Helen Tager-Flusberg

Helen Tager-Flusberg is an American psychologist who is professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Science at Boston University and the Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). She is the Director of the Center for Autism Research Excellence at Boston University.

Personal life and education Tager-Flusberg was born in England. She moved to the US in the 1970s and served on the National Deafness and Communication Disorders Advisory Council from 2012 to 2016.

She is on the editorial boards of Autism and Autism Research; and an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Psychology and is Associate Editor for the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Recognition Ken Wexler, a professor of cognitive science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said: "If you asked somebody, 'Who are the famous people studying language in autism?' she's the first name to come to mind."

Selected publications As of 2012, Tager-Flusberg has edited four books and published more than 200 journal articles and individual chapters in books; some of her books are: