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Select	Experiment Id	Experiment Name	Experiment Type	Created On

24	HI-NGS_R1	Omics	02/16/2011
475	MB1-10 (CHOP)	Omics	06/07/2016
490	Discovery and CRISPR validation of genetic factors associated with antipsychotic-induced weight gain and cardiometabolic risk	Omics	07/07/2016
501	PharmacoBOLD Resting State	fMRI	07/27/2016
506	PVPREF	Omics	08/05/2016
509	ABC-CT Resting v2	EEG	08/18/2016
13	Comparison of FI expression in Autistic and Neurotypical Homo Sapiens	Omics	12/28/2010
18	AGRE/Broad Affymetrix 5.0 Genotype Experiment	Omics	01/06/2011
22	Stitching PCR Sequencing	Omics	02/14/2011
26	ASD_Methylation	Omics	03/01/2011
29	Microarray family 03 (father, mother, sibling)	Omics	03/24/2011
37	Standard paired-end sequencing of BCRs	Omics	04/19/2011
38	Illumina Mate-Pair BCR sequencing	Omics	04/19/2011
39	Custom Jumping Libraries	Omics	04/19/2011
40	Custom CapBP	Omics	04/19/2011
41	Immunofluorescence	Omics	05/11/2011
43	Autism brain sample genotyping, Illumina	Omics	05/16/2011
47	ARRA Autism Sequencing Collaboration at Baylor. SOLiD 4 System	Omics	08/01/2011
53	AGRE Omni1-quad	Omics	10/11/2011
59	AGP genotyping	Omics	04/03/2012
60	Ultradeep 454 sequencing of synaptic genes from postmortem cerebella of individuals with ASD and neurotypical controls	Omics	06/23/2012
63	Microemulsion PCR and Targeted Resequencing for Variant Detection in ASD	Omics	07/20/2012
76	Whole Genome Sequencing in Autism Families	Omics	01/03/2013
519	Resting	fMRI	11/08/2016
90	Genotyped IAN Samples	Omics	07/09/2013
91	NJLAGS Axiom Genotyping Array	Omics	07/16/2013
93	AGP genotyping (CNV)	Omics	09/06/2013
106	Longitudinal Sleep Study. H20 200. Channel set 2	EEG	11/07/2013
107	Longitudinal Sleep Study. H20 200. Channel set 3	EEG	11/07/2013
108	Longitudinal Sleep Study. AURA 200	EEG	11/07/2013
105	Longitudinal Sleep Study. H20 200. Channel set 1	EEG	11/07/2013
109	Longitudinal Sleep Study. AURA 400	EEG	11/07/2013
116	Gene Expression Analysis WG-6	Omics	01/07/2014
131	Jeste Lab UCLA ACEii: Charlie Brown and Sesame Street - Project 1	Eye Tracking	02/27/2014
132	Jeste Lab UCLA ACEii: Animacy - Project 1	Eye Tracking	02/27/2014
133	Jeste Lab UCLA ACEii: Mom Stranger - Project 2	Eye Tracking	02/27/2014
134	Jeste Lab UCLA ACEii: Face Emotion - Project 3	Eye Tracking	02/27/2014
145	AGRE/FMR1_Illumina.JHU	Omics	04/14/2014
146	AGRE/MECP2_Sanger.JHU	Omics	04/14/2014
147	AGRE/MECP2_Junior.JHU	Omics	04/14/2014
151	Candidate Gene Identification in familial Autism	Omics	06/09/2014
152	NJLAGS Whole Genome Sequencing	Omics	07/01/2014
154	Math Autism Study - Vinod Menon	fMRI	07/15/2014
155	Resting	fMRI	07/25/2014
156	Speech	fMRI	07/25/2014
159	Emotion	fMRI	07/25/2014
160	syllable contrast	EEG	07/29/2014
167	School-age naturalistic stimuli	Eye Tracking	09/19/2014
44	AGRE/Broad Affymetrix 5.0 Genotype Experiment	Omics	06/27/2011
45	Exome Sequencing of 20 Sporadic Cases of Autism Spectrum Disorder	Omics	07/15/2011

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Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Biological Mechanisms, Trajectories, and Treatment Response #2778

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Experiments (6)
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Publications (80)
Data Expected (31)
Associated Studies (10)

Collection Title	Collection Investigators	Collection Description
Collection Title:	Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Biological Mechanisms, Trajectories, and Treatment Response
Collection Investigators:	Susan Bookheimer
Collection Description:	This application seeks to renew our highly productive and interdisciplinary UCLA Autism Center of Excellence ACE III. Over the last decade, our group has made significant advances in the field, identifying risk genes, candidate brain based biomarkers of treatment response and early risk markers of Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD beginning in the first few weeks of life. We developed new interventions for toddlers with social communication delays, identified an intervention with the most robust effects on repetitive behaviors to date, and we showed how genetic risk influences brain structure and function in ASD. Most unique and impactful is our Centers integration of genetics, early biomarkers and behavioral assays with intervention In parallel with growing awareness in the field, we recognize the profound clinical and genetic heterogeneity in ASD, which poses a significant challenge to identifying diagnostic biomarkers and to developing effective interventions that target individual profiles. In order to move from a one size fits all to a precision medicine approach, we must better understand the biological and clinical basis of this heterogeneity. Our ACE application takes a multidisciplinary, integrative approach to study the relationship between genetic, neural and phenotypic heterogeneity in ASD, to determine whether this heterogeneity reflects unique biological mechanisms underlying autism, and to identify predictors of developmental trajectories and treatment outcome. In four interacting projects, we will focus on three areas of heterogeneity that our work suggests has unique neural, genetic and behavioral signatures sensorimotor processing social attention motivation, and social communication language. Project I aims to determine how differences in genetic risk for autism familial risk, 22q11 deletion, and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) affect early brain development, neuroimaging and EEG biomarkers in the first year of life and identifying predictors of ASD diagnosis at age 3 P. II examines heterogeneity in treatment response using a SMART design, 3-phase adaptive treatment intervention for very young children at risk for ASD P. III uses MRI in youth with ASD to determine how behavioral phenotypes and genetic risk differentially affect brain activation, structural and functional connectivity. P. IV conducts a proof-of-mechanism pharmacological trial aimed to increase social interest and social reward responsivity with the dopamine precursor L-DOPA in adolescents and young adults enrolled in a social skills intervention.. All projects examine these target phenotypes using at least one biological marker, in addition to standardized and observational tests. This will allow us to integrate biomarkers, genetics and behavior across projects and across ages. A well-established core infrastructure centralizes diagnostics, genetics, imaging, and EEG acquisition, with a common database built for cross project and core collaboration, and outstanding, specialized statistical support. A new Dissemination, Outreach and Education Core centralizes recruitment, and strengthens our community ties and educational program to maximize scientific and community impact.
Data Repository:	NIMH Data Archive
Permission Group:
Collection Creation Date:	10/17/2017
NIH Research Initiative:	Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE)
Collection Phase:	Funding Completed
Collection Sub-Phase:	Close Out
Blinded Clinical Trial:	No
Total Funded Amount:	$10,439,783.00
Subjects Shared:	289
Collection DOI:	10.15154/cjh2-qh24

