Research Contributions

Papers:

Garon N, Doucet E, Inness B (2024) Decomposing decision-making in preschoolers: Making decisions under ambiguity versus risk. PLoS ONE 19(9): e0311295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311295

Garon, N., & Doucet, E. (2024). To explore or exploit: Individual differences in preschool decision making. Cognitive Development, 70, 101432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2024.101432

Garon, N., Hecker, O., Kwan, A., Crocker, T. A., & English, S. D. (2023). Integrated versus trial specific focus improves decision-making in older preschoolers. Child Neuropsychology, 29 (1)28-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2022.2063269

Garon, N. M., & English, S. D. (2022). Heterogeneity of decision-making strategies for preschoolers on a variant of the IGT. Applied Neuropsychology: Child, 11(4), 811-824.

Garon, N., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S. E., Smith, I. M., Brian, J., Roncadin, C., ... & Roberts, W. (2022). Precursors of self‐regulation in infants at elevated likelihood for autism spectrum disorder. Developmental Science, e13247. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13247

Sacrey, L. A. R., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S. E., Brian, J. A., Smith, I. M., Garon, N., ... & Roncadin, C. (2022). Temperament in Infancy Predicts Internalizing and Externalizing Problem Behavior at Age 5 in Children With an Increased Likelihood of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 816041.

Waschbusch, D. A., Babinski, D. E., Fosco, W. D., Haas, S. M., Waxmonsky, J. G., Garon, N., ... & Andrade, B. F. (2022). Inhibitory Control, Conduct Problems, and Callous Unemotional Traits in Children with ADHD and Typically Developing Children. Developmental Neuropsychology, 47(1), 42-59.

Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S. E., Brian, J., Smith, I. M., Sacrey, L., Armstrong, V., Roberts, W. Szatmari, P., Garon, N. & Roncadin, C. (2021). Assessment of Autism Symptoms From 6 to 18 Months of Age Using the Autism Observation Scale for Infants in a Prospective High‐Risk Cohort. Child Development, 92(3), 1187-1198.

Sacrey, L. A. R., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Brian, J., Smith, I. M., Roberts, W., ... & Garon, N. (2021). Screening for behavioral signs of autism spectrum disorder in 9-month-old infant siblings. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 51(3), 839-848.

D’Entremont, B., Flanagan, H. E., Ungar, W. J., Waddell, C., Garon, N., Otter, J. D., ... & Smith, I. M. (2021). Comparing the Impact of Differing Preschool Autism Interventions on Parents in Two Canadian Provinces. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-15.

Smith, I. M., Waddell, C., Ungar, W. J., den Otter, J., Murray, P., Vezina, F., ... & Garon, N. (2020). Preschool autism services: A tale of two Canadian provinces and the implications for policy. Paediatrics & Child Health, 26, 145-148.

Sacrey, L. R., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Brian, J., Smith, I.S., Roberts, W., Szatmari, P., Vaillancourt, T., Roncadin, C., & Garon, N. (2020). Screening for behavioral signs of autism spectrum disorder in 9-month-old infant siblings. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Raza, S., Sacrey, L.-A. R., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Brian, J., Smith, I. M., Roberts, W., Szatmari, P., Vaillancourt, T., Roncadin, C., & Garon, N. (2020). Relationship between early social-emotional behavior and autism spectrum disorder: A high-risk sibling study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50(7), 2527–2539. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-03977-3

siplova, K., Ungar, W. J., Flanagan, H. E., Otter, J., Waddell, C., Murray, P., D’Entremont, B., Léger, N., Garon, N., Bryson, S., & Smith, I. M. (2019). Types of services and costs of programs for preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder across sectors: A comparison of two Canadian provinces. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(6), 2492–2508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-03993-3

Sacrey, L. R., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Brian, J., Smith, I.S., Raza, S., Roberts, W., Szatmari, P., Vaillancourt, T., Roncadin, C., & Garon, N. (2019). Developmental trajectories of adaptive behavior in autism spectrum disorder: a high-risk sibling cohort. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60, 697-706.

Raza, S., Zwaigenbaum, L., Sacrey, L. A. R., Bryson, S., Brian, J., Smith, I. M., ... & Roncadin, C. (2019). Brief report: Evaluation of the short quantitative checklist for autism in toddlers (Q-CHAT-10) as a brief screen for autism spectrum disorder in a high-risk sibling cohort. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 49(5), 2210-2218.

Smith, I. M., Flanagan, H. E., Ungar, W. J., D’Entremont, B., Garon, N., den Otter, J., Waddell, C., Bryson, S. E., Tsiplova, K., Léger, N., Vezina, F., & Murray, P. (2019). Comparing the 1‐year impact of preschool autism intervention programs in two Canadian provinces. Autism Research, 12(4), 667–681. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2072

Franchini, M., Hamodat, T., Armstrong, V.L., Sacrey, L.A.R., Brian, J., Bryson, S.E., Garon, N., Roberts, W., Zwaigenbaum, L., Smith, I.M. (in press). Infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder: Frequency, quality and variety of joint attention behaviors. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.

Garon, N., Smith, I. M., & Bryson, S. E. (2018). Early executive dysfunction in ASD: Simple versus complex skills. Autism Research, 11, 318-330.Fossum, K. L., Williams, L., Garon, N., Bryson, S. E., & Smith, I. M. (2018). Pivotal response treatment for preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder: Defining a predictor profile. Autism Research, 11, 153-165.

Sacrey, L. A. R., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Brian, J., Smith, I. M., Roberts, W., ... & Garon, N. (2018). Parent and clinician agreement regarding early behavioral signs in 12‐and 18‐month‐old infants at‐risk of autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 11, 539-547.

