Published Autism Research

This is a sampling of published research conducted by our labs that involves autism. Please visit individual lab websites for more comprehensive listings.

EIRG Published Research

Roberts M.Y., Curtis* P.R., Sone* B.J., Hampton L.H. (2019). Association of parent training with child language development: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1197

Heidlage, J.K., Cunningham, J.E., Kaiser, A.P., Trivette, C.M., Barton, E.E., Frey, J.R., Roberts, M.Y. (2019). The effects of parent-implemented language interventions on child linguistic outcomes: A meta-analysis. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.12.006

Hampton, L. H., Curtis, P. R., & Roberts, M. Y. (2018). Autism at a glance: A pilot study optimizing thin-slice observations. Autism, 1-9. doi:10.1177/1362361318792872

Stern*, Y. S., Maltman, N., & Roberts, M. Y. (2017). The influence of maternal pragmatics on the language skills of children with autism. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 38(5), 339-344. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000445

Bauer, S. C., Labroo, A. A., & Roberts, M. Y. (2016). Happy to Help: Research Shows How Caregiver Happiness Is Critical as More Children Affected by Autism. The Huffington Post.

LEARN Lab Published Research

Manning, B. L., Roberts, M. Y., Estabrook, R., Petitclerc, A., Burns, J., Briggs-Gowan, M., Wakschlag, L. S., & Norton, E. S. (2019). Relations between toddler expressive language and temper tantrums in a community sample. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 65, 101070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101070 (^Student mentee author)

Centanni, T.M.*, Norton, E. S.*, Park, A., Beach, S. D., Halverson, K., Gaab, N., & Gabrieli, J.D. (2019). Disrupted left fusiform response to print in kindergartners is associated with subsequent reading impairment. NeuroImage: Clinical, 22, 101715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101715 (*Co-first authors).

Wakschlag, L. S., Roberts, M. Y., Norton, E. S.,Marino, B. S., Losh, M., Mittal, V., Allen, B., Ferrie, J., Flynn, R., & Davis, M. (2019). Future directions for earlier identification and prevention of mental health problems: Aligning developmental clinical and population science towards a healthier, earlier roadmap. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 48(3), 539-554. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2018.1561296

Ozernov-Palchik, O., Norton, E. S., Wang, Y., Beach, S. D., Zuk, J., Wolf, M., Gabrieli, J. D. E., & Gaab, N. (2018). The relationship between socioeconomic status and white matter structure in pre-reading children: A longitudinal investigation. Human Brain Mapping. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.24407

Saygin, Z. M., Osher, D., Norton, E. S., Youssoufian, D., Beach, S. D., Feather, J., Gaab, N., Gabrieli, J. D. E., & Kanwisher, N. (2016). Connectivity precedes function in the development of the visual word form area. Nature Neuroscience. doi:10.1038/nn.4354

NDL Published Research

Nayar, K., McKinney, W., Hogan, A. L., Martin, G. E., La Valle, C., Sharp, K., Berry-Kravis, E., Norton, E. S., Gordon, P. C., Losh, M. (2019). Language processing skills linked to FMR1 variation: A study of gaze-language coordination during rapid automatized naming among women with the FMR1 premutation. PloS one, 14(7).

Patel, S.P., Kim, J.H., Larson, C.R., Losh, M. (2019). Mechanisms of voice control related to prosody in autism spectrum disorder and first-degree relatives. Autism Research, 1-19.

Nayar, K., Gordon, P. C., Martin, G. E., Hogan, A. L., La Valle, C., McKinney, W., Lee, M., Norton, E. S., Losh, M. (2018). Links between looking and speaking in autism and first-degree relatives: Insights into the expression of genetic liability to autism. Molecular Autism, 9(51).

Losh, M., Martin, G. E., Lee, M., Klusek, J., Sideris, J., Barron, S., & Wassink, T. (2017). Developmental markers of genetic liability to autism in parents: A longitudinal, multigenerational study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Lee, M., Martin, G.E., Berry-Kravis, E., & Losh, M. (2016). A developmental, longitudinal investigation of autism phenotypic profiles in fragile X syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 8(1), 47-57.