Publications

The Sleep and Developmental Studies Laboratory explores research questions specific to (1) sleep and development in pediatric samples, (2) associations between sleep and brain development/functioning, (3) developmental trajectories in families raising children with, or at elevated likelihood for an autism spectrum disorder, as well as research related to (4) sleep disturbances and treatment. Please see below a list of recent publications:

Selected Publications

  1. Lee, J., Schwichtenberg, A., Bliwise, D. et al. Simultaneous Recording of Objective Sleep in Mothers and School-aged Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Pilot Study of Actigraphy and Videosomnography. J Dev Phys Disabil 36, 63–85 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-023-09896-7
  2. Nieforth, L.O., Rodriguez, K.E., Zhuang, R. et al. The cortisol awakening response in a 3 month clinical trial of service dogs for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Sci Rep 14, 1664 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50626-y
  3. Oshima, H., West, M., Nair, V. V., Kish, B., Tong, Y., & Schwichtenberg, A. J. (2024). 0322 Achieving deep sleep in the magnetic resonance environment. SLEEP, 47(Supplement_1). https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsae067.0322
  4. Janis, A., Kellerman, A., & Schwichtenberg, A. J. (2023). 0183 Bedtime routine stability in the context of developmental risk. SLEEP, 46(Supplement_1). https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad077.0183
  5. Nieforth, L. O., Leighton, S. C., Schwichtenberg, A. J., Wadsworth, S. M., & O’Haire, M. E. (2023). A preliminary analysis of psychiatric service dog placements and sleep patterns of partners of veterans with PTSD. Anthrozoös, 37(1), 125–136. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2023.2268979
  6. Vijayakrishnan Nair, V., Kish, B., Chong, P., Yang, H., Wu, Y., Tong, Y., & Schwichtenberg, A. J. (2023). Neurofluid coupling during sleep and wake states. Sleep Medicine, 110, 44-53. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2023.07.021. 
  7. Avelar, D., Dore, R. A., Schwichtenberg, A. J., Roben, C. K. P., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. M. (2022). Children and parents’ physiological arousal and emotions during shared and independent e-book Reading: A preliminary study. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 33, 100507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2022.100507
  8. Bradshaw, J., Schwichtenberg, A. J., & Iverson, J. M. (2022). Capturing the complexity of autism: Applying a developmental cascades framework. Child development perspectives16(1), 18–26. doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12439
  9. Chong, P., Garic, D., Shen, M. D., Lundgaard, I., & Schwichtenberg, A. J. (2022). Sleep, Cerebrospinal Fluid, and the Glymphatic System: A Systematic ReviewSleep Medicine Reviews, doi:10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101572
  10. Kellerman, A. M., Hassan, M. Z., Abel, E. A., Reilly, M., McNally Keehn, R., & Schwichtenberg, A. J. (2022). Case report: Autism risk within the context of two chromosome 15 syndromes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(1), 503–513. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05422-w 
  11. Kellerman, A. M., Masters, C., & Schwichtenberg, A. J. (2022). Are maternal self-reports of social difficulties apparent in interactions with their children? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05786-7
  12. Lee, J., Schwichtenberg, A. J., Bliwise, D. L., Ali, S. Z., Hayat, M., Clark, P., & Spratling, R. (2022). Sleep for mothers and their children with developmental disabilities: A actigraphy and videosomnography feasibility study. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4127819
  13. Pecukonis, M., Young, G. S., Brian, J., Charman, T., Chawarska, K., Elsabbagh, M., Iverson, J. M., Jeste, S., Landa, R., Messinger, D. S., Schwichtenberg, A. J., Webb, S. J., Zwaigenbaum, L., & Tager‐Flusberg, H. (2022). Early predictors of language skills at 3 years of age vary based on diagnostic outcome: A baby siblings research consortium study. Autism Research, 15(7), 1324–1335. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2760
  14. Rabbani, M., Haque, M. M., Das Dipal, D., Zarif, M. I., Iqbal, A., Schwichtenberg, A., Bansal, N., Soron, T. R., Ahmed, S. I., & Ahamed, S. I. (2022). MPredA: A machine learning based prediction system to evaluate the autism level improvement. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 416–432. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99194-4_26
