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2026-Present

Shah, U. T., Evans, K., Banchik, M., Chaturvedi, A., Ramappa, S., Wong, K., Silvers, J. A., & Green, S. A. (2026). Cognitive reappraisal modulates neural responses to aversive sensory stimulation in autistic youth. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70202
 
Yosef, B., Burgess, V., Banchik, M., Ceballos, J., Dapretto, M., & Green, S. (2026). Atypical Predictive Processing Is Associated With Sensory Over‐Responsivity in Autism. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70283
 
Russo, N., Cascio, C. J., Baranek, G. T., Woynaroski, T. G., Williams, Z. J., Green, S. A., & Schaaf, R. (2026). A cascading effects model of early sensory development in autism. Psychological Review, 133(2), 450–487. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000558
 
Chiem, E., Wagner, L., Hernandez, L. M., Green, S., & Dapretto, M. (2026). Salience Network Connectivity Relates to Sleep and Sensory Over-Responsivity in Infants at High and Low Likelihood for Autism (p. 2026.01.13.26344039). medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.13.26344039

2020-2025

Wagner, L., Cakar, M. E., Banchik, M., Chiem, E., Glynn, S. S., Than, A. H., Green, S. A., & Dapretto, M. (2025). Beyond motor learning: Insights from infant magnetic resonance imaging on the critical role of the cerebellum in behavioral development. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 72, 101514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101514
 
Chaturvedi, A., Ramappa, S., Anderson, A., Banchik, M., Shah, U., Craske, M., & Green, S. (2025). Integrating parent report, observed behavior, and physiological measures to identify biomarkers of sensory over-responsivity in autism. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 17(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-025-09597-6
 
Wagner, L., Banchik, M., Tsang, T., Okada, N. J., Altshuler, R., McDonald, N., Bookheimer, S. Y., Jeste, S. S., Green, S., & Dapretto, M. (2025). Atypical early neural responses to native and non-native language in infants at high likelihood for developing autism. Molecular Autism, 16(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-025-00640-w
 
Cakar, M. E., Okada, N. J., Cummings, K. K., Jung, J., Bookheimer, S. Y., Dapretto, M., & Green, S. A. (2024). Functional connectivity of the sensorimotor cerebellum in autism: Associations with sensory over-responsivity. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1337921
 
Tsang, T., Green, S. A., Liu, J., Lawrence, K., Jeste, S., Bookheimer, S. Y., & Dapretto, M. (2024). Salience network connectivity is altered in 6-week-old infants at heightened likelihood for developing autism. Communications Biology, 7(1), 485. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06016-9
 
Cummings, K. K., Jung, J., Zbozinek, T. D., Wilhelm, F. H., Dapretto, M., Craske, M. G., Bookheimer, S. Y., & Green, S. A. (2024). Shared and distinct biological mechanisms for anxiety and sensory over-responsivity in youth with autism versus anxiety disorders. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 102(1), e25250. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.25250
 
Cakar, M. E., Cummings, K. K., Bookheimer, S. Y., Dapretto, M., & Green, S. A. (2023). Age-related changes in neural responses to sensory stimulation in autism: A cross-sectional study. Molecular Autism, 14(1), 38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-023-00571-4
 
Leal, A. S. M., Alba, L. A., Cummings, K. K., Jung, J., Waizman, Y. H., Moreira, J. F. G., Saragosa-Harris, N. M., Ninova, E., Waterman, J. M., Langley, A. K., Tottenham, N., Silvers, J. A., & Green, S. A. (2023). Sensory processing challenges as a novel link between early caregiving experiences and mental health. Development and Psychopathology, 35(4), 1968–1981. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000633
 
Ramappa, S., Anderson, A., Jung, J., Chu, R., Cummings, K. K., Patterson, G., Okada, N. J., & Green, S. A. (2023). An Observed Assessment of Sensory Responsivity in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Associations with Diagnosis, Age, and Parent Report. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(10), 3860–3872. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05653-5
 
Williams, Z. J., Schaaf, R., Ausderau, K. K., Baranek, G. T., Barrett, D. J., Cascio, C. J., Dumont, R. L., Eyoh, E. E., Failla, M. D., Feldman, J. I., Foss-Feig, J. H., Green, H. L., Green, S. A., He, J. L., Kaplan-Kahn, E. A., Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., MacLennan, K., Mailloux, Z., Marco, E. J., … Woynaroski, T. G. (2023). Examining the latent structure and correlates of sensory reactivity in autism: A multi-site integrative data analysis by the autism sensory research consortium. Molecular Autism, 14(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-023-00563-4
 
