing differences underlie autism. However, low social motivation has also been linked to higher anxiety. Given the co-occurrence between autism and anxiety, it is possible that anxiety drives the association between social motivation and autistic characteristics. This study tests the mechanisms underlying the association between social motivation and autistic traits. METHO…
Trajectories of childhood bullying behaviors and conduct problems
Bullying behaviors and conduct problems are two forms of antisocial behavior that frequently co-occur in childhood. However, it remains unclear whether their developmental trajectories are distinct and the extent to which different aspects of cognitive functioning account for their development. We aimed to disentangle the developmental trajectories of bullying behaviors and conduct problems, test their interrelations across childhood, and assess …
Adolescent eating behaviours
BACKGROUND: Autistic individuals and individuals with ADHD are more likely to experience eating disorders, yet the reasons for this are not well understood. We investigated whether childhood neurodivergent (i.e. autistic and ADHD) traits are associated with patterns of emotional/restrained eating and externally driven eating behaviours in adolescence, whether these associations differed by sex and if they are mediated by anxiety. METHODS: We test…
Autism (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (4 works) · Anxiety (3 works) · Autistic traits (3 works) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Neuroscience (3 works)