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Funding Sources:

Funding Source Name	Funding Source URL
NIH - Extramural	None

Supporting Documentation:

File Name	File Type	Description	Audience
QA-notification.txt	Other	Quality Assurance Notification	Qualified Researchers

Grant Information:

Project Number	Title	Start Date	Original End Date	End Date	Planned Enrollment	Actual Enrollment	Organization	Funds Obligated
P50HD055784-11	Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Biological Mechanisms Trajectories and Treatment Response	09/07/2017	07/31/2022	07/31/2024	1062	158	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES	$10,439,783.00

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Clinical Trials

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does the NIMH Data Archive (NDA) determine which Permission Group data are submitted into?

During Collection creation, NDA staff determine the appropriate Permission Group based on the type of data to be submitted, the type of access that will be available to data access users, and the information provided by the Program Officer during grant award.
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When a Collection is created by NDA staff, an email notification will automatically be sent to the PI(s) of the grant(s) associated with the Collection to notify them.
Is a single grant number ever associated with more than one Collection?

The NDA system does not allow for a single grant to be associated with more than one Collection; therefore, a single grant will not be listed in the Grant Information section of a Collection for more than one Collection.
Why is there sometimes more than one grant included in a Collection?

In general, each Collection is associated with only one grant; however, multiple grants may be associated if the grant has multiple competing segments for the same grant number or if multiple different grants are all working on the same project and it makes sense to hold the data in one Collection (e.g., Cooperative Agreements).

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Administrator Privilege

A privilege provided to a user associated with an NDA Collection or NDA Study whereby that user can perform a full range of actions including providing privileges to other users.
Collection Owner

Generally, the Collection Owner is the contact PI listed on a grant. Only one NDA user is listed as the Collection owner. Most automated emails are primarily sent to the Collection Owner.
Collection Phase
The Collection Phase provides information on data submission as opposed to grant/project completion so while the Collection phase and grant/project phase may be closely related they are often different. Collection users with Administrative Privileges are encouraged to edit the Collection Phase. The Program Officer as listed in eRA (for NIH funded grants) may also edit this field. Changes must be saved by clicking the Save button at the bottom of the page. This field is sortable alphabetically in ascending or descending order. Collection Phase options include:
- Pre-Enrollment: A grant/project has started, but has not yet enrolled subjects.
- Enrolling: A grant/project has begun enrolling subjects. Data submission is likely ongoing at this point.
- Data Analysis: A grant/project has completed enrolling subjects and has completed all data submissions.
- Funding Completed: A grant/project has reached the project end date.
Collection Title

An editable field with the title of the Collection, which is often the title of the grant associated with the Collection.
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Provides the grant number(s) for the grant(s) associated with the Collection. The field is a hyperlink so clicking on the Grant number will direct the user to the grant information in the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT) page.
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NDA Collections may be organized by scientific similarity into NIH Research Initiatives, to facilitate query tool user experience. NIH Research Initiatives map to one or multiple Funding Opportunity Announcements.
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Number of human subject participants to be enrolled in an NIH-funded clinical research study. The data is provided in competing applications and annual progress reports.
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Number of human subjects enrolled in an NIH-funded clinical research study. The data is provided in annual progress reports.
NDA Collection

A virtual container and organization structure for data and associated documentation from one grant or one large project/consortium. It contains tools for tracking data submission and allows investigators to define a wide array of other elements that provide context for the data, including all general information regarding the data and source project, experimental parameters used to collect any event-based data contained in the Collection, methods, and other supporting documentation. They also allow investigators to link underlying data to an NDA Study, defining populations and subpopulations specific to research aims.
Data Use Limitations

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Total Subjects Shared

The total number of unique subjects for whom data have been shared and are available for users with permission to access data.

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ID	Name	Created Date	Status	Type
321	Omni2.5-8	06/10/2015	Approved	Omics
1108	P1_language	12/12/2018	Approved	fMRI
1109	P1-nativelang	12/12/2018	Approved	fMRI
1112	P1_resting8min	12/13/2018	Approved	fMRI
1146	Jeste UCLA ACE III EEG (4 Paradigms)	01/03/2019	Approved	EEG
1311	Jeste Ace III EEG (4 Paradigms) Dataset 2	07/12/2019	Approved	EEG

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Collection - Experiments

The number of Experiments included is displayed in parentheses next to the tab name. You may download all experiments associated with the Collection via the Download button. You may view individual experiments by clicking the Experiment Name and add them to the Filter Cart via the Add to Cart button.

Collection Owners, Program Officers, and users with Submission or Administrative Privileges for the Collection may create or edit an Experiment.

