Amanda Marie O'Brien
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Amanda Marie O'Brien
@Amanda_M_OBrien
PhD candidate @Harvard & @MIT studying #neuroscience #speech #language #autism |#FirstGen | #CCCSLP
Boston, MA Katılım Nisan 2020
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🎉Excited to share our preprint “Precision fMRI reveals that the language network exhibits adult-like left-hemispheric lateralization by 4 years of age.” Check out SI for more fun (e.g. how child parcels map onto adult parcels & how func response mag correlates with IRC)!
Ola Ozernov-Palchik@olaozpa
A developmental “truth” is that the language system starts bilateral and left-lateralizes w/ age. @Amanda_M_OBrien & I co-led a large-scale 🧠study tinyurl.com/LangNetDevPrep & found lateralization is already adult-like by age 4! w/ @ev_fedorenko, @gabrieli_john, @rebecca_saxe🧵 1/n
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We are looking for autistic adults to join a (paid) focus group to discuss how differences in speech patterns (length of words, rhythm, pitch) may contribute to communication breakdowns between autistic and non-autistic individuals. Learn more here: bit.ly/3ObswhE
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Amanda Marie O'Brien retweetledi
Now out in Autism Research, with a team of coauthors including @isaac_treves and @Amanda_M_OBrien:
Rhythmic and interval-based temporal orienting in autism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
A quick summary:
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I had the pleasure of learning from @qzhever, @NeuroTyler, @gabrieli_john, & @HelenTager while working on this project. We found reduced & atypical speech-motor system activation related to phonological working memory difficulties for autistic children. See @zqhever’s thread!
Zhenghan Qi@qzhever
Autistic children often show reduced phonological working memory as measured by nonword repetition. Our work, led by @Amanda_M_OBrien, investigates which brain networks (speech perception, working memory, or speech production) underlie such difficulties. doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl…
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@qzhever @gabrieli_john @NeuroTyler @HelenTager @NIDCD And with your incredible mentorship & support!
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This paper is only made possible with @Amanda_M_OBrien's talent, rigor, and perseverance through countless rounds of internal edits and revisions, motivated by brilliant questions from @gabrieli_john, @NeuroTyler, and @HelenTager. Lastly, thanks to @NIDCD for funding this work!🙌
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Autistic children often show reduced phonological working memory as measured by nonword repetition. Our work, led by @Amanda_M_OBrien, investigates which brain networks (speech perception, working memory, or speech production) underlie such difficulties. doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl…
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So thankful to be part of this amazing group
Anila D'Mello@aniladmello
Grateful for #SNL2022 for creating opportunities for great science AND reunions with friends. Fun to be reunited with @gabrieli_john lab members past (@krsitek @tmcentanni @qzhever @NeuroTyler) and present (@Amanda_M_OBrien @HalieOlson).
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@aniladmello @utsw @BBSutdallas An incredible opportunity with an innovative scientist & wonderful mentor
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Amanda Marie O'Brien retweetledi
🧠Come work with me!🧠 I'm looking for a lab manager for my new lab at @UTSW and @BBSutdallas to help with studies of #language, #cognition, #neuroimaging, #cerebellum, and #autism. Apply here jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/job/16400633/r… or send me a message at anila.dmello@utsouthwestern.edu.
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@aniladmello @SFARIorg Congratulations!! So exciting and well deserved!!
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Honored to be named a Bridge to Independence Fellow by @SFARIorg and excited to get to work studying cerebro-cerebellar circuits, cognitive flexibility, and co-occurring strengths and challenges in autism.
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Amanda Marie O'Brien retweetledi
Now out in @NatureNeuro: nature.com/articles/s4159… Congrats @saima_mm and team! (And here is the link to the Research Briefing: nature.com/articles/s4159…)
Ev (like in 'evidence', not Eve) Fedorenko 🇺🇦@ev_fedorenko
Psyched to share the first results from a ~7yr journey, from an email I sent to @Nancy_Kanwisher in 2014 about an idea to develop lang(uage) 'localizers' for as many of the world's langs as possible to having fMRI data from native speakers of 45 langs. tinyurl.com/b5xv7e32 1/n
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Amanda Marie O'Brien retweetledi
#Autism Spectrum Disorder (#ASD) is highly variable. Understanding individual differences in neuroanatomy could lead to personalized interventions. Out now in @ScienceMagazine, with @steanze and @jkhartshorne we used #DeepLearning to address this challenge science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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Enjoyed being the discussant on this panel of researchers asking important questions about an understudied group of individuals #INSAR2022
Helen Tager-Flusberg@HelenTager
Kristy Johnson kicking off the panel on Quantifying land and communication in minimally verbal individuals @#INSAR2022!
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This research is a must see!! Innovative and important work from amazing colleagues
Anila D'Mello@aniladmello
Excited to be together with @HalieOlson and Kristy Johnson at #INSAR2022 to present our poster “Let’s Talk About Trains: Personalized Stories about Special Interests Increase Language Network Activation in Children with and without ASD” tonight from 5:30-7 (408.014).
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Excited to present my and @aniladmello’s work on the heterogeneity of processing in autism on Monday 2:30-4:30pm @CNS2022. Poster E76!
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Really enjoyed meeting and learning from Dr. Hamilton!
SHBT at Harvard@SHBTHarvard
Thank you to our 2022 SHBT Distinguished Lecturer, Professor Liberty Hamilton (@LibertySays), for your fantastic talk on a parallel pathway for speech that bypasses primary auditory cortex. Our first in-person lecture in three years could not have been more engaging!
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A really important paper examining the exclusion of autistic females from research studies
Anila D'Mello@aniladmello
Excited to share our new preprint on participation of females in autism research: Empirical evidence for a “leaky” recruitment-to-research pipeline, in collaboration with Isabelle Frosch, Cindy Li, Annie Cardinaux, and @gabrieli_john. psyarxiv.com/g65vk (1/6)
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