Matthew Belmonte


SCIENCE AND
COMPUTING
TEACHING OTHER WORK
EXPERIENCE

PUBLICATIONS INVITED LECTURES


• For a comprehensive collection of slides, but no audio, download the 26/11/2011 Autism Society of West Bengal lecture.
• For an abridged treatment of the above, focussing on relevance to communication therapy, with audio as well as slides, download the 21/11/2011 Comm DEALL Bangalore lecture.
• For a complete overview with slides and audio, download the January 2011 Hyderabad lecture series.

It’s about Communication: India’s Achievements, Promise, and Challenges in Autism Science
Indian Speech and Hearing Association, Kolkata
5 January 2017

Teaching and Learning from Students with Autism
Open Mind, Thrissur
21 December 2016

Can Computer-Assisted Training of Prerequisite Motor Skills Help Enable Communication in People with Autism?
2016 International Conference on Interactive Technologies and Games, Nottingham
26 October 2016

Cognitive Neurophysiological Predictors of Individual Differences in Social Responsiveness
British Society for the Psychology of Individual Differences, Nottingham
8 April 2016

Computer-Assisted Training for People with Autism who Lack Communicative Speech: Can Remediating Sensorimotor Dyscontrol Open a ‘Back Door’ to Social Communicative Development?
Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge
17 March 2016

Subtyping Autism in Diagnosis and Therapy: Remediating Sensorimotor Dyscontrol Opens a ‘Back Door’ to Social Communication
Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield
26 February 2016

Autism as a Difference of Neural Connectivity: An Update on Causes and Treatments after a Decade of Research
“Psychological Perspectives on Autism”, School of Psychology, University of East Anglia
8 June 2015

World Autism Awareness Day talk for parents and therapists (audio only)
Wellcare Institute of Speech and Hearing, Kozhikode
2 April 2015

Frontal N250 is Generated Near the Temporo-parietal Junction and Reflects Recognition of Emotions from Both Faces and Non-social Objects
British Psychological Society (Cognitive Section), Nottingham
4 September 2014

Autistic Behavioural and Physiological Traits Index Emergent Social and Non-Social Cognitive Differences across the Autism Spectrum, between the Sexes, and between Cultures
Institut Pasteur
31 May 2013

Autism and Human Cognitive Diversity, from Physiology to Psychology to Pedagogy
Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge
29 June 2012

Autism from Synapse to Cognition, Behaviour, and Therapy
“International Conference on Innovative Research in Autism,”
Tours, France
31 May 2012

Connecting Developmental Neurobiology to Evidence-Based Developmental Therapies for People with Autism Spectrum Conditions
The Comm DEALL (Communication Developmental Eclectic Approach to Language Learning) Trust, Bangalore
30 April — 4 May 2012

Autism Theories and Therapies
V-Excel Centre for Research and Rehabilitation, Shastri Nagar, Chennai
24 March 2012

Autism as Scientist and Son
V-Excel Trust, Mandaveli, Chennai
17 March 2012

Autism: Assumptions of Synchrony and Simultaneity Underlie (Therapists’) Deficits in Perspective-Taking
Department of Speech Language and Hearing Sciences, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai
13 March 2012

Understanding Autistic Brains Shows How to Work with (and not against) Autistic Minds
WE CAN, Blue Beach, Chennai
11 March 2012

How Teachers Change Brains
V-Excel Trust, Mandaveli, Chennai
10 March 2012

Biological and Cultural Determinants of Autism, from Genes to Neural Information Processing to Behaviour
Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
3 February 2012

आितस्तिक् मसाला: Biology’s Interaction with Cultural and Social Context, from End to End of the Autism Spectrum
Ummeed Child Development Centre, Mumbai
14 January 2012

Autism Susceptibilities Underlie Broader Human Cognitive Variation, from Genes to Synapses to Behaviour
“Frontiers in Neuroscience and Genetics,”
Manovikas Kendra Rehabilitation and Research Institute for the Handicapped, Kolkata
23 December 2011

