Yaqiong Xiao Lab

2025

1. Su, C., Hu, Y., Liu, Y., Zhang, N., Tan, L., Zhang, S., Yi, A., & Xiao, Y.* (2025). Linking connectivity dynamics to symptom severity and cognitive abilities in children with autism spectrum disorder: An fNIRS study. Journal of Neuroscience. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0161-25.2025

2. Hu, Y., Huang, K., Xin, J., Zhang, S., Huang, Q., Yi, A., & Xiao, Y.* (2025). Morphological features of language regions in children with autism spectrum disorder and varying language abilities. Psychiatry Research, 353, 116743.

3. Deng, L., Xu, M., Hu, Y., Liu, Y., Chen, Z., Tan, H., Du, W., Xiao, Y.^*, & Li, F. (2025). Assessing the Validity and Reliability of the Chinese Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Aged 1-6. Autism research, 10.1002/aur.70045. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70045

4. Hu, Q., Xu, J., Li, S., Chen, X., Zhong, X., Liu, X., Ren, J., Wang, H., Fan, C., Li, C., Wang, L., Lv, J., Xiong, X., Xing, Y., Xiao, Y., Song, X., Gao, L., Xu, H. (2025). Lifespan trajectories of fornix volume and tractography: a 5.0 T MRI study. Cerebral Cortex, 35(3), bhaf057.

2024

1. Xiao, Y.*, Zhang, N., Huang, K., Zhang, S., Xin, J., Huang, Q., Yi, A. (2024). Neuroanatomical Basis of Language Ability in an Autism Subgroup with Moderate Language Deficits. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-024-02605-5

2. Xiao, Y.*, Gao L., Hu Y. (2024). Disrupted single-subject grey matter networks are associated with cognitive decline and cortical atrophy in Alzheimer's disease. Frontiers in Neuroscience 18:1366761.

2023

1. Xiao, Y., Wen, H.T., Kupis, L., Eyler T.L., Taluja, V., Troxel, J., Goel, D., Lombardo, V.M., Pierce, K., Courchesne, E. (2023). Atypical functional connectivity of temporal cortex with precuneus and visual regions may be an early-age signature of ASD. Molecular Autism 14, 11.

2. Xin, J., Huang, K., Yi, A., Feng, Z., Liu, H., Liu, X., Liang, L., Huang, Q., Xiao, Y.^* (2023). Absence of associations with prefrontal cortex and cerebellum may link to early language and social deficits in preschool children with ASD. Frontiers in Psychiatry 14, 1144993.

3. Xiao, Y., Wang, J., Huang, K., Gao, L., Yao, S., for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2023). Progressive structural and covariance connectivity abnormalities in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 14, 1064667.

4. Xiao, Y., Liao, L., Huang, K., Yao, S., Gao, L., for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2023). Coupling between hippocampal parenchymal fraction and cortical grey matter atrophy at different stages of cognitive decline. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 93, 791–801.

5. Xiao, Y., Hu, Y., Huang, K., for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2023). Atrophy of hippocampal subfields relates to memory decline during the pathological progression of Alzheimer's disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 15, 1287122.

6. Smith, E., Xiao, Y., Xie, H., Manwaring S.S., Farmer, C., Swineford, L., Thurm, A., Redcay, E. (2023). Posterior superior temporal connectivity is related to social communication in toddlers. Infant Behavior and Development 71, 101831.

7. Huang, G., Zhao, Z., Zhang, S., Hu, Z., Fan, J., Fu, M., Chen, J., Xiao, Y., Wang, J., Dan, G. (2023). Discrepancy between inter-and intra-subject variability in EEG-based motor imagery brain-computer interface: evidence from multiple perspectives. Frontiers in Neuroscience 17, 1122661.

8. Ren, J., Xu, D., Mei, H., Zhong, X., Yu, M., Ma, J., Fan, C., Lv, J., Xiao, Y., Gao, L., Xu., H. (2023). Asymptomatic carotid stenosis is associated with both edge and network reconfigurations identified by single-subject cortical thickness networks. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 14, 1091829.

9. Yin, Y., Peng, Y., Nie, L., Li, X., Xiao, Y., Jiang, H., Gao, L., Liu, H. (2023). Impaired glymphatic system revealed by DTI-ALPS in cerebral palsy due to periventricular leukomalacia: relation with brain lesion burden and hand dysfunction. Neuroradiology 66 261-269.

