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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
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INFANT PERCEPTUAL MEASURES: RELIABILITY AND INTERRELATI
National Institute of Mental Health
1/1/90 → 1/1/90
Project: Research project
Research output
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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 Access3 Scopus citations -
Change detection to tone pairs during the first year of life – Predictive longitudinal relationships for EEG-based source and time-frequency measures
Hämäläinen, J. A., Ortiz-Mantilla, S. & Benasich, A., Sep 2019, In: NeuroImage. 198, p. 83-92 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early Interactive Acoustic Experience with Non-speech Generalizes to Speech and Confers a Syllabic Processing Advantage at 9 Months
Ortiz-Mantilla, S., Realpe-Bonilla, T. & Benasich, A. A., Apr 1 2019, In: Cerebral Cortex. 29, 4, p. 1789-1801 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
Minimally-verbal children with autism show deficits in theta and gamma oscillations during processing of semantically-related visual information
Ortiz-Mantilla, S., Cantiani, C., Shafer, V. L. & Benasich, A. A., Dec 1 2019, In: Scientific reports. 9, 1, 5072.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations