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Sarah Whittle is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines including psychology, medicine, and neuroscience, with a focus on clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, functional brain connectivity studies, stress responses and cortisol regulation, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, child abuse and trauma, and broader mental health research topics.

Whittle has contributed to various recent publications, including:

  • ENIGMA MDD: seven years of global neuroimaging studies of major depression through worldwide data sharing, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Socioeconomic status and the developing brain - A systematic review of neuroimaging findings in youth, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Associations Between Neighborhood Disadvantage, Resting-State Functional Connectivity, and Behavior in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study: The Moderating Role of Positive Family and School Environments, 2021, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • Similar but distinct - Effects of different socioeconomic indicators on resting state functional connectivity: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study®, 2021, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Childhood socioeconomic status and the pace of structural neurodevelopment: accelerated, delayed, or simply different?, 2023, Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Among frequent coauthors are Nandita Vijayakumar, Elena Pozzi, Divyangana Rakesh, Nicholas B. Allen, and Orli Schwartz.

Whittle frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, and Psychological Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Regional brain abnormalities associated with long-term heavy cannabis use.

    Murat Yucel;Nadia Solowij;Colleen Respondek;Sarah Whittle

  • Sex differences in the neural correlates of emotion: Evidence from neuroimaging

    Sarah Whittle;Murat Yucel;Marie Bee Hui Yap;Nicholas Brian Allen

  • Emotional inertia prospectively predicts the onset of depressive disorder in adolescence

    Peter Kuppens;Lisa B Sheeber;Marie Bee Hui Yap;Sarah Whittle

  • Social connectedness, mental health and the adolescent brain

    M. Lamblin;C. Murawski;S. Whittle;A. Fornito

  • Functional brain imaging studies of youth depression: A systematic review

    Rebecca Kerestes;Christopher G. Davey;Katerina Stephanou;Sarah Whittle

  • Positive parenting predicts the development of adolescent brain structure: a longitudinal study.

    Sarah Whittle;Julian G Simmons;Meg Dennison;Nandita Vijayakumar

  • The neurobiological basis of temperament: Towards a better understanding of psychopathology

    Sarah Whittle;Nicholas B. Allen;Dan I. Lubman;Murat Yücel

  • Brain development during adolescence: A mixed-longitudinal investigation of cortical thickness, surface area, and volume

    Nandita Vijayakumar;Nicholas B. Allen;George Youssef;Meg Dennison

  • Structural Brain Development and Depression Onset During Adolescence: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

    Sarah Whittle;Renee Lichter;Meg Dennison;Nandita Vijayakumar

  • Mega-Analysis of Gray Matter Volume in Substance Dependence: General and Substance-Specific Regional Effects

    Scott Mackey;Nicholas Allgaier;Bader Chaarani;Philip Spechler

  • A Hierarchical Model of Inhibitory Control

    Jeggan Tiego;Renee Testa;Renee Testa;Mark A. Bellgrove;Christos Pantelis

  • The Depressed Brain: An Evolutionary Systems Theory

    Paul B. Badcock;Christopher G. Davey;Sarah Whittle;Nicholas B. Allen

  • Childhood Maltreatment and Psychopathology Affect Brain Development During Adolescence

    Sarah Whittle;Meg Dennison;Nandita Vijayakumar;Julian G. Simmons

  • ENIGMA MDD: seven years of global neuroimaging studies of major depression through worldwide data sharing

    Lianne Schmaal;Elena Pozzi;Tiffany C Ho;Tiffany C Ho;Laura S van Velzen

  • Role of Positive Parenting in the Association Between Neighborhood Social Disadvantage and Brain Development Across Adolescence

    Sarah Whittle;Nandita Vijayakumar;Julian G. Simmons;Meg Dennison

  • Orbitofrontal Volumes in Early Adolescence Predict Initiation of Cannabis Use: A 4-Year Longitudinal and Prospective Study

    Ali Cheetham;Nicholas B. Allen;Sarah Whittle;Julian G. Simmons

  • Development of subcortical volumes across adolescence in males and females: A multisample study of longitudinal changes

    Megan M. Herting;Cory Johnson;Kathryn L. Mills;Nandita Vijayakumar

  • Developmental Changes in Brain Network Hub Connectivity in Late Adolescence.

    Simon Thomas Edward Baker;Dan Lubman;Murat Yucel;Nicholas Brian Allen

  • Feelings of shame, embarrassment and guilt and their neural correlates: A systematic review

    Coralie Bastin;Ben J. Harrison;Christopher G. Davey;Jorge Moll

  • Socioeconomic status and the developing brain - A systematic review of neuroimaging findings in youth.

    Divyangana Rakesh;Sarah Whittle

  • Reduced orbitofrontal cortical thickness in male adolescents with internet addiction

    Soon-Beom Hong;Soon-Beom Hong;Soon-Beom Hong;Jae-Won Kim;Eun-Jung Choi;Ho-Hyun Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas B. Allen
Nicholas B. Allen University of Oregon
Julian G Simmons
Julian G Simmons University of Melbourne
Murat Yücel
Murat Yücel QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Dan I. Lubman
Dan I. Lubman Monash University
Valentina Lorenzetti
Valentina Lorenzetti Australian Catholic University
Lisa Sheeber
Lisa Sheeber Oregon Research Institute
Craig A. Olsson
Craig A. Olsson Deakin University
Christopher G. Davey
Christopher G. Davey University of Melbourne
Marie Bee Hui Yap
Marie Bee Hui Yap Monash University
Ben J. Harrison
Ben J. Harrison University of Melbourne

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