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Selected Publications

Books

Human Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain: Atypical Development (2007)

Human Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain: Typical Development (2007)

A Parent's Guide to Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism
How to Meet the Challenges and Help Your Child Thrive
(2002)

Autism: Nature, Diagnosis and Treatment (1989)

Human Behavior and the Developing Brain (1994)


Selected Articles


Werner, E., Dawson, G., Munson, J., & Osterling, J. (2006). Variation in early developmental course in autism and its relation with behavioral outcome at 3-4 years of age. J. Autism & Developmental Disorders35(3), 337-350. [download PDF]

Boger-Megiddo, I., Shaw, D. W., Friedman, S. D., Sparks, B. F., Artru, A. A., Giedd, J. N., Dawson, G., & Dager, S. R. (2006).  Corpus callosum morphometrics in young children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (Epub ahead of print 2006, April 20). [download PDF]

Molloy, C.A., Morrow, A.L., Meinzen-Derr, J., Dawson, G., Bernier, R., Dunn, M., et al . (2006). Familial autoimmune thyroid disease as a risk factor for regression in children with autism spectrum disorder: A CPEA Study. J. Autism and Developmental Disorder. [download PDF]

Richler, J., Luyster, R., Risi, S., Hsu, W.L. Dawson, G., Bernier, R., Dunn, M., Hepburn, S., Human, S..K., McMahon, W.M., Goudie-Nice, J., Minshew, N., Rogers, S., Sigman, M., Spence, M.A., Goldberg, W.A., Tager-Flusberg, H., Volkmar, F., & Lord, G. (2006). Is there a “regressive phenotype” of autism spectrum disorder associated with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine? A CPEA Study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. [download PDF]

Petropoulos, H., Friedman, S. D., Shaw, D. W. W., Artru, A. A., Dawson, G., & Dager, S. R. (2006). T2 relaxometry reveals evidence for gray matter abnormalities in autism spectrum disorder.  Neurology. [download PDF]

Schellenberg, G.D., Dawson, G., Sung, Y.J., Estes, A., Munson, J., Rosenthal, E., Rothstein, J., Flodman, P., Smith, M., Coon, H., Leong, L., Yu, C-E., Stodgell, G., Rodier, P.M., Spence, A., Minshew, N., McMahon, W.M., Wijsman, E. (2006). Evidence for multiple loci from a genome scan of autism kindred: A CPEA Study. Molecular Psychiatry. [download PDF]

Toth, K., Munson, J., Meltzoff, A., Dawson, G. (2006). Early predictors of language growth in young children with autism: Joint attention, imitation, and toy play. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. [download PDF]

Smith, T., Scahill, L., Dawson, G., Guthrie, D., Lord, C., Odom, S., Rogers, S., and Wagner, A. (2006). Designing research studies on psychosocial interventions in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. [download PDF]

Webb, S.J., Dawson G., Bernier, R., & Panagiotides, H. (2006). ERP evidence of atypical face processing in young children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Estes, A., Munson, J., Schellenberg, G., & Bernier, R. (2006). Quantitative assessment of autism symptoms in children with autism and their parents: Broader Phenotype Autism Symptom Scale. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. [download PDF]

Munson, J., Dawson, G., Abbott, R., Faja, S., Webb, S.J., Friedman, S.D. Shaw, D., Artru, A., and Dager, S. (2006). Amygdalar volume and behavioral development in autism. Archives of General Psychiatry. 63 , 686-693. [download PDF]

Friedman , S.D., Shaw, D.W., Artru, A.A., Dawson, G., Petropoulos, H., Dager, S.R. (2006) Gray and white matter brain chemistry alterations in young children with autism. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63: 786-794. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Munson J., Webb S.J., Nalty, T., Abbott, R.,Toth, K. (2006). Deceleration in rate of head growth and decline in skills in the second year of life in autism. Biological Psychiatry. [download PDF]