Please note: The creation of an NDA Experiment does not necessarily mean that data collected, according to the defined Experiment, has been submitted or shared.

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Can an Experiment be associated with more than one Collection?
Yes -see the “Copy” button in the bottom left when viewing an experiment. There are two actions that can be performed via this button:
1. Copy the experiment with intent for modifications.
2. Associate the experiment to the collection. No modifications can be made to the experiment.

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Experiment Status

An Experiment must be Approved before data using the associated Experiment_ID may be uploaded.
Experiment ID

The ID number automatically generated by NDA which must be included in the appropriate file when uploading data to link the Experiment Definition to the subject record.

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Shared Data:

Title	Type	Number of Subjects
ACE Subject Physical Exam	Clinical Assessments	17
Adult Behavior Check List	Clinical Assessments	9
Adult Self Report	Clinical Assessments	10
Anticipatory and Consummatory Interpersonal Pleasure Scale(See Description)	Clinical Assessments	25
Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised (ADI-R)	Clinical Assessments	15
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2) - Module 1	Clinical Assessments	31
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2) - Module 2	Clinical Assessments	11
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2) - Module 3	Clinical Assessments	7
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2) - Module 4	Clinical Assessments	6
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2) - Toddler Module	Clinical Assessments	52
Autism Observation Scale for Infants	Clinical Assessments	50
Clinical Global Impression (CGI)	Clinical Assessments	25
Demographics form UCLA	Clinical Assessments	195
EEG Subject Files	Imaging	51
Image	Imaging	23
Infant Medical History Questionnaire	Clinical Assessments	85
M-CHAT	Clinical Assessments	8
MacArthur-Bates CDI - Words and Gestures Form	Clinical Assessments	78
MacArthur-Bates CDI - Words and Sentences Form	Clinical Assessments	64
Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-Up	Clinical Assessments	78
Mullen Scales of Early Learning	Clinical Assessments	175
Parent Concerns Questionaire	Clinical Assessments	95
Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task (RMET)	Clinical Assessments	19
Research Subject	Clinical Assessments	253
SRS-2. Adult, Preschool and School Age	Clinical Assessments	125
Side Effects	Clinical Assessments	25
Social Communication Interaction Test	Clinical Assessments	13
Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) - Current Form	Clinical Assessments	16
Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) - Lifetime	Clinical Assessments	14
Temporal Experience Pleasure Scale	Clinical Assessments	25
The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Adult Version	Clinical Assessments	24
Vineland 3	Clinical Assessments	96
Vital Signs	Clinical Assessments	25
WASI-2	Clinical Assessments	15
Youth Self Report	Clinical Assessments	15

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Collection - Shared Data

This tab provides a quick overview of the Data Structure title, Data Type, and Number of Subjects that are currently Shared for the Collection. The information presented in this tab is automatically generated by NDA and cannot be edited. If no information is visible on this tab, this would indicate the Collection does not have shared data or the data is private.

The shared data is available to other researchers who have permission to access data in the Collection's designated Permission Group(s). Use the Download button to get all shared data from the Collection to the Filter Cart.

Frequently Asked Questions

How will I know if another researcher uses data that I shared through the NIMH Data Archive (NDA)?

To see what data your project have submitted are being used by a study, simply go the Associated Studies tab of your collection. Alternatively, you may review an NDA Study Attribution Report available on the General tab.
Can I get a supplement to share data from a completed research project?

Often it becomes more difficult to organize and format data electronically after the project has been completed and the information needed to create a GUID may not be available; however, you may still contact a program staff member at the appropriate funding institution for more information.
Can I get a supplement to share data from a research project that is still ongoing?

Unlike completed projects where researchers may not have the information needed to create a GUID and/or where the effort needed to organize and format data becomes prohibitive, ongoing projects have more of an opportunity to overcome these challenges. Please contact a program staff member at the appropriate funding institution for more information.

Glossary

Data Structure

A defined organization and group of Data Elements to represent an electronic definition of a measure, assessment, questionnaire, or collection of data points. Data structures that have been defined in the NDA Data Dictionary are available at https://nda.nih.gov/general-query.html?q=query=data-structure
Data Type

A grouping of data by similar characteristics such as Clinical Assessments, Omics, or Neurosignal data.
Shared

The term 'Shared' generally means available to others; however, there are some slightly different meanings based on what is Shared. A Shared NDA Study is viewable and searchable publicly regardless of the user's role or whether the user has an NDA account. A Shared NDA Study does not necessarily mean that data used in the NDA Study have been shared as this is independently determined. Data are shared according the schedule defined in a Collection's Data Expected Tab and/or in accordance with data sharing expectations in the NDA Data Sharing Terms and Conditions. Additionally, Supporting Documentation uploaded to a Collection may be shared independent of whether data are shared.

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Publications

Publications relevant to NDA data are listed below. Most displayed publications have been associated with the grant within Pubmed. Use the "+ New Publication" button to add new publications. Publications relevant/not relevant to data expected are categorized. Relevant publications are then linked to the underlying data by selecting the Create Study link. Study provides the ability to define cohorts, assign subjects, define outcome measures and lists the study type, data analysis and results. Analyzed data and results are expected in this way.

