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Timothy J. Silk

Timothy J. Silk

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Neuroscience

D-Index
43
Citations
7346
World Ranking
7391
National Ranking
217

Psychology

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42
Citations
7018
World Ranking
7573
National Ranking
444

Overview

Timothy J. Silk is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia. Their research spans across significant fields in medicine and neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, and neuroimaging techniques.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Their research subfields include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

The principal topics of Timothy J. Silk's work focus on:

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications, including the following notable recent papers:

  • "Fixel-based Analysis of Diffusion MRI: Methods, Applications, Challenges and Opportunities", 2021, NeuroImage
  • "Physical Health, Media Use, and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents With ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia", 2020, Journal of Attention Disorders
  • "Consortium neuroscience of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: The ENIGMA adventure", 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • "Analysis of structural brain asymmetries in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 39 datasets", 2021, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • "A longitudinal analysis of puberty-related cortical development", 2020, NeuroImage

Timothy J. Silk frequently publishes in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Attention Disorders
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Cortex
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

The scientist collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Vicki Anderson
  • Emma Sciberras
  • Nandita Vijayakumar
  • Christian Hyde
  • Daryl Efron

Best Publications

  • Brain Imaging of the Cortex in ADHD: A Coordinated Analysis of Large-Scale Clinical and Population-Based Samples

    Martine Hoogman;Ryan Muetzel;Joao P. Guimaraes;Elena Shumskaya

  • Dissociation in performance of children with ADHD and high-functioning autism on a task of sustained attention

    Katherine A. Johnson;Ian H. Robertson;Simon P. Kelly;Timothy J. Silk;Timothy J. Silk

  • White-matter abnormalities in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A diffusion tensor imaging study

    Timothy Silk;Alasdair Lachlan Angus Vance;Nicole Joan Rinehart;John Lockyer Bradshaw

  • Fixel-based Analysis of Diffusion MRI: Methods, Applications, Challenges and Opportunities.

    Thijs Dhollander;Adam Clemente;Mervyn Singh;Frederique Boonstra

  • Occupational radiation exposure and mortality: second analysis of the National Registry for Radiation Workers

    C R Muirhead;A A Goodill;R G E Haylock;J Vokes

  • Right parietal dysfunction in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type: a functional MRI study

    Alasdair Lachlan Angus Vance;Tim Silk;Tim Silk;Tim Silk;M Casey;Nicole Joan Rinehart

  • Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders

    Yash Patel;Nadine Parker;Jean Shin;Derek Howard

  • Visuospatial processing and the function of prefrontal-parietal networks in autism spectrum disorders: a functional MRI study.

    Timothy J Silk;Nicole Rinehart;John L Bradshaw;Bruce Tonge

  • Mathematically gifted male adolescents activate a unique brain network during mental rotation.

    Michael W. O'Boyle;Ross Cunnington;Timothy J. Silk;David Vaughan

  • Subcortical Brain Volume, Regional Cortical Thickness, and Cortical Surface Area Across Disorders: Findings From the ENIGMA ADHD, ASD, and OCD Working Groups

    Premika S W Boedhoe;Daan van Rooij;Martine Hoogman;Jos W R Twisk

  • Neural correlates of the emergence of consciousness of thirst

    Gary Egan;Tim Silk;Frank Zamarripa;John Williams

  • Fronto-parietal activation in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type: functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Tim Silk;A Vance;Nicole Joan Rinehart;Gary Francis Egan

  • Spatial working memory and spatial attention rely on common neural processes in the intraparietal sulcus.

    Timothy Silk;Mark Andrew Bellgrove;Pia Wrafter;Jason B Mattingley

  • Executive function and attention in children and adolescents with depressive disorders: a systematic review

    Veronika Vilgis;Timothy J. Silk;Alasdair Vance

  • Research Review: Language problems in children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - a systematic meta-analytic review.

    Hannah Korrel;Kathryn L. Mueller;Tim Silk;Vicki Anderson

  • Physical Health, Media Use, and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents With ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia.

    Emma Sciberras;Emma Sciberras;Pooja Patel;Mark A Stokes;David Coghill;David Coghill

  • Neurite density index is sensitive to age related differences in the developing brain.

    Sila Genc;Charles B. Malpas;Scott K. Holland;Richard Beare

  • Consortium neuroscience of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: The ENIGMA adventure

    Martine Hoogman;Daan van Rooij;Marieke Klein;Marieke Klein;Premika Boedhoe

  • Does the Mind Wander When the Brain Takes a Break? Local Sleep in Wakefulness, Attentional Lapses and Mind-Wandering

    Thomas Andrillon;Jennifer Michelle Windt;Tim Silk;Tim Silk;Sean P.A. Drummond

  • Development of white matter fibre density and morphology over childhood: A longitudinal fixel-based analysis.

    Sila Genc;Robert E. Smith;Robert E. Smith;Charles B. Malpas;Vickie Anderson

  • Structural development of the basal ganglia in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a diffusion tensor imaging study.

    Timothy Silk;Alasdair Lachlan Angus Vance;Nicole Joan Rinehart;John Lockyer Bradshaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Vicki Anderson
Vicki Anderson Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Emma Sciberras
Emma Sciberras Deakin University
Marc L. Seal
Marc L. Seal University of Melbourne
Mark A. Bellgrove
Mark A. Bellgrove Monash University
Jan M. Nicholson
Jan M. Nicholson La Trobe University
Ross Cunnington
Ross Cunnington University of Queensland
Cathy Catroppa
Cathy Catroppa Royal Children's Hospital
Miriam H. Beauchamp
Miriam H. Beauchamp University of Montreal
Jaap Oosterlaan
Jaap Oosterlaan University of Amsterdam
David Coghill
David Coghill University of Melbourne

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