2022

1. Xiao, Y., Wen, H.T., Kupis, T., Eyler, T.L., Goel, D., Vaux, K., Lombardo, V.M., Lewis, N.E., Pierce, K., Courchesne, E. (2022). Neural responses to affective speech, including motherese, map onto clinical and social eye tracking profiles in ASD toddlers. Nature Human Behaviour 6, 443–454.

2. Xiao, Y., Alkire, D., Moraczewski, D., Redcay, E. (2022). Developmental differences in brain functional connectivity during social interaction in middle childhood. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 54, 101079.

3. Bao, B., Zahiri, J., Gazestani, V.H., Lopez, L., Xiao, Y., Kim, R., Wen, T., Chiang, A.W.T., Nalabolu, S., Pierce, K., Robasky, K., Wang, T., Hoekzema, K., Eichler, E.E., Lewis, N.E., Courchesne, E. (2022). A Predictive Ensemble Classifier for the Molecular Diagnosis of ASD at Ages 1 to 4 Years. Molecular Psychiatry 28, 822–833.

4. Wen, T.H., Cheng, A., Andreason, C., Zahiri, J., Xiao, Y., Xu, R., Bao, B., Courchesne, E., Barnes, C.C., Arias, S.J., Pierce, K. (2022) Large scale validation of an early-age eye-tracking biomarker of an autism spectrum disorder subtype. Scientific Reports. 12, 1–13.

2021

1. Gao, L., Xiao, Y., Xu, H. (2021). Gray Matter Asymmetry in Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis. Human Brain Mapping 42(17), 5665-5676.

2. Gao, L., Ruan Z., Xiao, Y., Xu, H. (2021). Surface-based Cortical Morphometry, White Matter Hyperintensity, and Multidomain Cognitive Performance in Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis. Neuroscience 467, 16-27.

3. Barros-Loscertales A., Hernández, S.E., Xiao, Y., González-Mora J.L., Rubiae K. (2021). Resting state functional connectivity associated with sahaja yoga meditation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 15:614882.

2019

1. Xiao, Y., Geng, F., Riggins, T., Chen, G., Redcay, E. (2019). Neural correlates of developing theory of mind competence in early childhood. NeuroImage 184, 707–716.

2. Chen, G., Xiao, Y., Taylor, P.A., Rajendra, J.K., Riggins, T., Geng, F., Redcay, E., Cox, R.W. (2019). Handling Multiplicity in Neuroimaging through Bayesian Lenses with Multilevel Modeling. Neuroinformatics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12021-018-9409-6.

2017

1. Hernández, S.E., Barros-Loscertales A., Xiao, Y., González-Mora J.L., Rubiae K. (2017). Gray Matter and Functional Connectivity in Anterior Cingulate Cortex are Associated with the State of Mental Silence During Sahaja Yoga Meditation. Neuroscience 371, 395–406.

2016

1. Xiao, Y., Friederici, A.D., Margulies, D.S., Brauer, J. (2016). Longitudinal changes in resting-state fMRI from age 5 to age 6 years covary with language development. NeuroImage 128, 116–124.

2. Xiao, Y., Friederici, A.D., Margulies, D.S., Brauer, J. (2016). Development of a selective left-hemispheric fronto-temporal network for processing syntactic complexity in language comprehension. Neuropsychologia 83, 274–282.

3. Xiao, Y., Zhai, H., Friederici, A.D., Jia, F. (2016). The development of the intrinsic functional connectivity of default network subsystems from age 3 to 5. Brain Imaging Behavior 10(1), 50–59.

4. Xiao, Y., Brauer, J., Lauckner, M., Zhai, H., Jia, F., Margulies, D., Friederici, A. (2016). Development of the intrinsic language network in preschool children from age 3 to 5 years. PLoS ONE 11(11), e0165802.

5. Brauer, J., Xiao, Y., Poulain, T., Friederici, A.D., Schirmer, A. (2016). Frequency of Maternal Touch Predicts Resting Activity and Connectivity of the Developing Social Brain. Cerebral Cortex 26 (8), 3544–3552.

2012

1. Xiao, Y., Zhai, H., Xu, X. (2012). Effects of age of acquisition and word frequency on the processing bias of the middle/inferior frontal gyrus. International Journal of Advances in Psychology 1(2), 26–36.

2. Xiao, Y., Zhai, H. (2012). The Development of Pre-school Children Brain Functional Networks: The Comparison Research Review with Adults (in Chinese). Journal of Wenshan Teachers College. Journal of Wenshan University 25(6):76–81.