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Emily Knight, M.D., Ph.D.

Emily Knight, M.D., Ph.D.

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Pediatrics , Pediatric Developmental Disabilities

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About Me

Dr. Knight’s clinical focus is providing patient-centered subspecialty care for children and adolescents with a wide range of neurodevelopmental disabilities. She provides diagnostic assessments for autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities as well as longitudinal team-based dev...
Dr. Knight’s clinical focus is providing patient-centered subspecialty care for children and adolescents with a wide range of neurodevelopmental disabilities. She provides diagnostic assessments for autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities as well as longitudinal team-based developmental follow up care.

Professional Background

Dr. Knight is a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician at University of Rochester Golisano Children’s Hospital. She completed medical school in the physician scientist training program at Mayo Clinic, followed by general pediatrics residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell and su...
Dr. Knight is a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician at University of Rochester Golisano Children’s Hospital. She completed medical school in the physician scientist training program at Mayo Clinic, followed by general pediatrics residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell and subspecialty fellowship in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at University of Rochester.

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Pediatrics, Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics (SMD)

Assistant Professor - Department of Neuroscience (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Pediatrics, Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2018 - 2022

Residency, Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell. 2016 - 2018

Research

Dr. Knight’s research involves the application of neuroscientific approaches to consider the questions raised by individuals and families affected by autism spectrum disorder. The primary aim of Dr. Knight’s research program is to advance understanding of the neurophysiologic mechanisms underlying s...
Dr. Knight’s research involves the application of neuroscientific approaches to consider the questions raised by individuals and families affected by autism spectrum disorder. The primary aim of Dr. Knight’s research program is to advance understanding of the neurophysiologic mechanisms underlying sensory perception in autism spectrum disorder, in order to support the development of evidence-based diagnostic and intervention strategies. This work involves the use of a variety of techniques including electrophysiology, neuroimaging, and other related techniques and emerging technologies to study development of sensory neural networks in neurotypical individuals and those on the autism spectrum.

Research Lab

Spectrum Brain Lab

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Clinical Trials

Multisensory Perception in Developmental Disabilities

Lead Researcher: Emily Knight

The study uses EEG (electroencephalogram), virtual reality (VR), and cognitive testing. Children are asked to participate in two sessions (~3hrs each). Children are given several breaks during the sessions. In the 1st session, children wear an EEG ...

Publications

Journal Articles

It's all in the timing: Delayed feedback in autism may weaken predictive mechanisms during contour integration.

Knight EJ, Altschuler TS, Molholm S, Murphy JW, Freedman EG, Foxe JJ

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology.. 2024 January 19 Epub 01/19/2024.

Severely attenuated visual feedback processing in children on the autism spectrum.

Knight EJ, Freedman EG, Myers EJ, Berruti AS, Oakes LA, Cao CZ, Molholm S, Foxe JJ

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 2023 February 27 Epub 02/27/2023.

Attentional influences on neural processing of biological motion in typically developing children and those on the autism spectrum.

Knight EJ, Krakowski AI, Freedman EG, Butler JS, Molholm S, Foxe JJ

Molecular autism.. 2022 July 1813 (1):33. Epub 07/18/2022.

The strength of feedback processing is associated with resistance to visual backward masking during illusory contour processing in adult humans.

Foxe JJ, Knight EJ, Myers EJ, Cao CZ, Molholm S, Freedman EG

NeuroImage.. 2022 June 25 :119416. Epub 06/25/2022.

Individuals With Autism Have No Detectable Deficit in Neural Markers of Prediction Error When Presented With Auditory Rhythms of Varied Temporal Complexity.

Knight EJ, Oakes L, Hyman SL, Freedman EG, Foxe JJ

Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research.. 2020 September 3 Epub 09/03/2020.

Mapping BOLD Activation by Pharmacologically Evoked Tremor in Swine.

Lee J, Jo HJ, Kim I, Lee J, Min HK, In MH, Knight EJ, Chang SY

Frontiers in neuroscience.. 2019 13 :985. Epub 09/18/2019.

Cetirizine-responsive, persistent idiopathic eosinophilia in a nonatopic child.

Knight E, Fischer P, Arndt C, Anim S, Joshi A

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.. 2017 February 118 (2):230-231. Epub 12/29/2016.

Stimulation-Induced Transient Nonmotor Psychiatric Symptoms following Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients with Parkinson's Disease: Association with Clinical Outcomes and Neuroanatomical Correlates.

