Publications

Jahani A., Jahani I., Khadem A., Delrobaei M., Braden, B.B., MacIntosh, B.J. Twinned neuroimaging analysis contributes to improving the classification of young people with autism spectrum disorder. Scientific Reports. In press.

Harker, S.A.*, Gallegos, S.*, Baxter, L., Matthews, N., and Braden, B.B. Adapting the PEERS for Young Adults Program for Autistic Adults Across the Lifespan. Healthcare. 2024 Vol. 12. No. 16. 

Velez Galindo, M.* and Braden, B.B. Motor Challenges in Aging Autistic Adults. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability. In press.

Stadheim, J., Mitchel, M., Smith, C., Braden, B.B., and Matthews, N. A. A Longitudinal Examination of Autism Services Uptake, Child Adaptive Functioning, and Parent Quality of Life during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Vaccines. In press.

Harker, S.*, Al-Hassan, L.*, Huentelman, M., Lewis, C.R., and Braden, B.B. APOE ɛ4-allele in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder: Associations with Verbal Learning and Memory. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023 Nov; 24(21): 15988.

Stecher, C., Pagni, B.A.*, Cloonan, S.^, Vink, S.*, Hill, E.*, Ogbeama, D.*, Delaney, S., and Braden, B.B. App-Based Meditation Habits Maintain Reductions in Depression Symptoms Among Autistic Adults. Autism. 2023.13623613231200679  

Pagni, B.A,* Williams, C.^, Stanley, G.*, Blais, C., Brewer, G. and Braden, B.B. Neurophysiological signatures of mindfulness-based stress reduction in adults with autism: putative mechanism of anxiety alleviation. Mindfulness. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02195-4

Peter, B., Bruce, L., Finestack, L., Dinu, V., Wilson, M., Klein-Seetharaman, J., Lewis, C.R., Braden, B.B., Tang, Y., Scherer, N., VanDam, M., and Potter, N. Behavior genomics as a new frontier in speech-language pathology: How applying principles of precision medicine can improve outcomes in communication disorders. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 2023. 1-16.

Pagni, B.A.*, Hill, E.*, Walsh, M.J.M.*, Delaney, S., Ogbeama, D.*, Monahan, L.*, Cook, J.R.*, Guerithault, N.*, Dixon, M.V., Ballard, L., and Braden, B.B. Distinct and shared therapeutic neural mechanisms of mindfulness-based and social support stress reduction groups in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 2023. 48(2), E102-E114.

Walsh, M.J.M*, Ofori, Ed., Pagni, B.*, Chen, K., Sullivan, G.*, and Braden, B.B. Preliminary findings of accelerated visual memory decline and baseline brain correlates in middle-age and older adults with autism: the case for hippocampal free-water. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2022. 14, 1029166

Pagni, B.*, Walsh, M.J.M*, Ofori, Ed., Chen, K., Sullivan, G.*, Alvar, J.*, Monahan, L.*, Guerithault, N.*, Delaney, S., and Braden, B.B. Effects of age on the hippocampus and verbal memory in adults with autism spectrum disorder: Longitudinal versus cross-sectional findings. Autism Research. 2022;

Guerithault, N., McClure, S.M., Ojinnaka, C.O., Braden, B.B,1 and Bruening, M.1 Resting-State Functional Connectivity Differences in College Students with and without Food Insecurity. Nutrients. 2022; 14, 2064.

Stadheim, J., Mitchel, M., Smith, C., Braden, B.B., and Matthews, N. A. Qualitative Examination of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Adolescents with Autism and their Parents. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 2022; 104232.

Walsh, M.J.M.*, Pagni, B.A.*, Monahan, L., Delaney, S., Smith, C.J., Baxter, L., Braden, B.B.

