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Publications: PROF Rachael Bedford

( 2026 ) . Sound asleep: Sensory decoupling during sleep depends on an infant’s sensory profile . Sleep
( 2026 ) . Profiles of parent-teacher discrepancy on autistic children's adaptive functioning . Autism
Caserini C, Rakesh D, Lu S, Bedford R, Lewis CM, Malanchini M, Michelini G ( 2025 ) . Developmental Pathways From Childhood Neurodevelopmental Traits to Early Adolescent Psychiatric Dimensions: The Role of Environmental and Lifestyle Factors . JAACAP Open
Zaidman‐Zait A, Hollocks MJ, Kerns CM, Magiati I, McVey AJ, Smith IM, Bedford R, Bennett T et al. ( 2025 ) . Bridging the gap: unveiling key links between autism and anxiety symptoms in autistic children and youth using a network analysis in pooled data from four countries . Child and Adolescent Mental Health vol. 30 , ( 4 ) 327 - 342 .
Essex C, Bedford R, Gliga T ( 2025 ) . Toddlers Viewing Fantastical Cartoons: Evidence of an Immediate Reduction in Endogenous Control Without an Increase in Stimulus‐Driven Exogenous Control . Developmental Science vol. 28 , ( 3 )
Chen Y, Frazier TW, Szatmari P, Duku E, Richard AE, Smith IM, Zwaigenbaum L, Kerns CM et al. ( 2025 ) . Sex‐Differential Trajectories of Domain‐Specific Associations Between Autistic Traits and Co‐Occurring Emotional‐Behavioral Concerns in Autistic Children . Autism Research vol. 18 , ( 4 ) 820 - 832 .
Richard AE, Duku E, Bennett TA, Szatmari P, Vaillancourt T, Zwaigenbaum L, Zaidman-Zait A ( 2025 ) . Trajectories of attention problems in autistic children and relations to social skills outcomes . Development and Psychopathology vol. 37 , ( 5 ) 1 - 14 .
Hendry A, Bedford R, Agyapong M, Begum Ali J, Bazelmans T, Ersoy M, Pasco G ( 2025 ) . Simple Executive Function as an endophenotype of autism-ADHD, and differing associations between simple versus complex Executive Functions and autism/ADHD traits . Scientific Reports vol. 15 , ( 1 )
Pickard H, Chu P, Essex C, Goddard EJ, Carter B, Bedford R ( 2024 ) . Toddler Screen Use Before Bed and Its Effect on Sleep and Attention . JAMA Pediatrics vol. 178 , ( 12 ) 1270 - 1279 .
Ng-Cordell E, Pickard H, Bedford R, Richard A, Zaidman-Zait A, Duku E, Bennett T, Smith IM et al. ( 2024 ) . Longitudinal associations between autistic children’s anxiety and social communication differences: The moderating role of executive function behaviours . Autism vol. 29 , ( 4 ) 1058 - 1071 .
Bennett T, Jambon M, Zaidman-Zait A, Duku EK, Elsabbagh M, Smith IM, Vaillancourt T, Zwaigenbaum L et al. ( 2024 ) . Early-Onset Trajectories of Emotional Dysregulation in Autistic Children . Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry vol. 64 , ( 6 ) 710 - 723 .
Bedford R, Green J, Gliga T, Jones EH, Wan MW, Slonims V, Charman T ( 2024 ) . Parent‐mediated intervention in infants with an elevated likelihood for autism reduces dwell time during a gaze‐following task . Autism Research vol. 17 , ( 11 ) 2346 - 2354 .
Mortimer A, Fiske A, Biggs B, Bedford R, Holmboe K ( 2024 ) . Concurrent and longitudinal associations between touchscreen use and executive functions at preschool-age . Frontiers in Developmental Psychology vol. 2 ,
Winebrake DA, Huth N, Gueron-Sela N, Propper C ( 2024 ) . An Examination of the Relations Between Effortful Control in Early Childhood and Risk for Later Externalizing Psychopathology: A Bi-factor Structural Equation Modeling Approach . Child Psychiatry & Human Development vol. 56 , ( 5 ) 1190 - 1205 .
Moraitopoulou G, Pickard H, Simonoff E, Bedford R ( 2024 ) . No association between alexithymia and emotion recognition or theory of mind in a sample of adolescents enhanced for autistic traits . Autism vol. 28 , ( 8 ) 2066 - 2079 .
