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Overview

Emilio Ferrer is affiliated with the University of California, Davis, in the United States. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Psychology, with a strong emphasis on several specialized subfields including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, and Education.

Their work spans a variety of topics that include:

  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Family and Disability Support Research

Ferrer has published extensively in a number of academic venues. Among the most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Multivariate Behavioral Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Psychological Methods
  • Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal
  • Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology

Their recent papers include:

  • "Trajectories of Autism Symptom Severity Change During Early Childhood" (2020) published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • "How Much of What We Learn in Virtual Reality Transfers to Real-World Navigation?" (2020) published in Multisensory Research
  • "Identifying autism symptom severity trajectories across childhood" (2022) published in Autism Research
  • "Contribution of sustained attention abilities to real-world academic skills in children" (2023) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Dynamical Properties and Conceptual Interpretation of Latent Change Score Models" (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychology

Ferrer frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field. Notable coauthors with whom they have worked on multiple occasions include:

  • Sara M. Freeman
  • Karen L. Bales
  • Alexander Baxter
  • Chloe L. Karaskiewicz
  • Logan E. Savidge

Best Publications

  • Factorial Invariance Within Longitudinal Structural Equation Models: Measuring the Same Construct Across Time

    Keith F. Widaman;Emilio Ferrer;Rand D. Conger

  • Intensive Meditation Training Improves Perceptual Discrimination and Sustained Attention

    Katherine A. MacLean;Emilio Ferrer;Stephen R. Aichele;David A. Bridwell

  • Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators

    Tonya L. Jacobs;Elissa S. Epel;Jue Lin;Elizabeth H. Blackburn

  • Cross-Sectional Analysis of Longitudinal Mediation Processes

    Kristine D. O'Laughlin;Monica J. Martin;Emilio Ferrer

  • Uncoupling of Reading and IQ Over Time: Empirical Evidence for a Definition of Dyslexia

    Emilio Ferrer;Bennett A. Shaywitz;John M. Holahan;Karen Marchione

  • Longitudinal Modeling of Developmental Changes in Psychological Research

    Emilio Ferrer;John J. McArdle

  • Alternative structural models for multivariate longitudinal data analysis.

    Emilio Ferrer;John J. McArdle

  • How to Compare Cross-Lagged Associations in a Multilevel Autoregressive Model

    Noémi K. Schuurman;Emilio Ferrer;Mieke de Boer-Sonnenschein;Ellen L. Hamaker

  • Enhanced response inhibition during intensive meditation training predicts improvements in self-reported adaptive socioemotional functioning.

    Baljinder K. Sahdra;Katherine A. MacLean;Emilio Ferrer;Phillip R. Shaver

  • Don't Hide Your Happiness! Positive Emotion Dissociation, Social Connectedness, and Psychological Functioning

    Iris B. Mauss;Amanda J. Shallcross;Allison S. Troy;Oliver P. John

  • Processing Speed in Childhood and Adolescence: Longitudinal Models for Examining Developmental Change.

    Robert V. Kail;Emilio Ferrer

  • Factorial Invariance and the Specification of Second-Order Latent Growth Models

    Emilio Ferrer;Nekane Balluerka;Keith F. Widaman

  • Assessing cross-partner associations in physiological responses via coupled oscillator models.

    Jonathan L. Helm;David Sbarra;Emilio Ferrer

  • An experimental analysis of dynamic hypotheses about cognitive abilities and achievement from childhood to early adulthood.

    Emilio Ferrer;John J. McArdle

  • Estimating retest effects in longitudinal assessments of cognitive functioning in adults between 18 and 60 years of age.

    Timothy A. Salthouse;David H. Schroeder;Emilio Ferrer

  • Longitudinal models of developmental dynamics between reading and cognition from childhood to adolescence

    Emilio Ferrer;John J. McArdle;Bennett A. Shaywitz;John M. Holahan

  • Neonatal oxytocin manipulations have long-lasting, sexually dimorphic effects on vasopressin receptors

    K.L. Bales;P.M. Plotsky;L.J. Young;L.J. Young;M.M. Lim;M.M. Lim

  • Coregulation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in adult romantic partners.

    Jonathan L. Helm;David A. Sbarra;Emilio Ferrer

  • Fluid Reasoning and the Developing Brain

    Emilio Ferrer;Elizabeth D O'Hare;Silvia A Bunge

  • Dynamical systems modeling of physiological coregulation in dyadic interactions.

    Emilio Ferrer;Jonathan L. Helm

  • Modeling age and retest processes in longitudinal studies of cognitive abilities.

    Emilio Ferrer;Timothy A. Salthouse;Walter F. Stewart;Brian S. Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard W. Robins
Richard W. Robins University of California, Davis
Silvia A. Bunge
Silvia A. Bunge University of California, Berkeley
Rand D. Conger
Rand D. Conger University of California, Davis
Phillip R. Shaver
Phillip R. Shaver University of California, Davis
Baljinder K. Sahdra
Baljinder K. Sahdra Australian Catholic University
David A. Sbarra
David A. Sbarra University of Arizona
Sally E. Shaywitz
Sally E. Shaywitz Yale University
John J. McArdle
John J. McArdle University of Southern California
Keith F. Widaman
Keith F. Widaman University of California, Riverside
Roberto Colom
Roberto Colom Autonomous University of Madrid

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