Breanne D. Yerkes, Christina M. Vanden Bosch der Nederlanden, Julie F. Beasley, Erin E. Hannon, and Joel S. Snyder published a paper titled, "Acoustic and Semantic Processing of Auditory Scenes in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders," in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. This work was based on Yerkes' Ph.D. dissertation. Yerkes and Vanden Bosch der Nederlanden are former Ph.D. students from the department of psychology. Beasley is the clinical director at the UNLV Ackerman Autism Center. Hannon and Snyder are faculty in the department of psychology.