Carissa J. Cascio

Carissa J. Cascio studies how the brain processes sensory information (touch, sound, and internal bodily signals like heartbeat) and how differences in these processes relate to autism and related conditions. Her work combines behavioral testing, psychophysics, and brain imaging (including structural and functional MRI) to understand sensory sensitivities such as sound intolerance, tactile processing, and interoception across development and into adulthood. She also contributes to large-scale normative brain-charting projects that map typical brain structure changes across the human lifespan.

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade, with a peak around 2019-2020, a dip in the early 2020s, and a resurgence in 2025-2026, averaging about 9 publications per year over the last five years.

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