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Inge-Marie Eigsti

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Connecticut

860-486-6021
inge-marie.eigsti@uconn.edu
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Publications

  • Helt, M. S., Eigsti, I. M., Snyder, P. J., & Fein, D. A. (in press). Contagious yawning in autistic and typical development. Child Development.
  • Eigsti, I.M. & Bennetto, L. (in press). Grammaticality judgments in autism: Deviance or delay? Journal of Child Language. (download a preprint).
  • Tottenham, N., Hare, T. A., Quinn, B. T., McCarry, T. W., Nurse, M., Gilhooly, T., Milner, A., Galvan, A., Davidson, M.C., Eigsti, I.M., Thomas, K.M., Freed, F., Booma, E.S., Gunnar, M., Altemus, M., Aronson, J., & Casey, B.J. (in press). Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically larger amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation. Developmental Science.
  • Eigsti, I. M., & Schuh, J. M. (in press). Neurobiological underpinnings of language in autism spectrum disorders. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 28, 128-149.
  • Britner, P. A., Mossler, D., Eigsti, I. M. (2008). International adoption: Risk and resilience. National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Report, September, F8-9. (download a pdf).
  • Eigsti, I. M., Bennetto, L., & Dadlani, M. (2007). Beyond pragmatics: Morphosyntactic development in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(6), 1007-23. (download a pdf).
  • Eigsti, I.M. (2006). Child Maltreatment: Effects on Grammatical and Lexical Aspects of Language Acquisition. In S.M. Sturt (Ed.), New Developments in Child Abuse Research (pp. 23-41). Haupage, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Eigsti, IM, Zayas, V, Mischel, W, Shoda, Y, Ayduk, O, Dadlani, MB, Davidson, MC, Aber, JL, Casey, BJ. (2006). Predicting cognitive control from preschool to late adolescence and young adulthood. Psychological Science, 17, 478-84 (download a pdf).
  • Durston, S, Tottenham, NT, Thomas, KM, Davidson, MC, Eigsti, IM, Yang, Y, Ulug, AM, & Casey, BJ. (2003). Differential Patterns of Striatal Activation in Young Children with and without ADHD. Biological Psychiatry, 53 (10), 871-878.
  • Eigsti, IM & Cicchetti, D (2004). The impact of child maltreatment on expressive syntax at 60 months. Developmental Science, 7, 88-102. (download a pdf).
  • Eigsti, IM & Shapiro, T (2003). A systems neuroscience approach to autism: Biological, cognitive and clinical perspectives. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Review, 9 (3), 205-215. (download a pdf).
  • Hudson, C.L. & Eigsti, I.M. (2003). Lexical competency, the overt expression of grammatical structure, and contrasts between pidgins and creoles. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (download a pdf).
  • Vatikiotis-Bateson E, Eigsti IM, Yano S, & Munhall KG (1998). Eye movement of perceivers during audiovisual speech perception. Perception and Psychophysics, 60 (6), 926-940.
  • McCullough KE, Pedelty L, & Eigsti IM. (1995). A few things gesture can tell us about language breakdown and neurological syndromes. Brain and Cognition 28 (1) 110.


 
 

Conference Presentations (since 2001)


