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Mirella Dapretto is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains in neuroscience and medicine, focusing extensively on cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry. The main fields of study for Mirella Dapretto include Neuroscience and Medicine, with subfields centered on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Clinical Psychology.

The research topics prominently addressed by Mirella Dapretto cover Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Language Development and Disorders, Neonatal and Fetal Brain Pathology, and Family and Disability Support Research.

The scientist has contributed to a range of recent publications that provide insight into brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders. Notable recent papers include:

  • Correspondence Between Perceived Pubertal Development and Hormone Levels in 9-10 Year-Olds From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology)
  • Baseline brain function in the preadolescents of the ABCD Study (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Sex Differences in Functional Connectivity of the Salience, Default Mode, and Central Executive Networks in Youth with ASD (2020, Cerebral Cortex)
  • Graded Variation in T1w/T2w Ratio during Adolescence: Measurement, Caveats, and Implications for Development of Cortical Myelin (2022, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Sensory over-responsivity is related to GABAergic inhibition in thalamocortical circuits (2021, Translational Psychiatry)

Mirella Dapretto frequently publishes in several scientific venues, with the most frequent including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Autism Research, Cerebral Cortex, and Translational Psychiatry.

The scientist collaborates with a number of frequent co-authors, which indicates active engagement in multidisciplinary research networks. Key co-authors include:

  • Susan Y. Bookheimer
  • Shafali Jeste
  • Shulamite A. Green
  • James C. McPartland
  • John D. Van Horn

Best Publications

  • The autism brain imaging data exchange: towards a large-scale evaluation of the intrinsic brain architecture in autism

    A Di Martino;C-G Yan;Q Li;E Denio

  • Understanding emotions in others: mirror neuron dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorders

    Mirella Dapretto;Mari S Davies;Jennifer H Pfeifer;Ashley A Scott

  • The mirror neuron system and the consequences of its dysfunction

    Marco Iacoboni;Mirella Dapretto

  • Development of a Definition of Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

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  • Form and Content: Dissociating Syntax and Semantics in Sentence Comprehension

    Mirella Dapretto;Susan Y Bookheimer

  • The Power of the Like in Adolescence: Effects of Peer Influence on Neural and Behavioral Responses to Social Media

    Lauren E. Sherman;Ashley A. Payton;Leanna M. Hernandez;Patricia M. Greenfield

  • Reward Processing in Autism

    Ashley A Scott-van Zeeland;Mirella Dapretto;Dara G Ghahremani;Russell A Poldrack

  • Enhancing studies of the connectome in autism using the autism brain imaging data exchange II

    Adriana Di Martino;David O'Connor;David O'Connor;Bosi Chen;Kaat Alaerts

  • Neural correlates of social exclusion during adolescence: understanding the distress of peer rejection

    Carrie L. Masten;Naomi I. Eisenberger;Larissa A. Borofsky;Jennifer H. Pfeifer

  • Language switching and language representation in Spanish-English bilinguals: an fMRI study.

    Arturo E. Hernandez;Mirella Dapretto;John C. Mazziotta;Susan Y. Bookheimer

  • Extending the Human Connectome Project across ages: Imaging protocols for the Lifespan Development and Aging projects

    Michael P. Harms;Leah H. Somerville;Beau M. Ances;Jesper Andersson

  • Mirroring others' emotions relates to empathy and interpersonal competence in children.

    Jennifer H. Pfeifer;Marco Iacoboni;Marco Iacoboni;John C. Mazziotta;John C. Mazziotta;Mirella Dapretto;Mirella Dapretto

  • Neural Basis of Irony Comprehension in Children with Autism: The Role of Prosody and Context.

    A. Ting Wang;Susan S. Lee;Marian Sigman;Mirella Dapretto

  • Altered functional and structural brain network organization in autism.

    J.D. Rudie;J.A. Brown;D. Beck-Pancer;L.M. Hernandez

  • Neural Correlates of Facial Affect Processing in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder

    A. Ting Wang;Mirella Dapretto;Ahmad R. Hariri;Marian Sigman

  • Entering Adolescence: Resistance to Peer Influence, Risky Behavior, and Neural Changes in Emotion Reactivity

    Jennifer H. Pfeifer;Carrie L. Masten;William E. Moore;Tasha M. Oswald

  • Development of the Default Mode and Central Executive Networks Across Early Adolescence: a Longitudinal Study

    Lauren E. Sherman;Jeffrey D. Rudie;Jennifer H. Pfeifer;Carrie L. Masten

  • The Lifespan Human Connectome Project in Development: A large-scale study of brain connectivity development in 5-21 year olds.

    Leah H. Somerville;Susan Y. Bookheimer;Randy L. Buckner;Gregory C. Burgess

  • “I Know You Are But What Am I?!”: Neural Bases of Self-and Social Knowledge Retrieval in Children and Adults

    Jennifer H. Pfeifer;Matthew D. Lieberman;Mirella Dapretto

  • Neural correlates of direct and reflected self-appraisals in adolescents and adults: when social perspective-taking informs self-perception.

    Jennifer H. Pfeifer;Carrie L. Masten;Larissa A. Borofsky;Mirella Dapretto

  • Input Vs Constraints: Early Word Acquisition in Korean and English

    T.K.F. Au;M. Dapretto;Y.K. Song

  • Reading affect in the face and voice: neural correlates of interpreting communicative intent in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.

    A. Ting Wang;Susan S. Lee;Marian Sigman;Mirella Dapretto

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer H. Pfeifer
Jennifer H. Pfeifer University of Oregon
Marian Sigman
Marian Sigman University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles
Naomi I. Eisenberger
Naomi I. Eisenberger University of California, Los Angeles
Matthew D. Lieberman
Matthew D. Lieberman University of California, Los Angeles
Charles A. Nelson
Charles A. Nelson Boston Children's Hospital
Ted Hutman
Ted Hutman University of California, Los Angeles
Andrew J. Fuligni
Andrew J. Fuligni University of California, Los Angeles
Deanna M. Barch
Deanna M. Barch Washington University in St. Louis
Adriana Galván
Adriana Galván University of California, Los Angeles

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