Sara Jane Webb PhD

Research Assistant PRofessor,

University of Washington

*Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

*Department of Psychology (Adjunct)

Research Affiliate:

*Center on Human Development & Disabilities

*Center for Integrated Brain Research (CIBR)  Seattle Children’s Research Institute

Contact:

Box 357920 CHDD 314; Seattle WA 98195

sjwebb@u.washington.edu

pbslab@u.washington.edu

Education:

1996 BA Yale University, Psychology

2001 PhD University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development, Child Psychology

Research Focus:

My research focuses on the use of electroencephalography (EEG), event-related potentials (ERPs), eye tracking, and behavioral measures to study how infants, children, and adults learn about their environment, and how that learning is impacted by developmental disruptions.  This work covers several areas including  (1) attention, perceptual and cognitive abilities in individuals with developmental disabilities including autism, Fragile X, and developmental delay; (2) early risk markers and protective factors; and (3) prediction of response to intervention. These projects represent an effort to understand the neural circuits that contributing to and underlie atypical development. Currently, I am the principal investigator of five projects, including the NIH sponsored UW Autism Center of Excellence project “Early Connections”, a NIH sponsored project “Eye Graze Processing in Fragile X and Autism”, and three training grants for postdoctoral fellow and medical students.

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