Publications

2010

Hodge, S., Makris, N Kennedy, D., Caviness, V., Howard, J., McGrath, L., Steele, S., Frazier, J., Tager-Flusberg, H. & Harris, G. (2010). Cerebellum, language, and cognition in autism and specific language impairment. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40, 300-316.

Knaus, T., Silver, A.M., Kennedy, M., Lindgren, K., Dominick, K., Siegel, J., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2010). Language laterality in autism spectrum disorder and typical controls: A functional, volumetric and diffusion tensor MRI study. Brain and Language 112, 113-120.

Grossman, R., Bemis, R., Plesa-Skwerer, D., & Tager-Flusberg, H. Lexical and affective prosody in children with autism. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 53, 778-793.

2009

Grossman, R., Schnepps, M.H., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2009). Slipped lips: Onset asynchrony detection of auditory-visual language in autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 491-497

Hadjikhani, N., Joseph, R., Manoach, D., Tuch, D., Snyder, J., Naik, P., Hoge, R., Dominick, K., Tager-Flusberg, H., & de Gelder, B. (2009). Body expressions of emotion do not trigger fear contagion in autism spectrum disorder. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 4, 70-78.

Kuban, K., O’Shea, M., Allred, E., Tager-Flusberg, H., Goldstein, D.J., & Leviton, A. (2009) Positive screening on the Modified-Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) in extremely low gestational age newborns. The Journal of Pediatrics, 154, 535-540.

Lindgren, K., Folstein, S., Tomblin, J.B., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2009). Language and reading abilities of children with autism spectrum disorders and specific language impairment and their first-degree relatives. Autism Research, 2, 22-38.

Plesa Skwerer, D., Borum, L., Verbalis, A., Schofield, C., Crawford, N, & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2009). Autonomic responses to dynamic displays of facial emotional expressions in adolescents and adults with Williams syndrome. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 4, 93-100.

Tager-Flusberg, H., Rogers, S., Cooper, J., Landa, R., Lord, C., Paul, R., Rice, M., Stoel-Gammon, C., Wetherby, A., & Yoder, P. (2009). Defining spoken language benchmarks and selecting measures of expressive language development for young children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52, 643-652.

Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Lord, C., Rogers, S., Carter, A., Carver, L., Chawarska, K., Constantino, J., Dawson, G., Dobkins, K., Fein, D., Iverson, J., Klin, A., Landa, R., Messinger, D., Ozonoff, S., Sigman, M., Stone, W., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Yirmiya, N. (2009). Clinical assessment and management of toddlers with suspected autism spectrum disorder: Insights from studies of high-risk infants. Pediatrics, 123, 1383-1391.

Zhang, C., Milunsky, J., Newton, S., Ko, J., Zhao, G., Maher, T., Tager-Flusberg, H., Bolliger, M., Carter, A., Boucard, A., Powell, C. & Sudhof, T., (2009). A neuroligin-4 missense mutation associated with autism impairs neuroligin-4 folding and endoplasmic reticulum export. Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 10843-10854.

Knaus, T., Silver, A., Dominick, K., Schuring, M., Shaffer, N., Lindgren, K., Joseph, R.M., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2009). Age-related changes in the anatomy of language regions in autism spectrum disorder. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 3, 51-63.

2008

Caronna, E., Milunsky, J. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2008). Autism: Clinical and research frontiers. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 93, 518-523.

Crawford, N. A., Edelson, L., Plesa Skwerer, D., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2008). Expressive language style among adolescents and adults with Williams syndrome. Applied Psycholinguistics, 29, 585-602

Gotham, K., Risi, S., Dawson, G., Tager-Flusberg, H., Joseph, R.M., Carter, A., Hepburn, S., McMahon, W., Rodiers, P., Sigman, M., Rogers, S., Landa, R., Spence, M.A., Osann, K., Flodman, P., Volkmar, F., Hollander, E., Buxbaum, J., Pickles, A. & Lord, C.E. (2008). A replication of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) revised algorithms. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47, 642-651

Grossman, R. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2008). Reading faces for information about words and emotions in adolescents with autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2, 681-695.

Knaus, T., Silver, A., Lindgren, K., Hadjikhani, N. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2008). fMRI activation during a language task in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 14, 967-979.

Leyfer, O., Tager-Flusberg, H. Dowd, M., Tomblin, J. B., & Folstein, S. (2008). Overlap between autism and specific language impairment: Comparison of autism diagnostic interview and autism diagnostic observation schedule scores. Autism Research, 1, 284-296.

Luyster, R., Kadlec, M. B., Connolly, C., Carter, A., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2008). Language assessment and development in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38, 1426-1438.

Smith, L.E., Seltzer, M.M., Carter, A.S., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Greenberg, J.S. (2008). A comparative analysis of well-being and coping among mothers of toddlers and mothers of adolescents with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38, 876-889.

