Adam Naples, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Child Study CenterCards
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2025
Face perception, attention, and memory as predictors of social change in autistic children
Webb S, Kwan B, Bernier R, Charwarska K, Dawson G, Dziura J, Faja S, Hellmann G, Jeste S, Kleinhans N, Levin A, Naples A, Sabatos-DeVito M, Şentürk D, Shic F, Sugar C, McPartland J. Face perception, attention, and memory as predictors of social change in autistic children. Journal Of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2025, 17: 54. PMID: 40885894, PMCID: PMC12398159, DOI: 10.1186/s11689-025-09646-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFace memoryN170 latencyFace memory taskEye trackingAutistic social behavioursNon-autistic childrenSocial behavior scoresMemory taskSocial cognitionUpright facesFace perceptionNaturalistic studySocial abilitiesSocial attentionChild behaviorSocial perceptionSocial behaviorAutistic childrenPredictive relationsBaseline performanceVisual attentionBehavior 4Social approachParent interviewsBehavior scoresLongitudinal relationships between social anhedonia and internalizing symptoms in autistic children: results from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials
Gerber A, Naples A, Chawarska K, Dawson G, Kleinhans N, Jeste S, Faja S, Dziura J, Webb S, Sugar C, Shic F, Levin A, McPartland J, Trials F. Longitudinal relationships between social anhedonia and internalizing symptoms in autistic children: results from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials. Psychological Medicine 2025, 55: e104. PMID: 40170613, PMCID: PMC12094631, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291725000650.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial anhedoniaSocial anxietyInternalizing symptomsAutistic childrenAutism severityCASI-5Parent-reported social anxietyAssociated with increased internalizing symptomsAutism Diagnostic Observation ScheduleCross-lagged panel modelBidirectional relationshipAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderBidirectional longitudinal associationsCross-lagged modelsAnhedonia subscaleAttention-deficit/hyperactivityAnhedoniaFifth editionReduced pleasureObservation ScheduleAutistic youthConcurrent relationshipsAutismLongitudinal relationshipDevelopmental model
2024
Social Anxiety Reduces Visual Attention to the Eyes of Emotional Faces in Autistic Youth
Franke C, Griffin J, Naples A, Wolf J, McPartland J. Social Anxiety Reduces Visual Attention to the Eyes of Emotional Faces in Autistic Youth. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2024, 1-13. PMID: 39556296, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06636-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-autistic participantsSocial attentionSocial anxietyEye contactAutistic youthEyes of emotional facesSA characteristicsEye trackingReduced eye contactSelf-reported SAReduced visual attentionNon-autistic childrenEmotional facesAutistic participantsPsychiatric characteristicsNon-autistic youthAutistic individualsEmotional expressionVisual attentionEye regionBehavioral featuresSocial interactionAutismParticipantsCo-occurrence11C-UCB-J PET imaging is consistent with lower synaptic density in autistic adults
Matuskey D, Yang Y, Naganawa M, Koohsari S, Toyonaga T, Gravel P, Pittman B, Torres K, Pisani L, Finn C, Cramer-Benjamin S, Herman N, Rosenthal L, Franke C, Walicki B, Esterlis I, Skosnik P, Radhakrishnan R, Wolf J, Nabulsi N, Ropchan J, Huang Y, Carson R, Naples A, McPartland J. 11C-UCB-J PET imaging is consistent with lower synaptic density in autistic adults. Molecular Psychiatry 2024, 30: 1610-1616. PMID: 39367053, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02776-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositron emission tomographySynaptic densityAutistic adultsBrain regionsAutistic featuresClinical phenotype of autismNon-autistic participantsPhenotype of autismNon-autistic individualsRelationship to clinical characteristicsSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AAssociated with clinical measuresPost-mortem studiesPositron emission tomography scanPrefrontal cortexClinician ratingsAutism groupNeural basisBrain areasNeural processesBetween-group differencesVolumetric differencesBinding potentialDensity of synapsesAutismClinician–caregiver informant discrepancy is associated with sex, diagnosis age, and intervention use among autistic children
Azu M, Han G, Wolf J, Naples A, Chawarska K, Dawson G, Bernier R, Jeste S, Dziura J, Webb S, Sugar C, Shic F, McPartland J. Clinician–caregiver informant discrepancy is associated with sex, diagnosis age, and intervention use among autistic children. Autism 2024, 29: 614-626. PMID: 39344965, PMCID: PMC11906266, DOI: 10.1177/13623613241279999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutism-related behaviorsAutism featuresClinician ratingsParent ratingsInformant discrepanciesCaregiver ratingsCaregiver reportsAutism diagnosisAutistic childrenChild sexAutismCaregiver perceptionsIntervention useClinicians' perceptionsAssociated with sexCaregiversChildrenDiagnosis ageCliniciansOlder ageInterventionPerceptionGirlsSexAgeCentral and peripheral physiological responses to decision making in hoarding disorder
