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Language/Communication

Bradshaw, Jessica & Klaiman, Cheryl & Gillespie, Scott & Brane, Natalie & Lewis, Moira & Saulnier, C.. (2018). Walking Ability is Associated with Social Communication Skills in Infants at High Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Infancy. 23. 10.1111/infa.12242.

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Choi, B., Shah, P., Rowe, M., Nelson, C.A. & Tager-Flusberg. (2019). Gesture development, caregiver responsiveness, and language and diagnostic outcomes in infants at high and low risk for autism.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. epub ahead of print.

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Kadlaskar, G., Seidl, A., Tager-Flusberg, H., Nelson, C., & Keehn, B.  (2019).  Caregiver-infant audio-tactile communication in infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorder.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

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Swanson, M.R., Donovan, K., Paterson, S., Wolff, J.J., Parish-Morris, J., Meera, S.S., Watson, L.R., Estes, A.M., Marrus, N., Elison, J.T., Shen, M.D., McNeilly, H.B., MacIntyre, L., Zwaigenbaum, L., St. John, T., Botteron, K., Dager, S.,& Piven, J.; IBIS Network. (2019). Early language exposure supports later language skills in infants with and without autism. Autism Research, epub ahead of print.

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West, K.L., Northrup, J.B., Leezenbaum, N.B., & Iverson, J.M. (2019). The relation between walking and receptive language in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Child Development, 90, e356-e372.

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Wolff, J.J., Dimian, A.F., Botteron, K.N., Dager, S.R., Elison, J.T., Estes, A.M., Hazlett, H.C., Schultz, R.T., Zwaigenbaum, L., & Piven, J.; IBIS Network. (2019). A longitudinal study of parent-reported sensory responsiveness in toddlers at-risk for autism. J Child
Psychol Psychiatry, 60, 314-324. 

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Finch, K.H., Tager-Flusberg, H. & Nelson, C.A. (2018). Neural responses to linguistic stimuli in children with and without autism spectrum disorder. European Journal of Neuroscience, 47, 709-719. 

 

Iverson, J.M., Northrup, J.B., Leezenbaum, N.B., Parladé, M.V., Koterba, E.A., & West, K.L. (2018). Early gesture and vocabulary development in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 55-71. 

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Caravella, K.E., & Roberts, J.E. (2017). Adaptive skill trajectories in infants with fragile X syndrome contrasted to typical controls and infants at high risk for autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 40, 1-12. 

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Chenausky, K., Nelson, C. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2017). Vocalization rate and consonant production in toddlers at high and low risk for autism. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 60, 865-876. 

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Chenausky, K., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2017). Acquisition of voice onset time in toddlers at high and low risk for autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 10(7), 1269-1279. 

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Edmunds, S.R., Ibanez, L.V., Warren, Z., Messinger, D.S., & Stone, W.L. (2017). Longitudinal prediction of language emergence in infants at high and low risk for ASD. Development and Psychopathology, 29, 319-329. 

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Edwards, L.A., Wagner, J.B., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Nelson, C.A. (2017). Differences in neural correlates of speech perception in 3 month olds at high and low risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47, 3125-3138. 

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Finch, K.H., Seery, A.M., Talbott, M.R., Nelson, C.A. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2017). Lateralization of ERPs to speech stimuli and handedness in the early developmental of autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 9, 4. 

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Hahn, L.J., Brady, N.C., McCary, L., Rague, L., & Roberts, J.E.  (2017).  Early social communication in infants with fragile X syndrome and infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder.  Research in Developmental Disabilities, 71, 169-180. 

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Perdue, K.L., Edwards, L.A., Tager-Flusberg, H. & Nelson, C.A. (2017). Differing developmental trajectories in heart rate responses to speech stimuli in infants at high and low risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47(8), 2434-2442. 

 

Swanson, M.R., Shen, M.D., Wolff, J.J., Boyd, B., Clements, M., Rehg, M., ... & Gu, H. (2017). Naturalistic home language recordings reveal “hypervocal” infants at high familial risk for autism. Child Development, 89(2), e60-e73. 

