Congratulations to lab alum Amanda Yagan on having her work as a clinical research assistant in the Advanced Baby Imaging Lab at Rhode Island Hospital featured in the most recent issue of UConn Magazine! Here is the link to her story which gives credit to postdoctoral fellow Caroline Larson and Dr. Inge-Marie Eigsti for their mentorship: https://magazine.uconn.edu/2022/10/18/out-of-the-minds-of-babes/
Congrats to Dr. Melina West, former lab post-doc, on her two recent publications examining Maladaptive Daydreaming and Divergent Thinking (a dimension of creativity). Check them out here!:
(1) West, M. J., Somer, E., & Eigsti, I.-M. (2022). Immersive and Maladaptive Daydreaming and Divergent Thinking in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 0(0), 02762366221129819. https://doi.org/10.1177/02762366221129819
(2) West, M. J., Somer, E., & Eigsti, I. M. (in press). Shared challenges and comorbidity of maladaptive daydreaming and autism spectrum disorders. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Congratulations to Carrie Larson on her new ASHFoundation grant, “Language-Related Neural Function in Developmental Language Disorder” and to Teresa Girolamo on her ASHFoundation grant, “Determining the Role of Social Determinants of Health in Young Adulthood Outcomes of Autistic BIPOC With Language Impairment” !!
Eigsti, I. M., Thomas, R. P., Stabile, M., Mohan, A., Dieckhaus, M. F. S., Crutcher, J., Taverna, E., & Fein, D. A. (in press). Online administration of the ADOS for research with adolescents and adults in response to the pandemic. Autism Research.
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Congrats to our graduate student Mackenzie Stabile on her new publication! 🎊
Stabile, M., & Eigsti, I. M. (in press). Research Note: Lexical Alignment and Communicative Success. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Congrats to our graduate student Hannah Thomas on her new publication! 🎊
Thomas, H. R., Rooney, T., Cohen, M., Bishop, S. L., Lord, C., & Kim, S. H. (2020). Spontaneous Expressive Language Profiles in a Clinically Ascertained Sample of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research.
Congrats to Melina West on winning a travel award to attend INSAR (International Society for Autism Research) in Seattle, WA in May! 🎉
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