Wagner, L., Banchik, M., Okada, N. J., McDonald, N., Jeste, S. S., Bookheimer, S. Y., Green, S. A., & Dapretto, M. (2023). Associations between thalamocortical functional connectivity and sensory over-responsivity in infants at high likelihood for ASD. Cerebral Cortex, 33(12), 8075–8086. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad100
 
Okada, N. J., Liu, J., Tsang, T., Nosco, E., McDonald, N. M., Cummings, K. K., Jung, J., Patterson, G., Bookheimer, S. Y., Green, S. A., Jeste, S. S., & Dapretto, M. (2022). Atypical cerebellar functional connectivity at 9 months of age predicts delayed socio-communicative profiles in infants at high and low risk for autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63(9), 1002–1016. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13555
 
Waisman, T., Alba, L. A., & Green, S. A. (2022). Barriers to Inclusive Learning for Autistic Individuals. Pediatrics, 149(Supplement 4), e2020049437Q. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-049437Q
 
Lawrence, K. E., Hernandez, L. M., Fuster, E., Padgaonkar, N. T., Patterson, G., Jung, J., Okada, N. J., Lowe, J. K., Hoekstra, J. N., Jack, A., Aylward, E., Gaab, N., Van Horn, J. D., Bernier, R. A., McPartland, J. C., Webb, S. J., Pelphrey, K. A., Green, S. A., Bookheimer, S. Y., … GENDAAR Consortium. (2022). Impact of autism genetic risk on brain connectivity: A mechanism for the female protective effect. Brain, 145(1), 378–387. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awab204
 
Patterson, G., Cummings, K. K., Jung, J., Okada, N. J., Tottenham, N., Bookheimer, S. Y., Dapretto, M., & Green, S. A. (2021). Effects of sensory distraction and salience priming on emotion identification in autism: An fMRI study. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 13(1), 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-021-09391-0

Wood, E.T., Cummings, K.K., Jung, J., Pattersonson, G., Okada, N., Guo, J., O’Neill, J., Dapretto, M., Bookheimer, S.Y., Green, S.A. (2021). Sensory over-responsivity is related to GABAergic inhibition in thalamocortical circuits. Translational Psychiatry 11, 39. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-01154-0

Jung, J., Zbozinek, T., Cummings, K., Wilhelm, F., Dapretto, M., Craske, M., Bookheimer, S., Green, S.A. (2021). Associations between physiological and neural measures of sensory reactivity in youth with autism. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13387

Cummings, K.K., Lawrence, K.E., Hernandez, L.M., Wood, E.T., Bookheimer, S.Y., Dapretto, M., Green, S.A. (2020). Sex differences in salience network connectivity and its relationship to sensory over-responsivity in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research 13, 9. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2351

Padgaonkar, N.T., Lawrence, K.E., Hernandez, L.M., Green, S.A., Galván, A., Dapretto, M. (2020). Sex Differences in Internalizing Symptoms and Amygdala Functional Connectivity in Neurotypical Youth. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100797 [Epub ahead of print]

Lawrence, K., Hernandez, L.M., Bowman, H.C., Padgaonkar, N. T., Fuster, E., Jack, A., Aylward, E., Gaab, N., Van Horn, J.D., Bernier, R.A., Geschwind, D.H., McPartland, J.C., Nelson, C.A., Webb, S.J., Pelphrey, K.A., Green, S.A., Bookheimer, S.Y., & Dapretto, M., on behalf of the GENDAAR Consortium. (2020). Sex Differences in Functional Connectivity of the Salience, Default Mode, and Central Executive Networks in Youth with ASD. Cerebral Cortex, bhaa105, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaa105

Hernandez, L. M., Green, S. A., Lawrence, K. E., Inada, M., Liu, J., Bookheimer, S. Y., & Dapretto, M. (2020). Social Attention in Autism: Neural Sensitivity to Speech Over Background Noise Predicts Encoding of Social Information. Frontiers in psychiatry, 11, 343. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00343

Hernandez, L.M., Lawrence, K.E., Padgaonkar, N.T., Inada, M., Hoekstra, J.N., Lowe, J.K., Eilbott, J., Jack, A., Aylward, E., Gaab, N., Van Horn, J.D., Bernier, R.A., McPartland, J.C., Webb, S.J., Pelphrey, K.A., Green, S.A., Geschwind, D.H., Bookheimer, S.Y., Dapretto, M., on behalf of the GENDAAR Consortium. (2020). Imaging-genetics of sex differences in ASD: distinct effects of OXTR variants on brain connectivity. Translational Psychiatry, 10:82. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-0750-9.

2015-2019

Green, S.A., Hernandez, H., Lawrence, K.E., Liu, J., Tsang, T., Yeargin, J., Cummings, K., Laugeson, E., Dapretto, M., & Bookheimer, S.Y. (2019). Distinct patterns for neural habituation and generalization in youth with autism, with and without sensory over-responsivity. American Journal of Psychiatry, 176, 1010-1020.

