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Dr. April A. Benasich is the Elizabeth H. Solomon Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. She is also the Director of the Infancy Studies Laboratory at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University-Newark and Director of the Carter Center for Neurocognitive Research. Her research uses converging paradigms and prospective longitudinal studies to explore the human developing brain, the dynamics of early brain plasticity and the role of attention and sensory recruitment in the construction of early brain networks crucial to normative language and cognitive development.
Her most recent work examines the effects of an adaptive, interactive behavioral protocol that supports formation of pre-linguistic brain maps early in life, thus optimizing auditory brain mapping and later language development. A patented interactive toy-like device – now in the prototype stage – has been designed to facilitate active technology transfer to home, daycare and clinic settings and hopefully provide “real-world” intervention solutions.
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dEEG Measures of Infant Daytime Sleep: Predicting Brain Maturation and Cognition
National Institute of Mental Health
5/12/17 → 4/30/20
Project: Research project
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INFANT PERCEPTUAL ABILITIES AS COGNITIVE PRECURSORS
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
1/1/94 → 3/31/06
Project: Research project
Research output
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Acoustic-level and language-specific processing of native and non-native phonological sequence onsets in the low gamma and theta-frequency bands
Wagner, M., Ortiz-Mantilla, S., Rusiniak, M., Benasich, A. A., Shafer, V. L. & Steinschneider, M., Dec 2022, In: Scientific reports. 12, 1, 314.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modulation of Theta Phase Synchrony during Syllable Processing as a Function of Interactive Acoustic Experience in Infancy
Ortiz-Mantilla, S., Roesler, C. P., Realpe-Bonilla, T. & Benasich, A. A., Mar 1 2022, In: Cerebral Cortex. 32, 5, p. 919-932 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prospective and longitudinal studies of the earliest origins of language learning impairments: Annette Karmiloff-Smith's ongoing legacy
Benasich, A. A. & Wolfert, K., May 17 2021, Taking Development Seriously A Festschrift for Annette Karmiloff-Smith: Neuroconstructivism and the multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the emergence of mind. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 121-134 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Retraction Note to: Stability of neuronal avalanches and long-range temporal correlations during the first year of life in human infant (Brain Structure and Function, (2019), 224, 7, (2453-2465), 10.1007/s00429-019-01918-5)
Jannesari, M., Saeedi, A., Zare, M., Ortiz-Mantilla, S., Plenz, D. & Benasich, A. A., Apr 1 2020, In: Brain Structure and Function. 225, 3, p. 1167 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Stability of neuronal avalanches and long-range temporal correlations during the first year of life in human infants
Jannesari, M., Saeedi, A., Zare, M., Ortiz-Mantilla, S., Plenz, D. & Benasich, A. A., Apr 1 2020, In: Brain Structure and Function. 225, 3, p. 1169-1183 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Scopus citations