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
- Hong, Y, Michel, C, Gassner, GM, Zhang, Y, Accorsi, C, Ances, BM et al.. Structural brain indicators of cognitive performance in middle and late adulthood: The Human Connectome Project in Aging/Aging Adult Brain Connectome cohort. Neurobiol Aging. 2027;169 :125-140. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2026.09.007. PubMed PMID:42784930 PubMed Central PMC13643894.
- Arutiunian, V, Sullivan, CAW, Santhosh, M, Neuhaus, E, Borland, H, Bernier, RA et al.. Excitation/inhibition balance subtypes in autism and their genetic, neural, and clinical profiles. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2026; :. doi: 10.1007/s00702-026-03283-0. PubMed PMID:42730820 .
- Cakar, ME, Cummings, KK, Bookheimer, SY, Dapretto, M, Green, SA. Atypical Cerebellar Responses are Associated with Altered Neural Habituation during Sensory Stimulation in Autism. Autism Res. 2026;19 (10):e70313. doi: 10.1002/aur.70313. PubMed PMID:42657904 PubMed Central PMC13644733.
- Spivak, NM, Bishay, AAED, Hopkins, AR, Bohall, BS, Schafer, ME, Bookheimer, SY et al.. Focal volume, steering, and aberration correction in transcranial focused ultrasound: reconsidering the tradeoffs between single-element transducers, phased arrays, and acoustic holograms. Front Neurosci. 2026;20 :1891259. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2026.1891259. PubMed PMID:42490966 PubMed Central PMC13375782.
- Arutiunian, V, Santhosh, M, Neuhaus, E, Borland, H, Bernier, RA, Bookheimer, SY et al.. Altered aperiodic EEG spectral power during speech perception task is associated with verbal communication in youths with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Sci Rep. 2026; :. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-59415-9. PubMed PMID:42362667 .