Luyster, R., Richler, J., Risi, S., Hsu, WL., Dawson, G., Bernier, R., Dunn, M., Hepburn, et al. (2005). Early regression in social communication in autistic spectrum disorders: a CPEA study. Developmental Neuropsychology,27, 2005. [download PDF]

Lord, C., Wagner, A., Pickles, A., Rogers, S., Szatmari, P., Aman, M., Charman, T., Dawson, G., et al. (2005). Challenges in Evaluating Psychosocial Interventions for Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 35(6) 695-708. [download PDF]

Bernier, R., Dawson, G., Panagiotides, H., & Webb, S. (2005). Individuals with autism spectrum disorder show normal responses to a fear potential startle paradigm. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 35(5), 575-583. [download PDF]

Kuhl, P.K., Coffey-Corina, S., Padden, D., & Dawson, G. (2005). Links between social and linguistic processing of speech in preschool children with autism: Behavioral and electrophysiological measures. Developmental Science, 8(1), F9-F20. [download PDF]

Sung, J.U., Dawson, G., Munson, J., Estes, A., Schellenberg, J., & Wijsman, E.M. (2005). Genetic Investigation of Quantitative Traits Related to Autism: Use of Multivariate Polygenic Models with Ascertainment Adjustment. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 76, 68-81. [download PDF]

Werner, E. & Dawson. G. (2005). Regression in autism: Validation of the phenomenon using home videotapes. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 889-895. [download PDF]

Devlin, B., Cook, E.H., Coon, H., Dawson, G., Grigorenko, E.L., McMahon, W., Minshew, N., Pauls, D., Smith, M., Spence, M.A., Rodier, P.M., Stodgell, C., & the CPEA Genetics Network, GD Schellenberg. (2005). Autism and the serotonin transporter: The long and short of it. Molecular Psychiatry, 10(12), 1110-6. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Webb, S.J., Wijsman, E., Schellenberg, G., Estes, A., Munson, J., & Faja, S. (2005). Neurocognitive and electrophysiological evidence of altered face processing in parents of children with autism: Implications for a model of abnormal development of social brain circuitry in autism. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 679-697. [download PDF]

Amundsen, L. B.,  Artru, A. A., Dager, S.R., Shaw, D. W. W., Friedman, S. D., Sparks, B., & Dawson, G. (2005). Propofol sedation for longitudinal pediatric neuroimaging.  Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, 17,180-192. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Webb, S., & McPartland, J. (2005). Understanding the nature of face processing impairment in autism: Insights from behavioral and electrophysiological studies. Developmental Neuropsychology, Special Issue of Autism, 27: 403-424. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Webb, S., Wijsman, E.,  Schellenberg G., Estes, A., Munson, J., & Faja, S. (2005). Neurocognitive and electrophysiological evidence of altered face processing in parents of children with autism: Implications for a model of abnormal development of social brain circuitry in autism. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 679-697. [download PDF]

Werner, E. and Dawson. G. (2005). Regression in autism: Validation of the phenomenon using home videotapes. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62: 889-895. [download PDF]

Kuhl, P.K., Coffey-Corina, S., Padden, D., & Dawson, G. (2005) Links Between Social and Linguistic Processing of Speech in Preschool Children with Autism: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Measures. Developmental Science, 8:1, F9-F20 [download PDF]

Sung, J.U., Dawson, G., Munson, J., Estes, A., Schellenberg, J., & Wijsman, E.M. (2005). Genetic Investigation of Quantitative Traits Related to Autism: Use of Multivariate Polygenic Models with Ascertainment Adjustment. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 76:68-81 [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Toth, K., Abbott, R., Osterling, J., Munson, J., & Estes, A. (2004). Defining the early social attention impairments in autism: Social orienting, joint attention, and responses to emotions. Develop. Psychology., 40, 271-283. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Webb, S., Carver, L., & Panagiotides, H., & McPartland, J. (2004). Young children with autism show atypical brain responses to fearful versus neutral facial expressions. Developmental Science. 7: 340-359. [download PDF]