Bagg E, Pickard H, Tan M, Smith TJ, Simonoff E, Leno VC ( 2023 ) . Testing the social motivation theory of autism: the role of co‐occurring anxiety . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry vol. 65 , ( 7 ) 899 - 909 .
Plate RC, Powell T, Bedford R, Smith TJ, Bamezai A, Wedderburn Q, Broussard A, Soesanto N ( 2023 ) . Social threat processing in adults and children: Faster orienting to, but shorter dwell time on, angry faces during visual search . Developmental Science vol. 27 , ( 3 )
Burnley A, St Clair M, Bedford R ( 2023 ) . Correction: Understanding the prevalence and manifestation of anxiety and other socio‑emotional and behavioural difficulties in children with Developmental Language Disorder . Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders vol. 15 , ( 1 )
Wright N, Courchesne V, Pickles A, Bedford R, Duku E, Kerns CM, Bennett T, Georgiades S et al. ( 2023 ) . A longitudinal comparison of emotional, behavioral and attention problems in autistic and typically developing children . Psychological Medicine vol. 53 , ( 16 ) 7707 - 7719 .
Burnley A, St Clair M, Bedford R ( 2023 ) . Understanding the prevalence and manifestation of anxiety and other socio-emotional and behavioural difficulties in children with Developmental Language Disorder . Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders vol. 15 , ( 1 )
Smith TJ, Essex C ( 2023 ) . Are Movies Making Us Smarter? . Projections vol. 17 , ( 1 ) 52 - 66 .
Sharp TH, Elsabbagh M, Pickles A ( 2023 ) . The subcortical correlates of autistic traits in school-age children: a population-based neuroimaging study . Molecular Autism vol. 14 , ( 1 )
Portugal AM, Hendry A ( 2023 ) . Do pre-schoolers with high touchscreen use show executive function differences? . Computers in Human Behavior vol. 139 ,
Leno VC, Wright N, Pickles A, Bedford R, Zaidman-Zait A, Kerns C, Zwaigenbaum L, Bennett T et al. ( 2023 ) . Longitudinal Associations between Early Childhood Irritability and Adolescent Depression Symptoms in Autistic Children are Mediated by Peer Relationships but Not Educational Engagement . Development and Psychopathology vol. 36 , ( 1 ) 1 - 11 .
Leno VC, Pickard H, Cybulska L, Smith T, Munafo M, Simonoff E ( 2022 ) . Associations between emotion recognition and autistic and callous‐unemotional traits: differential effects of cueing to the eyes . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry vol. 64 , ( 5 ) 787 - 796 .
Haartsen R, Charman T, Pasco G ( 2022 ) . Modulation of EEG theta by naturalistic social content is not altered in infants with family history of autism . Scientific Reports vol. 12 , ( 1 )
De Laet A, Piccardi ES, Begum-Ali J, Charman T, Johnson MH ( 2022 ) . Neuronal gating of tactile input and sleep in 10-month-old infants at typical and elevated likelihood for autism spectrum disorder . Scientific Reports vol. 12 , ( 1 )
van Noordt S, Desjardins JA ( 2022 ) . Inter‐trial theta phase consistency during face processing in infants is associated with later emerging autism . Autism Research vol. 15 , ( 5 ) 834 - 846 .
Pickles A, Wright N, Bedford R, Steiman M, Duku E, Georgiades S, Kerns CM, Mirenda P et al. ( 2022 ) . Predictors of language regression and its association with subsequent communication development in children with autism . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry vol. 63 , ( 11 ) 1243 - 1251 .
Hendry A, Agyapong MA, D'Souza H, Frick MA, Portugal AM, Konke LA, Cloke H, Smith TJ ( 2022 ) . Inhibitory control and problem solving in early childhood: Exploring the burdens and benefits of high self‐control . Infant and Child Development vol. 31 , ( 3 )
Leno VC, Wright N, Pickles A, Bedford R, Zaidman-Zait A, Kerns C, Mirenda P, Zwaigenbaum L et al. ( 2022 ) . Exposure to family stressful life events in autistic children: Longitudinal associations with mental health and the moderating role of cognitive flexibility . Autism vol. 26 , ( 7 ) 1656 - 1667 .
