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Gershon Lab

Publications

Learn more about the work that we do in the Gershon laboratory through our 50 most recent publications. For additional background information, see Special Journal Issues under Lifespan Assessments.

  1. Flynn RM, Han YC, Kaat AJ, Mansolf M, Dworak EM, Pila S, Yao L, Carlson SM, Oakes LM, Gershon RC  et al.  Development and validation of the NIH Baby Toolbox® Executive Function and Memory measures.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Aug 06;80:102118. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102118
  2. Novack MA, Dworak EM, Han YC, Kaat AJ, Ustsinovich V, Saffran J, Frank MC, Waxman S, Gershon RC  Development and validation of the NIH Baby Toolbox® language measures.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Aug 04;80:102121. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102121
  3. Novack MA, Han YC, Kaat AJ, Pila S, Flynn RM, Bedjeti K, Diaz MV, Hanrahan RT, Glinberg S, Sievert PH  et al.  Automated iPad-based gaze detection in the NIH Baby Toolbox® norming study.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Aug 01;80:102119. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102119
  4. Bosquet Enlow M, Blackwell CK, Sherlock P, Mansolf M, Bekelman TA, Blair C, Bush NR, Graff JC, Hockett C, Leve LD  et al.  The influence of early childhood education and care on the relation between early-life social adversity and children's mental health in the environmental influences for Child Health Outcomes Program.  Dev Psychopathol  2025 Aug;37(3):1628-1646. doi:10.1017/S0954579424001822
  5. Han YC, Dworak EM, Mansolf M, Adam H, Yao L, Novack MA, Pila S, Flynn RM, Flagg AM, Ustsinovich V  et al.  NIH Baby Toolbox® methodology and norms development.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Jul 30;80:102117. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102117
  6. Adolph KE, Cole WG, Novack MA, Han YC, Kaat AJ, Rachwani J, Clark J, Dusing S, Heathcock J, Prosser LA  et al.  Development and validation of the motor measures in the NIH Baby Toolbox®.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Jul 30;80:102115. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102115
  7. Pila S, Han YC, Adam H, Ustsinovich V, Kaat AJ, Sarama J, Clements DH, Gershon RC  Development and validation of the NIH Baby Toolbox® Math measures.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Jul 29;80:102116. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102116
  8. Blackwell CK, Nowinski CJ, Wetherby A, Sommerville JA, Bethell C, Wakschlag L, Hooker JL, Mansolf M, Han YC, Dworak EM  et al.  Development and validation of the NIH Baby Toolbox Social-Emotional Functioning measures.  Infant Behav Dev  2025 Jul 28;80:102110. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102110
  9. Schalet BD, Kallen MA, Perry LM, Garcia SF, Cella D  Putting CATs and item banks to work: How to construct predictive and sensitive PROMIS screeners for use in ambulatory oncology.  Qual Life Res  2025 Jul 26;. doi:10.1007/s11136-025-04015-9
  10. Zellner MA, Kaat AJ, Roberts MY  The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Intervention Referrals and Enrollments: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.  Am J Speech Lang Pathol  2025 Jul 10;34(4):2334-2341. doi:10.1044/2025_AJSLP-24-00513
  11. Moog NK, Mansolf M, Sherlock P, Adibi JJ, Barrett ES, Entringer S, Ghassabian A, Kerver JM, Meeker JD, Oken E  et al.  Maternal thyroid dysfunction and depressive symptoms during pregnancy and child behavioral and emotional problems - an ECHO multi-cohort investigation.  J Affect Disord  2025 Jul 01;380:475-486. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.03.163
