Isabelle Soulières

Isabelle Soulières

Professeure
Photo de Isabelle Soulières
Unité : Département de psychologie
Courriel : soulieres.isabelle@uqam.ca
Téléphone : (514) 987-3000 poste 5229
Langues : Français, Anglais
Liens d'intérêt
Informations générales

Cheminement académique

Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Harvard Medical School
Stage postdoctoral (2007-2010)

Université de Montréal
Ph.D. recherche/intervention en psychologie (2007)

Unités de recherche

Partenaires (organismes, entreprises)

  • École À pas de géants
  • École Le Sommet
  • Société inclusive

Affiliations externes principales

Enseignement
Distinctions
  • Chercheure boursière Junior 2, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (2018-2020)
  • Chercheure boursière Junior 1, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (2012-2016)

Directions de thèses et mémoires

Thèses de doctorat
Essais
Autres directions et supervisions
  • Sotelo, Katarina. (2025). Documenter la trajectoire développementale de l'expression des émotions chez les enfants autistes: De l'âge préscolaire à l'âge scolaire. (Essai doctoral). Université du Québec en Outaouais.
  • Leclerc, Marie-Ève. (2016). Mécanismes cérébraux sous-tendant le binding en mémoire chez les personnes autistes. (Mémoire de maitrise). Université de Montréal.
  • Simard, Isabelle. (2015). L'implication du réseau fronto-pariétal dans le raisonnement est-elle atypique chez les autistes? (Mémoire de maitrise). Université de Montréal.
  • Courchesne, Valérie. (2016). Évaluation de l'intelligence des enfants autistes à l'âge préscolaire et scolaire. (Thèse de doctorat). Université de Montréal.