PubMed ID	Study	Title	Journal	Authors	Date	Status
41786477	Create Study	Receptive-Expressive Language Phenotypes in Infants and Toddlers With Autism Features.	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Cohenour, Torrey; Gulsrud, Amanda; Kasari, Connie	April 1, 2026	Not Determined
41000961	Create Study	Language network functional connectivity in infancy predicts developmental language trajectories.	bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology	Wagner, Lauren; Ceballos, Joshua; Chiem, Emily; Dapretto, Mirella	September 19, 2025	Not Determined
39919679	Create Study	Beyond motor learning: Insights from infant magnetic resonance imaging on the critical role of the cerebellum in behavioral development.	Developmental cognitive neuroscience	Wagner, Lauren; Cakar, Melis E; Banchik, Megan; Chiem, Emily; Glynn, Siobhan Sive; Than, Amy H; Green, Shulamite A; Dapretto, Mirella	April 1, 2025	Not Determined
39901290	Create Study	Atypical early neural responses to native and non-native language in infants at high likelihood for developing autism.	Molecular autism	Wagner, Lauren; Banchik, Megan; Tsang, Tawny; Okada, Nana J; Altshuler, Rebecca; McDonald, Nicole; Bookheimer, Susan Y; Jeste, Shafali S; Green, Shulamite; Dapretto, Mirella	February 3, 2025	Not Determined
39704490	Create Study	Accelerated Infant Brain Rhythm Maturation in Autism.	Developmental science	Dickinson, Abigail; McDonald, Nicole; Dapretto, Mirella; Campos, Emilie; Senturk, Damla; Jeste, Shafali	January 1, 2025	Not Determined
39678338	Create Study	Atypical Neural Responses to Native and Non-Native Language in Infants at High Likelihood for Developing Autism.	Research square	Wagner, Lauren; Banchik, Megan; Tsang, Tawny; Okada, Nana J; Altshuler, Rebecca; McDonald, Nicole; Bookheimer, Susan Y; Jeste, Shafali S; Green, Shulamite A; Dapretto, Mirella	December 3, 2024	Not Determined
39011552	Create Study	Familial Recurrence of Autism: Updates From the Baby Siblings Research Consortium.	Pediatrics	Ozonoff, Sally; Young, Gregory S; Bradshaw, Jessica; Charman, Tony; Chawarska, Katarzyna; Iverson, Jana M; Klaiman, Cheryl; Landa, Rebecca J; McDonald, Nicole; Messinger, Daniel; Schmidt, Rebecca J; Wilkinson, Carol L; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie	August 1, 2024	Not Determined
38703054	Create Study	Patterns of spontaneous neural activity associated with social communication abilities among infants and toddlers showing signs of autism.	The European journal of neuroscience	Cohenour, Torrey; Dickinson, Abigail; Jeste, Shafali; Gulsrud, Amanda; Kasari, Connie	July 1, 2024	Not Determined
38678861	Create Study	Comparative efficacy of an early intervention "parent and me" program for infants showing signs of autism: The Baby JASPER model.	Infant behavior & development	Gulsrud, Amanda C; Shih, Wendy; Paparella, Tanya; Kasari, Connie	September 1, 2024	Not Determined
38649483	Create Study	Salience network connectivity is altered in 6-week-old infants at heightened likelihood for developing autism.	Communications biology	Tsang, Tawny; Green, Shulamite A; Liu, Janelle; Lawrence, Katherine; Jeste, Shafali; Bookheimer, Susan Y; Dapretto, Mirella	April 22, 2024	Not Determined
38009228	Create Study	Slower pace in early walking onset is related to communication, motor skills, and adaptive function in autistic toddlers.	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Wilson, Rujuta B; Burdekin, Emma D; Jackson, Nicholas J; Hughart, Lauren; Anderson, Jeff; Dusing, Stacey C; Gulsrud, Amanda; Kasari, Connie	January 1, 2024	Not Determined
37840458	Create Study	Shared and distinct biological mechanisms for anxiety and sensory over-responsivity in youth with autism versus anxiety disorders.	Journal of neuroscience research	Cummings, Kaitlin K; Jung, Jiwon; Zbozinek, Tomislav D; Wilhelm, Frank H; Dapretto, Mirella; Craske, Michelle G; Bookheimer, Susan Y; Green, Shulamite A	January 1, 2024	Not Determined
37817282	Create Study	Age-related changes in neural responses to sensory stimulation in autism: a cross-sectional study.	Molecular autism	Cakar, Melis E; Cummings, Kaitlin K; Bookheimer, Susan Y; Dapretto, Mirella; Green, Shulamite A	October 11, 2023	Not Determined
37506195	Create Study	The contributions of rare inherited and polygenic risk to ASD in multiplex families.	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America	Cirnigliaro, Matilde; Chang, Timothy S; Arteaga, Stephanie A; Pérez-Cano, Laura; Ruzzo, Elizabeth K; Gordon, Aaron; Bicks, Lucy K; Jung, Jae-Yoon; Lowe, Jennifer K; Wall, Dennis P; Geschwind, Daniel H	August 1, 2023	Not Determined
37451263	Create Study	Improvement of sensory deficits in fragile X mice by increasing cortical interneuron activity after the critical period.	Neuron	Kourdougli, Nazim; Suresh, Anand; Liu, Benjamin; Juarez, Pablo; Lin, Ashley; Chung, David T; Graven Sams, Anette; Gandal, Michael J; Martínez-Cerdeño, Verónica; Buonomano, Dean V; Hall, Benjamin J; Mombereau, Cédric; Portera-Cailliau, Carlos	September 20, 2023	Not Determined
37408377	Create Study	Heterogeneity of autism symptoms in community-referred infants and toddlers at elevated or low familial likelihood of autism.	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Cohenour, Torrey L; Gulsrud, Amanda; Kasari, Connie	September 1, 2023	Not Determined
37005061	Create Study	Associations between thalamocortical functional connectivity and sensory over-responsivity in infants at high likelihood for ASD.	Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)	Wagner, Lauren; Banchik, Megan; Okada, Nana J; McDonald, Nicole; Jeste, Shafali S; Bookheimer, Susan Y; Green, Shulamite A; Dapretto, Mirella	June 8, 2023	Not Determined
36829214	Create Study	Sex differences in friendships and loneliness in autistic and non-autistic children across development.	Molecular autism	Libster, Natalie; Knox, Azia; Engin, Selin; Geschwind, Daniel; Parish-Morris, Julia; Kasari, Connie	February 24, 2023	Not Determined
36566252	Create Study	Personal victimization experiences of autistic and non-autistic children.	Molecular autism	Libster, Natalie; Knox, Azia; Engin, Selin; Geschwind, Daniel; Parish-Morris, Julia; Kasari, Connie	December 24, 2022	Not Determined
36183905	Create Study	Challenges and opportunities for precision medicine in neurodevelopmental disorders.	Advanced drug delivery reviews	Chen, George T; Geschwind, Daniel H	December 1, 2022	Not Determined
35678946	Create Study	Predictors of Attrition in a Randomized Trial of a Social Communication Intervention for Infant-Toddlers at Risk for Autism.	Journal of autism and developmental disorders	Sterrett, Kyle; Magaña, Maira Tafolla; Gulsrud, Amanda; Paparella, Tanya; Kasari, Connie	August 1, 2023	Not Determined
35437928	Create Study	Super responders: Predicting language gains from JASPER among limited language children with autism spectrum disorder.	Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research	Panganiban, Jonathan; Kasari, Connie	August 1, 2022	Not Determined
35176551	Create Study	Electrophysiological signatures of brain aging in autism spectrum disorder.	Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior	Dickinson, Abigail; Jeste, Shafali; Milne, Elizabeth	March 1, 2022	Not Determined
34882790	Create Study	Atypical cerebellar functional connectivity at 9 months of age predicts delayed socio-communicative profiles in infants at high and low risk for autism.	Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines	Okada, Nana J; Liu, Janelle; Tsang, Tawny; Nosco, Erin; McDonald, Nicole M; Cummings, Kaitlin K; Jung, Jiwon; Patterson, Genevieve; Bookheimer, Susan Y; Green, Shulamite A; Jeste, Shafali S; Dapretto, Mirella	September 1, 2022	Not Determined
34807457	Create Study	Studying the early emergence of autism: what is the goal of baby siblings research?	Developmental medicine and child neurology	McDonald, Nicole M	May 1, 2022	Not Determined