  12. Congdon EL, Novack MA, Wakefield EM  Exploring Individual Differences: A Case for Measuring Children's Spontaneous Gesture Production as a Predictor of Learning From Gesture Instruction.  Top Cogn Sci  2025 Jul;17(3):569-585. doi:10.1111/tops.12722
  13. Burla M, Stern BZ, Berry AB, Pila S, Franklin PD  Coaching Patients to Understand and Use Patient-Reported Outcome Data: Intervention Design and Evaluation.  JMIR Form Res  2025 Jun 30;9:e65931. pii:e65931
  14. Mather MA, Ece B, Karpouzian-Rogers T, Ho EH, Bucko P, Dworak EM, Novack MA, Pila S, Hosseinian Z, Hanmer J  et al.  Measures of healthcare decision-making ability in cognitive aging: a scoping review from the Advancing Reliable Measurement in Cognitive Aging and Decision-Making Ability (ARMCADA) research initiative.  Front Public Health  2025;13:1582764. pii:1582764
  15. Ho EH, Ece B, Clingan C, Zola A, Tuladhar Z, Kupczyk ME, Adair LS, Gershon R  Reliability of remote at-home oscillometric blood pressure monitoring in community-dwelling children aged 3-17.  Front Pediatr  2025;13:1565266. pii:1565266
  16. Jones MK, Zanzinger K, Grauzer J, Sudec L, Kaat AJ, Roberts MY  Early Communication Intervention for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Toddlers: A Randomized Clinical Trial.  Pediatrics  2025 Jun 01;155(6). pii:e2024066847
  17. Berg AT, Kaat AJ, Paltell K, Kaiser AJE, Nili A, Evans L, Anderson EL, Nesbitt G, Myers LS  Gross Motor Function in Individuals With SCN2A-Related Disorders: The Clinical Trial Readiness Study.  Neurol Clin Pract  2025 Jun;15(3):e200479. pii:e200479
  18. Young SR, Shono Y, Hauner KK, Kim J, Dworak EM, Byrne GJ, Jones CM, Benavente JNY, Wolf MS, Nowinski CJ  Psychometric Properties of MyCog 2.0: A Human-Centered Cognitive Screening Tool for Older Adults.  Int J Methods Psychiatr Res  2025 Jun;34(2):e70020. pii:e70020
  19. Higgins KE, Wingert T, Duggan EW, Mansolf M, Hernandez Carcamo J, Park C  Measuring Well-being Influencers: Development and Validation of the Well-Being Influencers Survey for Healthcare (WISH) Inventory.  Anesthesiology  2025 Jun 01;142(6):1025-1037. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000005401
  20. Rentz DM, Slotkin J, Kaat AJ, Young SR, Dworak EM, Shono Y, Adam H, Nowinski CJ, Pila S, Novack MA  et al.  Validity and reliability of the Mobile Toolbox Faces and Names memory test.  J Neuropsychol  2025 Jun;19(2):390-396. doi:10.1111/jnp.12394
  21. Mansolf M  A true score imputation method to account for psychometric measurement error.  Psychol Methods  2025 Jun;30(3):636-659. doi:10.1037/met0000578
  22. Ho EH, Karpouzian-Rogers T, Ayturk E, Bedjeti K, Weintraub S, Gershon R  NIH Toolbox Cognition Performance in Older Adults with Normal Cognition, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Mild Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type: Results from the ARMADA Study.  Arch Clin Neuropsychol  2025 May 14;. pii:acaf035
  23. Plessen CY, Fischer F, Hartmann C, Liegl G, Schalet B, Kaat AJ, Pesantez R, Joeris A, Heng M, Rose M  et al.  Differential item functioning between English, German, and Spanish PROMIS® physical function ceiling items.  Qual Life Res  2025 May;34(5):1377-1391. doi:10.1007/s11136-024-03866-y
  24. Mlodnicka A, Mansolf M, Chandran A, Aris IM, Calub CA, Ahmad S, Shapiro A, Cochran D, Restrepo B, Schmidt R  et al.  Prediction of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in late childhood from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in early childhood.  Dev Psychopathol  2025 May;37(2):815-824. doi:10.1017/S0954579424000695