Publications

Articles scientifiques
  • Cusson, N., Meilleur, A., Bernhardt, B., Soulières, I. et Mottron, L. (2025). A systematic review and meta-analysis of empathy in autism: The influence of measures. Clinical Psychology Review, 120, article 102623. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2025.102623.
  • Lafleur, A., Caron, V., Forgeot d’Arc, B. et Soulières, I. (2025). Atypical implicit and explicit sense of agency in autism: A complete characterization using the cue integration approach. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 78(9), 1834–1851. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17470218241311582.
  • Bernhardt, B., Valk, S.C., Hong, S.J., Soulières, I. et Mottron, L. (2025). Autism-related shifts in the brain’s information processing hierarchy. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(10), 942–955. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.04.008.
  • Murray, A., Soulières, I. et Saint-Amour, D. (2025). No aftereffect of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on theta activity during an inter-sensory selective attention task. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 210, article 112539. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2025.112539.
  • Murray, A., Zerroug, Y., Soulières, I. et Saint-Amour, D. (2025). The role of fronto-central theta oscillations in inter-sensory selective attention. Psychophysiology, 62(4), article e70055. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70055.
  • Meilleur, A., Cusson, N., Vallerand, R., Couture, M., Gilbert, E., Soulières, I. et Bussières, E.-L. (2024). Association between passion and optimal functioning in autistic individuals: The Dualistic Model of Passion. Autism in Adulthood, Prépublication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0166.
  • Degré-Pelletier, J., Danis, É., D. Thérien, V., Bernhardt, B., Barbeau, E.B. et Soulières, I. (2024). Differential neural correlates underlying visuospatial versus semantic reasoning in autistic children. Cerebral Cortex, 34(13), 19–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhae093.
  • Bled, C., Guillon, Q., Mottron, L., Soulières, I. et Bouvet, L. (2024). Evaluation of a visual cognitive style in autism: A cluster analysis. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Prépublication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06616-8.
  • Lung, S., Picard, E., Soulières, I. et Bertone, A. (2024). Identifying the functions of restricted and repetitive behaviours and interests in Autism: A scoping review. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 117, article 102458. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2024.102458.
  • Lemire, M., Soulières, I. et Saint-Amour, D. (2024). The effect of age on executive functions in adults is not sex-specific. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 30(5), 489–498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617723011487.
  • Bled, C., Guillon, Q., Mottron, L., Soulières, I. et Bouvet, L. (2024). Visual mental imagery abilities in autism. Autism Research, 17(10), 2064–2078. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.3192.
  • Hong, S.J., Mottron, L., Park, B., Benkarim, O., Valk, S.L., Paquola, C., Lariviere, S., Vos de Wael, R., Degré-Pelletier, J., Soulières, I., Ramphal, B., Margolis, A., Milham, M., Di Martino, A. et Bernhardt, B.C. (2023). A convergent structure-function substrate of cognitive imbalances in autism. Cerebral Cortex, 33(5), 1566–1580. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac156.
  • Thérien, V.D., Degré-Pelletier, J., Barbeau, E.B., Samson, F. et Soulières, I. (2023). Different levels of visuospatial abilities linked to differential brain correlates underlying visual mental segmentation processes in autism. Cerebral Cortex, 33(14), 9186–9211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad195.
  • Danis, E., Nader, A.M., Degré-Pelletier, J. et Soulières, I. (2023). Semantic and visuospatial reasoning in school-aged autistic children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(12), 4719–4730. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05746-1.
  • Girard, D., Courchesne, V., Cimon-Paquet, C., Jacques, C. et Soulières, I. (2023). Visual abilities and exploration behaviors as predictors of intelligence in autistic children from preschool to school age. Autism, 27(8), 2446–2464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613231166189.
  • Girard, D., Courchesne, V., Degré-Pelletier, J., Letendre, C. et Soulières, I. (2022). Assessing global developmental delay across instruments in minimally verbal preschool autistic children: the importance of a multi-method and multi-informant approach. Autism Research, 15(1), 103–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2630.
  • Nader, A.M., Tullo, D., Bouchard, V., Degré-Pelletier, J., Bertone, A., Dawson, M. et Soulières, I. (2022). Category learning in autism: Are some situations better than others? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(3), 578–596. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0001092.
  • Thérien, V.D., Degré-Pelletier, J., Barbeau, E.B., Samson, F. et Soulières, I. (2022). Differential neural correlates underlying mental rotation processes in two distinct cognitive profiles in autism. NeuroImage: Clinical, 16, article 103221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103221.
  • Jeanneret, N., Courcy, I., Caron, V., Giroux, M., Guerrero, L., Ouimet, M., d’Arc, B. F. et Soulières, I. (2022). Discrimination and victimization as mediators between social support and psychological distress in autistic adults. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 98, article 102038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2022.102038.
  • Jacques, C., Saulnier, G., Ethier, A. et Soulières, I. (2022). Experience of Autistic Children and Their Families During the Pandemic: From Distress to Coping Strategies. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(8), 3626–3638. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05233-z.