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Collection - Publications

The number of Publications is displayed in parentheses next to the tab name. Clicking on any of the Publication Titles will open the Publication in a new internet browsing tab.

Collection Owners, Program Officers, and users with Submission or Administrative Privileges for the Collection may mark a publication as either Relevant or Not Relevant in the Status column.

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Publications are considered relevant to a collection when the data shared is directly related to the project or collection.
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Create Study

A link to the Create an NDA Study page that can be clicked to start creating an NDA Study with information such as the title, journal and authors automatically populated.
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Indicates that the publication has not yet been reviewed and/or marked as Relevant or Not Relevant so it has not been determined whether an NDA Study is expected.
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A publication that is not based on data related to the aims of the grant/project associated with the Collection or not based on any data such as a review article and, therefore, an NDA Study is not expected to be created.
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The PUBMed ID is the unique ID number for the publication as recorded in the PubMed database.
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A publication that is based on data related to the aims of the grant/project associated with the Collection and, therefore, an NDA Study is expected to be created.

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Data Expected List: Mandatory Data Structures

These data structures are mandatory for your NDA Collection. Please update the Targeted Enrollment number to accurately represent the number of subjects you expect to submit for the entire study.

For NIMH HIV-related research that involves human research participants: Select the dictionary or dictionaries most appropriate for your research. If your research does not require all three data dictionaries, just ignore the ones you do not need. There is no need to delete extra data dictionaries from your NDA Collection. You can adjust the Targeted Enrollment column in the Data Expected tab to “0” for those unnecessary data dictionaries. At least one of the three data dictionaries must have a non-zero value.

Data Expected	Targeted Enrollment	Initial Submission	Subjects Submitted	Initial Share	Subjects Shared	Status
Research Subject and Pedigree	87	01/15/2019	253	05/15/2019	253	Approved

To create your project's Data Expected list, use the "+New Data Expected" to add or request existing structures and to request new Data Structures that are not in the NDA Data Dictionary.

If the Structure you need already exists, locate it and specify your dates and enrollment when adding it to your Data Expected list. If you require changes to the Structure you need, select the indicator stating "No, it requires changes to meet research needs," and upload a file containing your requested changes.

If the structure you need is not yet defined in the Data Dictionary, you can select "Upload Definition" and attach the necessary materials to request its creation.

When selecting the expected dates for your data, make sure to follow the standard Data Sharing Regimen and choose dates within the date ranges that correspond to your project start and end dates.

Please visit the Completing Your Data Expected Tutorial for more information.

Data Expected List: Data Structures per Research Aims

These data structures are specific to your research aims and should list all data structures in which data will be collected and submitted for this NDA Collection. Please update the Targeted Enrollment number to accurately represent the number of subjects you expect to submit for the entire study.

Data Expected	Targeted Enrollment	Initial Submission	Subjects Submitted	Initial Share	Subjects Shared	Status
Mullen Scales of Early Learning	275	01/15/2019	177	07/31/2023	175	Approved
ADOS	275	01/15/2019	90	07/31/2023	90	Approved
ADI-R	120	01/15/2019	15	07/31/2023	15	Approved
Reading the Mind in the Eyes	56	01/15/2019	19	05/15/2019	19	Approved
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule	56	01/15/2019	24	07/31/2023	24	Approved
Medical History	275	01/15/2019	89	05/15/2019	85	Approved
Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS)	211	01/15/2019	127	07/31/2023	125	Approved
Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI)	56	01/15/2019	15	05/15/2019	15	Approved
Genetic Test	56	01/15/2019	0	05/15/2019	0	Approved
Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ)	155	01/15/2019	30	07/31/2023	30	Approved
Demographics	49	01/15/2019	199	05/15/2019	195	Approved
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)	56	01/15/2019	0	07/31/2023	0	Approved
M-CHAT	155	01/15/2019	80	07/31/2023	80	Approved
Clinical Global Impression (CGI)	56	01/15/2019	25	07/31/2023	25	Approved
Autism Observation Scale for Infants (AOSI)	155	01/15/2019	50	07/31/2023	50	Approved
Vital Signs Assessment	56	01/15/2019	25	05/15/2019	25	Approved
Early Social Communication Scales (ESCS)	155	01/15/2019	0	07/31/2023	0	Approved
Parent Concerns Questionaire	155	01/15/2019	95	07/31/2023	95	Approved
MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventory	155	01/15/2019	88	07/31/2023	88	Approved
Physical Exam	56	01/15/2019	17	05/15/2019	17	Approved
Adult Behavior Checklist (ABCL)	56	01/15/2019	9	07/31/2023	9	Approved
Side Effects	56	01/15/2019	25	05/15/2019	25	Approved
Youth Self Report	56	01/15/2019	15	07/31/2023	15	Approved
Vineland (Parent and Caregiver)	331	01/15/2019	97	05/15/2019	96	Approved
Temporal Experience Pleasure Scale	56	01/15/2019	25	07/31/2023	25	Approved
Adult Self Report	56	01/15/2019	10	07/31/2023	10	Approved
Imaging (Structural, fMRI, DTI, PET, microscopy)	260	01/15/2019	37	07/26/2023	23	Approved
Anticipatory and Consummatory Interpersonal Pleasure Scale-Adolescent	56	01/15/2019	25	07/31/2023	25	Approved
EEG	275	01/15/2019	102	07/26/2023	51	Approved
Social Communication Interaction Test (SCIT)	56	01/15/2019	13	07/31/2023	13	Approved

