Selected Publications

Wang, Z., Fernandez-Seara, M., Alsop, D.C., Liu, W-C., Flax, J.F., Benasich, A.A., Detre, J.A. (In Press). Assessment of Functional Development in Normal Infant Brain using Arterial Spin Labeled Perfusion MRI. NeuroImage (To Appear).

Ortiz-Mantilla, S., Choudhury, N., Leevers, H.J., & Benasich, A.A. (In Press). Understanding Language and Cognitive Deficits in Very Low Birth Weight Children. Developmental Psychobiology (To Appear).

Nawyn, J., Roesler, C., Realpe-Bonilla, T., Choudhury, N., and Benasich, A.A. (In Press). An Operantly Conditioned Looking Task for Assessing Infant Auditory Processing Ability. In ASSETS'07: Proceedings of the 9th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (To Appear).

Choudhury, N., Leppanen, P.H.T., Leevers, H.J., and Benasich, A.A. (2007). Assessing rapid auditory processing abilities in family history and control infants: Evidence from converging paradigms. Developmental Science, 10 (2), 213-236.

Roesler, C., Paterson, S.J., Flax, J., Hahn, J.S., Kovar, C., Stashinko, E., Jing, H, and Benasich, A.A. (2006). Cognitive Profile of Children with Holoprosencephaly. Pediatric Neurology, 35, 387-394.

Paterson, S.J., Heim, S., Friedman, J.T., Choudhury, N., and Benasich, A.A. (2006). Development of structure and function in the infant brain: Implications for cognition, language and social behaviour. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 30, 1087-1105.

Heim, S. and Benasich, A.A. (2006). Disorders of language. In D. Chicchetti and D. Cohen (Eds), Developmental Psychopathology, 2nd Edition, pp. 268-316, New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Jing, H., Flax, J., Roesler, C., Choudhury, N., and Benasich, A.A. (2006). Auditory event-related responses in children with semi-lobar holoprosencephaly. Brain & Development, 28 (4), 207-214.

Jing, H. and Benasich, A.A. (2006). Brain responses to tonal changes in the first two years of life. Brain & Development, 28 (4), 247-256.

Benasich, A.A., Choudhury, N., Friedman, J.T., Realpe Bonilla, T., Chojnowska, C. and Gou, Z. (2006). Infants as a prelinguistic model for language learning impairments: Predicting from event-related potentials to behavior. Neuropsychologia, 44 (3), 396-411. Abstract

Leevers, H.J., Roesler, C., Flax, J., and Benasich, A.A. (2005). The Carter Neurocognitive Assessment: Evaluation of children with severe expressive language and motor impairment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46:3, 1-17.

Friedman, J.T., Peiffer, A.M., Clark, M.G., Benasich, A.A., & Fitch, R.H. (2004). Age and experience-related improvements in gap detection in the rat. Developmental Brain Research, 152 2, 83-91. Abstract

Leppanen, P.H.T., Choudhury, N., Benasich, A.A. & Lyytinen, H. (2004) Neuroimaging measures in the study of specific language impairment. In L. Verhoeven and H. van Balkom (Eds) Classifications of developmental language disorders: Theoretical issues and clinical implications. pp. 99-137. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Elrbaum Press.

Jing, H., Heim, S., Chojnowskia C., Thomas, J. & Benasich, A.A. (2004). Timing errors in auditory event-related potentials. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 138(1-2), 1-6. Abstract

Choudhury, N. and Benasich, A.A. (2003). A Family Aggregation Study: The influence of family history and other risk factors on language development. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 46, 261-272. Abstract

Benasich, A.A. & Leevers, H.J. (2002). Processing of rapidly presented auditory cues in infancy: Implications for later language development. In: J. Fagan & H. Haynes (Eds.). Progress in Infancy Research, Vol. 3. (pp. 245-288). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. (peer-reviewed edited annual volume).

Benasich, A.A. (2002). Auditory processing of brief temporal cues and family history of autoimmune disorders in infants. Developmental Neuropsychology, Vol. 22, (1), pp. 351-372. Abstract

Benasich, A.A. & Tallal, P. (2002). Infant discrimination of rapid auditory cues predicts later language impairment. Behavioral Brain Research, 136 (1), 31-49 Abstract

Tallal, P. & Benasich, A.A. (2002). Language Learning Disabilities, Development and Psychopathology, 14, 559-579.

