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Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli

Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
76
Citations
33042
World Ranking
1888
National Ranking
904

Overview

Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience, medicine, and psychology. Their work primarily focuses on cognitive neuroscience and mental health through advanced neuroimaging techniques and functional brain connectivity studies.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Subfields of study consist of:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

Key topics covered in their research are:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Mind Wandering and Attention

Frequent co-authors in Whitfield-Gabrieli's publications include:

  • Clemens Bauer
  • Margaret Niznikiewicz
  • John D. E. Gabrieli
  • Francesca Morfini
  • Jiahe Zhang

The scientist has published multiple papers in notable venues. Frequent journals and publication platforms are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Research
  • NeuroImage
  • Nature Mental Health

Recent papers highlight topics such as clinical neurofeedback, functional connectivity in clinical populations, and mindfulness interventions. Examples include:

  • Consensus on the reporting and experimental design of clinical and cognitive-behavioural neurofeedback studies (CRED-nf checklist), 2020, Brain
  • What have we really learned from functional connectivity in clinical populations?, 2021, NeuroImage
  • Mindfulness training preserves sustained attention and resting state anticorrelation between default-mode network and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: A randomized controlled trial, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • Prediction of stimulus-independent and task-unrelated thought from functional brain networks, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Real-time fMRI neurofeedback reduces auditory hallucinations and modulates resting state connectivity of involved brain regions: Part 2: Default mode network - preliminary evidence, 2020, Psychiatry Research

Best Publications

  • Conn: A Functional Connectivity Toolbox for Correlated and Anticorrelated Brain Networks

    Susan L. Whitfield-Gabrieli;Alfonso Nieto-Castañón

  • Toward discovery science of human brain function

    Bharat B. Biswal;Maarten Mennes;Xi Nian Zuo;Suril Gohel

  • Hyperactivity and hyperconnectivity of the default network in schizophrenia and in first-degree relatives of persons with schizophrenia

    S. Whitfield-Gabrieli;Heidi Wencel Thermenos;Snezana M. Milanovic;Ming T. Tsuang

  • Default Mode Network Activity and Connectivity in Psychopathology

    Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli;Judith M Ford

  • Reward-Motivated Learning: Mesolimbic Activation Precedes Memory Formation

    R. Alison Adcock;R. Alison Adcock;Arul Thangavel;Arul Thangavel;Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli;Brian Knutson

  • Anticorrelations in resting state networks without global signal regression

    Xiaoqian J. Chai;Alfonso Nieto Castañón;Dost Öngür;Dost Öngür;Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli

  • New Method for fMRI Investigations of Language: Defining ROIs Functionally in Individual Subjects

    Evelina Fedorenko;Po-Jang Hsieh;Alfonso Nieto-Castañón;Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli

  • Prediction as a Humanitarian and Pragmatic Contribution from Human Cognitive Neuroscience

    John D.E. Gabrieli;John D.E. Gabrieli;Satrajit S. Ghosh;Satrajit S. Ghosh;Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli

  • Differential development of high-level visual cortex correlates with category-specific recognition memory

    Golijeh Golarai;Dara G Ghahremani;Dara G Ghahremani;S Whitfield-Gabrieli;S Whitfield-Gabrieli;Allan Reiss

  • Cognitive processing speed and the structure of white matter pathways: Convergent evidence from normal variation and lesion studies

    And U. Turken;Susan L. Whitfield-Gabrieli;Susan L. Whitfield-Gabrieli;Roland Bammer;Juliana V. Baldo

  • Neural systems predicting long-term outcome in dyslexia

    Fumiko Hoeft;Bruce D. McCandliss;Jessica M. Black;Alexander Gantman

  • Functional and morphometric brain dissociation between dyslexia and reading ability.

    Fumiko Hoeft;Ann Meyler;Arvel Hernandez;Connie Juel

  • Associations and dissociations between default and self-reference networks in the human brain.

    Susan L. Whitfield-Gabrieli;Joseph M. Moran;Alfonso Nieto-Castañón;Christina Triantafyllou

  • Dynamic Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Major Depression.

    Roselinde H Kaiser;Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli;Daniel G Dillon;Franziska Goer

  • Sex Differences in Stress Response Circuitry Activation Dependent on Female Hormonal Cycle

    Jill M. Goldstein;Matthew Jerram;Brandon Abbs;Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli

  • Development of the declarative memory system in the human brain.

    Noa Ofen;Noa Ofen;Yun Ching Kao;Yun Ching Kao;Peter Sokol-Hessner;Peter Sokol-Hessner;Heesoo Kim;Heesoo Kim

  • Intrinsic functional connectivity differentiates minimally conscious from unresponsive patients

    Athena Demertzi;Georgios Antonopoulos;Lizette Heine;Henning U. Voss

  • Abnormal Medial Prefrontal Cortex Resting-State Connectivity in Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia

    Xiaoqian J Chai;Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli;Ann K Shinn;Ann K Shinn;John D E Gabrieli

  • Development of spatial and verbal working memory capacity in the human brain

    Moriah E. Thomason;Elizabeth Race;Brittany Burrows;Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli

  • Consensus on the reporting and experimental design of clinical and cognitive-behavioural neurofeedback studies (CRED-nf checklist)

    Tomas Ros;Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert;Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert;Vadim Zotev;Kymberly D Young

  • Neural Basis of Dyslexia: A Comparison between Dyslexic and Nondyslexic Children Equated for Reading Ability

    Fumiko Hoeft;Arvel Hernandez;Glenn McMillon;Heather Taylor-Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Heidi W. Thermenos
Heidi W. Thermenos Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Martha E. Shenton
Martha E. Shenton Harvard University
Margaret A. Niznikiewicz
Margaret A. Niznikiewicz Harvard University
Stefan G. Hofmann
Stefan G. Hofmann Philipp University of Marburg
Nikos Makris
Nikos Makris Brigham and Women's Hospital
Robert W. McCarley
Robert W. McCarley Harvard Medical School
Diego A. Pizzagalli
Diego A. Pizzagalli Harvard University
Dina R. Hirshfeld-Becker
Dina R. Hirshfeld-Becker Harvard University

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