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Lazenby, D.C., Sideridis, G.D., Huntington, N., Prante, M., Dale, P.S., Curtin, S., … & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2016). Language differences at 12 months in infants who develop autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(3), 899-909. 

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LeBarton, E.S., & Iverson, J.M. (2016). Associations between gross motor and communicative development in at-risk infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 44, 59-67. 

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LeBarton, E.S., & Iverson, J.M. (2016). Gesture development in toddlers with an older sibling with autism. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 51(1), 18-30. 

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Tager-Flusberg, H. (2016). Risk factors associated with language in autism spectrum disorder: Clues to underlying mechanisms. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 59(1), 143-154. 

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Talbott, M., Nelson, C.A., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2016). Maternal vocal feedback to 9-month-old infant siblings of children with ASD. Autism Research, 9(4), 460-470. 

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Chita-Tegmark, M., Arunachalam, S., Nelson, C.A. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2015). Eye-tracking measurements for language processing: Developmental differences in children at high risk for ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(10), 3327-3338. 

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Drumm, E., Byrson, S., Zwaigenbaum, L., & Brian, J. (2015). Language-related abilities in 'unaffected' school-aged siblings of children with ASD. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 18, 83-96. 

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Ference, J. & Curtin, S. (2015). The ability to map differentially stressed labels stressed labels to objects predicts language development at 24 months in 12-month-olds at high risk for autism. Infancy, 20(3), 242-262. 

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Key, A.P., Ibanez, L.V., Henderson, H.A., Warren, Z., Messinger, D.S., & Stone W.L. (2015). Positive affect processing and joint attention in infants at high risk for autism: An exploratory study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(12), 4051-4062. 

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Miller, M., Young, G.S., Hutman, T., Johnson, S., Schwichtenberg, A.J., & Ozonoff, S. (2015). Early pragmatic language difficulties in siblings of children with autism: Implications for DSM-5 social communication disorder? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 56(7), 774-781. 

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Northrup, J.B. & Iverson, J.M. (2015). Vocal coordination during early parent-infant interaction predicts language outcome in high-risk infants. Infancy, 20(5), 523-547. 

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Parladé, M.V. & Iverson, J.M. (2015). The development of coordinated communication in infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(7), 2218-2234. 

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Talbott, M.R. Nelson, C.A., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2015). Maternal gesture use and language development in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(1), 4-14. 

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Brian, J.A., Roncadin, C., Duku, E., Bryson, S.E., Smith, I.M., Roberts, W., … & Zwaigenbaum, L. (2014). Emerging cognitive profiles in high-risk infants with and without autism spectrum disorder.Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(11), 1557-1566. 

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Chawarska, K., Shic, F., Macari, S., Campbell, D.J., Brian, J., Landa, R., ... & Bryson S. (2014). 18-month predictors of later outcomes in younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder: A baby siblings research consortium study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 53(12), 1317-1327. 

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Hudry, K., Chandler, S., Bedford, R., Pasco, G., Gliga, T., Elsabbagh, M., ... & Charman T. (2014). Early language profiles in infants at high-risk for autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(1), 154-167. 

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Leezenbaum, N.B., Campbell, S.B., Butler, D.M., & Iverson, J.M. (2014). Maternal verbal responses to communication of infants at low and heightened risk for autism. Autism, 18(6), 694-703. 

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Righi, G., Tierney, A.L., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Nelson, C.A. (2014). Functional connectivity in the first year of life in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder: An EEG study. PLOS One, 9, e105176. 

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Seery, A., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Nelson, C.A. (2014). Event-related potentials to repeated speech in 9-month-old infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 6, 43. 

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Bedford, R., Gliga, T., Frame, K., Hudry, K., Chandler, S., Johnson, M. H., ... & the BASIS Team. (2013). Failure to learn from feedback underlies word learning difficulties in toddlers at-risk for autism. Journal of Child Language, 40(1), 29-46. 

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Keehn, B., Wagner, J., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Nelson, C.A. (2013). Functional connectivity in the first year of life in infants at-risk for autism: A preliminary near-infrared spectroscopy study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 7, 444. 