Devlin, G., Bennett, P., Dawson, G. Figlewicz, D.A., Grigorenko, E.L., McMahon, W., Schellenberg, G. (2004). Alleles of a reelin CGG repeat do not convey liability to autism in a sample from the CPEA Network. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 126B, 46-50. [download PDF]

McPartland, J., Dawson, G., Webb, S., Panagiotides, H. & Carver L. (2004). Event-related brain potentials reveal anomalies in temporal processing of faces in autism. Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology. 45:7, 1235-1245 [download PDF]

Carver, L., Dawson, G., Panagiotides, H., Meltzoff, A. N., McPartland, J., Gray, J., Munson, J. (2003). Age-related differences in neural correlates of face recognition during the toddler and preschool years. Developmental Psychobiology, 42(2), 148-159. [download PDF]

Friedman SD, Shaw DWW, Artru AA, Gardner J, Richards TL, Posse S, Dawson G, & Dager SR. (2003). Regional Brain Chemical Alterations in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Neurology, 60(1), 100-107. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., & Zanolli, K. (2003). Early intervention and brain plasticity in autism. In G. Bock & J. Goode (Eds.). Autism: Neural bases and treatment possibilities. em>(Novartis Foundation Symposium 251), (pp. 266-280), Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. [download PDF]

Carver, L. and Dawson, G. (2002). Development and neural bases of face recognition in autism. Molecular Psychiatry, 7: Supplement 2: 18-20. [download PDF]

Dawson, G. Carver, L., Meltzoff, A. N., Panagiotides, H., McPartland, J. (2002). Neural correlates of face recognition in young children with autism spectrum disorder, developmental delay, and typical development. Child Development, 73, 700-717. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Webb, S., Schellenberg, G., Aylward., E., Richards, T., Dager, S., & Friedman, S. (2002). Defining the broader phenotype of autism: Genetic, brain, and behavioral perspectives. In Cicchetti, D. and Dawson, G. (Eds.), Special Issue of Development and Psychopathology on “Multiple Levels of Analysis” 14, 581-611. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Munson, J., Estes, A., Osterling, J., McPartland, J., Toth, K., Carver, L., & Abbott, R. (2002). Neurocognitive function and joint attention ability in young children with autism spectrum disorder, Child Development, 73, 345-358. [download PDF]

Devlin, B., Bennett, P., Cook, E. H., Dawson, D., Grigorenko, E. L., McMahon, W., Pauls, D., Spence, M. A., the CPEA Genetics Network, Schellenberg, G. D. (2002) No evidence for linkage of liability to autism to HOXA1 in a Sample from the CPEA Network. Am. J. Med. Genet. 114, 667-672. [download PDF]

Osterling, J., Dawson, G. & Munson, J. (2002). Early recognition of one year old infants with autism spectrum disorder versus mental retardation: A study of first birthday party home videotapes. Development and Psychopathology, 14: 239-252. [download PDF]

Unis, A., Munson, J., Rogers, S.J., Goldson, E., Osterling, J., Gabriels, R., Abbott, R., & Dawson, G. (2002). A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of porcine versus synthetic secretin for reducing symptoms of autism. Journal of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41(11), 1315-1321. [download PDF]

Sparks, B.F., Friedman, S.D., Shaw, D.W., Aylward. E.H., Echelard, D., Artru, A.A., Maravilla, K.R., Giedd, J.N., Munson, J., Dawson, G., & Dager, S.R. (2002). Brain Structural Abnormalities in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Neurology, 59: 184-192. [download PDF]

Strauss WL, Unis AS, Cowan C, Dawson G, Dager SR: Fluorine magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurement of brain fluzoxamine and fluoxetine in pediatric patients treated for pervasive developmental disorders. (2002) Am J Psychiatry, 159, 755-760. [download PDF]

Sultana, R., Yu, C.-E., Yu, J., Munson, J., Chen, D., Hua, W., Estes, A., Cortes, F., de la Barra, F., Yu, D., Haider, S. T., Trask, B. J., Green, E. D., Raskind, W. H., Disteche, C. M., Wijsman, E., Dawson, G., Storm, D. R., Schellenberg, G. D., Villacres, E. C. (2002) Identification of a Novel Gene on Chromosome 7q11.2 Interrupted by a Translocation Breakpoint in a Pair of Autistic Twins. Genomics, 80, 129-134. [download PDF]

