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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Abigail Houck

Researcher

Also affiliated: Stony Brook University (2023–2025)

Unknown Researcher

2 h-index 6 pubs 12 cited

  • Facial Recognition
  • Autistic Disorder
  • Facial Expression
  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Electroencephalography
  • Emotions
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Abigail Houck's research investigates social interaction patterns and self-identification within autistic and non-autistic youth. Her work explores the contexts that facilitate neurodiverse social success, examining behavioral patterns during minimally-structured settings. Houck also studies the mechanisms underlying how autistic adolescents may present as non-autistic, focusing on automatic and affective processing of faces. Her research includes an examination of the factors influencing self-identification as autistic among individuals who have not received a formal diagnosis.

Her scholarship includes publications on identifying as autistic without a formal diagnosis, as well as on the facial processing mechanisms in adolescence. Houck's work contributes to understanding social cognition, identity formation, and the experiences of autistic individuals during adolescence.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 6
  • Citations: 12

Selected Publications

  • Identifying as Autistic Without a Formal Diagnosis: Who Self-Identifies as Autistic and Why? (2026)
    Autism in Adulthood 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Automatic and affective processing of faces as mechanisms of passing as non-autistic in adolescence (2025)
    Scientific Reports 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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