Publications

2025

Friedman, L., Maltman, N., Sterling, A., Hudock, R. L, DaWalt, L. S. (in press). Filled pause use in adults with ASD and their first-degree relatives: Gender differences and within-family associations. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

Meeting Abstracts of the 1st Fragile X International Congress. Orphanet J Rare Dis 20 (Suppl 1), 173 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-025-03574-x

Montanaro FAM, Tassone F, Schneider A, Roberts JE, Bourgeois JA, Hogan A, Cohen J, Klusek J, Maltman N, Protic D, Udayakumar N, Allen EG, Hagerman RJ. Correspondence on "No association between FMR1 premutation and either ADHD or anxiety in 53,707 women undergoing genetic testing for family planning purposes" by Klausner et al. Genetics in Medicine. 2025 Jul 23;27(9):101511. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2025.101511. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40709735.

Woolsey, C., Leroy, G., & Maltman, N. (2025). Enhancing Text Datasets With Scaling and Targeting Data Augmentation to Improve BERT-Based Machine Learners. Expert Systems with Applications, 286, 128151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2025.128151

2024

Maltman, N., Sterling, A., Santos, E., & Hagerman, R. (2024). Language use predicts symptoms of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome in men and women with the FMR1 premutation. Scientific Reports, 14, 20707. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70810-y

2023

Maltman, N., DaWalt, L. S., Hong, J., Baker, M. W., Berry-Kravis, E. M., Brilliant, M. H., & Mailick, M. (2023). FMR1 CGG repeats and stress influence self-reported cognitive functioning in mothers. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 128(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1352/1944-7558-128.1.1

Maltman, N., Hilvert, E., Friedman, L., & Sterling, A. (2023). Comparison of linguistic error production in conversational language among boys with fragile X syndrome + autism spectrum disorder and autistic boys. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(1), 296–313. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00078

Maltman, N., Willer, R., & Sterling, A. (2023). An exploratory study of pragmatic language use across contexts with the Pragmatic Rating Scale–School Age among autistic boys and boys with fragile X syndrome + autism. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00024

Martin, G. E., Lee, M., Bicknell, K., Goodkind, A., Maltman, N., & Losh, M. (2023). A longitudinal investigation of pragmatic language across contexts in autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions. Frontiers in Neurology, 14, 1155691. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1155691

2022

Lorang, E., Maltman, N., Venker, C., Eith, A., & Sterling, A. (2022). Speech-language pathologists’ practices in augmentative and alternative communication during early intervention. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 38(1), 41–52. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2022.2046853

Maltman, N., Friedman, L., Lorang, E., & Sterling, A. (2022). Brief Report: Linguistic mazes and perseverations in school-age boys with fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorder and relationships with maternal maze use. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(2), 897–907. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-04981-

Maltman, N., Klusek, J., DaWalt, L., Hong, J., Sterling, A., Berry-Kravis, E., & Mailick, M. R. (2022). Verbal inhibition declines among older women with high FMR1 premutation expansions: A prospective study. Brain and Cognition, 159, 105851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2022.105851

2021

Hong, J., Kapoor, A., DaWalt, L. S., Maltman, N., Kim, B., Berry-Kravis, E. M., Almeida, D., Coe, C., & Mailick, M. (2021). Stress and genetics influence hair cortisol in FMR1 premutation carrier mothers of children with fragile X syndrome. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 129, 105266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105266

Maltman, N., DaWalt, L. S., Hong, J., & Mailick, M. (2021). Brief Report: Socioeconomic factors associated with minimally verbal status in individuals with ASD. Journal of autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(6), 2139–2145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04646-6

Maltman, N., Guilfoyle, J., Nayar, K., Martin, G. E., Winston, M., Lau, J. C. Y., Bush, L., Patel, S., Lee, M., Sideris, J., Hall, D. A., Zhou, L., Sharp, K., Berry-Kravis, E., & Losh, M. (2021). The phenotypic profile associated with the FMR1 premutation in women: An investigation of clinical-behavioral, social-cognitive, and executive abilities. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 718485. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.718485 

Nayar, K., Sealock, J. M., Maltman, N., Bush, L., Cook, E. H., Davis, L. K., & Losh, M. (2021). Elevated polygenic burden for autism spectrum disorder is associated with the broad autism phenotype in mothers of individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 89(5), 476–485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.08.029

Winston, M., Nayar, K., Landau, E., Maltman, N., Sideris, J., Zhou, L., Sharp, K., Berry-Kravis, E., & Losh, M. (2021). A unique visual attention profile associated with the FMR1 premutation. Frontiers in Genetics, 12, 591211. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.591211 

2020

Lee, M., Nayar, K., Maltman, N., Hamburger, D., Martin, G. E., Gordon, P. C., & Losh, M. (2020). Understanding social communication differences in autism spectrum disorder and first-degree relatives: A study of looking and speaking. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50(6), 2128–2141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-03969-3 

Satterstrom, F. K., Kosmicki, J. A., Wang, J., Breen, M. S., De Rubeis, S., An, J. Y., Peng, M., Collins, R., Grove, J., Klei, L., Stevens, C., Reichert, J., Mulhern, M. S., Artomov, M., Gerges, S., Sheppard, B., Xu, X., Bhaduri, A., Norman, U., Brand, H., … Buxbaum, J. D. (2020). Large-scale exome sequencing study implicates both developmental and functional changes in the neurobiology of autism. Cell, 180(3), 568–584.e23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.12.036 

2017

Stern, Y. S., Maltman, N., & Roberts, M. Y. (2017). The influence of maternal pragmatics on the language skills of children with autism. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 38(5), 339–344. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000445 

2013

Levin-Decanini, T., Maltman, N., Francis, S. M., Guter, S., Anderson, G. M., Cook, E., & Jacob, S. (2013). Parental broader autism subphenotypes in ASD affected families: relationship to gender, child's symptoms, SSRI treatment, and platelet serotonin. Autism Research, 6(6), 621–630. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1322 

2012

Davis, L. K., Maltman, N., Mosconi, M. W., Macmillan, C., Schmitt, L., Moore, K., Francis, S. M., Jacob, S., Sweeney, J. A., & Cook, E. H. (2012). Rare inherited A2BP1 deletion in a proband with autism and developmental hemiparesis. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Part A), 158A(7), 1654–1661. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.35396