Dr Peter Enticott - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr. Peter Enticott works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Senior Research Fellow. Based at the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc, Central Clinical School), Peter’s work examines the neurobiological basis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD, including autism and Asperger’s syndrome). These are highly-prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders that affect social functioning, communication, and behaviour, and for which there is currently no biomedical treatment. Related to this, Peter is also interested in the way that the human brain allows us to understand other’s thoughts and emotions (e.g., empathy). 

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Keywords

Autism, Brain, Electroencephalography, Empathy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Mirror neurons, Schizophrenia, Social cognition, Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2006

BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE (PSYCHOLOGY) (HONS)

Institution: Deakin University

Year awarded: 2001

Publications

Journal Articles

Bersani, F.S., Minichino, A., Enticott, P.G., Mazzarini, L., Khan, N., Antonacci, G., Raccah, R.N., Salviati, M., Chiaie, R.D., Bersani, G., Fitzgerald, P.B., Biondi, M., 2013, Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation as a treatment for psychiatric disorders: A comprehensive review, European Psychiatry [P], vol 28, issue 1, Elsevier Masson, France, pp. 30-39. View Publication

Enticott, P., Harrison, B.A., Arnold, S., Nibaldi, K., Segrave, R., Fitzgibbon, B., Kennedy, H., Lau, K., Fitzgerald, P., 2012, Emotional valence modulates putative mirror neuron activity, Neuroscience Letters [P], vol 508, issue 1, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Ireland, pp. 56-59. View Publication

Enticott, P., Kennedy, H., Rinehart, N., Tonge, B., Bradshaw, J., Taffe, J., Daskalakis, Z., Fitzgerald, P., 2012, Mirror neuron activity associated with social impairments but not age in autism spectrum disorder, Biological Psychiatry [P], vol 71, issue 5, Elsevier Inc., United States, pp. 427-433. View Publication

Fitzgibbon, B., Enticott, P., Rich, A., Giummarra, M.J., Georgiou-Karistianis, N., Bradshaw, J., 2012, Mirror-sensory synaesthesia: exploring 'shared' sensory experiences as synaesthesia, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews [P], vol 36, issue 1, Pergamon, United Kingdom, pp. 645-657. View Publication

Fitzgibbon, B., Enticott, P.G., Bradshaw, J.L., Giummarra, M.J., Georgiou-Karistianis, N., Chou, M., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2012, Motor cortical excitability and inhibition in acquired mirror pain, Neuroscience Letters [P], vol 530, issue 2, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Ireland, pp. 161-165. View Publication

Enticott, P., Rinehart, N., Tonge, B., Bradshaw, J., Fitzgerald, P., 2012, Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) improves movement-related cortical potentials in autism spectrum disorders, Brain Stimulation [P], vol 5, issue 1, Elsevier Inc., United States, pp. 30-37. View Publication

Keating, C., Tilbrook, A.J., Rossell, S., Enticott, P., Fitzgerald, P., 2012, Reward processing in anorexia nervosa, Neuropsychologia [P], vol 50, issue 5, Pergamon, United Kingdom, pp. 567-575. View Publication

Krause, L., Enticott, P., Zangen, A., Fitzgerald, P., 2012, The role of medial prefrontal cortex in theory of mind: a deep rTMS study, Behavioural Brain Research [P], vol 228, issue 1, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 87-90. View Publication

Paton, B., Hohwy, J., Enticott, P.G., 2012, The rubber hand illusion reveals proprioceptive and sensorimotor differences in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders [P], vol 42, Springer LLC, NY United States, pp. 1870-1883.

Enticott, P.G., Arnold, S., Fitzgibbon, B., Hoy, K.E., Susilo, D., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2012, Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the inferior frontal gyrus disrupts interpersonal motor resonance, Neuropsychologia [P], vol 50, issue 7, Pergamon, United Kingdom, pp. 1628-1631. View Publication

Donne, C., Enticott, P., Rinehart, N., Fitzgerald, P., 2011, A transcranial magnetic stimulation study of corticospinal excitability during the observation of meaningless, goal-directed, and social behaviour, Neuroscience Letters [P], vol 489, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Ireland, pp. 57-61.

Fitzgibbon, B., Enticott, P., Giummarra, M., Thomson, R., Georgiou-Karistianis, N., Bradshaw, J., 2011, Atypical electrophysiological activity during pain observation in amputees who experience synaesthetic pain, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience [E], vol E, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 1-12. View Publication

Lemon, J.M., Gargaro, B.A., Enticott, P.G., Rinehart, N.J., 2011, Brief report: Executive functioning in autism spectrum disorders: a gender comparison of response inhibition, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders [P], vol 41, issue 3, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 352-356. View Publication

Enticott, P., Kennedy, H., Zangen, A., Fitzgerald, P., 2011, Deep repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation associated with improved social functioning in a young woman with an autism spectrum disorder, Journal Of Ect [P], vol 27, issue 1, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 41-43.