Green, S.A., Wood, E.T. (2019). The role of regulation and attention in atypical sensory processing. Cognitive Neuroscience 10:3, 160-162. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2019.1592141

Green, S.A., Hernandez, L., Bookheimer, S.Y., Dapretto, M. (2018). Sensory Over-Responsivity and Social Cognition in ASD: Effects of Aversive Sensory Stimuli and Attentional Modulation on Neural Responses to Social Cues. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 29, 127-139.

Hernandez, L.M., Krasileva, K., Green, S.A., Sherman, L.E., Ponting, C., McCarron, R., Lowe, J.K., Geschwind, D.H., Bookheimer, S.Y., & Dapretto, M. (2017). Additive Effects of Oxytocin Receptor Gene Polymorphisms on Reward Circuitry in Youth with Autism. Molecular Psychiatry, 22, 1134-1139.

Green, S.A., Hernandez, L., Bookheimer, S.Y., Dapretto, M. (2017). Reduced Modulation of Thalamocortical Connectivity During Exposure to Sensory Stimuli in ASD. Autism Research, 10, 801-809. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1726

Green, S.A., Hernandez, L., Bookheimer, S.Y., Dapretto, M. (2016). Salience Network Connectivity in Autism Is Related to Brain and Behavioral Markers of Sensory Overresponsivity. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 55, 618-626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.04.013

Green, S.A., Goff, B., Gee, D.G., Gabard-Durnam, L., Flannery, J., Telzer, E.H., Humphrys, K.L., Louie, J., Tottenham, N. (2016). Discrimination of amygdala response predicts future separation anxiety in youth with early deprivation. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57:10. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12578

Green, S.A., Hernandez, L., Tottenham, N., Krasileva, K., Bookheimer, S.Y., Dapretto, M. (2015). The Neurobiology of Sensory Over-Responsivity in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders. JAMA Psychiatry, 72, 778-86. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0737

Green, S.A., Berkovits, L.D., Baker, B.L. (2015). Symptoms and Development of Anxiety in Children With or Without Intellectual Disability. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 44:1, 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2013.873979

Hernandez, L.M., Rudie, J.D., Green, S.A., Bookheimer, S., & Dapretto, M. (2015). Neural Signatures of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Insights into Brain Network Dynamics. Neuropsychopharmacology, 40, 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2014.172

2009-2014

Green, S.A., Caplan, B., Baker, B. (2014). Maternal supportive and interfering control as predictors of adaptive and social development in children with and without developmental delays. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 58:8. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12064

Green, S.A., Carter, A.S. (2014). Predictors and Course of Daily Living Skills Development in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders. J Autism Dev Disord, 44, 256-263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1275-0

Zamora, I., Harley, E.K., Green, S.A., Smith, K., Kipke, M.D. (2014). How Sex of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Access to Treatment Services Relates to Parental Stress. Autism Research and Treatment, vol. 2014. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/721418

Wieland, N., Green, S.A., Ellingsen, R., Baker, B.L. (2014). Parent–child problem solving in families of children with or without intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 58:1. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12009

Green, S.A., Rudie, J.D., Colich, N.L., Wood, J.J., Shirinyan, D., Tottenham, N., Dapretto, M., & Bookheimer, S.Y. (2013).  Overreactive Brain Response to Sensory Stimuli in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 52, 1158-72.

Green, S.A., Ben-Sasson, A., Soto, T.W., Carter, A.S. (2012). Anxiety and Sensory Over-Responsivity in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Bidirectional Effects Across Time. J Autism Dev Disord, 42, 1112-1119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1361-3

Neece, C.L., Green, S.A., Baker, B.L. (2012). Parenting Stress and Child Behavior Problems: A Transactional Relationship Across Time. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil, 117:1, 48-66. https://doi.org/10.1352/1944-7558-117.1.48

Green, S.A., Baker, B. (2011). Parents’ emotion expression as a predictor of child’s social competence: children with or without intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 55:3, 324-338. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01363.x

Green, S.A., Ben-Sasson, A. (2010). Anxiety Disorders and Sensory Over-Responsivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Is There a Causal Relationship? J Autism Dev Disord (2010) 40:1495–1504 DOI 10.1007/s10803-010-1007-x

Green, S.A., Wood, J.J. (2009). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for anxiety disorders in Youth with ASD: Emotional, Adaptive, and Social Outcomes. In A. Scarpa, S.W. White, & T. Attwood (Eds.), CBT for Children and Adolescents with high-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (pp. 73-96). The Guilford Press. 

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