Autism and the Battle of the Self: How the Human Brain and Mind Make Sense of a Disconnected World
Autistic Children’s Welfare Foundation School, Chittagong
1 December 2011

The Same Genes that Make Autism Make Engineers: The Double-Edged Sword of Human Cognitive Diversity
Autistic Children’s Welfare Foundation School, Chittagong
30 November 2011

Autism Theory and Therapies
Autism Society of West Bengal, Kolkata
26 November 2011

Pecha Kucha Night
American Centre, Delhi
23 November 2011

Autism Theory and Therapy
The Comm DEALL (Communication Developmental Eclectic Approach to Language Learning) Trust, Bangalore
21 November 2011

Culture and Cognition: A View from Clinical and Typical Cognitive Variations
11th Biennial National Conference of the Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health,
St John’s Medical College, Bangalore
18 November 2011

Electroencephalography in Pædiatric Age Groups and its Clinical Utility
11th Biennial National Conference of the Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health,
St John’s Medical College, Bangalore
16 November 2011

Genes for Autism, Genes for Engineering: How Ability and Disability Come in the Same Package
UDBHAAS Child Development Centre, Paikpara, Kolkata
5 November 2011

Connecting Autism
India Habitat Centre, Delhi
1 November 2011

Perceptual Integration in Autism: Physiological Theory, Behavioural Observation, and Therapeutic Intervention
29th Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences, Delhi
31 October 2011

The Autism Spectrum as a Source of Cognitive and Cultural Diversity
International Conference on Transcultural Psychiatry
Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, 24 September 2011

Autism and Asperger Syndrome at the Intersection of Biology and Culture
Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists (Kolkata chapter)
KPC Medical College, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 20 August 2011

“Neuroimaging — Experimental Design and Analysis Tools”
Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, 22-23 July 2011

Neural and Narrative Connectivity in Autism, from Theory to Therapy
“Embodied and Narrative Practices: Clinical and Practical Applications,”
University of Hertfordshire
12 July 2011

Is the Science of Autism the Science of Human Cognitive Diversity?
Department of Psychology, Georgetown University
23 June 2011

Categorical and Dimensional Autistic Traits, and Global and Local Network Entropies: Cognitive and Neural Variation within and beyond the Autism Spectrum
Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
18 May 2011

Slides and audio recordings of the April 2011 Mumbai-Pune lectures are available; click here.
· Computer Game Environments for Experimental Control with Ecological Validity
· Genetics and Neural Computation Bind Autism to Human Cognitive Diversity
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
15-16 April 2011

Understanding Autistic Behaviour as a Normal Human Reaction to a Disconnected Perceptual and Cognitive World
Forum for Autism, Mumbai
8 April 2011

Autism— What Functional Brain Imaging Can and Cannot Tell Us about Perception, Cognition and Consciousness
Bhaktivedanta Institute, Mumbai
8 April 2011

Listening to Autism: Taking Account of Each Individual's Biology, Cognition, and Learning Style
Ummeed Child Development Centre, Mumbai
7 April 2011

Autism Lights the Way from Genetics and Neural Computation to the Twenty-First-Century Science of Human Cognitive Diversity
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
6 April 2011

The Quintessence of Humanity in Autistic Genes, Brains, and Minds
National Conference on Autism, Institute For Communicative And Cognitive Neurosciences, Shoranur, Kerala
2 April 2011

Variations in Neural Information Processing Determine Cognitive Type within and beyond the Autism Spectrum
Centre for Neuroscience, Department of Biotechnology, Cochin University of Science and Technology
28 March 2011

Cognitive Neurophysiology of Autism
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala
28 March 2011

· Significance-Testing Physiological Time Series with Resampling Statistics
· Fundamentals of Cognitive Electroencephalography
· Event-Related Data Analysis: A Practical Tutorial Using EEGLAB
Centre for Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad
3-5 February 2011

