Susan Faja, PhD
Research Associate; Attending Psychologist, Division of Developmental Medicine; Carolyn Bridgemohan Chair in Developmental Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
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Susan Faja, PhD
Research Associate; Attending Psychologist, Division of Developmental Medicine; Carolyn Bridgemohan Chair in Developmental Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
MI
Graduate School
University of Washington
Seattle
WA
Internship
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles
CA
Publications
Longitudinal relationships between social anhedonia and internalizing symptoms in autistic children: results from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials. View Abstract
Structural pathways related to the subventricular zone are decreased in volume with altered microstructure in young adult males with autism spectrum disorder. View Abstract
Structural pathways related to the subventricular zone are decreased in volume with altered microstructure in young adult males with autism spectrum disorder. View Abstract
Fine Motor Ability and Executive Function in Autistic and Non-autistic Toddlers. View Abstract
Exploring social cognition and romantic self-efficacy in autistic young adults: Better social awareness is associated with lower confidence. View Abstract
Spatiotemporal Eye Movement Dynamics Reveal Altered Face Prioritization in Early Visual Processing Among Autistic Children. View Abstract
Perceptions of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder on How Health Care Providers Address Sexual Health. View Abstract
Parsing evoked and induced gamma response differences in Autism: A visual evoked potential study. View Abstract
Modeling intra-individual inter-trial EEG response variability in autism. View Abstract
Mind the Gap: Executive Function Is Associated with the Discrepancy Between Cognitive and Adaptive Functioning in Autistic Children Without Cognitive Delay. View Abstract
Piloting a battery to evaluate parasympathetic reactivity and externalizing behaviours during early childhood in autism spectrum disorder. View Abstract
Autism-associated brain differences can be observed in utero using MRI. View Abstract
Irritability as a Transdiagnostic Risk Factor for Functional Impairment in Autistic and Non-autistic Toddlers and Preschoolers. View Abstract
Constrained Multivariate Functional Principal Components Analysis for Novel Outcomes in Eye-Tracking Experiments. View Abstract
The Selective Social Attention task in children with autism spectrum disorder: Results from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT) feasibility study. View Abstract
Short report: Recommendations for education, clinical practice, research, and policy on promoting well-being in autistic youth and adults through a positive focus on sexuality and gender diversity. View Abstract
Reduced Visual Evoked Potential Amplitude in Autistic Children with Co-Occurring Features of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. View Abstract
Evaluation of clinical assessments of social abilities for use in autism clinical trials by the autism biomarkers consortium for clinical trials. View Abstract
Resting frontal alpha asymmetry as a predictor of executive and affective functioning in children with neurodevelopmental differences. View Abstract
Here's the Story: Narrative Ability and Executive Function in Autism Spectrum Disorder. View Abstract
Concomitant medication use in children with autism spectrum disorder: Data from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials. View Abstract
A functional model for studying common trends across trial time in eye tracking experiments. View Abstract
The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials: Initial Evaluation of a Battery of Candidate EEG Biomarkers. View Abstract
Sexual Knowledge, Experiences, and Pragmatic Language in Adults With and Without Autism: Implications for Sex Education. View Abstract
Attention Allocation During Exploration of Visual Arrays in ASD: Results from the ABC-CT Feasibility Study. View Abstract
Multilevel hybrid principal components analysis for region-referenced functional electroencephalography data. View Abstract
Identifying Age Based Maturation in the ERP Response to Faces in Children With Autism: Implications for Developing Biomarkers for Use in Clinical Trials. View Abstract
Beyond group differences: Exploring the preliminary signals of target engagement of an executive function training for autistic children. View Abstract
Patterns of Intervention Utilization Among School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Findings from a Multi-Site Research Consortium. View Abstract
The autism biomarkers consortium for clinical trials: evaluation of a battery of candidate eye-tracking biomarkers for use in autism clinical trials. View Abstract
Small Nucleus Accumbens and Large Cerebral Ventricles in Infants and Toddlers Prior to Receiving Diagnoses of Autism Spectrum Disorder. View Abstract
A preliminary randomized, controlled trial of executive function training for children with autism spectrum disorder. View Abstract
Modeling temporal dynamics of face processing in youth and adults. View Abstract
Brief Report: Test-Retest Reliability of Cognitive, Affective, and Spontaneous Theory of Mind Tasks Among School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. View Abstract
Brief Report: Examining the Links Between Language Processes and Working Memory Impairments in Toddlers and Preschoolers with ASD. View Abstract
Inhibition in developmental disorders: A comparison of inhibition profiles between children with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and comorbid symptom presentation. View Abstract
Day-to-Day Test-Retest Reliability of EEG Profiles in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development. View Abstract
The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT): Scientific Context, Study Design, and Progress Toward Biomarker Qualification. View Abstract
Biomarker Acquisition and Quality Control for Multi-Site Studies: The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials. View Abstract
Neural dynamics of executive function in cognitively able kindergarteners with autism spectrum disorders as predictors of concurrent academic achievement. View Abstract
Test-retest reliability of the N2 event-related potential in school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). View Abstract
Relations between caregiver-report of sleep and executive function problems in children with autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. View Abstract
Autism and Adult Sex Education: A Literature Review using the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Framework. View Abstract
Methodological considerations in the use of Noldus EthoVision XT video tracking of children with autism in multi-site studies. View Abstract
Variation in restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests relates to inhibitory control and shifting in children with autism spectrum disorder. View Abstract
Measuring Individual Differences in Cognitive, Affective, and Spontaneous Theory of Mind Among School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. View Abstract
Exploring the heterogeneity of neural social indices for genetically distinct etiologies of autism. View Abstract
Neural and behavioral suppression of interfering flankers by children with and without autism spectrum disorder. View Abstract
Early event-related potentials to emotional faces differ for adults with autism spectrum disorder and by serotonin transporter genotype. View Abstract
Face perception and learning in autism spectrum disorders. View Abstract
Executive function predicts the development of play skills for verbal preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders. View Abstract
Face processing among twins with and without autism: social correlates and twin concordance. View Abstract
A computer-generated animated face stimulus set for psychophysiological research. View Abstract
Erratum to: A computer-generated animated face stimulus set for psychophysiological research. View Abstract
Reduced delay of gratification and effortful control among young children with autism spectrum disorders. View Abstract
Performance on the dimensional change card sort and backward digit span by young children with autism without intellectual disability. View Abstract
The nucleus accumbens is involved in both the pursuit of social reward and the avoidance of social punishment. View Abstract
Reward-based decision making and electrodermal responding by young children with autism spectrum disorders during a gambling task. View Abstract
Early behavioral intervention is associated with normalized brain activity in young children with autism. View Abstract
The responsiveness of biological motion processing areas to selective attention towards goals. View Abstract
The effects of face expertise training on the behavioral performance and brain activity of adults with high functioning autism spectrum disorders. View Abstract
Neurocognitive predictors of social and communicative developmental trajectories in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders. View Abstract
Brief report: face configuration accuracy and processing speed among adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders. View Abstract
Becoming a face expert: a computerized face-training program for high-functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorders. View Abstract
Amygdalar volume and behavioral development in autism. View Abstract
Perceiving facial and vocal expressions of emotion in individuals with Williams syndrome. View Abstract
Social-perceptual abilities in adolescents and adults with Williams syndrome. View Abstract
Neurocognitive and electrophysiological evidence of altered face processing in parents of children with autism: implications for a model of abnormal development of social brain circuitry in autism. View Abstract
People with Williams syndrome process faces holistically. View Abstract