Abulseoud OA, Kasasbeh A, Min HK, Fields JA, Tye SJ, Goerss S, Knight EJ, Sampson SM, Klassen BT, Matsumoto JY, Stoppel C, Lee KH, Frye MA

Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery.. 2016 94 (2):93-101. Epub 04/20/2016.

Motor and Nonmotor Circuitry Activation Induced by Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients With Parkinson Disease: Intraoperative Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Deep Brain Stimulation.

Knight EJ, Testini P, Min HK, Gibson WS, Gorny KR, Favazza CP, Felmlee JP, Kim I, Welker KM, Clayton DA, Klassen BT, Chang SY, Lee KH

Mayo Clinic proceedings.. 2015 June 90 (6):773-85. Epub 1900 01 01.

Frequency-dependent functional neuromodulatory effects on the motor network by ventral lateral thalamic deep brain stimulation in swine.

Paek SB, Min HK, Kim I, Knight EJ, Baek JJ, Bieber AJ, Lee KH, Chang SY

NeuroImage.. 2015 January 15105 :181-8. Epub 10/14/2014.

Implementation of a chronic unilateral intraparenchymal drug delivery system in a swine model.

Kim I, Paek S, Nelson BD, Knight EJ, Marsh MP, Bieber AJ, Bennet KE, Lee KH

Journal of neuroscience methods.. 2014 April 30227 :29-34. Epub 01/31/2014.

Centromedian-parafascicular deep brain stimulation induces differential functional inhibition of the motor, associative, and limbic circuits in large animals.

Kim JP, Min HK, Knight EJ, Duffy PS, Abulseoud OA, Marsh MP, Kelsey K, Blaha CD, Bennet KE, Frye MA, Lee KH

Biological psychiatry.. 2013 December 1574 (12):917-926. Epub 08/30/2013.

Dopamine measurement during prolonged deep brain stimulation: a proof-of-principle study of paired pulse voltammetry.

Paek SB, Knight EJ, Chang SY, Lujan JL, Jang DP, Bennet KE, Lee KH

Biomedical engineering letters.. 2013 March 13 (1):22-31. Epub 1900 01 01.

Nucleus accumbens deep brain stimulation results in insula and prefrontal activation: a large animal FMRI study.

Knight EJ, Min HK, Hwang SC, Marsh MP, Paek S, Kim I, Felmlee JP, Abulseoud OA, Bennet KE, Frye MA, Lee KH

PloS one.. 2013 8 (2):e56640. Epub 02/18/2013.

Too good to be true: rhesus monkeys react negatively to better-than-expected offers.

Knight EJ, Klepac KM, Kralik JD

PloS one.. 2013 8 (10):e75768. Epub 10/09/2013.

Deep brain stimulation induces BOLD activation in motor and non-motor networks: an fMRI comparison study of STN and EN/GPi DBS in large animals.

Min HK, Hwang SC, Marsh MP, Kim I, Knight E, Striemer B, Felmlee JP, Welker KM, Blaha CD, Chang SY, Bennet KE, Lee KH

NeuroImage.. 2012 November 1563 (3):1408-20. Epub 08/10/2012.

When less is more: evolutionary origins of the affect heuristic.

Kralik JD, Xu ER, Knight EJ, Khan SA, Levine WJ

PloS one.. 2012 7 (10):e46240. Epub 10/03/2012.

Rhesus monkeys lack a consistent peak-end effect.

Xu ER, Knight EJ, Kralik JD

The quarterly journal of experimental psychology : QJEP.. 2011 December 64 (12):2301-15. Epub 09/20/2011.

A first- and second-order motion energy analysis of peripheral motion illusions leads to further evidence of "feature blur" in peripheral vision.

Shapiro AG, Knight EJ, Lu ZL

PloS one.. 2011 April 296 (4):e18719. Epub 04/29/2011.

Transitions between central and peripheral vision create spatial/temporal distortions: a hypothesis concerning the perceived break of the curveball.

Shapiro A, Lu ZL, Huang CB, Knight E, Ennis R

PloS one.. 2010 October 135 (10):e13296. Epub 10/13/2010.

An essential role for adenosine signaling in alcohol abuse.

Ruby CL, Adams CA, Knight EJ, Nam HW, Choi DS

Current drug abuse reviews.. 2010 September 3 (3):163-74. Epub 1900 01 01.

Spatial and temporal influences on the contrast gauge.

Shapiro A, Knight E

Vision research.. 2008 November 48 (26):2642-8. Epub 08/19/2008.