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Tager-Flusberg, H. & Sullivan, K. (2000). A componential view of theory of mind: Evidence from Williams syndrome. Cognition, 76, 59-89  
Hale, C.M., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2003). The influence of language on theory of mind: A training study. Developmental Science, 6.  
Tager-Flusberg, H. (2000). Language and understanding minds: Connections in autism. In S. Baron-Cohen, H. Tager-Flusberg, & D. J. Cohen (Eds). Understanding other minds: Perspectives from developmental cognitive neuroscience (2nd Ed., pp. 124-149). Oxford: Oxford University Press.  
Tager-Flusberg, H. (2001). A re-examination of the theory of mind hypothesis of autism. In J. Burack, T. Charman, N. Yirmiya, & P. Zelazo (Eds.), The development of autism: Perspectives from theory and research (pp. 173-193). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.  
Joseph, R. M., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2004). The relationship of theory of mind and executive functions to symptom type and severity in children with autism. Development and Psychopathology, 16, 137-155.  
DeFossé, L., Hodge, S., Makris, N., Kennedy, D., Caviness, V., McGrath, L., Steele, S., Ziegler, D., Herbert, M., Frazier, J., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Harris, G. (2004). Language-association cortex asymmetry in autism and specific language impairment. Annals of Neurology, 56 (6), 757-766.  
Hadjikhani, N., Joseph, R., Snyder, J., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2006). Anatomical differences in the mirror neuron system and social cognition in autism. Cerebral Cortex, 16, 1276-1282.  
Hadjikhani, N., Joseph, R., Snyder, J. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2007). Abnormal activation of the social brain during face perception in autism. Human Brain Mapping, 28, 441-449.  
Harris, G., Chabris, C., Clark, J., Urban, T., Aharon, I., Steele, S., McGrath, L., Condouris, K., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2006). Brain activation during semantic processing in autism spectrum disorders via functional magnetic resonance imaging. Brain and Cognition, 61, 54-68.  
Davis, N.O., Kuhn, J., & Carter, A. (2007, May). Autism problem behaviors and self-efficacy among mothers of toddlers with autism: The moderating role of working alliance. Poster presented at the 2007 International Meeting for Autism Research, Seattle, WA.   
Wachtek, K. (2007). Coming to terms with the diagnosis of autism: Maternal well-being, coping strategies, and observed parenting. Doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts: Boston  
Leezenbaum, N., Kadlec, M.B., Black, D., Ciciolla, L., & Carter, A.S. (2007, May). Temperament as a measure of behavioral motivation predicts language gains in toddlers with autism. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Seattle, WA.  
Grossman, S. A., Carter, A. S., & Wachtel, K. (2007, May). Associations of mother-child interactions with 1-year language and social communication gains in toddlers with an autism spectrum disorder. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Seattle, WA  
Ben-Sasson, A., Cermak, S. A., Orsmond, G. I., Carter, A. S., & Kadlec, M.B. (2007, March). Sensory clusters of toddlers with autism: Differences in child and parent affective symptoms. Poster presented at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA  
Ben-Sasson, A., Carter, A. S., & Kadlec, M. B. (2007, May). Course of dysregulation and internalizing symptoms. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Seattle, WA.  
Carter, A.S., Black, D.O., Tewani, S., Connolly, C.E., Kadlec, M.B., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2007). Sex differences in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 86-97.  
Kuhn, J. C., & Carter, A.S. (2006). Maternal self-efficacy and associated parenting cognitions among mothers of children with autism. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76 (4), 564-575.  
Dominick, K., Davis, N. O., Lainhart, J., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Folstein, S. (2007). Atypical behaviors in children with autism and children with a history of language impairment. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 28, 145-162.  
Tager-Flusberg, H., Joseph, R., & Folstein, S. (2001). Current directions in research on autism. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 7, 21-29.  
Tager-Flusberg, H. (1999). A psychological approach to understanding the social and language impairments in autism. International Review of Psychiatry, 11, 325-334.  
Tager-Flusberg, H., Plesa Skwerer, D., & Joseph, R. (2006). Model syndromes for investigating social cognitive and affective neuroscience: A comparison of autism and Williams syndrome. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.   
Joseph, R. M., Lord, C., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2002). Cognitive profiles and social-communicative functioning in children with autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 43, 807-821.  
Deutsch, C., & Joseph, R. M. (2003). Brief report: Cognitive correlates of enlarged head circumference in children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33, 209-215.  
Tager-Flusberg, H. & Joseph, R. M. (2003). Identifying neurocognitive phenotypes in autism. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B, 358, 303-314.  
Joseph, R. M. (1999). Neuropsychological frameworks for understanding autism. International Review of Psychiatry, 11, 309-325.   
Hadjikhani, N., Chabris, C., Joseph, R., Clark, J., McGrath, L., Aharon, I., Feczko, E., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Harris, G. (2004). Early visual cortex organization in autism: An fMRI study. NeuroReport, 15 (2), 267-270.  
Joseph. R., Steele, S., Meyer, E., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2005). Self-ordered pointing in children with autism: Failure to use verbal mediation in the service of working memory? Neuropsychologia, 43, 1400-1411.  
 
