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8054
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Overview

Susan M. Rivera is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersecting fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these disciplines, their work covers areas such as cognitive neuroscience, genetics, molecular biology, developmental and educational psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics of Rivera's research include autism spectrum disorder research, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, behavioral and psychological studies, mitochondrial function and pathology, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, child development and digital technology, and family and disability support research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rivera are Patrick Dwyer, David Hessl, Flora Tassone, Clifford D. Saron, and Randi J. Hagerman.

Rivera has published extensively in several specialized venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Autism Research
  • Autism
  • Autism in Adulthood
  • Scientific Reports

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Rivera include:

  • "Changing the story: How diagnosticians can support a neurodiversity perspective from the start," 2021, published in Autism
  • "Insight and Recommendations for Fragile X-Premutation-Associated Conditions from the Fifth International Conference on FMR1 Premutation," 2023, published in Cells
  • "The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Clinically Meaningful Subgroups of Autism," 2022, published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "Identification of Longitudinal Sensory Subtypes in Typical Development and Autism Spectrum Development Using Growth Mixture Modelling," 2020, published in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • "A trans-diagnostic investigation of attention, hyper-focus, and monotropism in autism, attention dysregulation hyperactivity development, and the general population," 2024, published in Neurodiversity

Best Publications

  • Developmental Changes in Mental Arithmetic: Evidence for Increased Functional Specialization in the Left Inferior Parietal Cortex

    S.M. Rivera;A.L. Reiss;M.A. Eckert;V. Menon

  • Dissociating Prefrontal and Parietal Cortex Activation during Arithmetic Processing

    V. Menon;S.M. Rivera;C.D. White;G.H. Glover

  • Behavioral Assessment of Emotion Discrimination, Emotion Regulation, and Cognitive Control in Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood

    Nim Tottenham;Nim Tottenham;Todd A Hare;B.J. Casey

  • Cortical Folding Abnormalities in Autism Revealed by Surface-Based Morphometry

    Christine Wu Nordahl;Donna Dierker;Iman Mostafavi;Cynthia M Schumann;Cynthia M Schumann

  • A functional and structural study of emotion and face processing in children with autism.

    Blythe A. Corbett;Vanessa Carmean;Susan Ravizza;Carter Wendelken

  • A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Minocycline in Children and Adolescents with Fragile X Syndrome

    Mary Jacena S Leigh;Danh V. Nguyen;Yi Mu;Tri I. Winarni

  • A review of fragile X premutation disorders: expanding the psychiatric perspective.

    James A. Bourgeois;Sarah M. Coffey;Susan M. Rivera;David R Hessl

  • The neuroanatomy and neuroendocrinology of fragile X syndrome.

    David R Hessl;Susan M. Rivera;Allan L. Reiss

  • The psychophysics of visual motion and global form processing in autism

    Kami Koldewyn;David Whitney;Susan M. Rivera

  • Functional brain activation during arithmetic processing in females with fragile X Syndrome is related to FMR1 protein expression.

    Susan M. Rivera;Vinod Menon;Christopher D. White;Bronwyn Glaser

  • Volumetric brain changes in females with fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS).

    J. S. Adams;P. E. Adams;D. Nguyen;James A Brunberg

  • Molecular and imaging correlates of the fragile X–associated tremor/ataxia syndrome

    S. Cohen;K. Masyn;J. Adams;David R Hessl

  • Amygdala dysfunction in men with the fragile X premutation

    David R Hessl;Susan Rivera;Susan Rivera;Kami Koldewyn;Kami Koldewyn;Lisa Cordeiro

  • The drawbridge phenomenon: representational reasoning or perceptual preference?

    Susan M. Rivera;Ann Wakeley;Jonas Langer

  • Neural correlates of coherent and biological motion perception in autism

    Kami Koldewyn;David Whitney;Susan M. Rivera

  • Holistic crowding of Mooney faces.

    Faraz Farzin;Susan M. Rivera;David Whitney

  • Side Effects of Minocycline Treatment in Patients With Fragile X Syndrome and Exploration of Outcome Measures

    Agustini Utari;Weerasak Chonchaiya;Susan M. Rivera;Andrea Schneider

  • Functional optimization of arithmetic processing in perfect performers.

    V Menon;S.M Rivera;C.D White;S Eliez

  • The Fragile X Family of Disorders: A Model for Autism and Targeted Treatments

    Randi J. Hagerman;Susan M. Rivera;Susan M. Rivera;Paul J. Hagerman

  • Decreased Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Expression Underlies Amygdala Dysfunction in Carriers of the Fragile X Premutation

    David R Hessl;John M. Wang;Andrea Schneider;Kami Koldewyn;Kami Koldewyn

  • A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Low-Dose Sertraline in Young Children With Fragile X Syndrome.

    Laura Greiss Hess;Sarah E. Fitzpatrick;Danh V. Nguyen;Yanjun Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Randi J Hagerman
Randi J Hagerman University of California, Davis
David R Hessl
David R Hessl University of California, Davis
Paul J. Hagerman
Paul J. Hagerman University of California, Davis
David Whitney
David Whitney University of California, Berkeley
Jim Grigsby
Jim Grigsby University of Colorado Denver
Sally J. Rogers
Sally J. Rogers University of California, Davis
Emilio Ferrer
Emilio Ferrer University of California, Davis
Tingrui Pan
Tingrui Pan University of California, Davis
Cristina Becchio
Cristina Becchio Italian Institute of Technology
Stephanie L. Sherman
Stephanie L. Sherman Emory University

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