Lynch SF, Bedford R, Propper C ( 2021 ) . Examining Links Between Infant Parasympathetic Regulation during the Still-Face Paradigm and Later Callous-Unemotional Traits . Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology vol. 50 , ( 4 ) 489 - 503 .
Courchesne V, Bedford R, Pickles A, Duku E, Kerns C, Mirenda P, Bennett T, Smith IM et al. ( 2021 ) . Non-verbal IQ and change in restricted and repetitive behavior throughout childhood in autism: a longitudinal study using the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised . Molecular Autism vol. 12 , ( 1 )
GLIGA T, SKOLNICK A, LIERSCH U, CHARMAN T, BEDFORD R, Baron-Cohen S, Bolton P, Blasi A et al. ( 2021 ) . Investigating the Mechanisms Driving Referent Selection and Retention in Toddlers at Typical and Elevated Likelihood for Autism Spectrum Disorder . Journal of Child Language vol. 49 , ( 5 ) 1024 - 1036 .
Tesfaye R, Wright N, Zaidman-Zait A, Bedford R, Zwaigenbaum L, Kerns CM, Mirenda P, Bennett T et al. ( 2021 ) . Investigating longitudinal associations between parent reported sleep in early childhood and teacher reported executive functioning in school-aged children with autism . Sleep vol. 44 , ( 9 )
Huberty S, Leno VC, Bedford R, Pickles A, Desjardins JA, Team TB ( 2021 ) . Association between spectral electroencephalography power and autism risk and diagnosis in early development . Autism Research vol. 14 , ( 7 ) 1390 - 1403 .
Portugal AM, Bedford R, Smith TJ ( 2021 ) . Longitudinal touchscreen use across early development is associated with faster exogenous and reduced endogenous attention control . Scientific Reports vol. 11 , ( 1 )
Portugal AM, Cheung CHM, Gliga T, Smith TJ ( 2021 ) . Saliency-Driven Visual Search Performance in Toddlers With Low– vs High–Touch Screen Use . JAMA Pediatrics vol. 175 , ( 1 ) 96 - 97 .
Bedford R, Leno VC, Wright N, Smith TJ, Anzures G, Pickles A, Sharp H ( 2020 ) . Emotion Recognition Performance in Children with Callous Unemotional Traits is Modulated by Co-occurring Autistic Traits . Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology vol. 50 , ( 6 ) 811 - 827 .
Godoy PBG, Shephard E, Milosavljevic B, Johnson MH, Charman T ( 2020 ) . Brief Report: Associations Between Cognitive Control Processes and Traits of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Anxiety in Children at Elevated and Typical Familial Likelihood for ASD . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders vol. 51 , ( 8 ) 3001 - 3013 .
Leno VC, Bedford R, Chandler S, White P, Yorke I ( 2020 ) . Callous-unemotional traits in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): replication of prevalence estimates and associations with gaze patterns when viewing fearful faces . Development and Psychopathology vol. 33 , ( 4 ) 1220 - 1228 .
Hendry A, Jones EJH, Bedford R, Andersson Konke L, Begum Ali J, Bӧlte S, Demurie E, Johnson M et al. ( 2020 ) . Atypical Development of Attentional Control Associates with Later Adaptive Functioning, Autism and ADHD Traits . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders vol. 50 , ( 11 ) 4085 - 4105 .
Shephard E, Milosavljevic B, Mason L, Elsabbagh M, Tye C, Gliga T, Jones EJ, Charman T et al. ( 2020 ) . Neural and behavioural indices of face processing in siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): A longitudinal study from infancy to mid-childhood . Cortex vol. 127 , 162 - 179 .
Pasco G, Davies K, Ribeiro H, Tucker L, Allison C, Baron-Cohen S, Johnson MH ( 2019 ) . Comparison of Parent Questionnaires, Examiner-Led Assessment and Parents’ Concerns at 14 Months of Age as Indicators of Later Diagnosis of Autism . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders vol. 51 , ( 3 ) 804 - 813 .