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Collection - Data Expected

The Data Expected tab displays the list of all data that NDA expects to receive in association with the Collection as defined by the contributing researcher, as well as the dates for the expected initial upload of the data, and when it is first expected to be shared, or with the research community. Above the primary table of Data Expected, any publications determined to be relevant to the data within the Collection are also displayed - members of the contributing research group can use these to define NDA Studies, connecting those papers to underlying data in NDA.

The tab is used both as a reference for those accessing shared data, providing information on what is expected and when it will be shared, and as the primary tracking mechanism for contributing projects. It is used by both contributing primary researchers, secondary researchers, and NIH Program and Grants Management staff.

Researchers who are starting their project need to update their Data Expected list to include all the Data Structures they are collecting under their grant and set their initial submission and sharing schedule according to the NDA Data Sharing Regimen.

To add existing Data Structures from the Data Dictionary, to request new Data Structure that are not in the Dictionary, or to request changes to existing Data Structures, click "+New Data Expected".

For step-by-step instructions on how to add existing Data Structures, request changes to an existing Structure, or request a new Data Structure, please visit the Completing Your Data Expected Tutorial.

If you are a contributing researcher creating this list for the first time, or making changes to the list as your project progress, please note the following:

Although items you add to the list and changes you make are displayed, they are not committed to the system until you Save the entire page using the "Save" button at the bottom of your screen. Please Save after every change to ensure none of your work is lost.
If you attempt to add a new structure, the title you provide must be unique - if another structure exists with the same name your change will fail.
Adding a new structure to this list is the only way to request the creation of a new Data Dictionary definition.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an NDA Data Structure?

An NDA Data Structure is comprised of multiple Data Elements to make up an electronic definition of an assessment, measure, questionnaire, etc will have a corresponding Data Structure.
What is the NDA Data Dictionary?

The NDA Data Dictionary is comprised of electronic definitions known as Data Structures.

Glossary

Analyzed Data

Data specific to the primary aims of the research being conducted (e.g. outcome measures, other dependent variables, observations, laboratory results, analyzed images, volumetric data, etc.) including processed images.
Data Item

Items listed on the Data Expected list in the Collection which may be an individual and discrete Data Structure, Data Structure Category, or Data Structure Group.
Data Structure

A defined organization and group of Data Elements to represent an electronic definition of a measure, assessment, questionnaire, or collection of data points. Data structures that have been defined in the NDA Data Dictionary are available at https://nda.nih.gov/general-query.html?q=query=data-structure
Data Structure Category

An NDA term describing the affiliation of a Data Structure to a Category, which may be disease/disorder or diagnosis related (Depression, ADHD, Psychosis), specific to data type (MRI, eye tracking, omics), or type of data (physical exam, IQ).
Data Structure Group

A Data Item listed on the Data Expected tab of a Collection that indicates a group of Data Structures (e.g., ADOS or SCID) for which data may be submitted instead of a specific Data Structure identified by version, module, edition, etc. For example, the ADOS Data Structure Category includes every ADOS Data Structure such as ADOS Module 1, ADOS Module 2, ADOS Module 1 - 2nd Edition, etc. The SCID Data Structure Group includes every SCID Data Structure such as SCID Mania, SCID V Mania, SCID PTSD, SCID-V Diagnosis, and more.
Evaluated Data

A new Data Structure category, Evaluated Data is analyzed data resulting from the use of computational pipelines in the Cloud and can be uploaded directly back to a miNDAR database. Evaluated Data is expected to be listed as a Data Item in the Collection's Data Expected Tab.
Imaging Data

Imaging+ is an NDA term which encompasses all imaging related data including, but not limited to, images (DTI, MRI, PET, Structural, Spectroscopy, etc.) as well as neurosignal data (EEG, fMRI, MEG, EGG, eye tracking, etc.) and Evaluated Data.
Initial Share Date

Initial Submission and Initial Share dates should be populated according to the NDA Data Sharing Terms and Conditions. Any modifications to these will go through the approval processes outlined above. Data will be shared with authorized users upon publication (via an NDA Study) or 1-2 years after the grant end date specified on the first Notice of Award, as defined in the applicable Data Sharing Terms and Conditions.
Initial Submission Date

Initial Submission and Initial Share dates should be populated according to these NDA Data Sharing Terms and Conditions. Any modifications to these will go through the approval processes outlined above. Data for all subjects is not expected on the Initial Submission Date and modifications may be made as necessary based on the project's conduct.
Research Subject and Pedigree

An NDA created Data Structure used to convey basic information about the subject such as demographics, pedigree (links family GUIDs), diagnosis/phenotype, and sample location that are critical to allow for easier querying of shared data.
Submission Cycle

The NDA has two Submission Cycles per year - January 15 and July 15.
Submission Exemption

An interface to notify NDA that data may not be submitted during the upcoming/current submission cycle.

