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James R. Booth

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

James Booth studies how and when our brains change and what this tells us about how it works when we learn. His research has led to a better understanding of how language, reading and executive functioning are represented in the brain in typically developing children, but also in children with language/reading disorders and children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Lab Affiliation

Principal Investigator : Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory

Education

PhD	Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park
MS	Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park
BA	Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Publications

Journal Articles

Booth JR, Bebko G, Burman DD & Bitan T (2007). Children with reading disorder show modality independent brain abnormalities during semantic tasks. Neuropsychologia, 45, 775-783.

Bitan T, Booth JR, Choy J, Burman DD, Gitelman DR & Mesulam MM (2005) Shifts of effective connectivity within a language network during rhyming and spelling. Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 5397-5403.

Booth JR, Burman DD, Meyer JR, Zhang L, Trommer B, Davenport N, Li W, Parrish TR, Gitelman DR & Mesulam MM (2005). Larger deficits in brain networks for response inhibition than for visual selective attention in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46, 94-111.

Grants

2003	Neural development of lexical processing. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: $1,108,993
2002	Brain activation in developmental communication disorder. National Institute for Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. RFA: Neuroimaging technology development to assess brain and behavior: $395,800

Courses

CSD 303	Brain and Cognition
CSD 350	Cognitive Development in Atypical Learners
CSD 434	Neuropsychology of Learning Disabilities
CSD 551	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience