Sally E. Shaywitz

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Yale University
School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Child Neurology
Audrey G. Ratner Professor in Learning DevelopmentAppointed: 2007

Mailing Address

3089 LMP
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (203) 785-4641
Fax: (203) 785-6369
sally.shaywitz@yale.edu

Qualifications

M.D., Albert Einstein, 1966.
A.B., City College of New York, The City University of New York, 1962.
Residency, Albert Einstein.
Fellowship, Albert Einstein.

Expertise and Research Interests

My research focuses on disorders of higher cognitive function in children, adolescents and young adults; of particular interest is the investigation of endocrinologic influences, gender differences and social and behavioral influences underlying dyslexiaand attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Investigations of endocrinologic and gender influences include examination of the influence of sex hormones on cognitive development during puberty and in a complementary study, hormonal/cognitive relationships in adult women. These studies use functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the influence of hormones on brain organization women. We are also engaged in an epidemiologic, longitudinal study of the cognitive and behavioral developmentof a representative group of 400 Connecticut schoolchildren whom we have been following for the past 12 years. This study, the Connecticut Longitudinal Study allows us to characterize the parameters of normal development (intelligence, academic achievement, behavior, school performance, self-perception), and to examine specific influences on these parameters (for example, how much change in IQ over time should be considered "normal" and what is the influence of gender, socioeconomic status, mother's education on IQ variation).

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Dyslexia, Gender Issues, Learning Disorders, Pediatrics.

Additional Terms:

Attention Deficit-hyperactivity Disorder, Dyslexia, Endocrinologic Influences, Gender Differences, Sex Hormones, Social and Behavioral Influences.

Memberships

Institute of Medicine

Publications

  • Fulbright RK, Jenner AR, Mencl WE, Pugh KR, Shaywitz BA, Shaywitz SE, Frost SJ, Skudlarski P, Constable RT, Lacadie CM, Marchione KE, Gore JC, The cerebellum''s role in reading: a functional MR imaging study., AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology, 20(10), 1925-30, November 1999 Abstract
  • Shaywitz SE, Shaywitz BA, Pugh KR, Fulbright RK, Skudlarski P, Mencl WE, Constable RT, Naftolin F, Palter SF, Marchione KE, Katz L, Shankweiler DP, Fletcher JM, Lacadie C, Keltz M, Gore JC, Effect of estrogen on brain activation patterns in postmenopausal women during working memory tasks., JAMA, 281(13), 1197-202, 7 Apr 1998 Abstract
  • Constable R T, Skudlarski P, Mencl E, Pugh K R, Fulbright R K, Lacadie C, Shaywitz S E, Shaywitz B A, Quantifying and comparing region-of-interest activation patterns in functional brain MR imaging: methodology considerations., Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 16(3), 289-300, April 1998 Abstract
  • Shaywitz S E, Shaywitz B A, Pugh K R, Fulbright R K, Constable R T, Mencl W E, Shankweiler D P, Liberman A M, Skudlarski P, Fletcher J M, Katz L, Marchione K E, Lacadie C, Gatenby C, Gore J C, Functional disruption in the organization of the brain for reading in dyslexia., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 95(5), 2636-41, 3 Mar 1998 Abstract
  • Shaywitz SE, Dyslexia [see comments, New England Journal of Medicine, 338(5), 307-12, 29 1998 Abstract
  • Pugh K R, Shaywitz B A, Shaywitz S E, Shankweiler D P, Katz L, Fletcher J M, Skudlarski P, Fulbright R K, Constable R T, Bronen R A, Lacadie C, Gore J C, Predicting reading performance from neuroimaging profiles: the cerebral basis of phonological effects in printed word identification., Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance, 23(2), 299-318, April 1997 Abstract
  • Shaywitz B A, Fletcher J M, Shaywitz S E, Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder., Advances In Pediatrics, 44, 331-67, 1997 Abstract
  • Pugh K R, offywitz B A, Shaywitz S E, Fulbright R K, Byrd D, Skudlarski P, Shankweiler D P, Katz L, Constable R T, Fletcher J, Lacadie C, Marchione K, Gore J C, Auditory selective attention: an fMRI investigation., Neuroimage, 4(3 Pt 1), 159-73, December 1996 Abstract
  • Shaywitz S E, Dyslexia., Scientific American, 275(5), 98-104, November 1996 Abstract
  • Pugh K R, Shaywitz B A, Shaywitz S E, Constable R T, Skudlarski P, Fulbright R K, Bronen R A, Shankweiler D P, Katz L, Fletcher J M, Gore J C, Cerebral organization of component processes in reading., Brain, 119 ( Pt 4), 1221-38, August 1996 Abstract
  • Girardi N L, Shaywitz S E, Shaywitz B A, Marchione K, Fleischman S J, Jones T W, Tamborlane W V, Blunted catecholamine responses after glucose ingestion in children with attention deficit disorder., Pediatric Research, 38(4), 539-42, October 1995 Abstract
  • Shaywitz B A, Shaywitz S E, Pugh K R, Constable R T, Skudlarski P, Fulbright R K, Bronen R A, Fletcher J M, Shankweiler D P, Katz L, et al, Sex differences in the functional organization of the brain for language [see comments], Nature, 373(6515), 607-9, 16 Feb 1995 Abstract
  • Shaywitz B A, Fletcher J M, Shaywitz S E, Defining and classifying learning disabilities and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder., Journal of Child Neurology, 10 Suppl 1, S50-7, January 1995 Abstract
  • Schultz R T, Cho N K, Staib L H, Kier L E, Fletcher J M, Shaywitz S E, Shankweiler D P, Katz L, Gore J C, Duncan J S, et al, Brain morphology in normal and dyslexic children: the influence of sex and age., Annals of Neurology, 35(6), 732-42, June 1994 Abstract
  • Shaywitz B A, Sullivan C M, Anderson G M, Gillespie S M, Sullivan B, Shaywitz S E, Aspartame, behavior, and cognitive function in children with attention deficit disorder [see comments], Pediatrics, 93(1), 70-5, January 1994 Abstract
  • Fletcher J M, Shaywitz S E, Shaywitz B A, Teacher questionnaires: a classification perspective [editorial; comment], Journal of Child Neurology, 8(1), 3-6, January 1993 Abstract
  • Shaywitz B A, Fletcher J M, Holahan J M, Shaywitz S E, Discrepancy compared to low achievement definitions of reading disability: results from the Connecticut Longitudinal Study., Journal of Learning Disabilities, 25(10), 639-48, December 1992 Abstract
  • Fletcher J M, Francis D J, Rourke B P, Shaywitz S E, Shaywitz B A, The validity of discrepancy-based definitions of reading disabilities., Journal of Learning Disabilities, 25(9), 555-61, 573, November 1992 Abstract
  • Shaywitz S E, Escobar M D, Shaywitz B A, Fletcher J M, Makuch R, Evidence that dyslexia may represent the lower tail of a normal distribution of reading ability [see comments], New England Journal of Medicine, 326(3), 145-50, 16 Jan 1992 Abstract
  • Shaywitz S E, Shaywitz B A, Introduction to the special series on attention deficit disorder., Journal of Learning Disabilities, 24(2), 68-71, February 1991 Abstract
  • Epstein M A, Shaywitz S E, Shaywitz B A, Woolston J L, The boundaries of attention deficit disorder., Journal of Learning Disabilities, 24(2), 78-86, February 1991 Abstract
  • Shaywitz B A, Shaywitz S E, Comorbidity: a critical issue in attention deficit disorder., Journal of Child Neurology, 6 Suppl, S13-22, 1991 Abstract
  • Shaywitz S E, Shaywitz B A, Fletcher J M, Escobar M D, Prevalence of reading disability in boys and girls. Results of the Connecticut Longitudinal Study [see comments], Jama, 264(8), 998-1002, August 1990 Abstract
  • Kinney R O, Shaywitz B A, Shaywitz S E, Sarwar M, Holahan J M, Epilepsy in children with attention deficit disorder: cognitive, behavioral, and neuroanatomic indices., Pediatric Neurology, 6(1), 31-7, January 1990 Abstract
  • Shaywitz B A, Shaywitz S E, Sebrechts M M, Anderson G M, Cohen D J, Jatlow P, Young J G, Growth hormone and prolactin response to methylphenidate in children with attention deficit disorder., Life Sciences, 46(9), 625-33, 1990 Abstract
  • Shaywitz, B. A., Shaywitz, S. E., Pugh, K. R., Constable, R. T., Skudlarski, P., Bronen, R. T., Fulbright, R. K., Fletcher, J. M., Shankweiler, D. P., Katz, L., and Gore, J. C. Sex differences in the functional origin of the brain for language. Nature, 373, 607-609, 19

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