Mr Michael Lombardo
University position
PhD student
Supervised by Simon Baron-Cohen
Departments
Institutes
Home page
http://sites.google.com/site/mv... (personal home page)
Research Themes
Interests
My research deals with the neural systems of social cognition/behavior and autism spectrum conditions.

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Research Focus
Keywordsautism empathy testosterone self social neuroscience |
Clinical conditionsAutism |
Equipment
Behavioural analysis
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Neuropsychological testing
Collaborators
Cambridge |
Key publications
Lombardo MV, Baron-Cohen S (in press), “Unraveling the paradox of the autistic self” WIREs Cogn Sci
Lombardo MV, Baron-Cohen S, Belmonte MK, Chakrabarti B (in press), “Neural endophenotypes of social behaviour in autism spectrum conditions” Handbook of Social Neuroscience
Lombardo MV, Chakrabarti B, Bullmore E, Sadek SA, Pasco G, Wheelwright SJ, Suckling J, MRC AIMS Consortium, Baron-Cohen S (in press), “Atypical neural self-representation in autism” Brain
Lombardo MV, Chakrabarti B, Bullmore ET, Wheelwright SJ, Sadek SA, Suckling J, Baron-Cohen S, MRC AIMS Consortium (2009), “Shared Neural Circuits for Mentalizing about the Self and Others.” J Cogn Neurosci Details
Lombardo MV, Barnes JL, Wheelwright SJ, & Baron-Cohen S (2007), “Self-referential cognition and empathy in autism” PLoS One 2:e883 PDF Details
Publications
2009
Barnes JL, Lombardo MV, Wheelwright S, Baron-Cohen S (2009), “Moral Dilemmas Film Task: a study of spontaneous narratives by individuals with autism spectrum conditions.” Autism Res Details
Beer JS, Lombardo MV, Bhanji JP (2009), “Roles of medial prefrontal cortex and orbitofrontal cortex in self-evaluation.” J Cogn Neurosci
Chura LR, Lombardo MV, Ashwin E, Auyeung B, Chakrabarti B, Bullmore ET, Baron-Cohen S. (2009), “Organizational effects of fetal testosterone on human corpus callosum size and asymmetry” Psychoneuroendocrinology
Lombardo MV, Chakrabarti B, Baron-Cohen S (2009), “The amygdala in autism: not adapting to faces?” Am J Psychiatry 166(4):395-7 Details
Lombardo MV, Chakrabarti B, Baron-Cohen S (2009), “What neuroimaging and perceptions of self-other similarity can tell us about the mechanism underlying mentalizing.” Behav Brain Sci 32(2):152-153
Minio-Paluello I, Lombardo MV, Chakrabarti B, Wheelwright S, Baron-Cohen S (2009), “Response to Smith's Letter to the Editor 'Emotional Empathy in Autism Spectrum Conditions: Weak, Intact, or Heightened?'” J Autism Dev Disord Details
2008
Beer JS, Stallen M, Lombardo MV, Gonsalkorale K, Cunningham WA, Sherman JW (2008), “The Quadruple Process model approach to examining the neural underpinnings of prejudice.” Neuroimage 43(4):775-83 Details
Cohen MX, Lombardo MV, Blumenfeld RS (2008), “Covariance-based subdivision of the human striatum using T1-weighted MRI.” Eur J Neurosci 27(6):1534-46 Details