Benasich, A.A., Thomas, J.J., Choudhury, N. & Leppänen, P.H.T. (2002). The importance of rapid auditory processing abilities to early language development: Evidence from converging methodologies. Developmental Psychobiology, 40, 278-292. Abstract

Jing, H., Takigawa,, M. & Benasich, A.A. (2002). Relationship of nonlinear analysis, MRI and SPECT in the lateralization of temporal lobe epilepsy, European Neurology. 48, 1, 11-19.

Fitch, R.H., Read, H., & Benasich, A.A. (2001). Neurophysiology of speech perception in normal and impaired systems. In: A. Jahn. & J. Santos-Sacchi (Eds.) Physiology of the ear, 2nd edition, (pp. 651-672). San Diego: Singular Publishing Group, Inc.

Benasich, A.A. (1999). Temporal integration as an early predictor of speech and language development. In C. von Euler, I. Lundberg and R. Llinás (Ed.) Basic Mechanisms In Cognition And Language - With Special Reference To Phonological Problems In Dyslexia. (Wenner-Gren International Series, Vol. 70) (pp. 123-142). Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd.

Benasich, A.A. & Spitz, R.V. (1998). Insights from infants: Temporal processing abilities and genetics contribute to language development. In G. Willems and K. Whitmore (Eds.). A Neurodevelopmental Approach to Specific Learning Disorders. (pp. 191-210). London: Mac Keith Press.

Benasich, A. A., & Read, H. L . (1998). Representation: Picture or process? In I. E. Siegel (Ed.) Development of mental representation: Theories and applications (pp. 33-60). Mahwah, NJ, USA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Abstract

Spitz, Tallal, Flax, & Benasich, A.A. (1997). Look who's talking: A prospective study of familial transmission of language impairments. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 40, 990-1001. Abstract

Benasich, A. A., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1996). Maternal attitudes and knowledge of child-rearing: Associations with family and child outcomes. Child Development, 67(3), 1186-1205. Abstract

Benasich, A.A., & Tallal, P. (1996). Auditory temporal processing thresholds, habituation, and recognition memory over the 1st year. Infant Behavior & Development, 19 (3), 339-357. Abstract

Benasich, A. A., Curtiss, S., & Tallal, P. (1993). Language, learning, and behavioral disturbances in childhood: A longitudinal perspective. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 32 (3). Abstract

Benasich, A. A. & Tallal, P. (1993). An operant conditioning paradigm for assessing auditory temporal processing in 6- to 9-month-old infants. In P. Tallal, A.M. Galaburda, R.R. Llinás, and C. von Euler (Eds.), Temporal information processing in the nervous system: Special reference to Dyslexia and Dysphasia.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 682, New York: The New York Academy of Sciences.

Benasich, A. A., & Bejar, I. I. (1992). The Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence: A critical review. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 13, 153-171. Abstract

Benasich, A. A., Brooks-Gunn, J. & Clewell, B. C. (1992). How do mothers benefit from early intervention programs? Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 13, 311-361. Abstract

McCormick, M. C., Brooks-Gunn, J., Shapiro, S., Benasich, A. A., Black, G., & Gross, R. T. (1991). Health care use among young children in day care: Results seen in a randomized trial of early intervention. Journal of the American Medical Association, 265, No. 17, 2212-2217.

The Infant Health and Development Program Staff (1990) Enhancing the outcomes of low birth weight, premature infants: A multisite randomized trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 263, No. 22, 3035-3042.

Schiff, W., Benasich, A. A., & Bornstein, M. H. (1989) Infant sensitivity to audiovisually coherent events. Psychological Research, 51:102-106. Abstract

Bornstein, M. H., & Benasich, A. A. (1986) Infant habituation: Assessments of individual differences and short-term reliability at 5 months. Child Development, 57, 87-99. Abstract

Bornstein, M. H., Krinsky, S. J., & Benasich, A. A. (1986) Fine orientation discrimination and shape constancy in young infants. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 41, 49-60. Abstract

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