Megan J Banchik
- BA (2021) Tufts University, Medford, MA
Contact Info
1000 Sunnyside Ave
LAWRENCE, KS 66045
Biography —
My research interests focus on the relationship between biology and behavior in individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families. Specifically, I am interested in using neuroimaging and behavioral methods to explore unique differences in cognition, sensory processing, and emotion regulation seen in individuals with ASD and their unaffected family members.
Selected Publications —
Wagner L.E., Cakar M., Banchik M., Chiem E., Glynn S., Green S.A., Dapretto M. (Invited review article, Under review). Beyond Motor Learning: A Critical Role of the Cerebellum in Infant Development. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
Wagner, L., Banchik, M., Okada, N. J., McDonald, N., Jeste, S. S., Bookheimer, S. Y., Green, S. A., Dapretto, M. Atypical Early Neural Responses to Native versus Non-Native Speech in Infants at Varying Likelihood for Autism [Under Review in the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology]
Wagner, L., Banchik, M., Okada, N. J., McDonald, N., Jeste, S. S., Bookheimer, S. Y., Green, S. A., Dapretto, M. (2023). Associations between thalamocortical functional connectivity and sensory over- responsivity in infants at high likelihood for ASD. Cerebral Cortex. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad100
Selected Presentations —
Banchik, M., Mendez-Leal, A., Cakar, M., Langley, A., Waterman, J., Tottenham, N, Green, S.A. (September 2024). Neural Mechanisms of Resilience to Sensory Over-Responsivity in Youth with Early Caregiver-Related Adversity [Poster Presentation]. Flux Congress. Baltimore, MD.
Banchik, M., Cummings, K., Langley, A., Waterman, J., Tottenham, N., Dapretto, M., Bookheimer, S., Green, S.A. (September 2023). Neural Mechanisms of Sensory Over-Responsivity Across Clinical Groups [Poster Presentation]. Flux Congress. Santa Rosa, CA.
Banchik, M., Dapretto, M., Green, S.A. (May 2023). Self- versus Parent-Reported Measures of Sensory Over-Responsivity: Associations with Neural Activation in Autism [Poster Presentation]. INSAR. Stockholm, Sweden.
Banchik, M., Wagner, L., Bookheimer, S., Jeste, S., Dapretto, M., Green, S.A. (September 2022). Atypical functional connectivity of the amygdala relates to emergent sensory symptoms in infants at an elevated likelihood of autism [Poster Presentation]. Flux Congress. Paris, France (Virtual Poster Presentation).