Loisa Bennetto, Ph.D.
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Loisa Bennetto, Ph.D.
About Me
Faculty Appointments
Associate Professor - Department of Neuroscience (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Education
PhD | University of Denver. Clinical Psychology. 1999
BA | Yale University. Psychology. 1988
Research
My program...
My program of research is broadly directed at examining the neurocognitive bases of developmental disabilities, with the ultimate goal of understanding how atypical neurocognitive development relates to deficits in social-communication difficulties as well as everyday difficulties with adaptive functioning. My lab focuses primarily on understanding autism spectrum disorders, but we have also been working to understand other developmental disorders such as Down syndrome, as well as normal developmental processes.
Our recent work examines the role of multisensory processing in several domains, including social communication and feeding. Some of our current projects in the domain of social communication in autism examine audiovisual speech perception, hearing-in-noise perception (including both speech-in-noise and music-in-noise), speech-and-gesture production and comprehension, and the role of atypical sensorimotor function in facial expressiveness. Our research on feeding investigates the role of multisensory processing in the development of restrictive food preferences (picky eating) in children with autism. We are interested in understanding the relative roles of sensory functions (including taste and olfaction), behavioral factors (e.g., restricted behavior style, neophobia), and family preferences on eating behaviors.
Publications
Journal Articles
Richardson AA, Zampella CJ, Bennetto L
Journal of autism and developmental disorders.. 2024 October 16 Epub 10/16/2024.
Kurumada C, Rivera R, Allen P, Bennetto L
Scientific reports.. 2024 July 1614 (1):16409. Epub 07/16/2024.
Eigsti IM, Bennetto L
Journal of child language.. 2023 March 50 (2):492. Epub 02/06/2023.
Rivera RA, Bennetto L
Frontiers in psychiatry.. 2023 14 :1243657. Epub 09/06/2023.
Park WJ, Schauder KB, Kwon OS, Bennetto L, Tadin D
Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.. 2021 September 19 (5):944-960. Epub 04/13/2021.
Cubit LS, Canale R, Handsman R, Kidd C, Bennetto L
Child development.. 2021 March 92 (2):691-703. Epub 01/08/2021.
Zampella CJ, Bennetto L, Herrington JD
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research.. 2020 December 13 (12):2133-2142. Epub 07/15/2020.
Zampella CJ, Csumitta KD, Simon E, Bennetto L
Journal of autism and developmental disorders.. 2020 September 50 (9):3195-3206. Epub 1900 01 01.
Schauder KB, Park WJ, Tsank Y, Eckstein MP, Tadin D, Bennetto L
Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders.. 2019 December 2811 (1):42. Epub 12/28/2019.
Keith JM, Jamieson JP, Bennetto L
Journal of abnormal child psychology.. 2019 April 47 (4):741-754. Epub 1900 01 01.
Keith JM, Jamieson JP, Bennetto L
Journal of autism and developmental disorders.. 2019 January 49 (1):113-126. Epub 1900 01 01.
Lee BH, Reijnders MRF, Abubakare O, Tuttle E, Lape B, Minks KQ, Stodgell C, Bennetto L, Kwon J, Fong CT, Gripp KW, Marsh ED, Smith WE, Huq AM, Coury SA, Tan WH, Solis O, Mehta RI, Leventer RJ, Baralle D, Hunt D, Paciorkowski AR
American journal of medical genetics. Part A.. 2018 January 176 (1):56-67. Epub 11/17/2017.
Park WJ, Schauder KB, Zhang R, Bennetto L, Tadin D
Scientific reports.. 2017 December 147 (1):17584. Epub 12/14/2017.
Schauder KB, Park WJ, Tadin D, Bennetto L
Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.. 2017 September 5 (5):827-842. Epub 06/13/2017.
Soskey LN, Allen PD, Bennetto L
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research.. 2017 August 10 (8):1405-1416. Epub 04/01/2017.
Silverman LB, Eigsti IM, Bennetto L
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research.. 2017 August 10 (8):1353-1363. Epub 04/01/2017.
Smith E, Zhang S, Bennetto L
Research in autism spectrum disorders.. 2017 July 39 :11-19. Epub 04/15/2017.
Bennetto L, Keith JM, Allen PD, Luebke AE
Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research.. 2017 February 10 (2):337-345. Epub 07/12/2016.
Schauder KB, Bennetto L
Frontiers in neuroscience.. 2016 10 :268. Epub 06/17/2016.
Keith JM, Bennetto L, Rogge RD
Research in developmental disabilities.. 2015 December 47 :14-26. Epub 09/02/2015.
Melnick MD, Harrison BR, Park S, Bennetto L, Tadin D
Current biology : CB.. 2013 June 323 (11):1013-7. Epub 05/23/2013.
Silverman LB, Bennetto L, Campana E, Tanenhaus MK
Cognition.. 2010 June 115 (3):380-93. Epub 03/30/2010.
Eigsti IM, Bennetto L
Journal of child language.. 2009 November 36 (5):999-1021. Epub 02/19/2009.
Arnold JE, Bennetto L, Diehl JJ
Cognition.. 2009 February 110 (2):131-46. Epub 12/25/2008.
Diehl JJ, Bennetto L, Watson D, Gunlogson C, McDonough J
Brain and language.. 2008 August 106 (2):144-52. Epub 05/27/2008.
Bennetto L, Kuschner ES, Hyman SL
Biological psychiatry.. 2007 November 162 (9):1015-21. Epub 06/18/2007.
Smith EG, Bennetto L
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines.. 2007 August 48 (8):813-21. Epub 1900 01 01.
Eigsti IM, Bennetto L, Dadlani MB
Journal of autism and developmental disorders.. 2007 July 37 (6):1007-23. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kuschner ES, Bennetto L, Yost K
Journal of autism and developmental disorders.. 2007 May 37 (5):795-807. Epub 1900 01 01.
Diehl JJ, Bennetto L, Young EC
Journal of abnormal child psychology.. 2006 February 34 (1):87-102. Epub 1900 01 01.
Young EC, Diehl JJ, Morris D, Hyman SL, Bennetto L
Language, speech, and hearing services in schools.. 2005 January 36 (1):62-72. Epub 1900 01 01.
Bennetto L, Pennington BF, Porter D, Taylor AK, Hagerman RJ
Neuropsychology.. 2001 April 15 (2):290-9. Epub 1900 01 01.
Rogers SJ, Bennetto L, McEvoy R, Pennington BF
Child development.. 1996 October 67 (5):2060-73. Epub 1900 01 01.
Sobesky WE, Taylor AK, Pennington BF, Bennetto L, Porter D, Riddle J, Hagerman RJ
American journal of medical genetics.. 1996 August 964 (2):340-5. Epub 1900 01 01.
Bennetto L, Pennington BF, Rogers SJ
Child development.. 1996 August 67 (4):1816-35. Epub 1900 01 01.