Dr Lucy Livingston

2025

• Taylor, E. C., Gocłowska, M. A., Callan, M. J. and Livingston, L. A. 2025. Enhanced creativity in autism is due to co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science 134(2), pp. 201–211. (10.1037/abn0000910)

2024

• Leung, F. Y. N., Livingston, L. A., Mason, D. and Shah, P. 2024. Quantifying the contribution of specific autistic traits to quality of life in autistic adults. Neurodiversity 2, article number: 27546330241261937. (10.1177/27546330241261937)
• Jones, C. R., Livingston, L. A., Fretwell, C., Uljarević, M., Carrington, S. J., Shah, P. and Leekam, S. R. 2024. Measuring self and informant perspectives of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours (RRBs): psychometric evaluation of the Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire-3 (RBQ-3) in adult clinical practice and research settings. Molecular Autism 15(1), article number: 24. (10.1186/s13229-024-00603-7)
• Leung, F. Y. N., Shah, P., Mason, D. and Livingston, L. A. 2024. Re-examining the association between the age of learning one is autistic and adult outcomes. Autism 28(2), pp. 433-448. (10.1177/13623613231173056)

2023

• White, R., Livingston, L. A., Taylor, E. C., Close, S. A. D., Shah, P. and Callan, M. J. 2023. Understanding the contributions of trait autism and anxiety to extreme demand avoidance in the adult general population. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 53, pp. 2680-2688. (10.1007/s10803-022-05469-3)
• Livingston, L. A., Shah, P. and Happé, F. 2023. Linearly integrating speed and accuracy to measure individual differences in theory of mind: Evidence from autistic and neurotypical adults. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 77(2), pp. 287-297. (10.1177/17470218231165251)
• Thapar, A., Livingston, L. A., Eyre, O. and Riglin, L. 2023. Practitioner Review: Attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder – the importance of depression. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 64(1), pp. 4-15. (10.1111/jcpp.13678)
• Hargitai, L. D., Livingston, L. A., Waldren, L. H., Robinson, R., Jarrold, C. and Shah, P. 2023. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder traits are a more important predictor of internalising problems than autistic traits. Scientific Reports 13, article number: 31. (10.1038/s41598-022-26350-4)
• Taylor, E. C., Livingston, L. A., Clutterbuck, R. A., Callan, M. J. and Shah, P. 2023. Psychological strengths and well-being: Strengths use predicts quality of life, well-being and mental health in autism. Autism 27(6), pp. 1826-1839. (10.1177/13623613221146440)

2022

• Livingston, L. A., Waldren, L. H., Walton, E. and Shah, P. 2022. Emotion processing differences mediate the link between sex and autistic traits in young adulthood. JCPP Advances 2(3), article number: e12096. (10.1002/jcv2.12096)
• Riglin, L. et al. 2022. “Late-onset” ADHD symptoms in young adulthood: is this the same as child-onset ADHD?. Journal of Attention Disorders 26(10), pp. 1271-1282. (10.1177/10870547211066486)
• Taylor, E. C., Farmer, G. D., Livingston, L. A., Callan, M. J. and Shah, P. 2022. Rethinking fast and slow processing in autism. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science 131(4), pp. 392-406. (10.1037/abn0000734)
• Clutterbuck, R. A., Shah, P., Leung, H. S., Gjersoe, N., Callan, M. J. and Livingston, L. A. 2022. Anthropomorphic tendencies in autism: A conceptual replication and extension of White and Remington (2019) and preliminary development of a novel anthropomorphism measure. Autism 26(4), pp. 940-950. (10.1177/13623613211039387)
• Clutterbuck, R. A., Livingston, L. A. and Shah, P. 2022. The Four-Item Mentalising Index (FIMI) is a valid, reliable, and practical way to assess mentalising: Reply to Murphy et al. (2022). Psychological Assessment 34, pp. 405-408. (10.1037/pas0001120)