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Landa, R., Gross, A.L., Stuart, E.A., & Faherty, A. (2013). Developmental trajectories in children with and without autism spectrum disorders: The first 3 years. Child Development, 84(2), 429-442. 

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LeBarton, E.S., & Iverson, J.M. (2013). Fine motor skill predicts expressive language in infant siblings of children with autism. Developmental Science, 16(6), 815-827. 

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Malesa, E., Foss-Feig, J., Yoder, P., Warren, Z., Walden, T., & Stone, W.L. (2013). Predicting language and social outcomes at age 5 for later-born siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders. Autism, 17(5), 558-570. 


Messinger, D., Young, G.S., Ozonoff, S., Dobkins, K., Carter, A., Zwaigenbaum, L., ... & Sigman, M. (2013). Beyond autism: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium study of high-risk children at three years of age. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 52(3), 300-308. 

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Seery, A.M., Vogel-Farley, V., Tager-Flusberg, H. & Nelson, C.A. (2013). Atypical lateralization of ERP response to native and non-native speech in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 5, 10-24. 

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Winder, B.M., Wozniak, R.H., Parladé, M.V., & Iverson, J.M. (2013). Spontaneous initiation of communication in infants at low and heightened risk for autism spectrum disorders. Developmental Psychology, 49(10), 1931-1942.

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Bhat, A.N., Galloway, J.C., & Landa, R.J. (2012). Relation between early motor delay and later communication delay in infants at risk for autism. Infant Behavior and Development, 35(4), 838–846. 

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Flanagan, J.E., Landa, R., Bhat, A., & Bauman, M. (2012). Head lag in infants at risk for autism: A preliminary study. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(5), 577–585. 

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Gliga, T., Elsabbagh M., Hudry K., Charman T, Johnson M.H., & The BASIS Team. (2012). Gaze following, gaze reading and word learning in children at-risk for autism. Child Development, 83(3), 926-938. 

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Hess, C., & Landa R. (2012). Predictive and concurrent validity of parent concern about young children at risk for autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(4), 575-584. 

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Landa, R.J., Gross, A.L., Stuart, E.A., & Bauman, M. (2012). Latent class analysis of early developmental trajectory in baby siblings of children with autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59(3), 986-996. 

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Sheinkopf, S.J., Iverson, J.M., Rinaldi, M.L., & Lester, B.M (2012). Atypical cry acoustics in 6-month old infants at-risk for autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 5(5), 331-339. 

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Luyster, R.J., Seery, A., Thompson, M.R., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2011). Identifying early-risk markers and developmental trajectories for language impairment in neurodevelopmental disorders. Developmental Disabilities Research Review, 17(2), 151-159. 

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Paul, R., Fuerst, Y., Ramsay, G., Chawarska, K., & Klin, A. (2011). Out of the mouths of babes: Vocal production in infant siblings of children with ASD. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52(5), 588-598.

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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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Young, G.S., Merin, N., Rogers, S.J., & Ozonoff, S. (2009). Gaze behavior and affect at 6 months: Predicting clinical outcomes and language development in typically developing infants and infants at risk for autism. Developmental Science, 12(5), 798-814.

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Iverson, J.M. & Wozniak, R.H. (2007). Variation in vocal-motor development in infant siblings of children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(1), 158-170. 

 

Landa R, & Holman, K.C., & Garrett-Mayer E. (2007). Social and communication development in toddlers with early and later diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64(7), 853-864. 

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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(1), 133-144.

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Stone, W.L., McMahon, C.R., Yoder, P.J., & Walden, T.A. (2007). Early social-communicative and cognitive development of younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 161(4), 384-390. 

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Sullivan, M., Finelli, J., Marvin, A., Garrett-Mayer, E., Bauman, M., & Landa, R. (2007). Response to joint attention in toddlers at risk for autism spectrum disorder:  A prospective study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(1), 37-48. 

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Landa, R., & Garrett-Mayer, E. (2006). Development in infants with autism spectrum disorders: A prospective study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47(6), 629-638. 

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Mitchell, S., Brian, J., Zwaigenbaum, L., Roberts, W., Szatmari, P., Smith, I., & Bryson, S. (2006). Early language and communication development of infants later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 27(Supplement 2), S69-S78. 

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