2024
Prescott, K. E., Crespo, K., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2024). Spatial Language and Cognition in Autistic Preschoolers. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 54(4), 1376–1388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05883-7
2023
Prescott, K., Crespo, K., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2023). Spatial language and cognition in autistic preschoolers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05883-7
Walter, M.J., Ellis Weismer, S. Measuring nonverbal cognition in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder. Current Psychology (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05230-8
2022
Ellis Weismer, S. & Saffran, J.R. (2022). Perspective: Differences in Prediction May Underlie Language Disorder in Autism. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 897187. DOI: 10.3389/psychg2022.897187
Mathée-Scott, J., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2022). Naturalistic parent–child reading frequency and language development in toddlers with and without autism. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 7. https://doi-org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/10.1177/23969415221136740
Prescott, K. E., Mathée-Scott, J., Reuter, T., Edwards, J., Saffran, J., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2022). Predictive language processing in young autistic children. Autism Research, 1– 12.
2021
Mathée, J., Larson, C., Venker, C., Pomper, R., Edwards, J., Saffran, J. R., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2021). Use of mutual exclusivity and its relationship to language ability in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Pomper, R., Ellis Weismer, S., Saffran, J., & Edwards, J. (2021). Coarticulation facilitates lexical processing for toddlers with autism. Cognition, 214, 104799-104799. DOI:10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104799.
Prescott, K. & Ellis Weismer, S. (2021). Children with ASD and communication regression: Examining pre-loss skills and later language outcomes through the preschool period. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. DOI: 10.1007/s10803-021-05098-2
2020
Venker, C., Mathée, J., Neumann, D., Edwards, J., Saffran, J. R., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2020). Competing perceptual salience in a visual word recognition task differentially affects children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research.
Venker, C. E., Pomper, R., Mahr, T., Edwards, J., Saffran, J., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2020). Comparing Automatic Eye Tracking and Manual Gaze Coding Methods in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research, 13, 271-283.
2019
Pomper, R., Ellis Weismer, S., Saffran, J., & Edwards, J. (2019). Specificity of Phonological Representations for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(8), 3351–3363.
Venker, C. E., Edwards, J., Saffran, J. R., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2019). Thinking Ahead: Incremental Language Processing is Associated with Receptive Language Abilities in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(3), 1011–1023.
2018
Mahr, T, Edwards, J. Using language input and lexical processing to predict vocabulary size. Dev Sci. 2018; 21:e12685.
Saffran J. R. (2018). Statistical learning as a window into developmental disabilities. Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders, 10(1), 35.
2017
Haebig, E., Saffran, J. R., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2017). Statistical word learning in children with autism spectrum disorder and specific language impairment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(11), 1251–1263
Venker C. E. (2017). Spoken word recognition in children with autism spectrum disorder: The role of visual disengagement. Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 21(7), 821–829.
2016
Ellis Weismer, S., Haebig, E., Edwards, J., Saffran, J., & Venker, C. E. (2016). Lexical processing in toddlers with ASD: Does weak central coherence play a role? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46, 3755-3769.
Venker, C. E., Haebig, E., Edwards, J., Saffran, J. R., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2016). Brief Report: Early lexical comprehension in young children with ASD: Comparing eye-gaze methodology and parent report. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46, 2260-2266.
2015
Mahr, T., McMillan, B. T. M., Saffran, J. R., Ellis Weismer, S., & Edwards, J. (2015). Anticipatory coarticulation facilitates word recognition in toddlers. Cognition, 142, 345-350.
2014
Law II, F. & Edwards, J. R. (2014). Effects of vocabulary size on online lexical processing by preschoolers. Language Learning and Development. doi: 10.1080/15475441.2014.961066
2013
Haebig, E., McDuffie, A., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2013). Brief report: Parent verbal responsiveness and language development in toddlers on the autism spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43, 2218-2227.
Venker, C. E., Eernisse, E. R., Saffran, J. R., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2013). Individual differences in the real-time comprehension of children with ASD. Autism Research, 6, 417-432.
Willits, J., Wojcik, E. H., Seidenberg, M. S., & Saffran, J. R. (2013). Toddlers activate lexical semantic knowledge in the absence of visual referents: Evidence from auditory priming. Infancy, 18, 1053-1075.
2012
Romberg, A., & Saffran, J. R. (2012). Expectancy learning from probabilistic input by infants. Frontiers in Psychology, 3.
2011
Ellis Weismer, S., et al. (2011). Lexical and grammatical skills in toddlers on the autism spectrum compared to late talking toddlers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41, 1065-1075.
Graf Estes, K., Edwards, J., & Saffran, J. R. (2011). Phonotactic constraints on infant word learning. Infancy, 16, 180-197.
2010
Ellis Weismer, S., Lord, C., & Esler, A. (2010). Early language patterns of toddlers on the autism spectrum compared to toddlers with developmental delay. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 40, 1259-1273.
Lany, J., & Saffran, J. R. (2010). From statistics to meaning: Infants’ acquisition of lexical categories. Psychological Science, 21, 284-291.
2009
Grieco-Calub, T., Saffran, J. R., & Litovsky, R. (2009). Spoken word recognition in toddlers who use cochlear implants. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52, 1390-1400.