Fitzgibbon, B., Enticott, P.G., Bradshaw, J., Giummarra, M., Chou, M., Georgiou-Karistianis, N., Fitzgerald, P., 2011, Enhanced corticospinal response to observed pain in pain synesthetes, Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience [P], vol E, Springer, US, pp. 1-13. View Publication

Andrews, S., Hoy, K.E., Enticott, P.G., Daskalakis, Z.J., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2011, Improving working memory: The effect of combining cognitive activity and anodal transcranial direct current stimulation to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, Brain Stimulation [P], vol 4, issue 2, Elsevier Inc., United States, pp. 84-89. View Publication

Enticott, P., Kennedy, H., Bradshaw, J., Rinehart, N., Fitzgerald, P., 2011, Motor corticospinal excitability during the observation of interactive hand gestures, Brain Research Bulletin [P], vol 85, Elsevier Inc., United States, pp. 89-95. View Publication

Enticott, P., Upton, D., Bradshaw, J., Bellgrove, M., Ogloff, J., 2011, Stop task after-effects in schizophrenia: Behavioral control adjustments and repetition priming, Neurocase [E], vol E, Psychology Press, UK, pp. 1-10. View Publication

Enticott, P., Rinehart, N., Tonge, B., Bradshaw, J., Fitzgerald, P., 2010, A preliminary transcranial magnetic stimulation study of cortical inhibition and excitability in high-functioning autism and Asperger disorder, Developmental Medicine And Child Neurology [P], vol 52, issue 8, Mac Keith Press, United Kingdom, United States, pp. e179-e183. View Publication

Hoy, K., Enticott, P., Daskalakis, Z., Fitzgerald, P., 2010, Can a behavioral intervention enhance the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on mood?, Brain Stimulation [P], vol 3.00, issue 4, Elsevier Inc., USA, pp. 200-206. View Publication

May, T., Brewer, W., Rinehart, N., Enticott, P., Brereton, A., Tonge, B., 2010, Differential olfactory identification in children with autism and Asperger's Disorder: A comparative and longitudinal study, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders [P], vol 41, Springer, USA, pp. 837-847. View Publication

Upton, D., Enticott, P., Croft, R., Cooper, N., Fitzgerald, P., 2010, ERP correlates of response inhibition after-effects in the stop signal task, Experimental Brain Research [P], vol 206, issue 4, Springer, Germany, pp. 351-358. View Publication

Fitzgibbon, B., Enticott, P., Rich, A., Giummarra, M., Georgiou-Karistianis, N., Tsao, J., Weeks, S., Bradshaw, J., 2010, High incidence of 'synaesthesia for pain' in amputees, Neuropsychologia [P], vol 48, issue 12, Pergamon, UK, pp. 3675-3678. View Publication

Abrahamson, S., Enticott, P., Tonge, B., 2010, High-functioning pervasive developmental disorders in adults, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 192, issue 1, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd, Australia, pp. 44-48.

Fitzgibbon, B., Giummarra, M.J., Georgiou-Karistianis, N., Enticott, P.G., Bradshaw, J.L., 2010, Shared pain: From empathy to synaesthesia, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews [P], vol 34, issue 4, Pergamon, UK, USA, pp. 500-512. View Publication

Johnston, P., Enticott, P., Mayes, A., Hoy, K., Herring, S., Fitzgerald, P., 2010, Symptom correlates of static and dynamic facial affect processing in schizophrenia: Evidence of a double dissociation?, Schizophrenia Bulletin [P], vol 36, issue 4, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 680-687. View Publication

Enticott, P., Kennedy, H., Bradshaw, J., Rinehart, N., Fitzgerald, P., 2010, Understanding mirror neurons: Evidence for enhanced corticospinal excitability during the observation of transitive but not intransitive hand gestures, Neuropsychologia [P], vol 48, issue 9, Pergamon, UK, pp. 2675-2680. View Publication

Enticott, P.G., Bradshaw, J.L., Iansek, R., Rinehart, N.J., Tonge, B.J., 2009, Electrophysiological signs of supplementary-motor-area deficits in high-functioning autism but not Asperger syndrome: an examination of internally cued movement-related potentials, Developmental Medicine And Child Neurology [P], vol 51, issue 10, Mac Keith, UK, pp. 787-791.

Enticott, P.G., Bradshaw, J.L., Bellgrove, M., Upton, D.J., Ogloff, J.R., 2009, Stop task after-effects the extent of slowing during the preparation and execution of movement, Experimental Psychology [P], vol 56, issue 4, Hogrefe Publishing Corp, US, pp. 247-251.

Enticott, P.G., 2009, White matter integrity in frontostriatal pathways and neurocognition in fragile X syndrome, Developmental Medicine And Child Neurology [P], vol 51, issue 8, Mac Keith Press, UK, USA, p. 576. View Publication

Enticott, P.G., Ogloff, J.R., Bradshaw, J.L., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2008, Cognitive inhibitory control and self-reported impulsivity among violent offenders with schizophrenia, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, vol 30, issue 2, Psychology Press, UK, pp. 157-162. View Publication

Enticott, P.G., Johnston, P., Herring, S.E., Hoy, K.E., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2008, Mirror neuron activation is associated with facial emotion processing, Neuropsychologia, vol 46, issue 11, Pergamon, UK, pp. 2851-2854. View Publication

Enticott, P.G., Hoy, K.E., Herring, S.E., Johnston, P., Daskalakis, Z., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2008, Reduced motor facilitation during action observation in schizophrenia: A mirror neuron deficit?, Schizophrenia Research, vol 102, issue 1-3, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 116-121. View Publication

Enticott, P.G., Ogloff, J.R., Bradshaw, J.L., 2008, Response inhibition and impulsivity in schizophrenia, Psychiatry Research, vol 157, Elsevier Ireland, Ireland, pp. 251-254. View Publication

Johnston, P., Enticott, P.G., Mayes, A.K., Hoy, K.E., Herring, S.E., Fitzgerald, P.B., 2008, Symptom correlates of static and dynamic facial affect processing in schizophrenia: Evidence of a double dissociation?, Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol E, Oxford University Press, England, pp. 1-8.

Fitzgerald, P.B., Fountain, S., Hoy, K.E., Maller, J.J., Enticott, P.G., Laycock, R., Upton, D., Daskalakis, Z.J., 2007, A comparative study of the effects of repetitive paired transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor cortical excitability, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, vol 165, issue 2, Elsevier Science, The Netherlands, pp. 265-269. View Publication

Enticott, P.G., Ogloff, J.R., Bradshaw, J.L., Daffern, M.D., 2007, Contrary to popular belief, a lack of behavioural inhibitory control may not be associated with aggression, Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, vol 17, issue 3, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK, pp. 179-183.

Enticott, P.G., Ogloff, J.R.P., Bradshaw, J.L., 2006, Associations between laboratory measures of executive inhibitory control and self-reported impulsivity, Personality and Individual Differences, vol 41, issue 2, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 285-294. View Publication

Enticott, P.G., Ogloff, J.R., 2006, Elucidation of impulsivity, Australian Psychologist, vol 41, issue 1, Australian Psychological Society, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 3-14. View Publication

Rinehart, N.J., Tonge, B.J., Bradshaw, J.L., Iansek, R., Enticott, P.G., McGinley, J., 2006, Gait function in high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder: Evidence for basal-ganglia and cerebellar involvement?, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol 15, issue 5, Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag, Darmstadt Germany, pp. 256-264.

Rinehart, N.J., Tonge, B.J., Iansek, R., McGinley, J., Brereton, A.V., Enticott, P.G., Bradshaw, J.L., 2006, Gait function in newly diagnosed children with autism: Cerebellar and basal ganglia related motor disorder, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, vol 48, issue 10, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, pp. 819-824. View Publication

Rinehart, N.J., Tonge, B.J., Bradshaw, J.L., Iansek, R., Enticott, P.G., Johnson, K.A., 2006, Movement-related potentials in high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, vol 48, issue 4, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 272-277.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Forming perceptions of the world under uncertainty: In the general population and in autism spectrum disorder..

Supervisors:

Hohwy, J (Main), Enticott, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

I see what I am? Or I am what I see? Somatoperception in body dysmorphic disorder..

Supervisors:

Rossell, S (Main), Enticott, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Impaired social cognition in schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder: A mirror neuron deficit?.

Supervisors:

Fitzgerald, P (Main), Enticott, P (Associate), Hoy, K (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Impulsivity, inhibitory control and decision making in problem gambling..

Supervisors:

Stout, J (Main), Dowling, N (Associate), Enticott, P (Associate), Bradshaw, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Investigating ocular-motor correlates of abnormal mirror system functioning in autism..

Supervisors:

Fielding, J (Main), Enticott, P (Associate), Gurvich, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Neural connectivity in autism spectrum disorders.

Supervisors:

Enticott, P (Joint), Fitzgerald, P (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Sensory aspects of adult high-functioning Autism spectrum disorders.

Supervisors:

Tonge, B (Main), Enticott, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

TMS in the Treatment of Cognitive Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder.

Supervisors:

Enticott, P (Joint), Rinehart, N (Joint-co).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Fitzgibbon, B.

Program of Study:

A clinical and neurophysiological investigation of acquired synaesthetic pain in amputees. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Enticott, P (Main), Bradshaw, J (Associate), Georgiou-Karistianis, N (Associate).