Harnessing Within-Group Variance to Understand Autistic Neurophysiology and Cognition
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
2 February 2011

What the Neurophysiology of Autism Tells Us about the Nature of Mental Representation
Centre for Cognitive Science, Jadavpur University
1 February 2011

Slides and audio recordings of the January 2011 Hyderabad lectures are available; click here.
Human, but More So: Autism, Level of Construal, and Lacan's « Meurtre de la Chose »
Department of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad
13 January 2011

Serious Games as a Tool for Measuring and Modifying Human Cognition
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
12 January 2011

Autistic Disorder or Autistic Variation? Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics Entwine Autism with Human Cognitive Diversity
Centre for Neural and Cognitive Sciences and Department of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad
10 January 2011

Computer Games Combine Experimental Control with Ecological Validity in Measurement and Training of Cognitive Skills
Centre for Neural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Hyderabad
6 January 2011

Physiological Indicators of Low Level of Construal Unify Social and Non-Social Autistic Cognitive Traits: fMRI, EEG and Behavioural Studies
International Conference on Recent Advances in Cognitive Science, Department of Psychology, Banares Hindu University
19 December 2010

Understanding Human Cognitive Variation within and beyond the Autism Spectrum — a Paradigm for the Multivariate Cognitive Neuroscience of the Twenty-First Century
International Conference on Cognitive Development, Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad
13 December 2010

Neuroimaging of Brain-Behaviour Correlations within and beyond the Autism Spectrum: Common Substrates for Social and Non-Social Cognitive Skills
5th Congress of the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Neuroscience Societies, Lucknow
28 November 2010

The Autism Spectrum as Clinical Disease and as Human Diversity
Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University
10 November 2010

Autism, Part and Parcel of Human Cognitive Diversity
British Psychological Society (Developmental Psychology Section), London
14 September 2010

Autism Is a Foundation of Human Cognitive Diversity
Program in Neuroscience, Tulane University
9 September 2010

Human Cognitive Diversity within and beyond the Autism Spectrum
The Groden Center, Providence, Rhode Island
18 August 2010

Dimensional and Emergent Aspects of Human Cognitive Variation within and beyond the Autism Spectrum
New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York
17 August 2010

Behavioural and Neural Variation within and beyond the Autism Spectrum: Perceptual Detail, Cognitive Distance, and Human Diversity
Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Vanderbilt University
10 May 2010

What People with Autism Spectrum Conditions Can Teach Us about How to Teach Them
‘Mind and Body in Autism,’ 4th Annual Conference, Columbia University Teachers College
16 April 2010

Autism as a Science and Autism in the Family, a Case of Weak Coherence
Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore
15 April 2010

All Too Human: The Autism Spectrum and Human Cognitive Diversity
1st Annual Distinguished Lecture on Autism, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore
15 April 2010

Computer Game Environments for Ecologically Valid Cognitive Testing
(or How to Study Complex Traits and Disorders by Playing Lots of Video Games)

Department of Psychology, University of Reading
28 January 2010

Between Two Cultures: Autism in the Family and Autism as a Science
Action for Autism, Delhi, India
24 January 2010

What Research Can Tell Us about Autism, and about Humanity
Tamana School of Hope, Delhi, India
23 January 2010

How We Can Teach People with Autism, and How They Can Teach Us
Tamana School of Hope, Delhi, India
22 January 2010

Using Behaviour and Physiology to Characterise Familial Autism Risk and Resistance
Children First, Delhi, India
20 January 2010

Frontal Lobe Physiology and Autistic Traits within and beyond the Autism Phenotype
National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, India
18 January 2010

Linking Behavioural, Physiological and Molecular Aspects of Familial Autism Risk and Resistance
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata
15 January 2010

Human, but More So: What Autism Science and Autistic People Can Teach Us
Manovikas Kendra Rehabilitation and Research Institute for the Handicapped, Kolkata, India
7 January 2010

