About

As an MD/PhD student, I plan to become a physician scientist who provides and advances care for the autism community. I have completed my first two years of medical training and am now in my second year of graduate school in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.

My research focuses on the integration of vision and somatosensation in autism spectrum disorder. By investigating how people use visual, tactile, and proprioceptive information, I hope to understand what causes overwhelming sensory experiences in autism and destigmatize self-stimulatory behaviors (aka stimming).

Publications

Neural Markers of Auditory Response and Habituation in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome

Emily L Isenstein, Hannah Grosman, S. Guillory, Yian Zhang, Sarah Barkley, Christopher S McLaughlin, T. Levy, D. Halpern, P. Siper, J. Buxbaum, A. Kolevzon, J. Foss-Feig

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022

Oculomotor corollary discharge signaling is related to repetitive behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder

B. Yao, M. Rolfs, Christopher S McLaughlin, Emily L Isenstein, S. Guillory, Hannah Grosman, D. Kashy, J. Foss-Feig, Katharine N. Thakkar

Journal of vision, 2021

Social visual attentional engagement and memory in Phelan-McDermid syndrome and autism spectrum disorder: a pilot eye tracking study

S. Guillory, Victoria Z. Baskett, Hannah Grosman, Christopher S McLaughlin, Emily L Isenstein, E. Wilkinson, J. Weissman, Bari Britvan, M. P. Trelles, D. Halpern, J. Buxbaum, P. Siper, A. T. Wang, A. Kolevzon, J. Foss-Feig

Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders, 2021

Investigating Motor Preparation in Autism Spectrum Disorder With and Without Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Marta Migó, Sylvia B Guillory, Christopher S McLaughlin, Emily L Isenstein, Emily L Isenstein, Hannah E Grosman, Katharine N Thakkar, Katharine N Thakkar, Francisco X Castellanos, Jennifer H Foss-Feig

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021 May 22

Atypical and inflexible visual encoding in autism spectrum disorder.

Emily L. Isenstein, Woon Ju Park, Duje Tadin

PLOS Biology, vol. 19(6), 2021 May 7

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