Yu, C.-E., Dawson, G., Munson, J., D’Souza, I., Osterling, J., Estes, A., Leutenegger, A.-L., Flodman, P., Smith, M., Raskind, W.H., Spence, M.A., McMahon, W., Wijsman, W.M., Schellenberg, G.D. (2002) Presence of Large Deletions in Autism Kindreds, Am. J. Hum. Genet. 71, 100-115. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Osterling, J., Rinaldi, R. Carver, L., & McPartland, J. (2001). Recognition memory and stimulus-reward associations: Indirect support for the role of the ventromedial prefrontal dysfunction in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 31, 337-341. [download PDF]

Klinger, L., & Dawson, G. (2001). Prototype formation in children with autism and Down syndrome. Development and Psychopathology, 13, 111-124. [download PDF]

Dager, S.R., Friedman, S.D., Shaw, D., Echelard, D., Artru, A., Strauss, W.L., Sparks, B., Carver, L., Richards, T.L., Munson, J, & Dawson, G. (2000). Neuroimaging of the Autistic Child’s Brain: Brain Structure, Chemistry and Function. J Intellectual Disability Research 44:253.

Filipek, P.A., Accardo, P.J., Baranek, G.T., Cook, E.H., Dawson, G., Gordon, B., Gravel, J.S., Johnson, C.P., Kallan, R.J., Levy, S.E., Minshew, N.J., Prizant, B.M., Rapin, I., Rogers, S.J., Stone, W., Teplin, S., Tuchman, R.F., & Volkmar, F.R. (2000) Practice Parameters: The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 29, 439-484. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Ashman, S., & Carver, L., (2000). The role of early experience in shaping behavioral and brain development and its implications for social policy. Development and Psychopathology, 12, 695-712. [download PDF]

Werner, E., Dawson, G., Osterling, J., & Dinno, J. (2000). (Brief Report: Recognition of autism Spectrum disorder before one year of age: A retrospective study based on home videotapes) Recognition of autism before 1 year of age: A retrospective study based on home videotapes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 30, 157- 162. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Osterling, J., Meltzoff, A.N., and Kuhl, P. (2000). Case study of the development of an infant with autism from birth to 2 years of age. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 21, 299-313. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Meltzoff, A., Osterling, J., & Brown, E. (1998). Children with autism fail to orient to social stimuli. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 28, 479-485. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Meltzoff, A., Osterling, J., & Rinaldi, J. (1998).Neuropsychological correlates of early symptoms of autism. Child Development, 69, 1276-1285. [download PDF]

Dawson, G. & Osterling, J. (1997). Early intervention in autism: Effectiveness and common elements of current approaches. In Guralnick (Ed.) The effectiveness of early intervention: Second generation research. (pp. 307-326) Baltimore: Brookes. [download PDF]

Dawson, G. (1996) Neuropsychology of autism: A report on the state of the science. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 26, 179-184. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Klinger, L., Panagiotides, H., Lewy, A., & Castelloe, P. (1995). Subgroups of autistic children based on social behavior display distinct patterns of brain activity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 23, 569-583. [download PDF]

Osterling, J. & Dawson, G. (1994). Early recognition of children with autism: A study of first birthday home videotapes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 24, 247-257. [download PDF]

Castelloe, P. Dawson, G. (1993). Subclassification of children with autism and pervasive developmental disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 23, 229-241. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., Hill, D., Galpert, L., Spencer, A. , & Watson, L (1990). Affective exchanges between young autistic children and their mothers. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 18, 335-345. [download PDF]

Dawson, G., & Galpert, L. (1990). Mothers' use of imitative play for facilitating the social behavior of autistic children. Development and Psychopathology, 2, 151-162. [download PDF]

 
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