Parsons JP, Bedford R, Jones EJH, Charman T, Gliga T ( 2019 ) . Gaze Following and Attention to Objects in Infants at Familial Risk for ASD . Frontiers in Psychology vol. 10 ,
Bedford R, Gliga T, Hendry A, Jones EJH, Pasco G, Charman T ( 2019 ) . Infant regulatory function acts as a protective factor for later traits of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder but not callous unemotional traits . Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders vol. 11 , ( 1 )
Bussu G, Jones EJH, Charman T, Johnson MH ( 2019 ) . Latent trajectories of adaptive behaviour in infants at high and low familial risk for autism spectrum disorder . Molecular Autism vol. 10 , ( 1 )
Haartsen R, Jones EJH, Charman T ( 2019 ) . Functional EEG connectivity in infants associates with later restricted and repetitive behaviours in autism; a replication study . Translational Psychiatry vol. 9 , ( 1 )
Pijl MKJ, Bussu G, Charman T, Johnson MH, Jones EJH, Rommelse NNJ ( 2019 ) . Temperament as an Early Risk Marker for Autism Spectrum Disorders? A Longitudinal Study of High-Risk and Low-Risk Infants . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders vol. 49 , ( 5 ) 1825 - 1836 .
Shephard E, Bedford R, Milosavljevic B, Gliga T, Jones EJH, Pickles A, Johnson MH, Charman T et al. ( 2018 ) . Early developmental pathways to childhood symptoms of attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and autism spectrum disorder . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry vol. 60 , ( 9 ) 963 - 974 .
Wagner NJ, Gueron-Sela N, Bedford R ( 2018 ) . Maternal Attributions of Infant Behavior and Parenting in Toddlerhood Predict Teacher-Rated Internalizing Problems in Childhood . Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology vol. 47 , ( sup1 ) s569 - s577 .
Doherty BR, Charman T, Johnson MH, Scerif G, Team TB ( 2018 ) . Visual search and autism symptoms: What young children search for and co‐occurring ADHD matter . Developmental Science vol. 21 , ( 5 )
Salomone E, Shephard E, Milosavljevic B, Johnson MH, Charman T, The BASIS Team ( 2018 ) . Adaptive Behaviour and Cognitive Skills: Stability and Change from 7 Months to 7 Years in Siblings at High Familial Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders vol. 48 , ( 9 ) 2901 - 2911 .
Bussu G, Jones EJH, Charman T, Buitelaar JK ( 2018 ) . Prediction of Autism at 3 Years from Behavioural and Developmental Measures in High-Risk Infants: A Longitudinal Cross-Domain Classifier Analysis . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders vol. 48 , ( 7 ) 2418 - 2433 .
Hendry A, Jones EJH, Bedford R, Gliga T, the BASIS Team ( 2018 ) . Developmental change in look durations predicts later effortful control in toddlers at familial risk for ASD . Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders vol. 10 , ( 1 )
Lloyd‐Fox S, Blasi A, Pasco G, Gliga T, Jones EJH, Murphy DGM, Elwell CE, Johnson MH et al. ( 2017 ) . Cortical responses before 6 months of life associate with later autism . European Journal of Neuroscience vol. 47 , ( 6 ) 736 - 749 .
Gueron-Sela N, Bedford R, Wagner NJ ( 2017 ) . Children’s Executive Function Attenuate the Link Between Maternal Intrusiveness and Internalizing Behaviors at School Entry . Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology vol. 47 , ( sup1 ) s435 - s444 .
Minero VA, Barker E, Bedford R ( 2017 ) . Method of homicide and severe mental illness: A systematic review . Aggression and Violent Behavior vol. 37 , 52 - 62 .
Bedford R, Gliga T, Shephard E, Elsabbagh M, Pickles A ( 2017 ) . Neurocognitive and observational markers: prediction of autism spectrum disorder from infancy to mid-childhood . Molecular Autism vol. 8 , ( 1 )
Vernetti A, Senju A, Charman T, Johnson MH, Gliga T ( 2017 ) . Simulating interaction: Using gaze-contingent eye-tracking to measure the reward value of social signals in toddlers with and without autism . Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience vol. 29 , 21 - 29 .
Tye C, Bedford R, Asherson P, Ashwood KL, Bolton P ( 2017 ) . Callous-unemotional traits moderate executive function in children with ASD and ADHD: A pilot event-related potential study . Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience vol. 26 , 84 - 90 .
