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Neuroscience

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56
Citations
16516
World Ranking
4448
National Ranking
2014

Psychology

D-Index
54
Citations
16204
World Ranking
4516
National Ranking
2507

Overview

Sara Jane Webb is affiliated with Seattle Children's Hospital in the United States and focuses primarily on neuroscience research. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including cognitive neuroscience, genetics, clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and education. The scientist's publication record highlights their extensive involvement in autism spectrum disorder and related neurodevelopmental conditions.

The main fields of study for Sara Jane Webb include:

  • Neuroscience

The subfields of their publications include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Genetics
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Education

Key research topics covered in their work are:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

Sara Jane Webb has co-authored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • James C. McPartland
  • Raphael Bernier
  • Shafali Jeste
  • Géraldine Dawson
  • Adam Naples

The scientist has published many articles in various venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Emergency Nursing
  • Autism Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Selected recent papers by Sara Jane Webb include the following:

  • The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials: Initial Evaluation of a Battery of Candidate EEG Biomarkers, 2022, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT): Scientific Context, Study Design, and Progress Toward Biomarker Qualification, 2020, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
  • Sex Differences in Functional Connectivity of the Salience, Default Mode, and Central Executive Networks in Youth with ASD, 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • Infant EEG theta modulation predicts childhood intelligence, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Day-to-Day Test-Retest Reliability of EEG Profiles in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development, 2020, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Their research centers on clinical and cognitive neuroscience approaches to understanding autism spectrum disorder and related neurodevelopmental conditions, with particular attention to biomarkers, brain connectivity, and developmental predictors of cognitive outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Autism and abnormal development of brain connectivity

    Matthew K. Belmonte;Greg Allen;Andrea Beckel-Mitchener;Lisa M. Boulanger

  • Understanding the nature of face processing impairment in autism: insights from behavioral and electrophysiological studies.

    Geraldine Dawson;Sara Jane Webb;James McPartland

  • Early behavioral intervention is associated with normalized brain activity in young children with autism

    Geraldine Dawson;Emily J.H. Jones;Kristen Merkle;Kaitlin Venema

  • Consensus Paper: Pathological Role of the Cerebellum in Autism

    S. Hossein Fatemi;Kimberly A. Aldinger;Paul Ashwood;Margaret L. Bauman

  • Defining the broader phenotype of autism: genetic, brain, and behavioral perspectives.

    Geraldine Dawson;Sara Webb;Gerard D. Schellenberg;Stephen Dager

  • Resting state cortical connectivity reflected in EEG coherence in individuals with autism

    Michael Andrew Murias;Sara J. Webb;Jessica Greenson;Geraldine Dawson

  • Neural correlates of face and object recognition in young children with autism spectrum disorder, developmental delay, and typical development

    Geraldine Dawson;Leslie Carver;Andrew N. Meltzoff;Herachles Panagiotides

  • Event-related brain potentials reveal anomalies in temporal processing of faces in autism spectrum disorder

    James McPartland;Geraldine Dawson;Sara J. Webb;Heracles Panagiotides

  • Disengagement of Visual Attention in Infancy is Associated with Emerging Autism in Toddlerhood

    Mayada Elsabbagh;Mayada Elsabbagh;Janice Fernandes;Sara Jane Webb;Geraldine Dawson

  • EEG mu rhythm and imitation impairments in individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

    Raphael Bernier;Geraldine Dawson;Sara Jane Webb;Michael Murias

  • Young children with autism show atypical brain responses to fearful versus neutral facial expressions of emotion

    Geraldine Dawson;Sara J. Webb;Leslie Carver;Heracles Panagiotides

  • Mechanisms of postnatal neurobiological development : Implications for human development

    Sara J. Webb;Christopher S. Monk;Charles A. Nelson

  • Neurocognitive and electrophysiological evidence of altered face processing in parents of children with autism: implications for a model of abnormal development of social brain circuitry in autism.

    Geraldine Dawson;Sara Jane Webb;Ellen Wijsman;Gerard Schellenberg

  • Amygdalar volume and behavioral development in autism.

    Jeffrey Munson;Geraldine Dawson;Robert Abbott;Susan Faja

  • Neurologic Aspects of Autism

    Nancy J. Minshew;John A. Sweeney;Margaret L. Bauman;Sara Jane Webb

  • ERP evidence of atypical face processing in young children with autism.

    Sara J. Webb;Geraldine Dawson;Raphael Bernier;Heracles Panagiotides

  • Early sex differences are not autism-specific: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium (BSRC) study

    Daniel S. Messinger;Gregory S. Young;Sara Jane Webb;Sally J Ozonoff

  • The motivation for very early intervention for infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorders

    Sara Jane Webb;Emily J.H. Jones;Jean F. Kelly;Geraldine Dawson

  • Patterns of visual attention to faces and objects in autism spectrum disorder.

    James C. McPartland;Sara Jane Webb;Sara Jane Webb;Brandon Keehn;Brandon Keehn;Geraldine Dawson;Geraldine Dawson;Geraldine Dawson

  • Rate of Head Growth Decelerates and Symptoms Worsen in the Second Year of Life in Autism

    Geraldine Dawson;Jeff Munson;Sara Jane Webb;Theresa Nalty

Frequent Co-Authors

Geraldine Dawson
Geraldine Dawson Duke University
Raphael Bernier
Raphael Bernier University of Washington
Emily J.H. Jones
Emily J.H. Jones Birkbeck, University of London
Charles A. Nelson
Charles A. Nelson Boston Children's Hospital
James C. McPartland
James C. McPartland Yale University
Elizabeth Aylward
Elizabeth Aylward Seattle Children's Hospital
Annette Estes
Annette Estes University of Washington
Katarzyna Chawarska
Katarzyna Chawarska Yale University
Tony Charman
Tony Charman King's College London
Leslie J. Carver
Leslie J. Carver University of California, San Diego

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