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Fumiko Hoeft is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States and is active in research primarily within the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Clinical Psychology.

The areas of research explored by Hoeft prominently include Reading and Literacy Development, Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neuroscience and Music Perception, Multisensory Perception and Integration, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, and Cognitive and Developmental Aspects of Mathematical Skills.

Frequent publication venues for Hoeft's research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors with whom Hoeft has collaborated include:

  • Roeland Hancock
  • Florence Bouhali
  • Stephanie L. Haft
  • Jocelyn Caballero
  • Kenneth R. Pugh

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Hoeft are:

  • "Contribution of sustained attention abilities to real-world academic skills in children," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "A Systematic Review of the Consequences of Stigma and Stereotype Threat for Individuals With Specific Learning Disabilities," 2022, Journal of Learning Disabilities
  • "Enhanced visceromotor emotional reactivity in dyslexia and its relation to salience network connectivity," 2020, Cortex
  • "Language combinations of multilinguals are reflected in their first-language knowledge and processing," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "Development of an Abbreviated Adult Reading History Questionnaire (ARHQ-Brief) Using a Machine Learning Approach," 2021, Journal of Learning Disabilities

Hoeft has contributed to academic literature through book publications, including a title published by Cambridge University Press: "The Cambridge Handbook of Dyslexia and Dyscalculia," released in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Failure of Anterior Cingulate Activation and Connectivity With the Amygdala During Implicit Regulation of Emotional Processing in Generalized Anxiety Disorder

    Amit Etkin;Katherine E. Prater;Fumiko Hoeft;Vinod Menon

  • Neural systems predicting long-term outcome in dyslexia

    Fumiko Hoeft;Bruce D. McCandliss;Jessica M. Black;Alexander Gantman

  • Functional and morphometric brain dissociation between dyslexia and reading ability.

    Fumiko Hoeft;Ann Meyler;Arvel Hernandez;Connie Juel

  • Methods and Software for fMRI Analysis of Clinical Subjects

    P.K. Mazaika;F. Hoeft;G.H. Glover;A.L. Reiss

  • Resting-State Functional Connectivity of Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Depressed Adolescents

    Colm G. Connolly;Jing Wu;Tiffany C. Ho;Fumiko Hoeft

  • GAT: A Graph-Theoretical Analysis Toolbox for Analyzing Between-Group Differences in Large-Scale Structural and Functional Brain Networks

    S. M. Hadi Hosseini;Fumiko Hoeft;Fumiko Hoeft;Shelli R. Kesler

  • Gender differences in the mesocorticolimbic system during computer game-play

    Fumiko Hoeft;Christa L. Watson;Shelli R. Kesler;Keith E. Bettinger

  • More Is Not Always Better: Increased Fractional Anisotropy of Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus Associated with Poor Visuospatial Abilities in Williams Syndrome

    Fumiko Hoeft;Naama Barnea-Goraly;Brian W. Haas;Golijeh Golarai

  • Neural Basis of Dyslexia: A Comparison between Dyslexic and Nondyslexic Children Equated for Reading Ability

    Fumiko Hoeft;Arvel Hernandez;Glenn McMillon;Heather Taylor-Hill

  • Universal brain signature of proficient reading: Evidence from four contrasting languages

    Jay G. Rueckl;Jay G. Rueckl;Pedro M. Paz-Alonso;Peter J. Molfese;Peter J. Molfese;Wen Jui Kuo

  • The Brain Basis of the Phonological Deficit in Dyslexia Is Independent of IQ

    Hiroko Tanaka;Hiroko Tanaka;Jessica M. Black;Jessica M. Black;Charles Hulme;Leanne M. Stanley;Leanne M. Stanley

  • Functional Brain Basis of Hypnotizability

    Fumiko Hoeft;John D. E. Gabrieli;Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli;Brian W. Haas

  • Neuroanatomy of Fragile X Syndrome Is Associated with Aberrant Behavior and the Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein (FMRP)

    Doron Gothelf;Joyce A. Furfaro;Fumiko Hoeft;Mark A. Eckert

  • Neurobiological Underpinnings of Math and Reading Learning Disabilities

    Sarit Ashkenazi;Jessica M. Black;Daniel A. Abrams;Fumiko Hoeft

  • Prediction of children's reading skills using behavioral, functional, and structural neuroimaging measures.

    Fumiko Hoeft;Takefumi Ueno;Allan L. Reiss;Ann Meyler

  • Recognizing Psychiatric Comorbidity With Reading Disorders.

    Robert L. Hendren;Stephanie L. Haft;Jessica M. Black;Nancy Cushen White

  • Neural Noise Hypothesis of Developmental Dyslexia

    Roeland Hancock;Kenneth R. Pugh;Fumiko Hoeft

  • Socio-Emotional and Cognitive Resilience in Children with Reading Disabilities.

    Stephanie L Haft;Chelsea A Myers;Fumiko Hoeft

  • Genetic influences on sociability: heightened amygdala reactivity and event-related responses to positive social stimuli in Williams syndrome.

    Brian W. Haas;Debra Mills;Anna Yam;Fumiko Hoeft

  • Functional neuroanatomical evidence for the double-deficit hypothesis of developmental dyslexia

    Elizabeth S. Norton;Jessica M. Black;Leanne M. Stanley;Hiroko Tanaka

  • Brain Activation during Sentence Comprehension among Good and Poor Readers

    Ann Meyler;Timothy A. Keller;Vladimir L. Cherkassky;Donghoon Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan L. Reiss
Allan L. Reiss Stanford University
Brian W. Haas
Brian W. Haas University of Georgia
Kenneth R. Pugh
Kenneth R. Pugh Haskins Laboratories
Ursula Bellugi
Ursula Bellugi Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Gary H. Glover
Gary H. Glover Stanford University
Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli
Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli Northeastern University
Robert K. Fulbright
Robert K. Fulbright Yale University
Masaru Mimura
Masaru Mimura Keio University
Debra L. Mills
Debra L. Mills Bangor University

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