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Warren Jones

  • Department of Pediatrics
    Associate Professor
  • (404) 785-9550
  • warren.r.jones@emory.edu
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Academic Appointment

  • Associate Professor with Tenure, Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Norman Nien Distinguished Chair in Autism, Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Director of Research, Marcus Autism Center
  • Faculty, Emory University School of Medicine, Center for Translational Social Neuroscience

Education

Degrees

  • PhD Neuroscience from Yale University
  • BA Mechanical Engineering, Art from Yale University

Research

Focus

  • My research explores the causes, course, and consequences of autism through the development of performance-based measures of social engagement. These measures function as diagnostic markers; as prognostic indicators of outcome; and as endophenotypes for parsing the broader autism spectrum (all critical steps in understanding the genetic, neural, and behavioral mechanisms of disability in autism spectrum disorders).

Publications

  • Caregiver greeting to infants under 6 months already reflects emerging differences in those later diagnosed with autism.
    Proc Biol Sci Volume: 291 Page(s): 20232494
    06/01/2024 Authors: Ford A; Walum H; Brice B; Patel H; Kunnikuru S; Jones W; Berman GJ; Shultz S
  • Corrigendum to "Functional maturation in visual pathways predicts attention to the eyes in infant rhesus macaques: Effects of social status" [Dev.Cogn.Neurosci., 60C (2023): 101213].
    Dev Cogn Neurosci Volume: 67 Page(s): 101364
    06/01/2024 Authors: Ford A; Kovacs-Balint ZA; Wang A; Feczko E; Earl E; Miranda-Domnguez ; Li L; Styner M; Fair D; Jones W
  • Expert Clinician Certainty in Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder in 16-30-Month-Olds: A Multi-site Trial Secondary Analysis.
    J Autism Dev Disord Volume: 54 Page(s): 393 - 408
    02/01/2024 Authors: Klaiman C; White S; Richardson S; McQueen E; Walum H; Aoki C; Smith C; Minjarez M; Bernier R; Pedapati E
  • Diagnosis of Autism-Reply.
    JAMA Volume: 331 Page(s): 259 - 260
    01/16/2024 Authors: Jones W; Klaiman C; Klin A
  • Eye-Tracking-Based Measurement of Social Visual Engagement Compared With Expert Clinical Diagnosis of Autism.
    JAMA Volume: 330 Page(s): 854 - 865
    09/05/2023 Authors: Jones W; Klaiman C; Richardson S; Aoki C; Smith C; Minjarez M; Bernier R; Pedapati E; Bishop S; Ence W
  • Development and Replication of Objective Measurements of Social Visual Engagement to Aid in Early Diagnosis and Assessment of Autism.
    JAMA Netw Open Volume: 6 Page(s): e2330145
    09/05/2023 Authors: Jones W; Klaiman C; Richardson S; Lambha M; Reid M; Hamner T; Beacham C; Lewis P; Paredes J; Edwards L
  • Infant-directed song potentiates infants' selective attention to adults' mouths over the first year of life.
    Dev Sci Volume: 26 Page(s): e13359
    09/01/2023 Authors: Alviar C; Sahoo M; Edwards LA; Jones W; Klin A; Lense M
  • Functional maturation in visual pathways predicts attention to the eyes in infant rhesus macaques: Effects of social status.
    Dev Cogn Neurosci Volume: 60 Page(s): 101213
    04/01/2023 Authors: Ford A; Kovacs-Balint ZA; Wang A; Feczko E; Earl E; Miranda-Domnguez ; Li L; Styner M; Fair D; Jones W
  • Music of infant-directed singing entrains infants' social visual behavior.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Volume: 119 Page(s): e2116967119
    11/08/2022 Authors: Lense MD; Shultz S; Astsano C; Jones W
