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Attention/Temperament

Bradshaw, J., Klin, A., Evans, L., Klaiman, C., Saulnier, C., & McCracken, C. (2020). Development of attention from birth to 5 months in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder. Development and Psychopathology, 32(2), 491–501.

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Wang, Q., Chang, J., & Chawarska, K. (2020). Atypical value-driven selective attention in young children with autism spectrum disorder. JAMA, 3, e204928. 

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Bradshaw, J., Klin, A., Jones, W., Evans, L., Klaiman, C., Saulnier, C., & McCracken, C. (2019). Development of attention from birth to 5 months in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder. Development and Psychopathology, 1-11.

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Paterson, S. J., Wolff, J. J., Elison, J. T., Winder-Patel, B., Zwaigenbaum, L., Estes, A., Pandey, J., Schultz, R.T., Botteron, K., Dager, S.R., Hazlett, H.C., & Piven, J.; (2019). The Importance of Temperament for Understanding Early Manifestations of Autism Spectrum Disorder in High-Risk Infants. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 49, 2849-2863

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Wagner, J.B., Keehn, B., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Nelson, C.A.  (2019). Attentional bias to fearful faces in infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorder. Emotion.

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Cheung, H. M. C., Bedford, R., Johnson, M. H., Charman, T., Gliga, T., & The BASIS Team. (2018). Visual search performance in infants links to later ASD diagnosis. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 29, 4-10.

 

Doherty, B., Charman, T., Johnson, M. H., Scerif, G., Gliga, T., & The BASIS Team. (2018). Visual search in the broader autism phenotype: what young children search for and co-occurring ADHD symptoms matter. Developmental Science. 21: e1266.

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Gangi, D. N., Schwichtenberg, A. J., Iosif, A. M., Young, G. S., & Ozonoff, S. (2018). Short report: Gaze to faces across interactive contexts in infants at heightened risk for autism. Autism. Advanced online publication.

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Hendry, A., Jones, E. J. H., Bedford, B., Gliga, T., Charman, T., Johnson, M. H., & the BASIS Team. (2018). Developmental change in look durations predicts later effortful control in toddlers at familial risk for ASD. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders.10, 3. 

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Bryson, S., Garon, N., McMullen, T., Brian, J., Zwaigenbaum, L., Armstrong, V., & Szatmari, P. (2017). Impaired disengagement of attention and its relationship to emotional distress in infants at high-risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 20, 1-15.

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Miller, M., Iosif, A. M., Hill, M., Young, G. S., Schwichtenberg, A. J., & Ozonoff, S. (2017). Response to name infants developing autism spectrum disorder: A prospective study. Journal of Pediatrics, 183, 141-146. 

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Milosavljevic, B., Shephard, E., Happé, F., Johnson, M. J., Charman, T., & The BASIS Team. (2017). Anxiety and attentional bias to threat in children at increased familial risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47, 3714-3727. 

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West, K.L., & Iverson, J.M. (2017). Language learning is hands-on: Exploring links between infants’ object manipulation and verbal input. Cognitive Development, 43, 190-200. 

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Chawarska, K., Macari, S., Powell, K., DiNicola, L., & Shic, F. (2016). Enhanced social attention in female infant siblings at risk for autism. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 55, 188-195. 

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Garon, N., Zwaigenbaum, L, Bryson, S.E., Smith, I.M., Brian, J., Roncadin, C., … & Roberts, W. (2016). Temperament and its association with autism symptoms in a high-risk population. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 757-776.

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Gliga, T., Smith, T., Gilhooly, N., Charman, T., Johnson, M. H., & The BASIS Team. (2016). Developmental changes in visual foraging in relationship to familial risk for autism and hyperactivity/inattention: A preliminary study. Journal of Attention Disorders. 22, 839-847.

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Gliga, T., Bedford, R., Charman, T., Johnson, M.H., & The BASIS team (2015). Enhanced visual search in infancy predicts emerging autism symptoms. Current Biology, 25, 1727-1730. 

