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Papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals

  1. Moffat, R., Caruana, N., & Cross, E. S. (2024). Inhibiting responses under the watch of a recently synchronized peer increases self-monitoring: evidence from functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Open Biology 14:230382 PDF
  2. Caruana, N., Nalepka, P, Perez, G. A., Inkley, C., Munro, C., Rapaport, H., Brett, S., Kaplan, D. M., Pellicano, E. (2023). Autistic young people adaptively use gaze to facilitate joint attention during multigestural dyadic interactions. Autism PDF
  3. Alhasan, A. & Caruana, N. (2023). Evidence for the adaptive parsing of non-communicative eye movements during joint attention interactions. PeerJ PDF
  4. Caruana, N., Moffat, R., Miguel-Blanco, A, & Cross, E. (2023). Perceptions of intelligence & sentience shape children’s interactions with robot reading companions. Scientific Reports, 13, 7341PDF 
  5. Heyselaar, E., Caruana, N., Shin, M., Schilbach, L., & Cross, E. S. (2023). Editorial: Do we really interact with artificial agents as if they are human? Frontiers in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour, 4 PDF 
  6. Caruana, N., & Cross, E. (2023). Autonomous social robots are real in the mind's eye of many. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, E26. PDF 
  7. Scandola, M., Cross, E. S., Caruana, N., & Tidoni, E. (2023). Body form modulates the prediction of human and artificial behaviour from gaze observation. International Journal of Social Robotics. PDF
  8. Nalepka, P., Caruana, N., Kaplan, D. M., Kallen, R. W., Pellicano, E., & Richardson, M. J. (2022). Neurodiverse Human-Machine Interaction and Collaborative Problem-Solving in Social VR. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI ’22), December 5–8, 2022, Christchurch, New Zealand. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 3 pages. PDF 
  9. Caruana, N., Moffat, R., Miguel-Blanco, A, & Cross, E. S. (2022). Talk, Listen and Keep Me Company: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Children’s Perspectives Towards Robot Reading Companions. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI ’22), December 5–8, 2022, Christchurch, New Zealand. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 3 pages. PDF
  10. Rohlfing, K., Altvater-Mackensen, N., Caruana, N., et al. (2022). Social/dialogical roles of social robots in supporting children’s learning of language and literacy – A review and analysis of innovative roles.  Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9. PDF
  11. Graafsma, I. L., Marinus, E., Robidoux, S., Nickels, L., & Caruana, N. (2022). No evidence that autistic traits predict programming learning outcomes. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 100215. PDF
  12. Caruana, N., & Seymour, K. (2022). Objects that induce face pareidolia are prioritized by the visual system. British Journal of Psychology, 113(2), 496-507. PDF
  13. Caruana, N., Inkley, C., Nalepka, P., Kaplan, D. M., & Richardson, M. J. (2021). Gaze facilitates responsivity during hand coordinated joint attention. Scientific Reports, 11. PDF
  14. Caruana, N. & Seymour, K. (2021). Rapid bottom-up processing of fearful expressions is intact in schizophrenia. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry.  PDF
  15. Caruana, N., White, R. C., & Remington, A. (2021). Autistic traits and loneliness in autism are associated with increased tendencies to anthropomorphise. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. PDF
  16. Caruana, N., Alhasan, A., Wagner, K., Kaplan, D. M., Woolgar, & McArthur, G. (2020). The effect of non-communicative eye movements on joint attention. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. PDF
  17. Caruana, N., Inkley, C. & El Zein, M.E. (2020). Gaze direction biases emotion categorisation in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 21, 100181. PDF
  18. Caruana, N., Inkley, C., El Zein, M.E. & Seymour, K. (2019) No influence of eye gaze on emotional face processing in the absence of conscious awareness. Scientific Reports, 9, 16198. PDF
  19. Sutherland, C. A., Rhodes, G., Williams, N., Connaughton, E., Ewing, L., Caruana, N. & Langdon, R. (2019). Appearance-based trust processing in schizophrenia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. PDF
  20. Caruana, N. & McArthur, G. (2019). The mind minds minds: The effect of intentional stance on the neural encoding of joint attention. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioural Neuroscience. PDF
  21. Caruana, N., Stein, T., Watson, T., Williams, N., & Seymour, K. (2019). Intact prioritisation of unconscious face processing in schizophrenia. Cognitive neuropsychiatry, 1-17. PDF
  22. Caruana, N., Seymour, K., Brock, J., & Langdon, R. (2019). Responding to joint attention bids in schizophrenia: An interactive eye-tracking study. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. PDF
  23. Hooper, J., Sutherland, C., Ewing, L., Langdon, R., Caruana, N., Connaughton, E., et al. (2018). Should I Trust You? Autistic Traits Predict Reduced Appearance-Based Trust Decisions. British Journal of Psychology. PDF
  24. Palmer*, C. J., Caruana*, N. (joint 1st), Clifford, C. W., & Seymour, K. J. (2018). Perceptual integration of head and eye cues to gaze direction in schizophrenia. Royal Society Open Science, 5(12), 180885. PDF
  25. Palmer*, C. J., Caruana*, N. (joint 1st), Clifford, C. W., & Seymour, K. J. (2018). Adaptive sensory coding of gaze direction in schizophrenia. Royal Society Open Science, 5(12), 180886. PDF
  26. Francis, A., Caruana, N., Hudson, J. L., & McArthur, G. (2018). The association between poor reading and internalising problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review. PDF
  27. Caruana, N., Steiglitz Ham., H., Brock, J., Woolgar, A., Palermo, R., Kloth, N., & McArthur, G. (2018). Joint Attention Difficulties in Adults with Autism. Autism. PDF
  28. Caruana, N. Spirou, D., & Brock, J. (2017). Human agency beliefs influence behaviour during virtual social interactions. PeerJ, 5, e3819. Doi:10.7717/peerj.3819 PDF
  29. Caruana, N., McArthur, G., Woolgar, A., & Brock, J. (2017). Simulating Social Interactions for the Experimental Investigation of Joint Attention. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 74, 115-125. PDF
  30. Caruana, N., McArthur, G., Woolgar, A., & Brock, J. (2017). Detecting Communicative Intent in a Computerised Test of Joint Attention. PeerJ 5:e2899. PDF
  31. Caruana, N., de Lissa, P., & McArthur, G. (2017). Beliefs About Human Agency Influence the Neural Processing of Gaze During Joint Attention. Social Neuroscience, 12(2), 194-206. PDF
  32. Caruana, N., de Lissa, P., & McArthur, G. (2015). The Neural Time Course of Evaluating Self-initiated Joint Attention Bids. Brain and Cognition, 98, 43-52. PDF
  33. Caruana, N., Brock, J., & Woolgar, A. (2015). A Frontotemporoparietal Network Common to Initiating and Responding to Joint Attention Bids, NeuroImage, 108, 34-46. PDF
  34. Caruana, N., & Brock, J. (2014): No association between autistic traits and contextual influences on eye-movements during reading. PeerJ 2:e466. PDF