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Associated Studies

Studies that have been defined using data from a Collection are important criteria to determine the value of data shared. The number of subjects column displays the counts from this Collection that are included in a Study, out of the total number of subjects in that study. The Data Use column represents whether or not the study is a primary analysis of the data or a secondary analysis. State indicates whether the study is private or shared with the research community.

Study NameFilter by Study Name	DOIFilter by DOI	AbstractFilter by Abstract	Collection/Study SubjectsFilter by Collection/Study Subjects	Data UsageFilter by Data Usage	StateFilter by State
Examining the validity of the use of ratio IQs in psychological assessments	10.15154/1522624	IQ tests are amongst the most used psychological assessments, both in research and clinical settings. For participants who cannot complete IQ tests normed for their age, ratio IQ scores (RIQ) are routinely computed and used as a proxy of IQ, especially in large research databases to avoid missing data points. However, because it has never been scientifically validated, this practice is questionable. In the era of big data, it is important to examine the validity of this widely used practice. In this paper, we use the case of autism to examine the differences between standard full-scale IQ (FSIQ) and RIQ. Data was extracted from four databases in which ages, FSIQ scores and subtests raw scores were available for autistic participants between 2 and 17 years old. The IQ tests included were the MSEL (N=12033), DAS-II early years (N=1270), DAS-II school age (N=2848), WISC-IV (N=471) and WISC-V (N=129). RIQs were computed for each participant as well as the discrepancy (DSC) between RIQ and FSIQ. We performed two linear regressions to respectively assess the effect of FSIQ and of age on the DSC for each IQ test, followed by additional analyses comparing age subgroups as well as FSIQ subgroups on DSC. Participants at the extremes of the FSIQ distribution tended to have a greater DSC than participants with average FSIQ. Furthermore, age significantly predicted the DSC, with RIQ superior to FSIQ for younger participants while the opposite was found for older participants. These results question the validity of this widely used alternative scoring method, especially for individuals at the extremes of the normal distribution, with whom RIQs are most often employed.	104/17423	Secondary Analysis	Shared
The importance of low IQ to early diagnosis of autism	10.15154/1528140	Some individuals can flexibly adapt to life’s changing demands while others, in particular those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), find it challenging. The origin of early individual differences in cognitive abilities, the putative tools with which to navigate novel information in life, including in infants later diagnosed with ASD remains unexplored. Moreover, the role of intelligence quotient (IQ) vis-à-vis core features of autism remains debated. We systematically investigate the contribution of early IQ in future autism outcomes in an extremely large, population-based study of 8,000 newborns, infants, and toddlers from the US between 2 and 68 months with over 15,000 cross-sectional and longitudinal assessments, and for whom autism outcomes are ascertained or ruled out by about 2-4 years. This population is representative of subjects involved in the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research, mainly on atypical development, in the US. Analyses using predetermined age bins showed that IQ scores are consistently lower in ASD relative to TD at all ages (p<0.001), and IQ significantly correlates with calibrated severity scores (total CSS, as well as non-verbal and verbal CSS) on the ADOS. Note, VIQ is no better than the full-scale IQ to predict ASD cases. These findings raise new, compelling questions about potential atypical brain circuitry affecting performance in both verbal and nonverbal abilities and that precede an ASD diagnosis. This study is the first to establish prospectively that low early IQ is a major feature of ASD in early childhood.	1/6323	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Prognostic early snapshot stratification of autism based on adaptive functioning	10.15154/0z1c-1d37	A major goal of precision medicine is to predict prognosis based on individualized information at the earliest possible points in development. Using early snapshots of adaptive functioning and unsupervised data- driven discovery methods, we uncover highly stable early autism subtypes that yield information relevant to later prognosis. Data from the National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive (NDA) (n = 1,098) was used to uncover three early subtypes (<72 months) that generalize with 96% accuracy. Outcome data from NDA (n = 2,561; mean age, 13 years) also reproducibly clusters into three subtypes with 99% generalization accuracy. Early snapshot subtypes predict developmental trajectories in non-verbal cognitive, language and motor domains and are predictive of membership in different adaptive functioning outcome subtypes. Robust and prognosis- relevant subtyping of autism based on early snapshots of adaptive functioning may aid future research work via prediction of these subtypes with our reproducible stratification model.	11/3517	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Brain-based sex differences in autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan: A systematic review of structural MRI, fMRI, and DTI findings	10.15154/1522486	Females with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been long overlooked in neuroscience research, but emerging evidence suggests they show distinct phenotypic trajectories and age-related brain differences. Sex-related biological factors (e.g., hormones, genes) may play a role in ASD etiology and have been shown to influence neurodevelopmental trajectories. Thus, a lifespan approach is warranted to understand brain-based sex differences in ASD. This systematic review on MRI-based sex differences in ASD was conducted to elucidate variations across the lifespan and inform biomarker discovery of ASD in females. We identified articles through two database searches. Fifty studies met criteria and underwent integrative review. We found that regions expressing replicable sex-by-diagnosis differences across studies overlapped with regions showing sex differences in neurotypical (NT) cohorts, in particular regions showing NT male>female volumes. Furthermore, studies investigating age-related brain differences across a broad age-span suggest distinct neurodevelopmental patterns in females with ASD. Qualitative comparison across youth and adult studies also supported this hypothesis. However, many studies collapsed across age, which may mask differences. Furthermore, accumulating evidence supports the female protective effect in ASD, although only one study examined brain circuits implicated in “protection.” When synthesized with the broader literature, brain-based sex differences in ASD may come from various sources, including genetic and endocrine processes involved in brain “masculinization” and “feminization” across early development, puberty, and other lifespan windows of hormonal transition. Furthermore, sex-related biology may interact with peripheral processes, in particular the stress axis and brain arousal system, to produce distinct neurodevelopmental patterns in males and females with ASD. Future research on neuroimaging-based sex differences in ASD would benefit from a lifespan approach in well-controlled and multivariate studies. Possible relationships between behavior, sex hormones, and brain development in ASD remain largely unexamined.	