Cheung CHM, Bedford R, Saez De Urabain IR, Karmiloff-Smith A ( 2017 ) . Daily touchscreen use in infants and toddlers is associated with reduced sleep and delayed sleep onset . Scientific Reports vol. 7 , ( 1 )
Green J, Pickles A, Pasco G, Bedford R, Wan MW, Elsabbagh M, Slonims V, Gliga T et al. ( 2017 ) . Randomised trial of a parent‐mediated intervention for infants at high risk for autism: longitudinal outcomes to age 3 years . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry vol. 58 , ( 12 ) 1330 - 1340 .
Bedford R, Wagner NJ, Rehder PD, Willoughby MT ( 2017 ) . The role of infants’ mother-directed gaze, maternal sensitivity, and emotion recognition in childhood callous unemotional behaviours . European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry vol. 26 , ( 8 ) 947 - 956 .
Cheung CHM, Bedford R, Johnson MH, Charman T, Gliga T ( 2016 ) . Visual search performance in infants associates with later ASD diagnosis . Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience vol. 29 , 4 - 10 .
Bedford R, de Urabain IRS, Karmiloff-Smith A ( 2016 ) . Toddlers’ Fine Motor Milestone Achievement Is Associated with Early Touchscreen Scrolling . Frontiers in Psychology vol. 7 ,
Bedford R, Jones EJH, Pickles A, Gliga T ( 2016 ) . Erratum to: Sex differences in the association between infant markers and later autistic traits . Molecular Autism vol. 7 , ( 1 )
Bedford R, Jones EJH, Johnson MH, Pickles A, Charman T ( 2016 ) . Sex differences in the association between infant markers and later autistic traits . Molecular Autism vol. 7 , ( 1 )
Bedford R, Pickles A ( 2015 ) . Early gross motor skills predict the subsequent development of language in children with autism spectrum disorder . Autism Research vol. 9 , ( 9 ) 993 - 1001 .
Pickles A ( 2015 ) . What clinicians need to know about statistical issues and methods . Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , Wiley
Bedford R, Mareschal D, Nardini M ( 2015 ) . Flexible integration of visual cues in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder . Autism Research vol. 9 , ( 2 ) 272 - 281 .
Gliga T, Bedford R, Charman T, Johnson MH, Team TB, Baron-Cohen S, Bolton P, Cheung C et al. ( 2015 ) . Enhanced Visual Search in Infancy Predicts Emerging Autism Symptoms . Current Biology vol. 25 , ( 13 ) 1727 - 1730 .
Leonard HC, Bedford R, Pickles A ( 2015 ) . Predicting the rate of language development from early motor skills in at-risk infants who develop autism spectrum disorder . Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders vol. 13 , 15 - 24 .
Wass SV, Jones EJH, Gliga T, Johnson MH ( 2015 ) . Shorter spontaneous fixation durations in infants with later emerging autism . Scientific Reports vol. 5 , ( 1 )
Gammer I, Bedford R, Elsabbagh M, Garwood H, Pasco G, Tucker L, Volein A, Johnson MH ( 2015 ) . Behavioural markers for autism in infancy: Scores on the Autism Observational Scale for Infants in a prospective study of at-risk siblings . Infant Behavior and Development vol. 38 , 107 - 115 .
Green J, Charman T, Pickles A, Wan MW, Slonims V, McNally J, Booth R, Gliga T et al. ( 2015 ) . Parent-mediated intervention versus no intervention for infants at high risk of autism: a parallel, single-blind, randomised trial . The Lancet Psychiatry vol. 2 , ( 2 ) 133 - 140 .
Orekhova EV, Elsabbagh M, Dawson G, Charman T, Johnson MH ( 2014 ) . EEG hyper-connectivity in high-risk infants is associated with later autism . Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders vol. 6 , ( 1 )
Bedford R, Pickles A, Wright N ( 2014 ) . Reduced Face Preference in Infancy: A Developmental Precursor to Callous-Unemotional Traits? . Biological Psychiatry vol. 78 , ( 2 ) 144 - 150 .
Gliga T, Jones EJH, Charman T, Johnson MH ( 2014 ) . From early markers to neuro-developmental mechanisms of autism . Developmental Review vol. 34 , ( 3 ) 189 - 207 .