  25. Ho EH, Ece B, Tuladhar Z, Zola A, Ewa Kupczyk M, Adair L, Gershon R  Remote Assessment of Pediatric Anthropometrics.  Pediatrics  2025 Apr 01;155(4). pii:e2024067663
  26. Blackwell CK, Mansolf M, Rose T, Pila S, Cella D, Cohen A, Leve LD, McGrath M, Neiderhiser JM, Urquhart A  et al.  Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Study.  J Adolesc Health  2025 Apr;76(4):647-656. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.12.003
  27. Rothrock NE, Drandarov A, Kaat AJ, Mosher H, Prado J, Heng M  Clarifying thresholds for defining levels of physical function and pain interference using bookmarking in orthopaedics.  Qual Life Res  2025 Apr;34(4):1159-1166. doi:10.1007/s11136-024-03881-z
  28. Karpouzian-Rogers T, Dworak EM, Bucko P, Ho EH, Ece B, Mather MA, Novack MA, Pila S, Hosseinian Z, Hall L  et al.  Measures of decision-making ability and functional outcomes in older adults: results from a scoping review in the ARMCADA study.  Front Psychol  2025;16:1540493. pii:1540493
  29. Amagai S, Kaat AJ, Fox RS, Ho EH, Pila S, Kallen MA, Schalet BD, Nowinski CJ, Gershon RC  Customizing Computerized Adaptive Test Stopping Rules for Clinical Settings Using the Negative Affect Subdomain of the NIH Toolbox Emotion Battery: Simulation Study.  JMIR Form Res  2025 Mar 21;9:e60215. pii:e60215
  30. Ho EH, Ece B, Bucko P, Karpouzian-Rogers T, Pila S, Hosseinian Z, Hussein Y, Han SD, Lichtenberg PA, Lim AC  et al.  A scoping review of financial decision-making measures in midlife and beyond: results from the advancing reliable measurement in cognitive aging and decision-making ability (ARMCADA) study.  Front Psychol  2025;16:1540508. pii:1540508
  31. Choi H, Kaat AJ  Measurement Invariance of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction Subscale Between Individuals With Psychiatric and Non-psychiatric Disabilities.  Eval Health Prof  2025 Mar 17;:1632787251327681. doi:10.1177/01632787251327681
  32. Ganiban JM, Blackwell CK, Liu C, Leve L, Neiderhiser J, Mansolf M, Chen Z, Acevedo B, Brennan PA, Bush NR  et al.  Depressive and anxiety symptoms during adolescence: The protective roles of adolescent and family assets within ECHO's diverse national population.  Mental Health Sci  2025 Mar;3(1). pii:e103
  33. Reise SP, Block JM, Mansolf M, Haviland MG, Schalet BD, Kimerling R  Using Projective IRT to Evaluate the Effects of Multidimensionality on Unidimensional IRT Model Parameters.  Multivariate Behav Res  2025;60(2):345-361. doi:10.1080/00273171.2024.2430630
  34. Berg AT, Nili AN, Evans L, Paltell KC, Kaiser AJE, Anderson EL, Egan SM, Kaat AJ, Nesbitt G, Myers LS  Assessing Communication Impairments in a Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorder: The SCN2A Clinical Trials Readiness Study.  Neurol Clin Pract  2025 Feb;15(1):e200391. pii:e200391
  35. Geiger SD, Chandran A, Churchill ML, Mansolf M, Zhang C, Musaad S, Blackwell CK, Eick SM, Goin DE, Korrick S  et al.  Association between maternal stress and child sleep quality: a nationwide ECHO prospective cohort study.  Pediatr Res  2025 Feb;97(3):980-988. doi:10.1038/s41390-024-03542-4
  36. Kaat AJ, Evans L, Nili AN, Paltell K, Kaiser A, Anderson E, Myers LS, Berg AT  Vineland-3 Growth Scale Values: Psychometric Properties for Clinical Trial Readiness in SCN2A.  J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol  2025 Jan 31;. doi:10.1089/cap.2024.0107
  37. Slotkin J, Kaat AJ, Young SR, Dworak EM, Novack MA, Shono Y, Adam H, Nowinski CJ, Pila S, Hosseinian Z  et al.  Mobile Toolbox sequences task: development and validation of a remote, smartphone-based working memory test.  Front Psychol  2024;15:1497816. pii:1497816