Harnessing Population Variance to Link Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics in Familial Autism Risk and Resistance Factors
Manovikas Kendra Rehabilitation and Research Institute for the Handicapped, Kolkata, India
6 January 2010

“Autism from Childhood to Adulthood” (panelist)
Penn State Public Broadcasting, Pennsylvania State University
25 March 2009

What Science Can Tell Us about Autism and What Autism Can Tell Us about Science
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4 March 2009

Autistic Neural Information Processing is ‘All in the Family’
Società Italiana per la Ricerca e la Formazione sull’Autismo, Milano
28 November 2008

Behavioural and Physiological Phenotypes in Autism Families
Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma,
25 November 2008

Bringing the Laboratory to Life: Computer Games as a Tool to Understand and to Develop Autistic Brain Function in Naturalistic Contexts
Associazione Genitori Soggetti con Autismo, Veneto
22 November 2008

Family Connections: Brain Wiring in Autistic and ‘Unaffected’ Sibs
Center for Autism Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
13 November 2008

What is Autism? Clinical Phenotypes
Autism Speaks, Santa Monica, California
1 June 2008

Designing Serious Video Games for Autism Research and Treatment
Department of Information Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology
11 April 2008

Real Skills in Imaginary Worlds: Using Video Games to Measure Cognition and Physiology in Autism Families
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
26 March 2008

Video Game Play as an Ecologically Valid Measure of Autistic Behaviour and Physiology
BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Massachusetts
10 October 2007

Fictive Worlds Bring Out Real Skills: Video Game Environments for Assessing Autistic Cognition
Program in Interactive Media and Game Development, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
27 September 2007

Neural Connectivity, Narrative Connectivity, and the ‘Thing Itself’ in Autistic Perceptual and Cognitive Experience
“Narrative Alternatives to Theories of Mind”, University of Hertfordshire
15 July 2007

Who in a Susceptible Family Becomes Autistic? Connectivity in Genes, Neurones, and Cognition
Institut Pasteur
29 June 2007

Autistic Neural Information Processing, from Attention to Social Cognition
Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 April 2007

Connecting Social and Non-social Phenotypes to Neural Models of Autism Susceptibility
International Graduate School of Neuroscience, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
5 March 2007

Neural and Narrative Connectivity in Autistic Perceptual Experience
Humanities Center, Harvard University
5 April 2006

Altered Neural Information Processing in Autism: Developmental Causes and Developmental Consequences
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London
4 October 2005

What Makes a Brain Autistic? Developmental Endpoints in Functional Neuroanatomy
Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée / Trends in Neurosciences 4th annual meeting, La Ciotat, France
6 September 2005

Text, Mind, and Meaning: The Autistic Brain and What It Tells Us about the Process of Narrative
Hampshire College
21 February 2005

“Autism in Twentieth Century America” (guest lecture)
Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University
2-4 November 2004 & 7 February 2006

Autism and Art
Risley College, Cornell University
3 November 2004

Autism as a Disorder of Neural Connectivity
4th International Congress on Genetics and Regeneration in Neuroscience, Terni, Italy
28 June 2004

Research into the Neurocognitive Aspects of Autism
Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation, Boston
23 March 2004

Neurophysiological Studies of Selective Attention in Autism
National Autistic Society, London
28 October 2002

Imaging Altered Information Processing in Autism
Child Study Center, Yale University
14 February 2003

The Centre Cannot Hold: Unifying the Many Aspects of the Autism Phenotype
Cure Autism Now, Santa Monica, California
April 2002

Physiological Studies of Attention in Autism: Implications for Autistic Cognition and Behaviour
Cure Autism Now, Santa Monica
January 2002

Attention and Specialisation of Function in the Autistic Brain
Cure Autism Now, Illinois Chapter
September 1999

Brain Structure and Function Yield Clues to the Nature of Autism
The Autism Society of Greater Philadelphia
July 1997

A Practical Introduction to the Synthesiser Generator
The Polytechnic of Central London
September 1990