2019
Promoting social attention in 3‐year‐olds with ASD through gaze‐contingent eye tracking
Wang Q, Wall CA, Barney EC, Bradshaw JL, Macari SL, Chawarska K, Shic F. Promoting social attention in 3‐year‐olds with ASD through gaze‐contingent eye tracking. Autism Research 2019, 13: 61-73. PMID: 31468735, PMCID: PMC7256927, DOI: 10.1002/aur.2199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderCue groupPost trainingGaze-contingent trainingNon-ASD peersLow nonverbal abilityDecrease of attentionLarger training effectsGreater cognitive impairmentCurrent behavioral interventionsNonverbal abilityCue conditionTD controlsAttention difficultiesSpectrum disorderSocial learningBehavioral interventionsTraining effectsCognitive impairmentYoung childrenPre trainingSocial characterChildrenTrainingFace
2017
Temperamental markers in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder
Macari SL, Koller J, Campbell DJ, Chawarska K. Temperamental markers in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2017, 58: 819-828. PMID: 28317113, PMCID: PMC5747932, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderTemperamental vulnerabilitySpectrum disorderSocial outcomesLow-intensity pleasureCore autism symptomsAutism symptom severityGreater negative emotionalitySocial skill levelsNonverbal abilityPerceptual sensitivityTD peersASD groupAffective reactivityAutism symptomsAutism severityIndividual differencesNegative emotionalityTD groupInhibitory controlTemperamental characteristicsDevelopmental levelTime 2Childhood psychopathologyASD phenotype