  • Visual Traces of Language Acquisition in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder During the Second Year of Life.
    J Autism Dev Disord Volume: 51 Page(s): 2519 - 2530
    07/01/2021 Authors: Habayeb S; Tsang T; Saulnier C; Klaiman C; Jones W; Klin A; Edwards LA
  • Affording autism an early brain development re-definition.
    Dev Psychopathol Volume: 32 Page(s): 1175 - 1189
    10/01/2020 Authors: Klin A; Micheletti M; Klaiman C; Shultz S; Constantino JN; Jones W
  • Early developmental changes in visual social engagement in infant rhesus monkeys.
    Dev Cogn Neurosci Volume: 43 Page(s): 100778
    06/01/2020 Authors: Wang A; Payne C; Moss S; Jones WR; Bachevalier J
  • Blink Rate Patterns Provide a Reliable Measure of Individual Engagement with Scene Content.
    Sci Rep Volume: 10 Page(s): 8267
    05/19/2020 Authors: Ranti C; Jones W; Klin A; Shultz S
  • Research Review: Outcomes of 24- to 36-month-old children with autism spectrum disorder vary by ascertainment strategy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry Volume: 61 Page(s): 4 - 17
    01/01/2020 Authors: Micheletti M; McCracken C; Constantino JN; Mandell D; Jones W; Klin A
  • Behavioral predictors of autism recurrence are genetically independent and influence social reciprocity: evidence that polygenic ASD risk is mediated by separable elements of developmental liability.
    Transl Psychiatry Volume: 9 Page(s): 202
    08/22/2019 Authors: Pohl A; Jones WR; Marrus N; Zhang Y; Klin A; Constantino JN
  • Topology of the Structural Social Brain Network in Typical Adults.
    Brain Connect Volume: 8 Page(s): 537 - 548
    11/01/2018 Authors: Li L; Bachevalier J; Hu X; Klin A; Preuss TM; Shultz S; Jones W
  • Neonatal Transitions in Social Behavior and Their Implications for Autism.
    Trends Cogn Sci Volume: 22 Page(s): 452 - 469
    05/01/2018 Authors: Shultz S; Klin A; Jones W
  • An agenda for 21st century neurodevelopmental medicine: lessons from autism.
    Rev Neurol Volume: 66 Page(s): S3 - S15
    03/01/2018 Authors: Klin A; Jones W
  • A Longitudinal Investigation of Preferential Attention to Biological Motion in 2- to 24-Month-Old Infants.
    Sci Rep Volume: 8 Page(s): 2527
    02/06/2018 Authors: Sifre R; Olson L; Gillespie S; Klin A; Jones W; Shultz S
  • Infant viewing of social scenes is under genetic control and is atypical in autism.
    Nature Volume: 547 Page(s): 340 - 344
    07/20/2017 Authors: Constantino JN; Kennon-McGill S; Weichselbaum C; Marrus N; Haider A; Glowinski AL; Gillespie S; Klaiman C; Klin A; Jones W
  • Mechanisms of Diminished Attention to Eyes in Autism.
    Am J Psychiatry Volume: 174 Page(s): 26 - 35
    01/01/2017 Authors: Moriuchi JM; Klin A; Jones W
  • Predicting social and communicative ability in school-age children with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot study of the Social Attribution Task, Multiple Choice.
    Autism Volume: 20 Page(s): 952 - 962
    11/01/2016 Authors: Burger-Caplan R; Saulnier C; Jones W; Klin A
  • Rapid video-referenced ratings of reciprocal social behavior in toddlers: a twin study.
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry Volume: 56 Page(s): 1338 - 1346
    12/01/2015 Authors: Marrus N; Glowinski AL; Jacob T; Klin A; Jones W; Drain CE; Holzhauer KE; Hariprasad V; Fitzgerald RT; Mortenson EL
  • Toward innovative, cost-effective, and systemic solutions to improve outcomes and well-being of military families affected by autism spectrum disorder.
    Yale J Biol Med Volume: 88 Page(s): 73 - 79
    03/01/2015 Authors: Klin A; Wetherby AM; Woods J; Saulnier C; Stapel-Wax J; Klaiman C; Jones W; Rubin E; Scahill L; Call N