Levy H, Naples A, Collett S, McPartland J, Tolin D. Central and peripheral physiological responses to decision making in hoarding disorder. International Journal Of Psychophysiology 2024, 205: 112437. PMID: 39265723, PMCID: PMC11502253, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchError-related negativityHoarding DisorderControl participantsAlpha asymmetryPsychophysiological responsesIncreased frontal negativityGo/No-Go taskHealthy control participantsDecision-making taskPeripheral nervous system activityResponse to decisionsAnxiety disordersFrontal negativityNeurobiological modelsGo taskNeutral taskPsychiatric diagnosisExcessive clutterPsychophysiological measuresPersonal possessionsExaggerated activationDisordersNull resultsNervous system activityTaskSpatiotemporal Eye Movement Dynamics Reveal Altered Face Prioritization in Early Visual Processing Among Autistic Children
Griffin J, Naples A, Bernier R, Chawarska K, Dawson G, Dziura J, Faja S, Jeste S, Kleinhans N, Sugar C, Webb S, Shic F, McPartland J, Trials A. Spatiotemporal Eye Movement Dynamics Reveal Altered Face Prioritization in Early Visual Processing Among Autistic Children. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2024, 10: 45-57. PMID: 39237004, PMCID: PMC11710975, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReduced social attentionEye movement patternsSocial attentionVisual processingLongitudinal time pointsClinical features of autismContext of social perceptionAutism symptom severityFeatures of autismEarly visual processingWell-characterized sampleFace regionSymptom severityNeurotypical childrenAdaptive functioningExploratory patternsSocial difficultiesSocial perceptionAutismAutistic childrenFace informationTime pointsAssociated with clinical featuresFace recognitionDecreased likelihoodParsing evoked and induced gamma response differences in Autism: A visual evoked potential study
Dickinson A, Ryan D, McNaughton G, Levin A, Naples A, Borland H, Bernier R, Chawarska K, Dawson G, Dziura J, Faja S, Kleinhans N, Sugar C, Senturk D, Shic F, Webb S, McPartland J, Jeste S, Trials F. Parsing evoked and induced gamma response differences in Autism: A visual evoked potential study. Clinical Neurophysiology 2024, 165: 55-63. PMID: 38959536, PMCID: PMC11684857, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2024.05.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVisual evoked potentialsMeasurement of visual evoked potentialsGamma powerVisual evoked potential studiesABC-CTGamma responseAutism Biomarkers ConsortiumAbsence of significant group differencesChildren Aged 6Group differencesNon-phase-lockedEvoked PotentialsVEP componentsVEP dataAged 6Biomarkers ConsortiumNeural circuit dynamicsGamma activitySignificant group differencesIndividual markersTargeted approachWavelet-based time-frequency analysisInduced responsesChildrenInduced gammaModeling intra‐individual inter‐trial EEG response variability in autism
Dong M, Telesca D, Guindani M, Sugar C, Webb S, Jeste S, Dickinson A, Levin A, Shic F, Naples A, Faja S, Dawson G, McPartland J, Şentürk D. Modeling intra‐individual inter‐trial EEG response variability in autism. Statistics In Medicine 2024, 43: 3239-3263. PMID: 38822707, PMCID: PMC12096858, DOI: 10.1002/sim.10131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe relationship between gamma-band neural oscillations and language skills in youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their first-degree relatives
Arutiunian V, Santhosh M, Neuhaus E, Borland H, Tompkins C, Bernier R, Bookheimer S, Dapretto M, Gupta A, Jack A, Jeste S, McPartland J, Naples A, Van Horn J, Pelphrey K, Webb S. The relationship between gamma-band neural oscillations and language skills in youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their first-degree relatives. Molecular Autism 2024, 15: 19. PMID: 38711098, PMCID: PMC11075235, DOI: 10.1186/s13229-024-00598-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutism spectrum disorderElevated gamma powerLow language skillsGamma powerResponses to speech stimuliLanguage skillsLanguage functionFirst-degree relativesSpectrum disorderClinical Evaluation of Language FundamentalsCo-occurring language impairmentSpeech stimuliCortical gamma-band oscillationsHigh gamma powerSex-balanced sampleGamma-band oscillationsSample of participantsNonverbal IQLanguage impairmentASD participantsTD controlsNeural profilesAutism phenotypeTD groupLanguage Fundamentals
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