  • Caron, V., Jeanneret, N., Giroux, M., Guerrero, L., Ouimet, M., Forgeot d'Arc, B., Soulières, I. et Courcy. I. (2022). Sociocultural Context and Autistics’ Quality of Life: A Comparison between Quebec and France. Autism, 26(4), 900–913. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13623613211035229.
  • Bled, C., Guillon, Q., Soulières, I. et Bouvet, L. (2021). Thinking in pictures in everyday life situations among autistic adults. PLOS One, 16(7), article e0255039. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255039.
  • Barbeau, E.B., Klein, D., Soulières, I., Petrides, M., Bernhardt, B. et Mottron, L. (2020). Age of speech onset in autism relates to structural connectivity in the language network. Cerebral Cortex Communications, 1(1), article tgaa077. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/texcom/tgaa077.
  • Lafleur, A., Soulières, I. et Forgeot d’Arc, B. (2020). Sense of agency: sensorimotor signals and social context are differentially weighed at implicit and explicit levels. Consciousness and Cognition, 84, article 103004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2020.103004.
  • Courchesne, V., Girard, D., Jacques, C. et Soulières, I. (2019). Assessing intelligence at autism diagnosis: mission impossible? Testability and cognitive profile of autistic preschoolers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(3), 845–856. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3786-4.
  • Forgeot d’Arc, B. et Soulières, I. (2019). Socially interested, or socially sophisticated? On mutual social influence in autism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42, article e89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18002510.
  • Rødgaard, E.M., Jensen, K., Vergnes, J.N., Soulières, I. et Mottron, L. (2019). Temporal changes in effect sizes of studies comparing individuals with and without autism: A meta-analysis. JAMA: Psychiatry, 76(11), 1124–1132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.1956.
  • Duret, P., Samson, F., Pinsard, B., Barbeau, E. B., Boré, A., Soulières, I. et Mottron, L. (2018). Gyrification changes are related to cognitive strengths in autism. Neuroimage: Clinical, 20, 415–423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2018.04.036.
  • Degré-Pelletier, J., Nader, A. M., Bouchard, V. et Soulières, I. (2018). La capacité à générer des catégories dans le trouble du spectre de l’autisme : critères perceptifs ou conceptuels? Neuropsychologie Clinique et Appliquée, 2, 67–79. http://ncacn.com/home/2018/10/10/la-capacite-a-generer-des-categories-dans-le-trouble-du-spectre-de-lautisme-criteres-perceptifs-ou-conceptuels-2/.
  • Rochette, A.C., Soulières, I., Berthiaume, C. et Godbout, R. (2018). NREM sleep EEG activity and procedural memory: A comparison between young neurotypical and autistc adults without sleep complaints. Autism Research, 11(4), 613–623. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.1933.
  • Grot, S., Petel, V., Lipp, O., Soulières, I., Dolcos, F. et Luck, D. (2017). Abnormal prefrontal and parietal activity linked to deficient active binding in working memory in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 188, 68–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.01.021.
  • Lafleur, A., Soulières, I. et Forgeot d’Arc, B. (2016). Cognition sociale et sens de l’agentivité en autisme : de l’action à l’interaction. Santé mentale au Québec, 41(1), 163–181. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1036970ar.
  • Nader, A.M., Courchesne, V., Dawson, M. et Soulières, I. (2016). Does WISC-IV underestimate the intelligence of autistic children? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(5), 1582–1589. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2270-z.
  • Kunda, M., Soulières, I., Rozga, A. et Goel, A. (2016). Error patterns on the Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices Test. Intelligence, 59, 181–198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2016.09.004.
  • Courchesne, V., Nader, A.-M., Girard, D., Bouchard, V., Danis, E. et Soulières, I. (2016). Le profil cognitif au service des apprentissages : optimiser le potentiel des enfants sur le spectre de l’autisme. Revue québécoise de psychologie, 37(2), 141–173. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1040041ar.
    Notes: Numéro spécial sur les troubles neurodéveloppementaux
  • Forgeot d’Arc, B., Vinckier, F., Lebreton, M., Soulières, I., Mottron, L. et Pessiglione, M. (2016). Mimetic desire in autism spectrum disorder. Molecular Autism, 7, 45–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-016-0107-7.
  • Courchesne, V., Meilleur, A.-A.S., Poulin-Lord, M.P., Dawson, M. et Soulières, I. (2015). Autistic children at risk of being underestimated: school-based pilot study of a strength-informed assessment. Molecular Autism, 6, Article 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-015-0006-3.
  • Simard, I., Luck, D., Mottron, L., Zeffiro, T.A. et Soulières, I. (2015). Autistic fluid intelligence : increased reliance on visual functional connectivity with diminished modulation of coupling by task difficulty. NeuroImage : Clinical, 9, 467–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2015.09.007.
  • Nader, A.M., Jelenic, P. et Soulières, I. (2015). Discrepancy between WISC-III and WISC-IV cognitive profile in autism spectrum : what does it reveal about autistic cognition? PLOS ONE, 10(12), e0144645. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144645.
  • Tessier S., Lambert A., Chicoine M., Scherzer P., Soulières I. et Godbout R. (2015). Intelligence measures and stage 2 sleep in typically-developing and autistic children. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 97(1), 58–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2015.05.003.
  • Poulin-Lord, M.P., Barbeau, E. B., Soulières, I., Monchi, O., Doyon, J., Benali, H. et Mottron, L. (2014). Increased topographical variability of task-related activation in perceptive and motor associative regions in adult autistics. NeuroImage : Clinical, 4, 444–453. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2014.02.008.
  • Barbeau, E.B., Soulières, I., Dawson, M., Zeffiro, T.A. et Mottron, L. (2013). The level and nature of autistic intelligence III : inspection time. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 122(1), 295–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0029984.