30/759	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Word Learning and Word Features	10.15154/1526346	Vocabulary composition and word-learning biases are closely interrelated in typical development. Learning new words involves attending to certain properties to facilitate word learning. Such word-learning biases are influenced by perceptually and conceptually salient word features, including high imageability, concreteness, and iconicity. This study examined the association of vocabulary knowledge and word features in young children with ASD (n = 280) and typically developing (TD) toddlers (n = 1,054). Secondary analyses were conducted using data from the National Database for Autism Research and the Wordbank database. Expressive vocabulary was measured using the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory. Although the trajectories for concreteness, iconicity, and imageability are similar between children with ASD and TD toddlers, divergences were observed. Differences in imageability are seen early but resolve to a common trajectory; differences in iconicity are small but consistent; and differences in concreteness only emerge after both groups reach a simultaneous peak, before converging again. This study reports unique information about the nonlinear growth patterns associated with each word feature for and distinctions in these growth patterns between the groups.	1/280	Primary Analysis	Shared
Examining the Shape Bias in Young Autistic Children: A Vocabulary Composition Analysis	10.15154/wjfb-vy71	Shape is a salient object property and one of the first that children use to categorize objects under one label. Colunga and Sims (2017) suggest that noun vocabulary composition and word learning biases are closely interrelated in typical development. The current study examined the association between noun vocabulary knowledge and perceptual word features, specifically shape and material features. Participants included 249 autistic children and 1,245 non-autistic toddlers who were matched on expressive noun vocabulary size and gender. Nouns were categorized using the Samuelson and Smith (1999) noun feature database. A simple group comparison revealed no group differences in shape bias; both groups evidenced developing noun vocabularies that favored shape+solid and nonsolid+material nouns. However, the trajectory of evidence of shape bias as a function of vocabulary size differed between the groups, with autistic children demonstrating a reduced shape-bias initially. Future work should examine how children’s learning biases shift over development and whether the shape bias promotes lexical development to the same degree across groups.	1/249	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Modeling Vocabulary Growth in Autistic and Non-Autistic Children	10.15154/q64a-9k34	We assessed the goodness of fit of three models of vocabulary growth, with varying sensitivity to the structure of the environment and the learner’s internal state, to estimated vocabulary growth trajectories in autistic and non-autistic children. We first computed word-level acquisition norms that indicate the vocabulary size at which individual words tend to be learned by each group. We then evaluated how well network growth models based on natural language co-occurrence structure and word associations account for variance in the autistic and non-autistic acquisition norms. In addition to replicating key observations from prior work and observing that the growth models explained similar amounts of variance in each group, we found that autistic vocabulary growth also exhibits growth consistent with “the lure of the associates” model. Thus, both groups leverage semantic structure in the learning environment for vocabulary development, but autistic vocabulary growth is also strongly influenced by existing vocabulary knowledge.	1/247	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Semantic modeling 2023	10.15154/1528994	Although it is well documented that children with ASD are slower to develop their lexicons, we still have a limited understanding of the structure of early lexical knowledge in children with ASD. The current study uses network analysis and differential item functioning anlaysis to examine the structure of semantic knowledge, which may provide insight into the learning processes that influence early word learning.	1/208	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Semantic Network Modeling	10.15154/1522607	Although it is well documented that children with ASD are slower to develop their lexicons, we still have a limited understanding of the structure of early lexical knowledge in children with ASD. The current study uses network analysis to examine the structure of semantic knowledge, which may provide insight into the learning processes that influence early word learning.	1/200	Secondary Analysis	Shared
Semantic Network Modeling in Young Autistic Children	10.15154/z865-cy61	Background: Most young autistic children have delayed vocabulary growth relative to their non-autistic peers. Additionally, previous studies have revealed that autistic children are less likely to encode associated features of novel objects, suggesting inefficient encoding or different processes for acquiring semantic information about words. Recent network analyses of vocabulary growth revealed important relationships between early vocabulary acquisition and the structure of the sematic environment. Methods: We studied the expressive vocabularies of 970 non-autistic toddlers (Mage = 20.82 months) and 194 autistic children (Mage = 54.58 months) in two studies. The groups were vocabulary-matched (words produced: MAutistic = 213.60, MNon-autistic = 213.72). In study 1, we estimated their trajectories of semantic development using network analyses. Network structure was based on child-oriented adult-generated word associations. We compared child semantic networks according to indegree, average shortest path length, and clustering coefficient (features that holistically contribute to well-connected network structure). Then, in study 2, we attempted to relate vocabulary-level effects to word-level learning biases. Results: Study 1 revealed that autistic and non-autistic children are sensitive to the structure of their semantic environment. Both groups demonstrated nonlinear vocabulary trajectories that differed from random acquisition networks. Despite similarities, group differences were observed for each network metric. Differences were most pronounced for clustering coefficient (how closely connected groups of words are), with earlier peaks for autistic children. Study 2 demonstrated that many words differ in their expected vocabulary size of acquisition. Conclusions: Group differences at the vocabulary- and word-levels indicate that, although autistic children are learning from their semantic environment, they may be processing their semantic environment differently. These deviations indicate that autistic children have distinctive learning biases that may align with core autism features.	1/194	Secondary Analysis	Shared

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Primary v. Secondary Analysis: The Data Usage column will have one of these two choices. An associated study that is listed as being used for Primary Analysis indicates at least some and potentially all of the data used was originally collected by the creator of the NDA Study. Secondary Analysis indicates the Study owner was not involved in the collection of data, and may be used as supporting data.

Private v. Shared State: Studies that remain private indicate the associated study is only available to users who are able to access the collection. A shared study is accessible to the general public.

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