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Genomes and Genes | Katarzyna ChawarskaSummaryAffiliation: Yale University Country: USA Publications
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Context modulates attention to social scenes in toddlers with autismKatarzyna Chawarska
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 53:903-13. 2012..Deficits in social attention have been well documented in autism, though the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood...- Looking but not seeing: atypical visual scanning and recognition of faces in 2 and 4-year-old children with autism spectrum disorderKatarzyna Chawarska
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, 40 Temple St Suite 7 I, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 39:1663-72. 2009..We propose that deficits in face processing likely impact the effectiveness of toddlers with ASD as social partners and thus should be targeted for intervention... 
Automatic attention cueing through eye movement in 2-year-old children with autismKatarzyna Chawarska
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Child Dev 74:1108-22. 2003..Cue-specific differences in performance related to the level of engagement and cue-processing time may suggest reliance on different underlying strategies for gaze processing in autism...- A prospective study of toddlers with ASD: short-term diagnostic and cognitive outcomesKatarzyna Chawarska
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut 06520, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 50:1235-45. 2009.... - Limited attentional bias for faces in toddlers with autism spectrum disordersKatarzyna Chawarska
Yale University School of Medicine, Child Study Center, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:178-85. 2010..Typical individuals require more effort to shift their attention from faces compared with other objects. This increased disengagement cost is thought to reflect deeper processing of these socially relevant stimuli... - Autism spectrum disorder in the second year: stability and change in syndrome expressionKatarzyna Chawarska
Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48:128-38. 2007.... - Impairments in monkey and human face recognition in 2-year-old toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental DelayKatarzyna Chawarska
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Dev Sci 10:266-79. 2007.... - Parental recognition of developmental problems in toddlers with autism spectrum disordersKatarzyna Chawarska
Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 37:62-72. 2007..Later AOR was associated with poorer social-communicative and nonverbal cognitive functioning at 2 and 4. The findings are discussed in a context of identifying distinct developmental trajectories within the autism spectrum... - Early generalized overgrowth in boys with autismKatarzyna Chawarska
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:1021-31. 2011..However, it is unclear whether this phenomenon is independent of overall body growth and whether it is associated with specific social or cognitive features... - Autism in a 15-month-old childAmi Klin
Yale Child Study Center, P.O. Box 207900, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:1981-8. 2004 
Language outcomes of toddlers with autism spectrum disorders: a two year follow-upRhea Paul
Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Autism Res 1:97-107. 2008..Stepwise regression identified RL and presence of stereotypic and repetitive at the first visit as significantly associated with EL outcome. Implications of these findings for early identification and intervention are discussed...- Phonology and vocal behavior in toddlers with autism spectrum disordersElizabeth Schoen
Yale Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
Autism Res 4:177-88. 2011..Findings suggest that toddlers with ASDs do not tune into the language model of their environment. Failure to attend to the ambient language environment negatively impacts the ability to acquire spoken language... - Brief report: face-specific recognition deficits in young children with autism spectrum disordersJessica Bradshaw
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 41:1429-35. 2011..These findings suggest that young children with ASD have specific impairments in face recognition, and that they may have advantage over TD controls when processing complex nonsocial stimuli... - "Listen my children and you shall hear": auditory preferences in toddlers with autism spectrum disordersRhea Paul
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 50:1350-64. 2007..This study tests the hypothesis that toddlers with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) will show differences from contrast groups in preferences for attending to speech... - Limited activity monitoring in toddlers with autism spectrum disorderFrederick Shic
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Brain Res 1380:246-54. 2011..These results suggest that the monitoring of the social activities of others is disrupted early in the developmental progression of autism, limiting future avenues for observational learning... - Pivotal response treatment for infants at-risk for autism spectrum disorders: a pilot studyAmanda Mossman Steiner
Yale Child Study Center, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 43:91-102. 2013..Results provide preliminary support for the feasibility and utility of PRT for very young children at-risk for autism... - Practitioner's guide to assessment of autism spectrum disorders in infants and toddlersAmanda Mossman Steiner
Yale Child Study Center, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 42:1183-96. 2012.... - Molecular cytogenetic analysis and resequencing of contactin associated protein-like 2 in autism spectrum disordersBetul Bakkaloglu
Program on Neurogenetics, Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Am J Hum Genet 82:165-73. 2008.... - Predicting developmental status from 12 to 24 months in infants at risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder: a preliminary reportSuzanne L Macari
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 42:2636-47. 2012..Fine-grained analyses linking specific profiles of strengths and deficits with specific patterns of symptom emergence will be necessary for further refinement of screening and diagnostic instruments for ASD in infancy... - Placental trophoblast inclusions in autism spectrum disorderGeorge M Anderson
The Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Biol Psychiatry 61:487-91. 2007..Microscopic examination of placental tissue may provide a route to assessing risk and understanding underlying biology of autism... - Autism in infants: an updateFred R Volkmar
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, P O Box 207900, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
World Psychiatry 7:19-21. 2008..In addition to having important implications for research, these findings also offer new opportunities for screening and early identification and, hopefully, for improved outcome... - The modified checklist for autism in toddlers: a follow-up study investigating the early detection of autism spectrum disordersJamie M Kleinman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Rd, Storrs, CT 06269 1020, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:827-39. 2008..Children with ASD from the low-risk and high-risk samples were highly similar. Results indicate that the M-CHAT continues to be a promising instrument for the early detection of ASD... - Differentiating between autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities in children who failed a screening instrument for ASDPamela Ventola
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 1020, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 37:425-36. 2007..Children with ASD and children with DD/DLD shared common features, but certain behavioral markers differentiated the two groups...
Research Grants
- Development of Face Processing in Infants with Autism Spectrum DisordersKatarzyna Chawarska; Fiscal Year: 2010..These are amongst key objectives identified by the NIH Interagency Autism Committee and therefore highly relevant to public health. ..