  • Samson, F., Mottron, L., Soulières, I. et Zeffiro, T.A. (2012). Enhanced visual functioning in autism : an ALE meta-analysis. Human Brain Mapping, 33(7), 1553–1581. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.21307.
  • Forgeot d’Arc, B., Dawson, M., Soulières, I. et Mottron, L. (2012). Self-injury in autism is largely unexplained : now what? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(11), 2513–2514. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1628-3.
  • Soulières, I., Mottron, L., Giguère, G. et Larochelle, S. (2011). Category induction in autism : slower, perhaps different but certainly possible. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 64(2), 311–327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2010.492994.
  • Soulières, I., Zeffiro, T.A., Girard, M.L. et Mottron, L. (2011). Enhanced mental image mapping in autism. Neuropsychologia, 49(5), 848–857. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.01.027.
  • Soulières, I., Dawson, M., Gernsbacher, M.A. et Mottron, L. (2011). The level and nature of autistic intelligence II: what about Asperger syndrome? PLOS ONE, 6, e25372. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025372.
  • Sahyoun, C.P., Belliveau, J.W., Soulières, I., Schwartz, S. et Mody, M. (2010). Neuroimaging of the functional and structural networks underlying visuospatial vs. linguistic reasoning in high-functioning autism. Neuropsychologia, 48(1), 86–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.08.013.
  • Soulières, I., Hubert, B., Rouleau, N., Gagnon, L., Tremblay, P., Seron, X. et Mottron, L. (2010). Superior estimation abilities in two autistic spectrum children. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 27(3), 261–276. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02643294.2010.519228.
  • Mitchell, P., Mottron, L., Soulières, I. et Ropar, D. (2010). Susceptibility to the Shepard illusion in participants with autism : reduced top-down influences within perception? Autism Research, 3(3), 113–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.130.
  • Sahyoun, C., Soulières, I., Belliveau, J.W., Mottron, L. et Mody, M. (2009). Cognitive differences in pictorial reasoning between high-functioning autism and Asperger’s syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(7), 1014–1023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0712-9.
  • Mottron, L., Dawson, M. et Soulières, I. (2009). Enhanced perception in savant syndrome : patterns, structure and creativity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B : Biological sciences, 364(1522), 1385–1391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0333.
  • Soulières, I., Dawson, M., Samson, F., Barbeau, E. B., Sahyoun, C., Strangman, G. E., Zeffiro, T. et Mottron, L. (2009). Enhanced visual processing contributes to matrix reasoning in autism. Human Brain Mapping, 30(12), 4082–4107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.20831.
  • Soulières, I., Mottron, L., Saumier, D. et Larochelle, S. (2007). Atypical categorical perception in autism : autonomy of discrimination? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(3), 481–490. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0172-4.
  • Dawson, M., Soulières, I., Gernsbacher, M.A. et Mottron, L. (2007). The level and nature of autistic intelligence. Psychological Science, 18(8), 657–662. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01954.x.
  • Mottron, L., Soulières, I. et Ménard, É. (2007). Éléments de diagnostic différentiel clinique entre le syndrome d'Asperger et personnalité schizoïde/paranoïaque. Santé mentale au Québec, 32(1), 367–375. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/016526ar.
  • Mottron, L., Dawson, M., Soulières, I., Hubert, B. et Burack, J. (2006). Enhanced perceptual functioning in autism : an update, and eight principles of autistic perception. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36(1), 27–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-005-0040-7.
  • Mottron, L., Soulières, I., Ménard, É. et Dawson, M. (2005). L'évaluation cognitive dans les troubles envahissants du développement sans déficience intellectuelle. Revue québécoise de psychologie, 26(3), 219–238. https://oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/pls/public/rqpw001.afficher_detail?owa_bottin=&owa_contexte=$1935-50&owa_apercu=O&owa_membre_par_adresse_IP=N&owa_annee=2005&owa_volume=26&owa_numero=3&owa_article=A219.
  • Larochelle, S., Richard, S. et Soulières, I. (2000). What some effects might not be : the time to verify membership in "well-defined" categories. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, section A : Human Experimental Psychology, 53(4), 929–961. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713755940.
Chapitres de livre
  • Soulières, I. (2014). L’intelligence et le profil cognitif chez les personnes porteuses d’autisme. Dans D. Yvon (dir.). À la découverte de l’autisme : des neurosciences à la vie en société (p. 70–75). Paris : Dunod.
  • Mottron, L., Soulières, I. et Dawson, M. (2013). Circumscribed interests. Dans F. Volkmar (dir.). Encyclopedia of autism spectrum disorders. Springer.
  • Mottron, L. et Soulières, I. (2013). Local-global distinction. Dans F. Volkmar (dir.). Encyclopedia of autism spectrum disorders. Springer.
  • Mottron, L., Soulières, I. et Dawson, M. (2013). Perception. Dans F. Volkmar (dir.). Encyclopedia of autism spectrum disorders. Springer.
  • Mottron, L., Dawson, M. et Soulières, I. (2010). Enhanced perception in savant syndrome: patterns, structure and creativity. Dans F. Happé et U. Frith (dir.). Autism and talent (p. 53–64). Oxford : Oxford University Press.
  • Mottron, L., Dawson, M. et Soulières, I. (2008). A different memory : are distinctions drawn from the study of non-autistic memory appropriate to describe memory in autism? Dans J. Boucher et D. Bowler (dir.). Memory in Autism (p. 311–329). Cambridge University Press.
Articles professionnels ou de magazines
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