Social Attention and Language Lab
The SoAL lab at CHOP studies clinical language and social attention phenotypes across the lifespan in individuals with neurodevelopmental or psychiatric differences.
Led by Dr. Julia Parish-Morris, we are especially interested in using computational approaches – including NLP and machine learning – to quantify social communication, with a focus on understudied subgroups like autistic girls.
We are recruiting a research assistant to join our lab June 2025! See our job description here. Reach out to carlanguagelab@chop.edu to learn more.
We are recruiting undergraduate students to intern in our lab for Summer 2025! Please submit an application here. Reach out to carlanguagelab@chop.edu to learn more.
Lab News
Our team had a blast at Huddle Up for Autism this year! Thanks to all who stopped by our table.
March 30, 2025
Identification of Female Autistic Youth
Dr. Jane Beriont presented her and Dr. Parish-Morris's research on clinician-level factors impacting the identification and diagnosis of female autistic youth at the American Psychological Association!
March 14, 2025
Understanding Autism in the Context of Double Empathy
Dr. Parish-Morris presented on the concept of double empathy in our Ready to CONNECT study at CHOP's Research Institute Seminar Series.
November 19, 2024
Girl Autism - An Exploration of the Female Autistic Experience, Black Autistic Girls, and Family Perspectives
Congratulations to Jane Beriont, Ashlee Flanagan, Ayana King-Pointer, and Julia Parish-Morris on a great talk at the 46th Annual Philadelphia Regional Conference on Developmental Disabilities!
October 21, 2024
Goodbye and congratulations, Maxine!
Maxine will be starting her School Psychology Ph.D. program at the University of Georgia this Fall. We are so grateful for everything she's done in our lab and excited to see the incredible things she will accomplish in grad school!
July 12, 2024
LDC Field Trip
Thanks so much to Mark Liberman, Sunghye Cho, and others at the LDC for the wonderful presentations and fascinating tour you gave our students.
July 9, 2024
Congratulations, Adelia!
Adelia Wallace spent this spring completing her senior comprehensive project with the SoAL Lab. Thank you so much for all your work and congratulations on an amazing presentation!
June 7, 2024
Congratulations to our seniors!
Thank you so much to Khyrah Blue, Joyce Davis, Heba Elmountassir, Kristine Enemuo, Grace Hicks, Anooshey Ikhlas, Khushi Kumar, Elina Owusu, Franchesca Perez, and Jamie Yuen for their work with us over the years!
May 20, 2024Our team had a blast at Huddle Up for Autism this year! Thanks to all who stopped by our table.
April 21, 2024
The CONNECT team is lucky to be guided by an exceptionally helpful advisory board. Many thanks for all their feedback at our first meeting this spring.
April 15, 2024Amanda, Grace, Maxine, Meg, and Sarah presented posters at MoLA this spring! Check out the posters at the link above.
March 18, 2024Learn more about our newly funded project, CONNECT!
March 6, 2024Check out a new article for popular press written by Julia Parish-Morris and Jane Beriont!
February 29, 2024