Connor Keating

Junior Research Fellow in Autism @OxExpPsy @UnivOxford | Co-director of the U21 Autism Research Network @AutismU21 | He/him 🏳️‍🌈

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Eeek! Thrilled to share this news! It's an incredible honor, and I'm deeply grateful for all the support I've received - especially from @Jennifer_L_Cook who played a pivotal role in this work! Huge thanks to @ExpPsychSoc, and to @DrRebeccaBrewer for the nomination✨

[Experimental Psychology Society @ExpPsychSoc]

EPS Award Nominations for approval at the AGM in January 2025.

Fifty-Fourth Bartlett Lecturer
Matthew Botvinick

Twenty-Fourth EPS Mid-Career Award Lecturer
Elizabeth Jefferies

Thirty-Third EPS Prize Lecturer
@melissacolloff

Fourteenth Frith Prize Lecturer
@ConnorTKeating

[CRAE @CRAE_IOE]

Very excited to announce our CRAE Annual Lecture - Time to Deliver
Laura Crane on how we can build a future where autistic people’s rights, needs, and voices truly shape policy.

22nd June at 6pm
https://t.co/1bhKtlVRPg
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[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Really excited to share we’ve been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant ✨ This funding helps us take our co-developed autism screening tool from research into healthcare, improving access, equity & efficiency in diagnosis for children & adults
https://t.co/9TuCMvljWV

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Huge thank you to @Jennifer_L_Cook and Carmen Kraaijkamp for their help with this project✨ It was a big team effort!

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Fab news! Our paper "The conceptualisation, experience, and recognition of emotion in autism: Differences in the psychological mechanisms involved in autistic and non-autistic emotion recognition" has now been published in Autism Research⭐ Summary: 🧵1
https://t.co/45Q8TTOXT5

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

✨Understanding these different routes to interpreting other people's emotions may help us design better, more tailored support to help both autistic and non-autistic people to read others' emotions (if that aligns with someone's personal goals)✨

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

We are currently investigating this idea, so watch this space for updates👀🧵18

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Great news🚨Our article "Mismatching expressions: spatiotemporal and kinematic differences in autistic and non-autistic facial expressions" is published in Autism Research⭐Thanks to @Jennifer_L_Cook @Sophie_Sowden & Holly O'Donoghue.
Summary below:🧵1
https://t.co/Bv1azgTIPS

[Connor Keating @ConnorTKeating]

Autistic and non-autistic people may express emotions in ways that are different but equally meaningful - almost like speaking different languages. So, what has sometimes been interpreted as difficulties for autistic people may reflect a two-way misunderstanding...🧵17