Upadhyay, J., Silver, A., Knaus, T.A., Lindgren, K.A., Ducros, M., Kim, D-S, & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2008). Effective and structural connectivity in the human auditory cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 28, 3341-3349.

2007

Ben-Sasson, A., Cermak, S., Orsmond, G., Tager-Flusberg, H., Carter, A.S., Kadlec, M.B., & Dunn, W. (2007). Extreme sensory modulation behaviors in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61, 584-592.

Carter, A., Black, D., Tewani, S., Connolly, C., Kadlec, M.B., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2007). Sex differences in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 86-97.

Dominick, K., Davis, N., 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.

Hadjikhani, N. Joseph, R.M., Snyder, J., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2007). Abnormal activation of the social brain during face perception in autism. Human Brain Mapping, 28, 441-449.

Ruser, T., Arin, D., Dowd, M., Putnam, S., Winklosky, B., Rosen-Sheidley, B., Tomblin, B., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Folstein, S. (2007). Communicative competence in parents of children with autism and parents of children with specific language impairment. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 1323-1336.

Parish, J., Hennon, E., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2007). Children with autism illuminate the role of social intention in word learning. Child Development, 78, 1265-1287.

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.

Tager-Flusberg, H. (2007). Evaluating the theory of mind hypothesis of autism. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 316-320

Tager-Flusberg, H. & Caronna, E. (2007). Language disorders: Autism and other pervasive developmental disorders. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 54, 469-481.

Tager-Flusberg, H., Plesa-Skwerer, D., Schofield, C., Verbalis, A., & Simons, D. J. (2007). Change detection as a tool for assessing attentional deployment in atypical populations: The case of Williams syndrome. Cognition Brain and Behavior, 11, 491-506.

Upadhyay, J., Ducros, M., Knaus, T., Lindgren, D., Silver, A., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Kim, D-S., (2007). Function and connectivity in human primary auditory cortex: A combined fMRI and DTI study at 3 Tesla. Cerebral Cortex, 17, 2420-2432.

2006

Flusberg, S. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2006). Autism, language and the folk psychology of souls. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29, 473.

Hadjikhani, N., Joseph, R.M., Snyder, J., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2006). Anatomical differences in the mirror neuron system and social cognition network in autism. Cerebral Cortex, 16, 1276-1282.

Harris, G. J., Chabris, C., Clark, J., Urban, T., Aharon, I., Steele, S., McGrath, L., Condouris, K., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2006). Brain activation patterns during semantic processing in autism spectrum disorders via functional magnetic resonance imaging. Brain and Cognition, 61, 54-68.

Lainhart, J., Bigler, E., Bocian, M., Coon, H., Dinh, E., Dawson, G., Deutsch, C., Dunn, M., Estese, A., Tager-Flusberg, H., Folstein, S., Hepburn, S., Hyman, S., McMahon, W., Minshew, N., Munson, J., Osann, K., Ozonoff, S., Rodier, P., Rogers, S., Sigman, M., Spence, M., Stodgell, C., & Volkmar, F. (2006). Head circumference and height in autism: A study by the Collaborative Program of Excellence in Autism. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 140, 2257-2274

Leyfer, O., Folstein, S., Bacalman, S., Davis, N.O., Dinh, E., Morgan, J., Tager-Flusberg, H., Lainhart, J. (2006). Comorbid psychiatric disorders in children with autism: Interview development and rates of disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36, 849-861.

Molloy, C., Morrow, A., Meinzen-Derr, J., Dawson, G., Bernier, R., Dunn, M., Hyman, S., McMahon, W., Goudie-Nice, J., Minshew, N., Rogers, S., Sigman, M., Spence, M.A., Tager-Flusberg, H., Volkmar, F., & Lord, C. (2006). Familial autoimmune thyroid disease as a risk factor for regression in children with autism spectrum disorder: A CPEA study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36, 317-324.

Plesa-Skwerer, D., Faja, S., Schofield, C., Verbalis, A., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2006). Perceiving facial and vocal expressions of emotion in Williams syndrome. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 111, 15-26.

Plesa Skwerer, D., Verbalis, A., Schofield, C., Faja, S. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2006). Social-perceptual abilities in adolescents and adults with Williams syndrome. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 23, 338-349.

Richler, J., Luyster, R., Risi, S., Hsu, W-L, Dawson, G., Bernier, R., Dunn, M., Hepburn, S., Hyman, S., McMahon, W., Goudie-Nice, J., Minshew, N., Rogers, S., Sigman, M., Spence, M.A., Goldberg, W., Tager-Flusberg, H., Volkmar, F., & Lord, C. (2006). Is there a ‘regressive phenotype’ of autism spectrum disorder associated with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine? A CPEA study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36, 299-316.