  • Social visual engagement in infants and toddlers with autism: early developmental transitions and a model of pathogenesis.
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev Volume: 50 Page(s): 189 - 203
    03/01/2015 Authors: Klin A; Shultz S; Jones W
  • Reducing age of autism diagnosis: developmental social neuroscience meets public health challenge.
    Rev Neurol Volume: 60 Suppl 1 Page(s): S3 - 11
    02/25/2015 Authors: Klin A; Klaiman C; Jones W
  • Attention to eyes is present but in decline in 2-6-month-old infants later diagnosed with autism.
    Nature Volume: 504 Page(s): 427 - 431
    12/19/2013 Authors: Jones W; Klin A
  • Feeding problems and nutrient intake in children with autism spectrum disorders: a meta-analysis and comprehensive review of the literature.
    J Autism Dev Disord Volume: 43 Page(s): 2159 - 2173
    09/01/2013 Authors: Sharp WG; Berry RC; McCracken C; Nuhu NN; Marvel E; Saulnier CA; Klin A; Jones W; Jaquess DL
  • Parsing heterogeneity in autism spectrum disorders: visual scanning of dynamic social scenes in school-aged children.
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Volume: 51 Page(s): 238 - 248
    03/01/2012 Authors: Rice K; Moriuchi JM; Jones W; Klin A
  • Inhibition of eye blinking reveals subjective perceptions of stimulus salience.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Volume: 108 Page(s): 21270 - 21275
    12/27/2011 Authors: Shultz S; Klin A; Jones W
  • Cortical integration of audio-visual speech and non-speech stimuli.
    Brain Cogn Volume: 74 Page(s): 97 - 106
    11/01/2010 Authors: Vander Wyk BC; Ramsay GJ; Hudac CM; Jones W; Lin D; Klin A; Lee SM; Pelphrey KA
  • Two-year-olds with autism orient to non-social contingencies rather than biological motion.
    Nature Volume: 459 Page(s): 257 - 261
    05/14/2009 Authors: Klin A; Lin DJ; Gorrindo P; Ramsay G; Jones W
  • Heterogeneity and homogeneity across the autism spectrum: the role of development.
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Volume: 48 Page(s): 471 - 473
    05/01/2009 Authors: Jones W; Klin A
  • Absence of preferential looking to the eyes of approaching adults predicts level of social disability in 2-year-old toddlers with autism spectrum disorder.
    Arch Gen Psychiatry Volume: 65 Page(s): 946 - 954
    08/01/2008 Authors: Jones W; Carr K; Klin A
  • Altered face scanning and impaired recognition of biological motion in a 15-month-old infant with autism.
    Dev Sci Volume: 11 Page(s): 40 - 46
    01/01/2008 Authors: Klin A; Jones W
  • Attributing social and physical meaning to ambiguous visual displays in individuals with higher-functioning autism spectrum disorders.
    Brain Cogn Volume: 61 Page(s): 40 - 53
    06/01/2006 Authors: Klin A; Jones W
  • Autism, movement, and facial processing.
    Am J Psychiatry Volume: 161 Page(s): 1719
    09/01/2004 Authors: Gepner B
  • The enactive mind, or from actions to cognition: lessons from autism.
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci Volume: 358 Page(s): 345 - 360
    02/28/2003 Authors: Klin A; Jones W; Schultz R; Volkmar F
  • Visual fixation patterns during viewing of naturalistic social situations as predictors of social competence in individuals with autism.
    Arch Gen Psychiatry Volume: 59 Page(s): 809 - 816
    09/01/2002 Authors: Klin A; Jones W; Schultz R; Volkmar F; Cohen D
  • Defining and quantifying the social phenotype in autism.
    Am J Psychiatry Volume: 159 Page(s): 895 - 908
    06/01/2002 Authors: Klin A; Jones W; Schultz R; Volkmar F; Cohen D
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