Dr. Peter Enticott

Dr. Peter Enticott is a Senior Research Fellow and registered psychologist.

Peter’s group conducts neuroscience research into autism spectrum disorder (ASD, including autism and Asperger's syndrome) and related aspects of social cognition.

He employs a range of techniques, including non-invasive brain stimulation (TMS, tDCS), electrophysiology (EEG, EMG), neuroimaging (fMRI, PET), and neurocognitive assessment. Peter is particularly interested in the brain basis of ASD, the use of non-invasive brain stimulation to improve clinical and neurophysiological aspects of ASD, and the way in which the brain allows us to understand and respond to our social environment (e.g., empathy, emotion processing, mentalising).

Peter has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers and been awarded over $2.7M in competitive grant funding. He is currently funded by a Career Development Fellowship (CDF) from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), and holds active grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation. In 2012 Peter received a Young Tall Poppy Science Award from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science.

If you would like to find out more about Peter’s research, please contact peter.enticott@monash.edu

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ASD Projects Currently Recruiting

A clinical trial of deep rTMS in autism spectrum disorder (adults with ASD)

Neural connectivity in autism spectrum disorder (14-65 year-olds with "high-functioning" ASD)

Perceptual decision making in autism spectrum disorder (18-65 year-olds with "high-functioning" ASD)

Understanding movement and handwriting in children (812 year-olds with "high-functioning" ASD)

MAPrc ASD Research Group Members

Research Staff: Dr. Bernadette Fitzgibbon

Ms. Melissa Kirkovski

Ms. Amity Green

Current Students: Ms. Melissa Kirkovski (PhD)

Mr. Colin Palmer (PhD)

Ms. Sophie Andrews (DPsych)

Mr. Ryan Kaplan (DPsych)

Ms. Nicci Grace (DPsych)

Ms. Jacqui Riddiford (DPsych)

Ms. Hayley Caulfield (Hons)

Mr. Peter Donaldson (Hons)

Past Staff/Students: Ms. Danielle Pogos (Hons)

Mr. Aron Hill (Hons)

Ms. Miranda Tanamas (Hons)

Mr. Jed Burgess (Hons)

Ms. Sara Arnold (RA)

Ms. Bronwyn Harrison (RA)

Mr. Scott May (BMedSci/RA)

Ms. Kaitlyn Nibaldi (Hons)

Ms. Kristal Lau (Hons)

Ms. Laura Krause (Hons)

Ms. Tamara May (Hons)

Mrs. Hayley Kennedy (PGDip/RA)

Ms. Claire Donne (Hons)

Selected Recent Papers

Enticott, P. G., Kennedy, H. A., Rinehart, N. J., Bradshaw, J. L., Tonge, B. J., Daskalakis, J. Z., & Fitzgerald, P. B. (2013). Interpersonal motor resonance in autism spectrum disorder: Evidence against a global “mirror system” deficit. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 218.

Enticott, P. G., Kennedy, H. A., Rinehart, N. J., Tonge, B. J., Bradshaw, J. L., & Fitzgerald, P. B. (2013). GABAergic activity in autism spectrum disorders: An investigation of cortical inhibition via transcranial magnetic stimulation. Neuropharmacology, 68, 202-209.

Hill, A. T., Fitzgibbon, B. M., Arnold, S. L., Rinehart, N. J., Fitzgerald, P. B., & Enticott, P. G. (2013). Modulation of putative mirror neuron activity by both positively and negatively valenced affective stimuli: A TMS study. Behavioural Brain Research, 249, 116-123.

Enticott, P. G., Kennedy, H. A., Rinehart, N. J., Tonge, B. J., Bradshaw, J. L., Taffe, J. R., . . . Fitzgerald, P. B. (2012). Mirror neuron activity associated with social impairments but not age in autism spectrum disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 71(5), 427-433.