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Laura Grofer Klinger is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and psychology, with a strong emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology. Additional subfields include psychiatry and mental health, genetics, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their scholarly work covers a broad range of topics, primarily centered around autism spectrum disorder research. Other main topics include family and disability support research, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, behavioral and psychological studies, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, child nutrition and feeding issues, and disability education and employment.

Frequently published venues for their work include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Autism
  • Autism in Adulthood
  • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

Key recent publications authored or coauthored by Laura Grofer Klinger include:

  • Predictors and Moderators of Treatment Efficacy in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
  • Mental health Project ECHO Autism: Increasing access to community mental health services for autistic individuals, 2021, Autism
  • Self-reported cognitive decline among middle and older age autistic adults, 2022, Autism Research
  • Self-Determination in Autistic Transition-Aged Youth without Intellectual Disability, 2021, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Are the diagnostic rates of autistic females increasing? An examination of state-wide trends, 2024, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Laura Grofer Klinger collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Elena Lamarche
  • Claire B. Klein
  • Brianne Tomaszewski
  • Michal L Cook
  • Mark R. Klinger

Best Publications

  • Academic Underachievement and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: The Negative Impact of Symptom Severity on School Performance.

    Tammy De Shazo Barry;Robert D. Lyman;Laura Grofer Klinger

  • Examining the effectiveness of an outpatient clinic-based social skills group for high-functioning children with autism.

    Tammy D. Barry;Laura Grofer Klinger;Joycelyn M. Lee;Nicole Palardy

  • Prototype formation in autism.

    Laura Grofer Klinger;Geraldine Dawson

  • Self responses along cingulate cortex reveal quantitative neural phenotype for high-functioning autism.

    Pearl H. Chiu;M. Amin Kayali;Kenneth T. Kishida;Damon Tomlin

  • Frontal lobe activity and affective behavior of infants of mothers with depressive symptoms.

    Geraldine Dawson;Laura Grofer Klinger;Heracles Panagiotides;Deborah Hill

  • Subgroups of autistic children based on social behavior display distinct patterns of brain activity

    Geraldine Dawson;Laura Grofer Klinger;Heracles Panagiotides;Arthur Lewy

  • Motor difficulties in autism spectrum disorder: linking symptom severity and postural stability.

    Brittany G. Travers;Brittany G. Travers;Patrick S. Powell;Patrick S. Powell;Laura Grofer Klinger;Laura Grofer Klinger;Mark R Klinger;Mark R Klinger

  • The role of frontal lobe functioning in the development of infant self-regulatory behavior.

    Geraldine Dawson;Heracles Panagiotides;Laura Grofer Klinger;Deborah Hill

  • Implicit and explicit memory in autism: is autism an amnesic disorder?

    Peggy Renner;Laura Grofer Klinger;Mark R. Klinger

  • Autism: Understanding the Disorder

    Gary B. Mesibov;Lynn W. Adams;Laura G. Klinger

  • Infants of mothers with depressive symptoms: Electroencephalographic and behavioral findings related to attachment status.

    Geraldine Dawson;Laura Grofer Klinger;Heracles Panagiotides;Susan Spieker

  • Patterns of autism spectrum symptomatology in individuals with Down syndrome without comorbid autism spectrum disorder

    Marie Moore Channell;Marie Moore Channell;B Allyson Phillips;B Allyson Phillips;Susan J Loveall;Susan J Loveall;Frances A Conners

  • Intolerance of Uncertainty Predicts Anxiety Outcomes Following CBT in Youth with ASD

    Amy Keefer;Amy Keefer;Nicole L. Kreiser;Nicole L. Kreiser;Vini Singh;Audrey Blakeley-Smith

  • Facilitating early social and communicative development in children with autism.

    Laura Grofer Klinger;Geraldine Dawson

  • Exogenous and Endogenous Attention Orienting in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Peggy Renner;Laura Grofer Klinger;Mark R. Klinger

  • Decision‐Making Skills in ASD: Performance on the Iowa Gambling Task

    Joanna L. Mussey;Brittany G. Travers;Laura Grofer Klinger;Mark R. Klinger

  • Infants of depressed and nondepressed mothers exhibit differences in frontal brain electrical activity during the expression of negative emotions.

    Geraldine Dawson;Heracles Panagiotides;Laura Grofer Klinger;Susan Spieker

  • Motor learning in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: activation in superior parietal lobule related to learning and repetitive behaviors.

    Brittany G. Travers;Rajesh K. Kana;Laura G. Klinger;Laura G. Klinger;Christopher L. Klein;Christopher L. Klein

  • “Older Adults with ASD: The Consequences of Aging.” Insights from a series of special interest group meetings held at the International Society for Autism Research 2016–2017

    A. Roestorf;D. M. Bowler;M. K. Deserno;P. Howlin;P. Howlin

  • Understanding Service Usage and Needs for Adults with ASD: The Importance of Living Situation.

    Katerina M. Dudley;Mark R Klinger;Allison Meyer;Patrick Powell

  • Performance-based measures in autism: implications for diagnosis, early detection, and identification of cognitive profiles.

    Laura Grofer Klinger;Peggy Renner

  • The role of mirroring and mentalizing networks in mediating action intentions in autism

    Lauren E Libero;Jose O Maximo;Hrishikesh D Deshpande;Laura G Klinger

  • Motor-linked implicit learning in persons with autism spectrum disorders.

    Brittany G. Travers;Mark R. Klinger;Joanna L. Mussey;Laura G. Klinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Geraldine Dawson
Geraldine Dawson Duke University
Gary B. Mesibov
Gary B. Mesibov University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rajesh K. Kana
Rajesh K. Kana University of Alabama
Brian A. Boyd
Brian A. Boyd University of Kansas
Susan J. Spieker
Susan J. Spieker University of Washington
Linda R. Watson
Linda R. Watson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Susan Hepburn
Susan Hepburn Colorado State University
Roma A. Vasa
Roma A. Vasa Kennedy Krieger Institute
Patricia Howlin
Patricia Howlin King's College London
Christina A. Gurnett
Christina A. Gurnett Washington University in St. Louis

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