Sex-Related Neurocircuitry Supporting Camouflaging in Adults with Autism: Insights into Female Protection. Cerebral Cortex. 2022; 1–14

Stadheim, J., Mitchel, M., Smith, C., Braden, B.B., and Matthews, N. A Qualitative Examination of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Adolescents with Autism and their Parents. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 2022; 104232.

Braden, B.B., Pagni, B.*, Monahan, L., Walsh, M.*, Dixon M., Ballard, L. Delaney, S., and Ware, J. Quality of life in adults with autism spectrum disorder: influence of age, sex, and a controlled, randomized mindfulness-based stress reduction pilot intervention. Quality of Life Research. 2021; 1-14

Pagni, B.A.* and Braden, B.B. Early Reflections on the Therapeutic Effects of Mindfulness-Based Therapies in Adults with Autism and Suggestions for Future Research. Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science. 2021; 6(4):e210013; DOI:10.20900/jpbs20210013

Walsh, M.J.M*, Wallace, G., Gallegos, S.*, and Braden, B.B. Brain-based sex differences in autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan: A systematic review of structural MRI, fMRI, and DTI findings. Neuroimage: Clinical. 2021; 102719

Pagni, B. A., Walsh, M. J. M., Rogers, C., & Braden, B. B. (2020). Social Cognition in Autism Spectrum Disorder Across the Adult Lifespan: Influence of Age and Sex on Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task in a Cross-sectional Sample

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 14(571408), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2020.571408

Lewis, C. R., Taguinod, F., Jepsen, W. M., et al. (2020). Telomere Length and Autism Spectrum Disorder Within the Family: Relationships With Cognition and Sensory Symptoms. Autism Research, 00,1-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2307

Pagni B.A., Walsh M.J.M., Foldes E., et al. (2020) The neural correlates of mindfulness-induced depression reduction in adults with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot study. J Neuro Res.; 00:1–12.

Braden, B. B., & Riecken, C. (2019). Thinning faster? Age-related cortical thickness differences in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 64, 31-38.

Walsh, M. J., Baxter, L. C., Smith, C. J., & Braden, B. B. (2019). Age group differences in executive network functional connectivity and relationships with social behavior in men with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 63, 63-77.

Baxter, L. C., Nespodzany, A., Walsh, M. J., Wood, E., Smith, C. J., & Braden, B. B. (2019). The influence of age and ASD on verbal fluency networks. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 63, 52-62.

Braden, B. B., Smith, C. J., Thompson, A., Glaspy, T. K., Wood, E., Vatsa, D., ... & Baxter, L. C. (2017). Executive function and functional and structural brain differences in middle‐age adults with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 10(12), 1945-1959.

Braden, B.B., Dassel, K.B., Bimonte-Nelson, H.A., et al. (2016). Sex and post-menopause hormone therapy effects on hippocampal volume and verbal memory. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition,  1-20.

Braden, B. B., Pipe, T. B., Smith, R., Glaspy, T. K., Deatherage, B. R., & Baxter, L. C. (2016). Brain and behavior changes associated with an abbreviated 4‐week mindfulness‐based stress reduction course in back pain patients. Brain and behavior, 6(3).

Braden, B. B., Smith, C. J., Glaspy, T. K., & Baxter, L. C. (2015). Dr. kanner’s first patient is an octogenarian: Cognitive and brain aging in autism. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 11(7), P569.

Smith, R., Braden, B. B., Chen, K., Ponce, F. A., Lane, R. D., & Baxter, L. C. (2015). The neural basis of attaining conscious awareness of sad mood. Brain imaging and behavior, 9(3), 574-587.

Mennenga, S.E., Baxter, L.C., Grunfeld, I.S., Brewer, G.A., Aiken, L.S., Engler-Chiurazzi, E.B., Camp, B.W., Acosta, J.I., Braden, B.B., Schaefer, K.R. and Gerson, J.E. (2014). Navigating to new frontiers in behavioral neuroscience: traditional neuropsychological tests predict human performance on a rodent-inspired radial-arm maze. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 8.