Karen J. Parker

Stanford University — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

42h-index8.6kcitations104works2.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(64), Stress Responses and Cortisol(28), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research(23), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior(14), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development(12)

Publications104 total

Cerebrospinal Fluid Vasopressin Concentration Is a Biomarker of Autistic Social Impairment and Hypothalamic Vasopressin Gene Expression in Humans
Autism Research·2026
A dysfunctional hub model of voice–reward integration in autism
Trends in Cognitive Sciences·2026Open Access
When the science alone is not enough: embracing our responsibility as science communicators
Neuropsychopharmacology·2025Open Access
Stereotypy is strongly linked to multiple biomarkers of oxidative stress—A potential common etiology for Abnormal Repetitive Behaviors
PLoS ONE·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Science must break its silence to rebuild public trust
Nature Neuroscience·2025
The Test of Auditory-Vocal Affect (TAVA) dataset
2025
Stereotypy is strongly linked to multiple biomarkers of oxidative stress—a potential common etiology for Abnormal Repetitive Behaviors
2025Open Access
Oxytocin administration rescues the negative impacts of social isolation on wound healing in mice
Hormones and Behavior·2025· 2 cited
Nebulized vasopressin penetrates CSF and improves social cognition without inducing aggression in a rhesus monkey model of autism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Making bloodwork work: the impact of sample collection, processing, and storage on plasma glutathione measurement, and implications for translation
Translational Psychiatry·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
The Future of Nonhuman Primate Neuroscience: Peril or Possibilities?
Journal of Neuroscience·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Vasopressin deficiency: a hypothesized driver of both social impairment and fluid imbalance in autism spectrum disorder
Molecular Psychiatry·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Naturally occurring low sociality in female rhesus monkeys: A tractable model for autism or not?
Molecular Autism·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Tales from the life and lab of a female social neuroscientist
Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Rhesus macaque social functioning is paternally, but not maternally, inherited by sons: potential implications for autism
Molecular Autism·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Acoustically-Driven Phoneme Removal that Preserves Vocal Affect Cues
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Acoustically-Driven Phoneme Removal That Preserves Vocal Affect Cues
arXiv (Cornell University)·2022Open Access
Rhesus monkey sociality is stable across time and linked to variation in the initiation but not receipt of prosocial behavior
American Journal of Primatology·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Reading the mind in the eyes in PTSD: Limited Moderation by the presence of a service dog
Journal of Psychiatric Research·2022· 1 cited
Linking oxytocin and arginine vasopressin signaling abnormalities to social behavior impairments in Prader-Willi syndrome
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews·2022· 17 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

David M. Lyons(15), Alan F. Schatzberg(14), Joseph P. Garner(13), Antonio Y. Hardan(12), Christine L. Buckmaster(10), Robin A. Libove(8), Jennifer M. Phillips(8), Shellie A. Hyde(8), Ozge Oztan(6), Dean S. Carson(6), Raena D. Sumiyoshi(5), Dario Maestripieri(5), Theresa M. Lee(5), Lisa P. Jackson(4), Debra S. Karhson(4), Sonia Partap(4), Jamie M. Zeitzer(3), Kirsten B. Hornbeak(3), Sean Berquist(3), Katie M. Phillips(3)