  • Bean, J. L. (G), & Eigsti, I. M. (July, 2008). Differential influences of specific aspects of institutional life on cognitive and language development: A study of international adoption, American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. Boston, MA.
  • Schuh, J. M. (G), Riegler, S. (UG), & Eigsti, I. M. (July, 2008). Narrative development in international adoption: Exposure and individual differences, American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. Boston, MA.
  • Tyson, K. (G), Rosenthal, M. A. (G), Helt, M. (G), Troyb, E. (G), Eigsti, I. M., Naigles, L., et al. (July, 2008). Do Optimal Outcome Children Exhibit Residual Language Deficits? American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. Boston, MA.
  • DeMarchena, A. (G), Eigsti, I.M., (May, 2008). Timing and communicative quality of gestures in adolescents with high-functioning autism. Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research. London, England.
  • Eigsti, I.M., Markoff, K. S. (UG), Rosenthal, M. (G), Helt, M. S. (G), & Fein, D. (May, 2008). Dual task performance in children and adults with autism. Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research. London, England.
  • Helt, M. S. (G), Markoff, K. S. (UG), Eigsti, I.M., Snyder, P. J., & Fein, D. A. (March, 2008). Are children with autism susceptible to contagious yawning? Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society. Hawaii.
  • Mossler, D., Eigsti, I.M., Britner, P.A., Joseph, T. (UG), & Weitzman, C. C. (May, 2008). Severity of Deprivation Predicts Developmental Outcomes in Internationally Adopted Children. Paper presented at the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
  • Mossler, D., Britner, P. A., Eigsti, I.M., Joseph, T. (UG), & Weitzman, C. C. (March, 2008). Disturbances in attachment in a sample of internationally adopted children. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
  • Rosenthal, M. A. (G), Troyb, E. (UG), Helt, M. (G), Tyson, K. (G), Eigsti, I.M.,., & Fein, D. (2008). Executive functioning in optimal outcome children, International Meeting For Autism Research (IMFAR). London, UK.
  • Schuh, J.M. (G), Eigsti, I.M., Evans, J., Pollak, S.D.. & Miller, J. (November, 2007). Language in international adoption. Presented at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, San Diego, CA.
  • Tyson, K. (G), Rosenthal, M. A. (G), Helt, M. (G), Troyb, E. (UG), Eigsti, I.M., Naigles, L., et al. (2008). Verbal learning in optimal outcome children, Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, London, UK.
  • Eigsti, I.M., Snedeker, J., & Geren, J. (G) (May, 2007). Language development in international adoption: Timing and underlying cognitive processes. Talk presented at the 6th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB6), Hamburg, Germany.
  • Helt, M. (G), Snyder, P., Eigsti, I.M., Boorstein, H., & Fein, D. (May, 2007). Are children with autism susceptible to contagious yawning? Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR). Seattle, WA.
  • Eigsti, I.M. (March, 2007).  Symposium chair: Longitudinal and Cross-Domain Studies of Executive Function. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development. Boston, MA.
  • Eigsti, I.M., Casey, B.J., Zayas, V., Mischel, W., Shoda, Y. (March, 2007). Longitudinal aspects of cognitive control and the delay of gratification. Talk presented at the Society for Research in Child Development. Boston, MA.
  • Eigsti, I.M., Casey, B.J., Zayas, V., Mischel, W., Shoda, Y. (October, 2006). Delay of gratification and cognitive control. Poster presented at the Psychonomics Society. Houston, TX.
  • Eigsti, I.M. & Fang, S.Y. (G) (August, 2006). Implicit learning and lexical development. Poster presented at the Cognitive Science Society. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Eigsti, I.M., Davidson, M.C., Tottenham, N., Hare, T., Galvan, A., & Casey, B.J. (June, 2004). Spatial attention: nonsocial and social attentional cues in autism. Poster presented at Human Brain Mapping. Budapest, Hungary.
  • Casey, B.J., Tottenham, N., Eigsti, I.M., Davidson, M.C., Watts, R., Altemus, M., & Aronson, J. (June, 2003). Hippocampal and amygdala development following institutionalization and subsequent adoption. Poster presented at Human Brain Mapping. New York, NY.
  • Eigsti I.M., Tottenham, N., Davidson, M.C., & Casey, B.J. (April, 2003). Effects of institutionalization and adoption on later behavioral and brain development. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society. New York, NY.
  • Eigsti, I.M. & Bennetto, L. (November, 2002). Syntactic delays in autism: Relationships between language and neuropsychological factors. Talk presented at the Boston University Conference on Language Development. Boston, MA.
  • Eigsti, I.M., Munson, S.F., Tottenham, N., Thomas, K.M., Durston, S. & Casey, B.J. (April, 2002). Neural and behavioral correlates of institutionalization. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San Fran, CA.
  • Eigsti, I.M. & Bennetto, L. (November, 2001). Syntactic and memory functions in young children with autism. Talk presented at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology. San Diego, CA.



 
 

Funding

  • Eigsti, I.M. (PI). University of Connecticut Faculty Research Foundation Large Grant, “A gesture towards learning: Communicative gesture and mental representation in autism,” 1/09 – 12/09.
  • University of Connecticut Faculty Research Foundation Large Grant, "International Adoption: Effects of institutionalization on learning mechanisms and early development,"  1/07 - 12/07.
  • NIMH R01, "Language Functioning in Optimal Outcome Children with a History of Autism" (co-I; Deb Fein, PI), 7/2006-6/2011).
  • NIMH P01, "Autism and Related Disorders: Development and Outcome" - Project 3, "Studies of Social Communication in Speakers with Autism Spectrum Disorders" (Investigator; Rhea Paul, PI).
  • University of Connecticut Faculty Research Foundation Large Grant, "Syntactic development and learning processes in autism spectrum disorders,"  1/1/05 - 12/31/05.
  • NIMH Small Business Grant R03, "CaseIQ-ASD: Ratings Scale Toolkit for ASD Clinical Research,"2003- 2004.
  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award, "Joint attention and core attentional mechanisms in autism spectrum disorders,"� 2003-2005.
  • Sackler Institute Small Grant, 2002.
  • NIMH Dissertation Research Grant in Developmental Psychopathology, "Word learning and memory functions in children with autism" R03, 1999.
  • Language Learning Small Grant, 2000.
  • Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP) Dissertation Award, 1999.



 
      

 
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