2014
Improvements in Social and Adaptive Functioning Following Short-Duration PRT Program: A Clinical Replication
Ventola P, Friedman HE, Anderson LC, Wolf JM, Oosting D, Foss-Feig J, McDonald N, Volkmar F, Pelphrey KA. Improvements in Social and Adaptive Functioning Following Short-Duration PRT Program: A Clinical Replication. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2014, 44: 2862-2870. PMID: 24915928, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2145-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalBehavior TherapyChildChild Development Disorders, PervasiveChild, PreschoolCommunicationFemaleHumansMaleSocial AdjustmentSocial SkillsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPivotal Response TreatmentAutism spectrum disorderSocial communicationAdaptive skill developmentCurrent studyPreschool aged childrenAdaptive functioningAdaptive skillsResponse treatmentSpectrum disorderBehavioral goalsClinical replicationBehavioral treatmentSkill developmentTreatment modelConsistency of responsesStandardized assessmentPrt modelMost researchAdditional supportChildrenMeasuresFunctioningContextOutcome measures
2012
The perception and identification of facial emotions in individuals with autism spectrum disorders using the Let’s Face It! Emotion Skills Battery
Tanaka JW, Wolf JM, Klaiman C, Koenig K, Cockburn J, Herlihy L, Brown C, Stahl SS, South M, McPartland JC, Kaiser MD, Schultz RT. The perception and identification of facial emotions in individuals with autism spectrum disorders using the Let’s Face It! Emotion Skills Battery. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2012, 53: 1259-1267. PMID: 22780332, PMCID: PMC3505257, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02571.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAnalysis of VarianceChildChild Development Disorders, PervasiveChild, PreschoolEmotionsFacial ExpressionFemaleHumansMaleNeuropsychological TestsRecognition, PsychologyVisual PerceptionYoung AdultConceptsAutism spectrum disorderFacial emotionsTDC participantsPerceptual skillsASD participantsSpectrum disorderEffective social communicationBasic facial emotionsSocial emotional abilitiesDifferent facial identitiesGroups of participantsHolistic encodingAngry expressionsExpression processingFacial identityExpression taskPerceptual strategiesExpressive facesSocial deficitsSocial communicationEmotionsComputer-based assessmentControl participantsHolistic recognitionMouth features
2010
Neural signatures of autism
Kaiser MD, Hudac CM, Shultz S, Lee SM, Cheung C, Berken AM, Deen B, Pitskel NB, Sugrue DR, Voos AC, Saulnier CA, Ventola P, Wolf JM, Klin A, Vander Wyk B, Pelphrey KA. Neural signatures of autism. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 21223-21228. PMID: 21078973, PMCID: PMC3000300, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010412107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutistic DisorderChildChild Development Disorders, PervasiveHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMovementNeuronsSiblingsConceptsAutism spectrum disorderNeural signaturesBiological motionBrain responsesUnaffected siblingsDistinct brain responsesFunctional magnetic resonanceAreas of dysfunctionNature of disruptionTD childrenSpectrum disorderDisorder heterogeneityNeural systemsBrain circuitryBehavioral profileCompensatory activitySystem-level mechanismsTrait activityAutismChildrenIncreased genetic riskGenetic riskState activityNeuroendophenotypesDisordersUsing computerized games to teach face recognition skills to children with autism spectrum disorder: the Let’s Face It! program
Tanaka JW, Wolf JM, Klaiman C, Koenig K, Cockburn J, Herlihy L, Brown C, Stahl S, Kaiser MD, Schultz RT. Using computerized games to teach face recognition skills to children with autism spectrum disorder: the Let’s Face It! program. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2010, 51: 944-952. PMID: 20646129, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02258.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFace recognition skillsAutism spectrum disorderRecognition skillsWaitlist groupSpectrum disorderShort-term intervention programFace processing abilitiesFace processing deficitsFace processing strategiesTime 2 performanceRecognition of identityComputer-based interventionsFace training groupInteractive computer gamesFace impairmentsFacial identityProcessing deficitsComputerized gameProcessing abilityTime 1Eye regionTraining interventionHolistic recognitionReliable improvementIndividual childrenThe scope of social attention deficits in autism: Prioritized orienting to people and animals in static natural scenes
New JJ, Schultz RT, Wolf J, Niehaus JL, Klin A, German TC, Scholl BJ. The scope of social attention deficits in autism: Prioritized orienting to people and animals in static natural scenes. Neuropsychologia 2010, 48: 51-59. PMID: 19686766, PMCID: PMC6102729, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.08.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChildChild Development Disorders, PervasiveCuesFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleMultivariate AnalysisNeuropsychological TestsOrientationPhotic StimulationReaction TimeRecognition, PsychologySignal Detection, PsychologicalSocial PerceptionStatistics as TopicConceptsAutism spectrum disorderSocial attention deficitsSocial attentionAttention deficitsNatural scenesLow-level visual factorsSpecific social cuesStatic natural scenesComplex natural scenesAttentional prioritizationSocial cuesVisual processingRelevant stimuliSpectrum disorderVisual factorsAnimate categoriesControl participantsUnitary phenomenonInanimate objectsAutismSocial agentsImpairmentDeficitsCentral featureAttention
2006
Automatic Processing of Emotional Faces in High-Functioning Pervasive Developmental Disorders: An Affective Priming Study
Kamio Y, Wolf J, Fein D. Automatic Processing of Emotional Faces in High-Functioning Pervasive Developmental Disorders: An Affective Priming Study. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2006, 36: 155-167. PMID: 16523242, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-005-0056-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAffectAutomatismChildChild Development Disorders, PervasiveCognition DisordersFacial ExpressionFemaleHumansMaleMental ProcessesNeuropsychological TestsSeverity of Illness IndexVisual PerceptionConceptsEmotional facesPervasive developmental disorderHappy facesAffective primingAutomatic processingDevelopmental disordersAffective priming paradigmAffective priming studyFearful facesSupraliminal conditionsSubliminal conditionPriming paradigmPriming studiesEmotional significanceSocial deficitsLiking ratingsPrimingFaceParticipantsProcessingAutismDisorders