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Klintwall, L., Macari, S., Eikeseth, S., & Chawarska, K. (2015). Interest level in 2-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder predicts rate of verbal, nonverbal, adaptive skill acquisition. Autism, 19, 925-933. 

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Wang, Q., Celebi, F.M., Fink , L., Greco, G., Wall, C., Prince, E., ... & Shic, F. (2015). Interactive eye tracking for gaze strategy modification. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC '15). Boston, MA: Association for Computing Machinery. 

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Wass, S.V., Jones, E.J.H., Gliga, T., Smith, T.J., Charman, T., Johnson, M.H., & BASIS Team (2015). Shorter spontaneous fixation durations in infants with later emerging autism. Scientific Reports, 5, 8284. 

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Koterba, E.A., Leezenbaum, N.B., & Iverson, J.M. (2014). Object exploration at 6 and 9 months in infants with and without risk for autism. Autism, 18, 97-105.

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Rao, P.A., & Landa, R.J. (2014). Association between severity of behavioral phenotype and comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorders. Autism, 18, 272-280. 

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Shic, F., Macari, S., & Chawarska, K. (2014). Speech disturbs face scanning in 6-month-old infants who develop autism spectrum disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 75, 231-237.

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Chawarska, K., Macari, S. & Shic, F. (2013). Decreased spontaneous attention to social scenes in 6-month-old infants later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. Biological Psychiatry, 74, 195-203.

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Clifford, S., Hudry, K., Elsabbagh, M., Charman, T., Johnson, M. H. & The BASIS Team. (2013). Temperament in the first two years of life in infants at high-risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(3), 673-686. 

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Elsabbagh, M., Fernandes, J., Webb, S. J., Dawson, G., Charman, T., Johnson, M. H., & The BASIS Team. (2013). Disengagement of visual attention in infancy is associated with emerging autism in toddlerhood. Biological Psychiatry, 74(3), 189-194. 

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Sacrey, L.R, Bryson, S.E., & Zwaigenbaum, L. (2013). Prospective examination of visual attention during play in infants at high-risk for autism spectrum disorder: A longitudinal study from 6 to 36 months of age. Behavioural Brain Research, 256, 441-450.

 

Bhat, A.N., Galloway, J.C.,  & Landa, R.J. (2010). Social and non-social visual attention patterns and associative learning in infants at risk for autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51(9), 989-997. 

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Holmboe, K., Elsabbagh, M., Volein, A. Tucker, L., Baron-Cohen, S., Bolton, P., ... & Johnson, M. H. (2010). Frontal cortex functioning in the infant broader autism phenotype. Infant Behaviour and Development, 33(4), 482-491. 

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Noland, J.S., Reznick, J.S., Stone, W.L., Walden, T.A., & Sheridan, E.H. (2010). Better working memory for nonsocial targets in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Developmental Science, 13(1), 244-251. 

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Webb, S.J., Jones, E.J.H., Merkle, K., Namkung, J., Toth, K., Greenson, J., ... & Dawson, G. (2010). Toddlers with elevated autism symptoms show slowed habituation to faces. Child Neuropsychology, 16(3), 255-278. 

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Elsabbagh, M., Volein, A., Holmboe, K., Tucker, L., Csibra, G., Baron-Cohen, S., ... & Johnson, M. H. (2009). Visual orienting in the early autism phenotype: Disengagement and facilitation. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 637-642. 

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Garon, N., Bryson, S.E., Zwaigenbaum, L., Smith, I.M., Brian, J., Roberts, W., & Szatmari, P. (2009). Temperament and its Relationship to Autistic Symptoms in a High-Risk Infant Sib Cohort. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37(1), 59-78. 

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Presmanes, A.G., Walden, T.A., Stone, W.L., & Yoder, P.J. (2007). Effects of different attentional cues on responding to joint attention in younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 133-144.

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