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April A. Benasich publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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This scientist: 82 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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April A. Benasich D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

April A. Benasich is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with significant contributions to Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics covered in April A. Benasich's work include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

The scientist has published articles in several academic venues, most notably:

  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Scientific Reports

Among the recent papers by April A. Benasich are:

  • Stability of neuronal avalanches and long-range temporal correlations during the first year of life in human infants, 2020, Brain Structure and Function
  • Acoustic-level and language-specific processing of native and non-native phonological sequence onsets in the low gamma and theta-frequency bands, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Modulation of Theta Phase Synchrony during Syllable Processing as a Function of Interactive Acoustic Experience in Infancy, 2021, Cerebral Cortex
  • Experience-dependent effects of passive auditory exposure in infants impact theta phase synchrony and predict later language, 2023, Cerebral Cortex
  • Retraction Note to: Stability of neuronal avalanches and long-range temporal correlations during the first year of life in human infant, 2020, Brain Structure and Function

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Benasich include:

  • Silvia Ortiz-Mantilla
  • Mostafa Jannesari
  • Alireza Saeedi
  • Marzieh Zare
  • Dietmar Plenz

Best Publications

  • Infant discrimination of rapid auditory cues predicts later language impairment

    April A Benasich;Paula Tallal

  • Maternal attitudes and knowledge of child-rearing : Associations with family and child outcomes

    April Ann Benasich;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

  • Language, Learning, and Behavioral Disturbances in Childhood: A Longitudinal Perspective

    April Ann Benasich;Susan Curtiss;Paula Tallal

  • Pediatric neuroimaging in early childhood and infancy: Challenges and practical guidelines

    Nora Raschle;Nora Raschle;Jennifer Margaret Zuk;Silvia Ortiz-Mantilla;Danielle D. Sliva

  • Early cognitive and language skills are linked to resting frontal gamma power across the first 3 years

    April A. Benasich;Zhenkun Gou;Naseem Choudhury;Kenneth D. Harris

  • Maturation of auditory evoked potentials from 6 to 48 months: prediction to 3 and 4 year language and cognitive abilities.

    Naseem Choudhury;April A. Benasich

  • The infant as a prelinguistic model for language learning impairments: Predicting from event-related potentials to behavior

    April A. Benasich;Naseem Choudhury;Jennifer T. Friedman;Teresa Realpe-Bonilla

  • A Family Aggregation Study: The Influence of Family History and Other Risk Factors on Language Development

    Naseem Choudhury;April Ann Benasich

  • The importance of rapid auditory processing abilities to early language development: evidence from converging methodologies.

    April A. Benasich;Jennifer J. Thomas;Naseem Choudhury;Paavo H. T. Leppänen

  • Auditory temporal processing thresholds, habituation, and recognition memory over the 1st year☆

    April Ann Benasich;Paula Tallal

  • Infant habituation: assessments of individual differences and short-term reliability at five months.

    Marc H. Bornstein;April A. Benasich

  • Understanding language and cognitive deficits in very low birth weight children.

    Silvia Ortiz-Mantilla;Naseem Choudhury;Hilary Leevers;April A. Benasich

  • Resting frontal gamma power at 16, 24 and 36 months predicts individual differences in language and cognition at 4 and 5 years

    Zhenkun Gou;Naseem Choudhury;Naseem Choudhury;April A. Benasich

  • How do mothers benefit from early intervention programs

    April Ann Benasich;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Beatriz Chu Clewell

  • Development of structure and function in the infant brain: implications for cognition, language and social behaviour.

    Sarah J. Paterson;Sabine Heim;Jennifer Thomas Friedman;Naseem Choudhury

  • Functional connectivity of the sensorimotor area in naturally sleeping infants.

    Wen-Ching Liu;Judy F. Flax;Kevin G. Guise;Vishad Sukul

  • Look who's talking: a prospective study of familial transmission of language impairments

    Romy V. Spitz;Paula Tallal;Judy Flax;April A. Benasich

  • Infant information processing and family history of specific language impairment: converging evidence for RAP deficits from two paradigms

    Naseem Choudhury;Paavo H.T. Leppanen;Hilary J. Leevers;April A. Benasich

  • Regional Infant Brain Development: An MRI-Based Morphometric Analysis in 3 to 13 Month Olds

    Myong-Sun Choe;Silvia Ortiz-Mantilla;Nikos Makris;Matt Gregas

  • The effects of early education intervention on maternal employment, public assistance, and health insurance: the infant health and development program.

    J. Brooks-Gunn;M. C. Mccormick;S. Shapiro;April Ann Benasich

  • Research report Infant discrimination of rapid auditory cues predicts later language impairment

    April A. Benasich;Paula Tallal

Frequent Co-Authors

Jarmo A. Hämäläinen
Jarmo A. Hämäläinen University of Jyväskylä
Paula Tallal
Paula Tallal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Columbia University
Andreas Keil
Andreas Keil University of Florida
P. Ellen Grant
P. Ellen Grant Boston Children's Hospital
Massimo Molteni
Massimo Molteni University of Padua
Scott Makeig
Scott Makeig University of California, San Diego
Sarah Paterson
Sarah Paterson Temple University
Paavo H.T. Leppänen
Paavo H.T. Leppänen University of Jyväskylä
Marc H. Bornstein
Marc H. Bornstein National Institutes of Health

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