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Psychology

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Overview

Marie Schaer is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience and medicine, with a strong emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, education, clinical psychology, epidemiology, and psychiatry and mental health as key subfields of their work.

Their scientific investigations cover a range of topics, notably autism spectrum disorder research, child development and digital technology, virology and viral diseases, family and disability support research, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, functional brain connectivity studies, and neural dynamics and brain function.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Marie Schaer include the following:

  • Using 2D video-based pose estimation for automated prediction of autism spectrum disorders in young children (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • Abnormal Development and Dysconnectivity of Distinct Thalamic Nuclei in Patients With 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Experiencing Auditory Hallucinations (2020), published in Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Observational Study in the Greater Geneva Area, Switzerland (2020), published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Early alterations of large-scale brain networks temporal dynamics in young children with autism (2021), published in Communications Biology
  • Trajectories of imitation skills in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders (2022), published in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Marie Schaer frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Nada Kojovic
  • Martina Franchini
  • Stéphan Eliez
  • Michel Godel
  • Maude Schneider

Their work has been published in various scientific venues, particularly:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Best Publications

  • MRIQC: Advancing the automatic prediction of image quality in MRI from unseen sites.

    Oscar Esteban;Daniel Birman;Marie Schaer;Oluwasanmi Oluseye Koyejo

  • A Surface-Based Approach to Quantify Local Cortical Gyrification

    M. Schaer;M.B. Cuadra;L. Tamarit;F. Lazeyras

  • Degrees of separation: A quantitative neuroimaging meta-analysis investigating self-specificity and shared neural activation between self- and other-reflection

    Ryan James Murray;Marie Schaer;Martin Debbané

  • The Default Mode Network in Autism

    Aarthi Padmanabhan;Charles J. Lynch;Marie Schaer;Vinod Menon

  • Decreased anterior cingulate volume in combat-related PTSD.

    Steven H. Woodward;Danny G. Kaloupek;Danny G. Kaloupek;Chris C. Streeter;Christelle Martinez

  • Cortical thickness, surface area, and gyrification abnormalities in children exposed to maltreatment: neural markers of vulnerability?

    Philip A. Kelly;Philip A. Kelly;Essi Viding;Gregory L. Wallace;Marie Schaer

  • Sex differences in thickness, and folding developments throughout the cortex

    A Kadir Mutlu;Maude Schneider;Martin Debbané;Deborah Myriam Badoud

  • How to Measure Cortical Folding from MR Images: a Step-by-Step Tutorial to Compute Local Gyrification Index

    Marie Schaer;Meritxell Bach Cuadra;Meritxell Bach Cuadra;Nick Schmansky;Bruce Fischl

  • Decreased frontal gyrification correlates with altered connectivity in children with autism

    Marie Schaer;Marie Schaer;Marie-Christine Ottet;Elisa Scariati;Daniel Dukes

  • Genes, brain development and psychiatric phenotypes in velo‐cardio‐facial syndrome

    Doron Gothelf;Marie Schaer;Marie Schaer;Stephan Eliez

  • Deficits in mesolimbic reward pathway underlie social interaction impairments in children with autism.

    Kaustubh Supekar;John Kochalka;Marie Schaer;Marie Schaer;Holly Wakeman

  • Expanding the clinical and neuroradiologic phenotype of primary microcephaly due to ASPM mutations

    S Passemard;L Titomanlio;M Elmaleh;A Afenjar

  • Risk Factors and the Evolution of Psychosis in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: A Longitudinal 2-Site Study

    Doron Gothelf;Doron Gothelf;Maude Schneider;Tamar Green;Tamar Green;Martin Debbané

  • Prefrontal Plasticity and Stress Inoculation-Induced Resilience

    Maor Katz;Chunlei Liu;Marie Schaer;Karen J. Parker

  • Deviant trajectories of cortical maturation in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS): a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.

    Marie Schaer;Martin Debbané;Meritxell Bach Cuadra;Marie-Christine Ottet

  • Smaller Global and Regional Cortical Volume in Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Steven H. Woodward;Marie Schaer;Danny G. Kaloupek;Lucia Cediel

  • Sex differences in cortical volume and gyrification in autism

    Marie Schaer;John Kochalka;Aarthi Padmanabhan;Kaustubh Supekar

  • Reduced brain cortical folding in schizophrenia revealed in two independent samples

    Ragnar Nesvåg;M Schaer;Unn Kristin H. Haukvik;Lars Tjelta Westlye

  • Abnormal patterns of cortical gyrification in velo-cardio-facial syndrome (deletion 22q11.2): an MRI study.

    Marie Schaer;J. Eric Schmitt;Bronwyn Glaser;François Lazeyras

  • Sensory Processing Issues and Their Association with Social Difficulties in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Nada Kojovic;Lylia Ben Hadid;Martina Franchini;Marie Schaer

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Eliez
Stephan Eliez University of Geneva
Martin Debbané
Martin Debbané University of Geneva
Dimitri Van De Ville
Dimitri Van De Ville École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Danny G. Kaloupek
Danny G. Kaloupek Boston University
Patric Hagmann
Patric Hagmann University of Lausanne
Christoph M. Michel
Christoph M. Michel University of Geneva
Edouard Gentaz
Edouard Gentaz University of Geneva
Doron Gothelf
Doron Gothelf Tel Aviv University
François Lazeyras
François Lazeyras University of Geneva
Alain Verloes
Alain Verloes Université Paris Cité

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