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Grace T. Baranek is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and psychology, with a strong emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology as key subfields. Additional areas of interest include psychiatry and mental health, developmental and educational psychology, and education.

The scientist's main topics of work reflect a concentrated effort on autism spectrum disorder research. They have also contributed to studies in family and disability support research, child nutrition and feeding issues, child development and digital technology, behavioral and psychological studies, language development and disorders, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Several publication venues have featured their work repeatedly. These include UNC Libraries, where they have published extensively, as well as the American Journal of Occupational Therapy and the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Their research has also appeared in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research.

Among their recent papers are the following titles:

  • Practice parameter: Screening and diagnosis of autism: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society (2021, UNC Libraries)
  • Sensory Reactivity at 1 and 2 Years Old is Associated with ASD Severity During the Preschool Years (2020, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
  • Associations among sensory hyperresponsiveness, restricted and repetitive behaviors, and anxiety in autism: An integrated systematic review (2021, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders)
  • Developmental trajectories of sensory patterns from infancy to school age in a community sample and associations with autistic traits (2022, Child Development)
  • Joint Attention and Sensory-Regulatory Features at 13 and 22 Months as Predictors of Preschool Language and Social-Communication Outcomes (2020, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research)

Grace T. Baranek frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Linda R. Watson, John Sideris, Elizabeth R. Crais, Yun-Ju Chen, and Emily Campi. These partnerships have resulted in numerous joint publications across different aspects of autism research and related psychological fields.

Best Publications

  • The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders

    Pauline A. Filipek;Pasquale J. Accardo;Grace T. Baranek;Edwin H. Cook

  • Autism during infancy: a retrospective video analysis of sensory-motor and social behaviors at 9-12 months of age.

    Grace T. Baranek

  • Practice parameter: Screening and diagnosis of autism Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society

    P. A. Filipek;P. J. Accardo;S. Ashwal;G. T. Baranek

  • Sensory Experiences Questionnaire: Discriminating Sensory Features in Young Children with Autism, Developmental Delays, and Typical Development.

    Grace T. Baranek;Fabian J. David;Michele D. Poe;Wendy L. Stone

  • Efficacy of sensory and motor interventions for children with autism.

    Grace T. Baranek

  • Tactile Perception in Adults with Autism: a Multidimensional Psychophysical Study

    Carissa Cascio;Francis McGlone;Stephen Folger;Stephen Folger;Vinay Tannan

  • Sensory features and repetitive behaviors in children with autism and developmental delays.

    Brian A. Boyd;Grace T. Baranek;John Sideris;Michele D. Poe

  • Neuropsychological profile of autism and the broad autism phenotype.

    Molly Losh;Ralph Adolphs;Michele D. Poe;Shannon Couture

  • Tactile defensiveness and stereotyped behaviors.

    Grace T. Baranek;Laura G. Foster;Gershon Berkson

  • Hyporesponsiveness to social and nonsocial sensory stimuli in children with autism, children with developmental delays, and typically developing children.

    Grace T. Baranek;Linda R. Watson;Brian A. Boyd;Michele D. Poe

  • Studying the emergence of autism spectrum disorders in high-risk infants : Methodological and practical issues

    Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Audrey Thurm;Wendy Stone;Grace Baranek

  • Hyperresponsive sensory patterns in young children with autism, developmental delay, and typical development.

    Grace T. Baranek;Brian A. Boyd;Michele D. Poe;Fabian J. David;Fabian J. David

  • Relationships among Repetitive Behaviors, Sensory Features, and Executive Functions in High Functioning Autism.

    Brian A. Boyd;Matthew McBee;Tia Holtzclaw;Grace T. Baranek

  • A Parent-Report Instrument for Identifying One-Year-Olds at Risk for an Eventual Diagnosis of Autism: The First Year Inventory

    J. Steven Reznick;Grace T. Baranek;Shaye Reavis;Linda R. Watson

  • Differential Associations between Sensory Response Patterns and Language, Social, and Communication Measures in Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities

    Linda R. Watson;Elena Patten;Grace T. Baranek;Michele Poe

  • The neural circuitry mediating shifts in behavioral response and cognitive set in autism.

    Keith M. Shafritz;Keith M. Shafritz;Gabriel S. Dichter;Gabriel S. Dichter;Grace T. Baranek;Aysenil Belger;Aysenil Belger

  • Vocal Patterns in Infants with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Canonical Babbling Status and Vocalization Frequency

    Elena Patten;Katie Belardi;Grace T. Baranek;Linda R. Watson

  • The first year inventory: retrospective parent responses to a questionnaire designed to identify one-year-olds at risk for autism.

    Linda R. Watson;Grace T. Baranek;Elizabeth R. Crais;J. Steven Reznick

  • Use of gesture development in profiling children's prelinguistic communication skills.

    Elizabeth R. Crais;Linda R. Watson;Grace T. Baranek

  • The First Year Inventory: a longitudinal follow-up of 12-month-old to 3-year-old children

    Lauren M Turner-Brown;Grace T Baranek;J Steven Reznick;Linda R Watson

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda R. Watson
Linda R. Watson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John Sideris
John Sideris University of Southern California
Brian A. Boyd
Brian A. Boyd University of Kansas
Jane E. Roberts
Jane E. Roberts University of South Carolina
Wendy L. Stone
Wendy L. Stone University of Washington
Deborah D. Hatton
Deborah D. Hatton Vanderbilt University
Sally J. Rogers
Sally J. Rogers University of California, Davis
D. Kimbrough Oller
D. Kimbrough Oller University of Memphis
Katrina Williams
Katrina Williams University of Melbourne
Geraldine Dawson
Geraldine Dawson Duke University

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