Clinical & Social Sciences in Psychology

Loisa Bennetto

 

Loisa Bennetto

 

 

Department Faculty Page:

http://psych.rochester.edu/faculty/bennetto

 


Recent (since 2003) and In Press Publications

 

  • Bennetto, L., Kuschner, E.S., & Hyman, S.L. (2007). Olfaction and taste processing in autism. Biological Psychiatry, 62, 1015-1021.
  • Smith, E.G., & Bennetto, L. (2007). Audiovisual speech integration and lipreading in autism. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 813-821.
  • Eigisti, I.M., Bennetto, L., & Dadlani, M.B. (2007). Beyond pragmatics: Morphosyntactic development in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 1007-1023.
  • Kuschner, E.S., Bennetto, L., & Yost, K. (2007). Patterns of nonverbal cognitive functioning in young children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 795-807.
  • Diehl, J.D., Bennetto, L., & Young, E.C. (2006). Narrative coherence of high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 87-102.
  • Young, E.C., Diehl, J.J., Morris, D., Hyman, S.L., & Bennetto, L. (2005). Pragmatic language disorders in children with autism: The use of two formal tests to distinguish affected children from controls. Language, Speech, and Hearing in the Schools, 36, 62-72.
  • Bennetto, L., & Pennington, B.F. (2003). Executive functioning in normal and abnormal development. In S. Segalowitz & I. Rapin, Handbook of Neuropsychology, 2nd Ed., Volume 8, Part II: Child Neuropsychology (pp. 785-802). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

 

Recent Conference Talks and Presentations

 

  • Silverman, L., Campana, E., Bennetto, L., & Tanenhaus, M.K. (2007, June). Speech and gesture integration in adolescents with high-functioning autism. Presented at the International Society for Gesture Studies Conference, Evanston, IL.
  • Smith, E.G., & Bennetto, L. (2007, March). Impaired comprehension of audiovisual speech in noise in individuals with autism. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
  • Silverman, L., & Bennetto, L. (2007, March). Gesture comprehension in adolescents with high-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
  • Kuschner, E.S., & Bennetto, L. (2007, March). Detail-focused visuospatial processing and pretend play in autism. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
  • Diehl, J.J., Bennetto, L., Watson, D., Gunlogson, C., McDonough, J., Watson, J.R. (2007, March). Resolving ambiguity: The integration of prosody and syntax by individuals with high-functioning autism. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
  • Smith, E.G., Silverman, L.B., & Bennetto, L. (2006, June). Assessment of higher-order theory of mind abilities in adolescents with high-functioning autism. Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada.
  • Campana, E., Silverman, L., Tanenhaus, M.K., Bennetto, L., & Packard, S. (2005, July). Real-time integration of gesture and speech during reference resolution. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Stresa, Italy.
  • Kuschner, E.S., Bennetto, L., & Silverman, L.B. (2005, May). Gustatory function and food preferences in high-functioning autism. Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Boston, MA.
  • Hyman, S.L., Stodgell, C.J., Bennetto, L., Morris, D.M., & Aman, C. (2005, May). Sensory symptoms in autism. Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Boston, MA.
  • Diehl, J.J., Watson, D., McDonough, J., Gunlogson, C., Young, E.C., & Bennetto, L. (2005, May). Acoustic and perceptual analysis of prosody in high-functioning autism. Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Boston, MA
  • Bennetto, L., Silverman, L.S., & Webb, R. (2005, May). Spontaneous gesture use in high-functioning autism. Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Boston, MA.
  • Kuschner, E.S., Bennetto, L., & Yost, K. (2005, April). Patterns of nonverbal cognitive processing in young children with autism spectrum disorders. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
  • Campana, E., Silverman, L., Tanenhaus, M.K., & Bennetto, L. (2005, April). Integration of gesture and speech in real-time reference resolution. Presented at the Annual CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, Tucson, AZ.
  • Campana, E., Silverman, L., Tanenhaus, M.K., & Bennetto, L. (2004, August). Iconic Gesture Production in Controlled Referential Domains. Presented a the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Chicago, IL.
  • Diehl, J.J., Bennetto, L., & Arnold, J.E. (2004, May). Local versus global planning in narratives by children with autism. Presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Sacramento, CA.
  • Diehl, J.J., Bennetto, L., & Young, E.C. (2003, April). A comprehensive analysis of narratives in children with high-functioning autism. Presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.
  • Silverman, L.S., Bennetto, L., & Minshew, N.J. (2003, April). Verbal learning and memory in autism: A developmental perspective. Presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.

 

Recent Graduate Courses Taught in Developmental Psychology

 

  • Psychology (CSP) 566: Neurobiological Foundations of Behavior

    This course provides a graduate level introduction to brain-behavior relationships. Topics covered include historical and theoretical concepts in neuropsychology, the organization and function of the nervous system, the evolution of the human brain, neural development and plasticity, genetic and environmental influences on brain development, and basic cortical and subcortical functions and the disorders that result from neurological damage.

 

 

 

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