2018
Social Influences on Executive Functioning in Autism
Li B, Atyabi A, Kim M, Barney E, Ahn A, Luo Y, Aubertine M, Corrigan S, St. John T, Wang Q, Mademtzi M, Best M, Shic F. Social Influences on Executive Functioning in Autism. 2018, 1-13. DOI: 10.1145/3173574.3174017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchShort-term memoryEF skillsExecutive functionAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) focusCognitive information processingChildren’s EF skillsDiagnostic group differencesNonsocial stimuliCognitive flexibilityExecutive functioningInhibition cuesEF deficitsInhibitory controlMobile gamesSocial influenceInformation processingDisorder focusASDBehavioral biomarkersAutismMemorySkillsChildrenGameIQ
2015
Brief Report: A Mobile Application to Treat Prosodic Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Communication Impairments: A Pilot Study
Simmons ES, Paul R, Shic F. Brief Report: A Mobile Application to Treat Prosodic Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Communication Impairments: A Pilot Study. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2015, 46: 320-327. PMID: 26329637, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2573-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech-language pathologistsStudent engagement dataPost-treatment speech samplesEducation settingsPublic schoolsProsodic disordersEngagement dataStudentsEngagement ratingsMobile applicationsAutism spectrum disorderCommunication impairmentsProsody deficitsSpectrum disorderSchoolsPilot studyFeedbackRatingsProsodic deficitsChildrenASD
2014
Saliency-based Bayesian modeling of dynamic viewing of static scenes
Campbell D, Chang J, Chawarska K, Shic F. Saliency-based Bayesian modeling of dynamic viewing of static scenes. 2014, 51-58. DOI: 10.1145/2578153.2578159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-social imagesAutism spectrum disorderEye-tracking dataEye-tracking analysisVisual attentionIdentification of fixationsTD groupGaze featuresSpectrum disorderUnified Bayesian modelSaliency differenceSocial imageControl childrenSaliency mapDynamic viewingSaliency propertiesBayesian modelBayesian modelingAnalytic approachChildrenScanpathsASDStatic scenesSaccadesSaliency