Tager-Flusberg, H. (2006). Defining language phenotypes in autism. Clinical Neuroscience Research, 6, 219-224.

Tager-Flusberg, H., Plesa Skwerer, D., & Joseph, R.M. (2006). Model syndromes for investigating social cognitive and affective neuroscience: A comparison of autism and Williams syndrome. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 1, 175-182.

2005

Hale, C. M. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2005). Brief Report: The relationship between discourse deficits and autism symptomatology. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 35, 519-524.

Joseph, R.M., McGrath, L., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2005). Executive dysfunction and its relation to language ability in verbal school-age children with autism. Developmental Neuropsychology, 27, 361-378.

Joseph, R. M., 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

Luyster, R., Richler, J., Risi, S., Hsu, W-L, Dawson, G., Bernier, R., Dunn, M., Hyman, S., McMahon, W., Goudie, J., Minshew, N., Rogers, S., Sigman, M., Spence, M.A., Tager-Flusberg, H., Volkmar, F., & Lord, C. (2005). Early regression in social communication in autistic spectrum disorders. Developmental Neuropsychology, 27, 311-336.

Tager-Flusberg, H. (2005). Designing studies to investigate the relationships between genes, environments, and developmental language disorders. Applied Psycholinguistics, 26, 29-39

Théoret, H., Halligan, E., Kobayashi, M., Fregni, F., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Pascual-Leone, A. (2005). Impaired motor facilitation during action observation in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Current Biology, 15, R84-85.

2004

De Fossé, 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, 757-766.

Hadjikhani, N., Chabris, C.F., Joseph, R. M., Clark, J., McGrath, L., Aharon, I., Feczko, E., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Harris, G.J. (2004). Early visual cortex organization in autism: An fMRI study. Neuroreport, 15, 267-270.

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.

Ozonoff, S., Cook, I, Coon, H., Dawson, G., Joseph, R. M., Klin, A., McMahon, W., Minshew, N., Munson, J., Pennington, B., Rogers, S., Spence, A., Tager-Flusberg, H., Volkmar, F., & Wrathall, D. (2004). Performance on CANTAB subtests sensitive to frontal lobe function in people with autistic disorder: Evidence from the CPEA Network. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34, 139-150

Plesa-Skwerer, D., Sullivan, K., Joffre, K., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2004). Self concept in people with Williams syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 25, 119-138.

Roberts, J., Rice, M., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2004). Tense marking in children with autism. Applied Psycholinguistics, 25, 429-448.

Splawski, I., Timothy, K., Sharpe, L., Necher, N., Kumar, P., Bloise, R., Napolitano, C., Schwartz, P. J., Joseph, R. M., Condouris, K., Tager-Flusberg, H., Priori, S., Sanguinetti, M., & Keating, M. T. (2004). Cav1.2 calcium channel dysfunction causes a multisystem disorder including arrhythmia and autism. Cell, 119, 19-31.

Tager-Flusberg, H. (2004). Fulfilling the promise of the cognitive neurosciences. Neuron, 43, 595-596.

Tager-Flusberg, H. (2004). Strategies for conducting research on language in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34, 75-80.

2003

Condouris, K., Meyer, E., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2003). The relationship between standardized measures of language and measures of spontaneous speech in children with autism. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 12, 349-358.

Hale, C.M. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2003). The influence of language on theory of mind: A training study. Developmental Science, 6, 346-359.

Steele, S., Joseph, R. M., Tager-Flusberg, H. (2003). Developmental change in theory of mind abilities in children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33, 461-467.

Sullivan, K., Winner, E., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2003). Can adolescents with Williams syndrome tell the difference between lies and jokes? Developmental Neuropsychology, 23, 85-103.

Tadevoysan-Leyfer, O., Dowd, M., Mankowsli, R., Winklosky, B., Putnam, S., McGrath, L., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Folstein, S. (2003). A discriminant function analysis of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42, 864-872.

Tager-Flusberg, H. & Joseph, R. M. (2003). Identifying neurocognitive phenotypes in autism. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B, 358, 303-314.

2002

Herbert, M.R., Harris, G.J., Adrien, K.T., Makris, N., Kennedy, D.N., Lange, N.T., Bakardjiev, A., Hodgson, J., Takeoka, M., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Caviness, V. S. (2002) Abnormal asymmetry in language association cortex in autism. Annals of Neurology, 52, 588-596.

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

2001

Bates, E., Tager-Flusberg, H., Vicari, S., & Volterra, V. (2001). Debate over language’s link with intelligence (Correspondence). Nature, 413, 565-566

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., Joseph, R., & Folstein, S. (2001). Current directions in research on autism. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 7, 21-29.