  15. Rabbani, M., Haque, M. M., Dipal, D. D., Zarif, M. I., Iqbal, A., Schwichtenberg, A., Bansal, N., Soron, T. R., Ahmed, S. I., & Ahamed, S. I. (2022). A data-driven validation of mobile-based care (mcare) project for children with ASD in LMICs. Smart Health, 26, 100345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhl.2022.100345
  16. Rabbani, M., Haque, M. M., Das Dipal, D., Zarif, M. I., Iqbal, A., Akhter, S., Parveen, S., Rasel, M., Soron, T. R., Bansal, N., Schwichtenberg, A., Ahmed, S. I., & Ahamed, S. I. (2022). A mobile health application for monitoring children with autism spectrum disorder. AI Applications for Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, 40–65. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-2304-2.ch002
  17. Schwichtenberg, A. J., Janis, A., Lindsey, A., Desai, H., Sahu, A., Kellerman, A., Chong, P., Abel, E., & Yatcilla, J. (2022). Sleep in children with autism spectrum disorder: A narrative review and systematic update. Current Sleep Medicine Reports, 8(4), 51-61. doi:10.1007/s40675-022-00234-5
  18. Chong, P. L., Abel, E., Pao, R., McCormick, C. E., & Schwichtenberg, A. J. (2021). Sleep dysregulation and daytime electrodermal patterns in children with autism: A descriptive study. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 182(5), 335–347. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2021.1911919 
  19. Haque, M. M., Rabbani, M., Dipal, D. D., Zarif, M. I., Iqbal, A., Schwichtenberg, A., Bansal, N., Soron, T. R., Ahmed, S. I., & Ahamed, S. I. (2021). Informing developmental milestone achievement for children with autism: Machine learning approach. JMIR Medical Informatics, 9(6). https://doi.org/10.2196/29242
  20. Honaker, S., McQuillan, M., Mindell, J., Downs, S., Slaven, J., & Schwichtenberg, A. J. (2021). Screening for problematic sleep in diverse infants. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46, 824-834. doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsab050
  21. Nair, V. V., Kish, B. R., Inglis, B., Yang, H.-C. (Shawn), Wu, Y.-C., Zhou, X., Schwichtenberg, A. J., & Tong, Y. (2021). Human CSF Movement Influenced by Vascular Low Frequency Oscillations and Respiration. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1190237/v1
  22. Nieforth, L. O., Schwichtenberg, A. J., & O’Haire, M. E. (2021). Animal-assisted interventions for autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review of the literature from 2016 to 2020. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 10(2), 255–280. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-021-00291-6 
  23. Rabbani, M., Haque, M. M., Das Dipal, D., Zarif, M. I., Iqbal, A., Schwichtenberg, A., Bansal, N., Soron, T. R., Ahmed, S. I., & Ahamed, S. I. (2021). An mcare study on patterns of risk and resilience for children with ASD in Bangladesh. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00793-7
  24. Yang, H.-C. (Shawn), Inglis, B., Talavage, T. M., Nair, V. V., Yao, J. (Fiona), Fitzgerald, B., Schwichtenberg, A. J., & Tong, Y. (2021). Coupling between Cerebrovascular Oscillations and CSF Flow Fluctuation during Wakefulness: An Fmri Study. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.29.437406 
  25. Hatch, B., Nordahl, C. W., Schwichtenberg, A. J., Ozonoff, S., & Miller, M. (2020). Factor structure of the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire in young children with and without autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(9), 3126–3137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04752-5
  26. Honaker, S. M., Mindell, J. A., Slaven, J. E., & Schwichtenberg, A. J. (2020). Implementation of infant behavioral sleep intervention in a diverse sample of mothers. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 19(4), 547–561. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2020.1817745
  27. Kellerman, A. M., Schwichtenberg, A. J., Abu‐Zhaya, R., Miller, M., Young, G. S., & Ozonoff, S. (2020). Dyadic synchrony and responsiveness in the first year: Associations with autism risk. Autism Research, 13(12), 2190–2201. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2373
  28. Gangi, D. N., Boterberg, S., Schwichtenberg, A. J., Solis, E., Young, G. S., Iosif, A., & Ozonoff, S. (2020). Declining gaze to faces in infants developing autism spectrum disorder: Evidence from two independent cohorts. Child Development, 92(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13471