Biography:
My research
interests lie in the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience. I study the development of human
communication systems in both typical and atypical development.
Specifically, my research aims to characterize the neural bases of (1)
nonverbal, social-cognitive communication (e.g., joint attention), (2)
early language acquisition, and (3) the interaction between these two
systems. I examine these questions both in typically developing children
and adults as well as in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder
(ASD).
In my
doctoral research, I examined the neural correlates of various aspects of
social cognition and language in children and adults with autism. My
dissertation research focused on using fMRI during natural sleep as a
method to acquire fMRI data from children as young as 1 year of age.
Currently in the Gabrieli lab, I am continuing with imaging studies to
investigate the neural bases of social cognition, including social
interaction, joint attention, and face perception, in both typical
development and autism.
I
received my B.S. in Psychology with a neurosciences concentration from Duke
University in 2001 and my Ph.D. in Psychology and Cognitive Science from UC
San Diego in 2008.
Submitted Publications:
Redcay E, Dodell-Feder D, Pearrow MJ, Mavros
PJ, Kleiner M, Gabrieli JDE, Saxe R (under review) Live face-to-face interactions during fMRI: a novel method for
social cognitive neuroscience.
Peer-reviewed
Publications:
Redcay E & Courchesne E (2008). Deviant
patterns of fMRI brain activity in response to speech in 2-3 year old
children with autism spectrum disorder. Biological
Psychiatry. 64(7): 589-598.
Pierce
K & Redcay E (2008) Fusiform
activation in autism is a matter of ‘who’. Biological Psychiatry. 64(7): 552-560.
Redcay E, Haist F, Courchesne E (2008).
Functional neuroimaging of speech perception during a pivotal period in
language acquisition. Developmental
Science. 11(2): 237-252.
Redcay E (2008) The superior temporal
sulcus performs a common function for speech and social perception:
Implications for the emergence of autism. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 32(1):123-142.
Courchesne
E, Pierce K, Schumann CS, Redcay E,
Buckwalter J, Kennedy DP, Morgan J
(2007) Mapping early brain development in autism. Neuron. 56(2):399-413.
Redcay E, Kennedy DP, Courchesne E (2007)
Functional MRI during natural sleep as a method to study brain function
during early childhood. Neuroimage.
38(4):696-707.
Kennedy
DP*, Redcay E*, Courchesne E
(2006). Failing to deactivate: Resting functional abnormalities in autism. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences USA. 103(21):8275-80. *Authors share first authorship
Courchesne E, Redcay E, Morgan JT, Kennedy DP (2005). Autism at the beginning:
Microstructural and growth abnormalities underlying the cognitive and
behavioral phenotype of autism. Development
and Psychopathology. 17(3):577-97.
Redcay E & Courchesne E (2005). When is
the brain enlarged in autism: A Meta-analysis of all brain size reports. Biological Psychiatry. 58(1):1-9.
Courchesne E, Redcay E, Kennedy DP (2004). The autistic brain: Birth through adulthood.
Current Opinion in Neurology.
17(4):489-96.
Talks:
Redcay E, Dodell-Feder D, Pearrow MJ,
Mavros PL, Gabrieli JDE, Saxe R (2009) The neural correlates of live social
interaction. Talk presented at the Society for Neurosciences Meeting.
Chicago, IL, October 2009.
Redcay E & Courchesne E (2008). Resting
state networks in preschool age children during natural sleep. Talk
presented at the Society for Neurosciences Meeting. Washington DC, November
2008.
Redcay E, Courchesne E (2007). Functional
brain development in typical and autistic toddlers. Talk presented at the
UCSD Cognitive Neuroscience retreat, June 2007
Redcay E & Courchesne E (2007) Delayed
and deviant fMRI response to speech in 25-50-month-old children with autism
spectrum disorder. Talk presented at International Meeting for Autism
Research, Seattle, May 2007
Elman
J, Borovsky A, & Redcay E
(2007) Computational and neural bases of word learning: Lessons from
connectionist models, electrophysiology, and fMRI. Talk presented at
Society for Research in Child Development. Boston, March 2007
Redcay E, Courchesne E (2006). Functional
MRI studies of language development in typical and autistic toddlers. Invited
talk presented at Center for Research in Language Seminar Series
Redcay E, Haist F, Courchesne E (2006).
Frontal cortex is recruited during a pivotal period in language
acquisition. Talk presented at On-line methods in Children’s Language Processing
Workshop, New York, March 2006
Redcay E, Haist F, Courchesne E (2004).
Speech Comprehension Activates Left Temporal Areas in Young Children: An
FMRI Study. Talk presented at Society for Neurosciences, San Diego,
November 2004.
Poster Presentations:
Redcay E, Cloutier J, Mavros PL, Meagher T,
O’Young D, Moran JM, Joseph R, Fenoglio A, Vogel-Farley VK, Kenet T, Nelson
CA, Tager-Flusberg H, Gabrieli JDE (2009) The Autism Consortium Cognitive
Neuroscience Working Group: a functional MRI investigation of emotion and
gaze perception in adolescents with ASD. Poster presented at the Autism
Consortium Symposium, Boston, MA, October 2009
Redcay E & Courchesne E (2009)
Identification of resting-state networks during early development. Poster
presented at the Berkeley meeting on Neurocognitive Development, Berkeley,
CA, July 2009
Redcay E & Courchesne E (2007)
Differential response to auditory and visual stimuli during sleep fMRI in
3-4 year old children. Presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society meeting,
New York, NY, May 2007
Redcay E & Courchesne E (2005) An
immature pattern of brain activity in response to speech in autistic 2-3
year olds: A preliminary fMRI study. Poster presented at Society for
Neurosciences (SfN), Washington D.C., November 2005
Kennedy
DP, Redcay E, Courchesne E
(2004). Cognition, Emotion, and the Resting State: An FMRI Study of
Neurofunctional Abnormalities in Autism. Poster presented at International
Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Sacramento, May 2004
Redcay E & Courchesne E (2004) Brain
Growth Differences in Autism from Birth to Adulthood. Poster presented at
IMFAR, Sacramento, May 2004
Redcay E, Kennedy DP, Courchesne E (2004)
Differential Effects of Emotion and Cognitive Processing on the Resting
Network. Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS), San
Francisco, April 2004
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