Research
Functional magnetic resonance imaging, language, memory
Appointments
- Clinical Neuropsychologist, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital
- Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
- Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART)
- Staglin Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
- Professor in Residence, Cognitive Psychology
- Tennenbaum Center for the Biology of Creativity
- Member, Brain Research Institute
- Neuroengineering Training Program
- Neuroscience GPB Home Area
Biography
Dr. Bookheimer’s research examines the neuroanatomy of higher cognitive functions- specifically, understanding how memory and language functions are organized in the human brain in health and disease.
The laboratory focuses on functional neuroimaging techniques (functional magnetic resonance imaging, Positron Emission Tomography, and optical intrinsic signal imaging), in combination with invasive techniques (electrocorticography and intracarotid amobarbitol (Wada) testing ) to develop an integrated knowledge of language and memory representations in normal humans and those with neurological and psychiatric disorders affecting language and memory.
A large focus of research activity involves developing this new technology into tools that can benefit patients with developmental and neurological disorders.
Publications
- Gorka, SM, Jimmy, J, Koning, K, Phan, KL, Rotstein, N, Hoang-Dang, B et al.. Alterations in large-scale resting-state network nodes following transcranial focused ultrasound of deep brain structures. Front Hum Neurosci. 2024;18 :1486770. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1486770. PubMed PMID:39698148 PubMed Central PMC11652661.
- Wagner, L, Banchik, M, Tsang, T, Okada, NJ, Altshuler, R, McDonald, N et al.. Atypical Neural Responses to Native and Non-Native Language in Infants at High Likelihood for Developing Autism. Res Sq. 2024; :. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5190659/v1. PubMed PMID:39678338 PubMed Central PMC11643322.
- Gross, RS, Thaweethai, T, Kleinman, LC, Snowden, JN, Rosenzweig, EB, Milner, JD et al.. Characterizing Long COVID in Children and Adolescents. JAMA. 2024;332 (14):1174-88. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12747. PubMed PMID:39196964 PubMed Central PMC11339705.
- Hoang-Dang, B, Halavi, SE, Rotstein, NM, Spivak, NM, Dang, NH, Cvijanovic, L et al.. Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Targeting the Amygdala May Increase Psychophysiological and Subjective Negative Emotional Reactivity in Healthy Older Adults. Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci. 2024;4 (5):100342. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2024.100342. PubMed PMID:39092138 PubMed Central PMC11293512.
- Arutiunian, V, Santhosh, M, Neuhaus, E, Sullivan, CAW, Bernier, RA, Bookheimer, SY et al.. A common genetic variant in the Neurexin family member CNTNAP2 is related to language but not communication skills in youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Res. 2024; :. doi: 10.1002/aur.3193. PubMed PMID:38984666 PubMed Central PMC11717989.