Elsabbagh M, Bruno R, Wan MW, Charman T, Johnson MH ( 2014 ) . Infant Neural Sensitivity to Dynamic Eye Gaze Relates to Quality of Parent–Infant Interaction at 7-Months in Infants at Risk for Autism . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders vol. 45 , ( 2 ) 283 - 291 .
Bedford R, Pickles A, Elsabbagh M, Charman T ( 2014 ) . Additive effects of social and non‐social attention during infancy relate to later autism spectrum disorder . Developmental Science vol. 17 , ( 4 ) 612 - 620 .
Jones EJH, Gliga T, Johnson MH ( 2013 ) . Developmental pathways to autism: A review of prospective studies of infants at risk . Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews vol. 39 , ( 100 ) 1 - 33 .
Leonard HC, Bedford R, Charman T, Elsabbagh M, Johnson MH, Hill EL, Baron-Cohen S, Bolton P et al. ( 2013 ) . Motor development in children at risk of autism: A follow-up study of infant siblings . Autism vol. 18 , ( 3 ) 281 - 291 .
Leonard HC, Elsabbagh M, Hill EL ( 2013 ) . Early and persistent motor difficulties in infants at-risk of developing autism spectrum disorder: A prospective study . European Journal of Developmental Psychology vol. 11 , ( 1 ) 18 - 35 .
Hudry K, Chandler S, Bedford R, Pasco G, Elsabbagh M ( 2013 ) . Early Language Profiles in Infants at High-Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders vol. 44 , ( 1 ) 154 - 167 .
Elsabbagh M, Bedford R, Senju A, Pickles A, Team TB ( 2013 ) . What you see is what you get: contextual modulation of face scanning in typical and atypical development . Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience vol. 9 , ( 4 ) 538 - 543 .
Wan MW, Green J, Elsabbagh M, Johnson M, Charman T ( 2012 ) . Quality of interaction between at‐risk infants and caregiver at 12–15 months is associated with 3‐year autism outcome . Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry vol. 54 , ( 7 ) 763 - 771 .
BEDFORD R, GLIGA T, FRAME K, HUDRY K, CHANDLER S ( 2012 ) . Failure to learn from feedback underlies word learning difficulties in toddlers at risk for autism . Journal of Child Language vol. 40 , ( 1 ) 29 - 46 .
Clifford SM, Hudry K, Elsabbagh M, Charman T, The BASIS Team ( 2012 ) . Temperament in the First 2 Years of Life in Infants at High-Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders vol. 43 , ( 3 ) 673 - 686 .
Gliga T, Elsabbagh M, Hudry K, Charman T ( 2012 ) . Gaze Following, Gaze Reading, and Word Learning in Children at Risk for Autism . Child Development vol. 83 , ( 3 ) 926 - 938 .
Elsabbagh M, Mercure E, Hudry K, Chandler S, Pasco G, Charman T, Baron-Cohen S, Johnson MH ( 2012 ) . Infant Neural Sensitivity to Dynamic Eye Gaze Is Associated with Later Emerging Autism . Current Biology vol. 22 , ( 4 ) 338 - 342 .
Bedford R, Elsabbagh M, Gliga T, Pickles A, Senju A ( 2012 ) . Precursors to Social and Communication Difficulties in Infants At-Risk for Autism: Gaze Following and Attentional Engagement . Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders vol. 42 , ( 10 ) 2208 - 2218 .
Nardini M, Bedford R, Mareschal D ( 2010 ) . Fusion of visual cues is not mandatory in children . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 107 , ( 39 ) 17041 - 17046 .
Nardini M, Bedford R, Braddick O ( 2008 ) . Development of Cue Integration in Human Navigation . Current Biology vol. 18 , ( 9 ) 689 - 693 .
Caserini C, Rakesh D, Lu S, Bedford R, Lewis CM, Malanchini M, Michelini G . Developmental pathways from childhood neurodevelopmental traits to early adolescent psychiatric dimensions: the role of environmental and lifestyle factors .
Sharp TH, Elsabbagh M, Pickles A, Bedford R . The subcortical morphology correlates of autistic traits in school-age children: a population-based neuroimaging study .
Burnley A, Clair MS, Bedford R, Wren Y, Dack C . Understanding the prevalence and manifestation of the anxiety and social difficulties experienced by children with Developmental Language Disorder .