2021

• Livingston, L. A. and Happé, F. 2021. Understanding atypical social behaviour using social cognitive theory. In: The Cognitive Basis of Social Interaction Across the Lifespan. Oxford University Press, pp. 147., (10.1093/oso/9780198843290.003.0007)
• Livingston, L. A., Shah, P., White, S. and Happé, F. 2021. Further developing the Frith-Happé animations: a quicker, more objective, and web-based test of theory of mind for autistic and neurotypical adults. Autism Research 14(9), pp. 1905-1912. (10.1002/aur.2575)
• Taylor, E. C., Livingston, L. A., Callan, M. J., Hanel, P. H. and Shah, P. 2021. Do autistic traits predict pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors, and climate change belief?. Journal of Environmental Psychology 76, article number: 101648. (10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101648)
• Livingston, L. A. 2021. Substance use, coping, and compensation in autism. The Lancet Psychiatry 8(8), pp. 641-642. (10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00205-4)
• Riglin, L. et al. 2021. Variable emergence of Autism Spectrum Disorder symptoms from childhood to early adulthood. American Journal of Psychiatry 178(8), pp. 752-760. (10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20071119)
• Lai, M. et al. 2021. Commentary: ‘Camouflaging’ in autistic people – reflection on Fombonne (2020). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 62(8), pp. 1037-1041. (10.1111/jcpp.13344)
• Clutterbuck, R. A., Callan, M. J., Taylor, E. C., Livingston, L. A. and Shah, P. 2021. Development and validation of the four-item mentalising index. Psychological Assessment 33(7), pp. 629-636. (10.1037/pas0001004)
• Taylor, E. C., Livingston, L. A., Callan, M. J., Ashwin, C. and Shah, P. 2021. Autonomic dysfunction in Autism: the roles of anxiety, depression, and stress. Autism 25(3), pp. 744-752. (10.1177/1362361320985658)
• Livingston, L. A., Kumarendran, S. and Shah, P. 2021. Definition: compensation. Cortex 134, article number: 365. (10.1016/j.cortex.2020.11.002)

2020

• Livingston, L. A., Ashwin, C. and Shah, P. 2020. Electronic communication in autism spectrum conditions. Molecular Autism 11(1), article number: 44. (10.1186/s13229-020-00329-2)
• Livingston, L. A., Shah, P., Milner, V. and Happé, F. 2020. Quantifying compensatory strategies in adults with and without diagnosed autism. Molecular Autism 11, article number: 15. (10.1186/s13229-019-0308-y)
• Taylor, E. C., Livingston, L. A., Clutterbuck, R. A. and Shah, P. 2020. Psychometric concerns with the 10-item Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ10) as a measure of trait autism in the general population. Experimental Results 1, article number: e3. (10.1017/exp.2019.3)

2019

• Taylor, E. C., Livingston, L. A., Callan, M. J. and Shah, P. 2019. Divergent contributions of autistic traits to social psychological knowledge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(51), pp. 25378-25379. (10.1073/pnas.1915787116)
• Shah, P., Livingston, L. A., Callan, M. J. and Player, L. 2019. Trait autism is a better predictor of empathy than alexithymia. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 49(10), pp. 3956-3964. (10.1007/s10803-019-04080-3)
• Livingston, L. A., Shah, P. and Happé, F. 2019. Compensatory strategies below the behavioural surface in autism: a qualitative study. Lancet Psychiatry 6(9), pp. 766-777. (10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30224-X)
• Livingston, L. A., Shah, P. and Happé, F. 2019. Compensation in autism is not consistent with social motivation theory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 42, article number: e99. (10.1017/S0140525X18002388)
• Livingston, L. A., Carr, B. and Shah, P. 2019. Recent advances and new directions in measuring theory of mind in autistic adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 49(4), pp. 1738-1744. (10.1007/s10803-018-3823-3)
• Livingston, L. A., Colvert, E., the Social Relationships Study Team, ., Bolton, P. and Happé, F. 2019. Good social skills despite poor theory of mind: Exploring compensation in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 60(1), pp. 102-110. (10.1111/jcpp.12886)

2018

• Ventura, P., Livingston, L. A. and Shah, P. 2018. Adults have moderate-to-good insight into their face recognition ability: Further validation of the 20-item Prosopagnosia Index in a Portuguese sample. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 71(12), pp. 2677-2679. (10.1177/1747021818765652)
• Livingston, L. A. and Shah, P. 2018. People with and without prosopagnosia have insight into their face recognition ability. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 71(5), pp. 1260-1262. (10.1080/17470218.2017.1310911)

2017

• Livingston, L. A. and Happé, F. 2017. Conceptualising compensation in neurodevelopmental disorders: Reflections from autism spectrum disorder. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 80, pp. 729-742. (10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.06.005)

2016

• Livingston, L. A. and Livingston, L. M. 2016. Commentary: Alexithymia, not autism, is associated with impaired interoception. Frontiers in Psychology 7, article number: 1103. (10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01103)