Sacrey, L. A. R., Bryson, S., Zwaigenbaum, L., Brian, J., Smith, I. M., Roberts, W., ... & Garon, N. (2018). The Autism Parent Screen for Infants: Predicting risk of autism spectrum disorder based on parent-reported behavior observed at 6–24 months of age. Autism, 22(3), 322-334.

Boudreau, A., Dempsey, E., Garon, N., & Smith, I. (2017). A novel working memory task for preschoolers: sensitivity to age differences from 3-5 years, Child Neuropsychology, 1-24.

Bryson, S., Garon, N., McMullen, T., Brian, J., Zwaigenbaum, L., Armstrong, V., ... & Szatmari, P. (2017). Impaired disengagement of attention and its relationship to emotional distress in infants at high-risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 40, 487-501.

Longard, J., Brian, J., Zwaigenbaum, L., Duku, E., Moore, C., Smith, I. M., Garon, N., Szatmari, P., Vaillancourt, T. & Bryson, S. (2017). Early expressive and receptive language trajectories in high-risk infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2, 2396941517737418.

Peverill, S., Garon, N., Brown, A., & Moore, C. (2017). Depleting and motivating self-regulation in preschoolers. Cognitive Development, 44, 116-126.

Garon, N., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Smith, I.M., Brian, J., Roncadin, C., Vaillancourt, T., Armstrong, V., Sacrey, L.R., & Roberts, W. (2016). Temperament and its association with autism symptoms in a high-risk population. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 757-769. doi:10.1007/s10802-015-0064-1

Garon, N., Piccinin, C., Smith, I. (2015). Does the BRIEF-P predict specific executive function components in preschoolers? Applied Neuropsychology: Child. doi: 10.1080/21622965.2014.1002923

Garon, N. & Longard, J. (2015). Loss frequency versus long-term outcome in preschoolers’ decision-making on a child variant of the Iowa gambling task. Applied Neuropsychology: Child, 4, 221-229. doi: 10.1080/21622965.2013.856311

Garon, N., Longard, J., Craig, B., & Kent, K. (2015). Loss frequency and awareness predict performance on a preschool variant of the Iowa Gambling Task. Journal of Cognition and Development, 16, 286-301. doi:10.1080/15248372.2013.826662

Sacrey, L. R., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Brian, J., Smith, I. M., Roberts, W., & Szatmari, P., Roncadin, C., Garon, N., Novak, C. Vaillancourt, T., Mcormick, T., MacKinnon, B., Jilderda, S. &. Armstrong, V. (2015). Can parents’ concerns predict autism spectrum disorder? A prospective study of high-risk siblings from 6 to 36 months of age. Journal of the American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 54, 470-478. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2015.03.014

Smith, I., Flanagan, H., Bryson, S., Garon, N. (2015). Effectiveness of community-based early intervention based on pivotal response treatment. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45, 1858-1872. doi: 10.1007/s10803-014-2345-x

Germani, T., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Brian, J., Smith, I., Roberts, W., & ... Vaillancourt, T. (2014). Brief report: Assessment of early sensory processing in infants at high-risk of autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44, 3264-3270. doi:10.1007/s10803-014-2175-x

Filliter, J. H., Longard, J., Lawrence, M. A., Zwaigenbaum, L., Brian, J., Garon, N., & ... Bryson, S. E. (2015). Positive affect in infant siblings of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 567-575. doi:10.1007/s10802-014-9921-6

Garon, N., Smith, I.M., & Bryson, S.E. (2014). A novel executive function battery for preschoolers: Sensitivity to age differences, Child Neuropsychology, 20, 713-736. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2013.857650

Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., & Garon, N. (2013). Early identification of autism spectrum disorders. Behavioural Brain Research, 251, 133-146. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2013.04.004

Garon, N., Longard, J., Bryson, S.E. & Moore, C. L. (2012.). Making decisions about now and later: Development of future-oriented self-control. Cognitive Development, 27, 314-322.

Georigades, S., Szatmari, P., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Brian, J., Roberts, W., Smith, T., Vaillancourt, T., Roncadin, C. & Garon, N. (2013). A prospective study of autistic-like traits in unaffected siblings of probands with autism spectrum disorder. Archives of Clinical Psychology, 70, 42-48.

Garon, N., Johnson, B. & Steeves, A. (2011). Sharing and delaying in preschoolers. Cognitive Development, 26, 383-396.

Garon, N., Bryson, S., Zwaigenbaum, L., Smith, I. Brian, J. Roberts, W., Szatmari, P. (2009). Temperament and its relationship to autistic symptoms in a high-risk infant sib cohort. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37, 59-78.

Volden, J., Coolican, J., Garon, N., White, J. & Bryson, S. (2009). Brief Report: Pragmatic language in autism spectrum disorder: Relationships to measures of ability and disability. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39, 388-393.

Brian, J., Bryson, S.E., Garon, N., Roberts, W., Smith, I.M., Szatmari, P., Zwaigenbaum, L. (2008). Clinical assessment of autism in high-risk 18-month-olds. Autism, 12, 433-356.

Garon, N., Bryson, S. & Smith, I. (2008). A review of executive function in the preschool period using an integrative framework. Psychological Bulletin, 134, 31-60.

Garon, N. & Moore, C. (2007). Negative affectivity predicts individual differences in decision-making for preschoolers. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 167, 443-462.

Garon, N. & Moore, C. (2007). Developmental and gender differences in future-oriented decision-making during the preschool period. Child Neuropsychology, 13, 46-63.

Garon, N. & Moore, C. (2007). Awareness and symbol use improves future-oriented decision-making in preschoolers. Developmental Neuropsychology, 31, 39-59.

Moore, C., Mealiea, J., Garon, N., & Povinelli, D. J. (2007). The development of the bodily self. Infancy, 11, 157-174.