Nicholas E. V. Foster
McGill University
6 Papers
1 Citations
Nicholas E. V. Foster is an academic researcher from McGill University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Default mode network & Autism. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications. Previous affiliations of Nicholas E. V. Foster include Université de Montréal.
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Papers
Music improves social communication and auditory-motor connectivity in children with autism.
Megha Sharda,Megha Sharda,Carola Tuerk,Rakhee Chowdhury,Kevin Jamey,Kevin Jamey,Nicholas E. V. Foster,Nicholas E. V. Foster,Melanie Custo-Blanch,Melanie Custo-Blanch,Melissa Tan,Aparna Nadig,Krista L. Hyde,Krista L. Hyde +13 more
TL;DR: This study provides the first evidence that 8–12 weeks of individual music intervention can indeed improve social communication and functional brain connectivity, lending support to further investigations of neurobiologically motivated models of music interventions in autism.
Is there a bit of autism in all of us? Autism spectrum traits are related to cortical thickness differences in both autism and typical development
Line Gebauer,Nicholas E. V. Foster,Nicholas E. V. Foster,Peter Vuust,Peter Vuust,Krista L. Hyde,Krista L. Hyde +6 more
TL;DR: Results show that ASD traits are primarily correlated with reductions in cortical thickness in a continuous fashion across ASD and typically developing adults in social brain areas and the default mode network including the orbitofrontal cortex, postcentral gyrus, and lingual gyrus.
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Accuracy of Tempo Judgments in Disk Jockeys Compared to Musicians and Untrained Individuals.
TL;DR: In this article, a pilot study examined auditory judgments of tempo in 10 professional disk jockeys with experience mixing by ear, compared to 7 percussionists, 12 melodic instrumental musicians, and 11 untrained controls.
Pitch direction ability predicts melodic perception in autism
Esther Germain,Nicholas E. V. Foster,Megha Sharda,Rakhee Chowdhury,Ana Tryfon,Krissy A.R. Doyle-Thomas,Evdokia Anagnostou,Krista L. Hyde +7 more
TL;DR: Children with autism spectrum disorders and typical development were tested on a low-level pitch direction discrimination task and a high-level melodic global-local task, providing a better understanding of how perception is associated across levels of processing in ASD versus TD.
Atypical functional brain connectivity during rest in autism spectrum disorders
Krissy A.R. Doyle-Thomas,Wayne Lee,Nicholas E. V. Foster,Nicholas E. V. Foster,Ana Tryfon,Ana Tryfon,Tia Ouimet,Tia Ouimet,Krista L. Hyde,Krista L. Hyde,Alan C. Evans,John D. Lewis,Lonnie Zwaigenbaum,Evdokia Anagnostou,Evdokia Anagnostou +14 more
TL;DR: The default mode network (DMN) is critical in this study, given the insight it provides for long‐distance connectivity, and the importance of regions in this network for introspection and social emotion processing, areas affected in ASD.