Kjelgaard, M. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2001). An investigation of language impairment in autism: Implications for genetic subgroups. Language and Cognitive Processes, 16, 287-308.  
Tager-Flusberg, H. (1999). The challenge of studying language development in autism. In L. Menn and N. Bernstein Ratner (Eds.) Methods for Studying Language Production (pp. 313-332). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.  
Tager-Flusberg, H. (2000). Understanding the language and communicative impairments in autism. In L. M. Glidden (Ed.), International Review of Research on Mental Retardation Volume 20 (pp. 185-205). San Diego: Academic Press.  

Herbert, M., Harris, G., Adrien, K., Ziegler, D., Makris, N., Kennedy, D., Lange, N., Chabris, C., Bakardjiev, A., Hodgson, J., Takeoka, M., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Caviness, V. (2002). Abnormal Asymmetry in Language Association Cortex in Autism. Annals of Neurology and Brain, 52:5, 589-596.  

Condouris, K., Meyer, E., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2003). The relationship between standardized measures of language and measures of spontaneous speech in autism. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 12, 349-358.  
Joseph, R., McGrath, L., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2005). Executive dysfunction and its relation to language ability in verbal school-age children with autism. Developmental Neuropsychology, 27 (3), 361-378.   
Hale, C., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2005). Social communication in children with autism: The relationship between theory of mind and discourse development. Autism, 9 (3), 157-178.  
Plesa Skwerer, D., Schofield, C., Verbalis, A., Faja, S., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2007). Receptive prosody in adolescents and adults with Williams syndrome. Language and Cognitive Processes, 22, 247-271.  
Sullivan, K., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (1999). Second-order belief attribution in Williams syndrome: Intact or impaired? American Journal on Mental Retardation, 104, 523-532.  
Tager-Flusberg, H., & Sullivan, K. (2000). A componential view of theory of mind: Evidence from Williams syndrome. Cognition, 76, 59-89.  
Tager-Flusberg, H., Plesa-Skwerer, D., Faja, S., & Joseph, R, M. (2003). People with Williams syndrome process faces holistically. Cognition, 89, 11-24.  
Plesa-Skwerer, D., Sullivan, K., Joffre, K., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (in press.) Self concept in people with Williams syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities.  
Levy, Y., Smith, J., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2003). Word reading and reading-related skills in adolescents with Williams syndrome. Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, 44, 576-587.  
Plesa-Skwerer, D., Verbalis, A., Schofield, C., Faja, S., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2005). Social-perceptual abilities in adolescents and adults with Williams syndrome. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 22 (0), 1-12.  
Plesa-Skwerer, D., Faja, S., Schofield, C., Verbalis, A., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2006). Perceiving facial and vocal expressions of emotions in AU: Individuals with Williams syndrome. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 111 (1), 15-26.  
Sullivan, K., Winner, E., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2003). Can adolescents with Williams syndrome tell the difference between lies and jokes? Developmental Neuropsychology, 23 (1-2), 85-103.  
Tager-Flusberg, H., Plesa Skwerer, D., & Joseph, R. (2006). Model syndromes for investigating social cognitive and affective neuroscience: A comparison of autism and Williams syndrome. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.   
Joseph, R. M., & Tanaka, J. (2003). Holistic and part-based face recognition in children with autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 44:4,529-542. 
Tager-Flusberg, H., Plesa-Skwerer, D., Faja, S., & Joseph, R, M. (2003). People with Williams syndrome process faces holistically. Cognition, 89, 11-24.  

Hadjikhani, N., Joseph, R. M., Snyder, J., Chabris, C., Clark, J., Steele, S., McGrath, L., Vangel, M., Aharon, I., Feczko, E., Harris, G. J., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2004). Activation of the fusiform gyrus when individuals with autism spectrum disorder view faces. NeuroImage,22, 1141-1150.