A5045151646- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Retinal Development and Disorders
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Hair Growth and Disorders
- RNA regulation and disease
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
Montclair State University
2020-2024
Stony Brook University
2015-2024
State University of New York
2019
Boston Children's Hospital
2011-2014
Harvard University
2011-2013
Research about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) supports variation in symptom presentations across settings, and there is a growing literature that explicates how this variability may improve characterization of the phenotype. Capitalizing on well-established informant discrepancy as an index contextual variability, research suggests differing parent teacher perceptions impact treatment or education-related outcomes. A prior investigation by Lerner colleagues parent-teacher discrepancies ASD...
Visual circuits mature and are refined by sensory experience. However, significant gaps remain in our understanding how deprivation influences the development of visual acuity mice. Here, we perform a longitudinal study assessing effects chronic on mouse subcortical cortical using combination behavioral optomotor testing, vivo evoked responses (VEP) single-unit recordings. As previously reported, orientation tuning was degraded onset ocular dominance plasticity delayed remained open...
Social difficulties and mental health are primary behavioral concerns in autistic young adults, perhaps especially during key life transitions such as entering college. This study evaluated how dissatisfaction with social connectedness may predict and/or maintain depression anxiety symptoms neurodiverse, first-semester, undergraduate students ( N = 263; n 105 diagnosed or suspected autism). Participation included a baseline survey battery, brief completed twice per week across 12 weeks, an...
Improving the understanding and treatment of mental health concerns, including depression anxiety, are significant priorities for autistic adults. While several theories have been proposed to explain high prevalence internalizing symptoms in populations, little longitudinal research has done investigate potential causal mechanisms. Additional is needed explore how contributors from general population predict and/or moderate development individuals. In this study, we investigated relation one...
This study compared atypical communication characteristics (ACCs) in clinic-referred youth with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD), identified subgroups based on different patterns of ACCs ASD, determined if ACC result meaningful clinical phenotypes their relation to psychopathology functional outcomes. Youth 6–18 years age (N= 947; M = 11.41; 72% male; 84% Caucasian) ASD were assessed using Child Adolescent Symptom Inventory–4R the Parent Questionnaire, which included a checklist...
Few tools are available to comprehensively describe the unique social-emotional skill profiles of youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study describes usability, reliability, and validity SELweb, a normed, web-based assessment designed measure four core domains, when used these skills in sample 57 well-characterized ASD (ages 6-10 years IQ ≥ 80). SELweb measures facial emotion recognition, theory mind, social problem solving, self-control. was well tolerated yielded scores...
Recent studies have demonstrated that vision influences the functional remodeling of mouse retinogeniculate synapse, connection between retinal ganglion cells and thalamic relay neurons in dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN). Initially, each neuron receives a large number weak inputs. Over 2- to 3-wk developmental window, majority these inputs are eliminated, remaining strengthened. This period refinement is followed by critical when visual experience changes strength connectivity...
Youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience deficits in social knowledge. It has long been theorized that these youth must learn skills explicitly, and interventions (SSIs) have followed suit. Recently, performance-based SSIs emerged, which promote vivo opportunities for engagement without explicit instruction. Effects of on knowledge not examined. This study employs two discrete samples (one lab-based, one community-based) ASD to examine the effects Results largely support efficacy...
Although pretend play has long been linked to children's normative cognitive development, inconsistent findings call for greater rigor in examining this relation (Lillard et al., 2013). Spontaneous is often impacted atypical notably autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Since ASD traits exist along a continuum the general population, investigating how varies across range of symptoms by indexing variations both typically developing and populations may provide insight into influence between...
Abstract Atypical communication characteristics (ACCs), such as speech delay, odd pitch, and pragmatic difficulties, are common features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) the symptoms a wide range psychiatric disorders. Using simple retrospective method, this study aimed to better understand relation stability ACCs with broad among large, well-characterized samples clinic-referred children adolescents without ASD. Youth ASD had higher rates more variable pattern developmental change in than...