  38. Finley JA, Slotkin J, Nowinski CJ, Bedjeti K, Volpe N, Weintraub S, Gershon R  Near vision assessment for adults using the NIH Toolbox.  Front Neurol  2025;16:1533382. pii:1533382
  39. Jutten RJ, Ho EH, Karpouzian-Rogers T, van Hulle C, Carlsson C, Dodge HH, Nowinski CJ, Gershon R, Weintraub S, Rentz DM  Computerized cognitive testing to capture cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease: Longitudinal findings from the ARMADA study.  Alzheimers Dement (Amst)  2025;17(1):e70046. pii:e70046
  40. Rose S, Gergoire A, Pal S, Reader J, Bhaumik A, Slotkin J, Ho E, Nowinski CJ, Persad CC, Maher AC  et al.  Evaluating the factor structure and construct validity of the NIH toolbox in older adults, with a focus on cognitive normalcy and amnestic mild cognitive impairment: considerations for diversity, including insights from persons over 85 years of age and Black older Americans.  J Int Neuropsychol Soc  2025 Jan;31(1):53-58. doi:10.1017/S1355617724000699
  41. Blackwell CK, Cella D, Adair L, Cordero JF, Das SR, Elliott AJ, Hipwell AE, Jacobson LP, Neiderhiser JM, Stanford JB  et al.  Extending the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort through 2030: Rationale and study protocol.  PLoS One  2024;19(12):e0312677. pii:e0312677
  42. Ho EH, Ece B, Novack MA, Pila S, Karpouzian-Rogers T, Mather MA, Dworak EM, Hosseinian Z, Bucko P, Kaat AJ  et al.  Protocol for a multi-domain scoping review to identify measures of decision-making ability in an ageing population.  BMJ Open  2024 Dec 22;14(12):e084178. pii:e084178
  43. Feiner H, Sone B, Lee J, Kaat AJ, Roberts MY  Balancing Standardization and Ecological Validity in the Measurement of Social Communication Intervention Outcomes.  J Speech Lang Hear Res  2024 Dec 09;67(12):4799-4810. doi:10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00607
  44. Shono Y, Ece B, Ho EH, Kaat AJ, LaForte EM, Ayturk E, Gershon R  A comparison of scoring algorithms for the NIH Toolbox executive function tasks in a U.S. norming sample.  Psychol Assess  2024 Dec;36(12):760-771. doi:10.1037/pas0001350
  45. Kable JA, Potter AS, Akshoomoff N, Blasco PM, Bodison SC, Ciciolla L, DeGray S, Hulce Z, Kuschner ES, Learnard B  et al.  Measurement of emerging neurocognitive and language skills in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) study.  Dev Cogn Neurosci  2024 Dec;70:101461. pii:101461
  46. Mitchell SE, Kallen MA, Troost JP, De La Cruz BA, Bragg A, Martin-Howard J, Moldovan I, Miner JA, Jack BW, Carlozzi NE  Four New Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Examining Health-Seeking Behavior in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (REDD-CAT): Instrument Development Study.  JMIR Diabetes  2024 Nov 22;9:e63434. pii:e63434
  47. Blackwell CK, Cella D, Mansolf M  Intergenerational transmission of adverse and positive childhood experiences and associations with child well-being.  Child Abuse Negl  2024 Nov;157:107050. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107050
  48. Gershon R, Novack MA, Kaat AJ  The NIH Infant and Toddler Toolbox: A new standardized tool for assessing neurodevelopment in children ages 1-42 months.  Child Dev  2024;95(6):2252-2254. doi:10.1111/cdev.14135
  49. Young SR, Dworak EM, Kaat AJ, Adam H, Novack MA, Slotkin J, Stoeger J, Nowinski CJ, Hosseinian Z, Amagai S  et al.  Development and Validation of a Vocabulary Measure in the Mobile Toolbox.  Arch Clin Neuropsychol  2024 Aug 24;39(6):714-723. doi:10.1093/arclin/acae010
  50. Stephen JJ, Carolan P, Krefman AE, Sedaghat S, Mansolf M, Allen NB, Scholtens DM  psHarmonize: Facilitating reproducible large-scale pre-statistical data harmonization and documentation in R.  Patterns (N Y)  2024 Aug 09;5(8):101003. pii:101003