Publications
Simon, T.J., Rivera, S.M. (in press). Neuroanatomical Approaches to the Study of Mathematical Ability and Disability; In D. B. Berch & M. M. M. Mazzocco (Eds.), Children's mathematical learning: Difficulties and disabilities. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Hessl, D.H., Rivera, S.M., Koldewyn, L. Cordeiro, L., Adams, J., Tassone, F., Hagerman, P.J. and Hagerman, R.J. (in press). Amygdala dysfunction in men with the fragile X premutation. Brain.
Rivera, S.M. & Zawaydeh, A.N. (in press). Word Comprehension Facilitates Object Individuation in 10- and 11-month-old Infants. Brain Research.
Cohen S., Masyn, K, Adams J., Hessl D., Rivera, S.M., Cogswell J., Tassone F., Grigsby J., Brunberg J., Leehey, M.,Loesch, D., DeCarli, C.,Hagerman P., Hagerman R. (2006). Molecular and imaging correlates of the fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome. Neurology, 67(8), 1426-1431.
Rivera, S.M. and Koldewyn, K. (2006). Unraveling the mystery of motion perception impairments in autism: Some further considerations. Current Psychology of Cognition23(1-2):189-197. (pdf)
Williams, S.E., Rivera, S.M. and Reiss, A.L. (2005.) Functional MRI of Working Memory in Pediatric Head Injury: A Longitudinal Case Study. Brain Injury, 19(7), 549-53. (pdf)
Rivera, S.M., Reiss, A.L, Eckert, M.A., and Menon, V. (2005). Developmental changes in mental arithmetic: Evidence for increased functional specialization of the left inferior parietal cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 15(5). (pdf)
Hessl,D., Rivera, S.M., and Reiss, A.L (2004.) The Neuroanatomy and Neuroendocrinology of Fragile X Syndrome. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 10: 17-24. (pdf)
Langer, J., Rivera, S.M., Schlesinger, M., and Wakeley, A. (2002). Early Cognitive Development: Ontogeny and Phylogeny. In: Valsiner, J. & Connolly, K. (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Psychology. London: Sage.
Rivera, S.M., Menon, V., White, C.D., Glaser, B., Glover, G. and Reiss, A.L. (2002). Functional brain activation during arithmetic processing in females with fragile X Syndrome is related to FMR-1 protein expression. Human Brain Mapping.16(4),206-218. (pdf)
Menon, V., Mackenzie, K., Rivera, S.M., & Reiss, A.L. (2002). Prefrontal Cortex Involvement in Processing Incorrect Arithmetic Equations: Evidence From Event-Related fMRI. Human Brain Mapping, 16(3), 119-130. (pdf)
Menon V., Rivera S.M., White C.D., Eliez S., Glover G.H., Reiss A.L. (2000). Functional Optimization of Arithmetic Processing in Perfect Performers. Cognitive Brain Research, 9 (3) 343-345. (pdf)
Menon V., Rivera S.M., White C.D., Glover G.H., Reiss A.L. (2000). Dissociating Prefrontal and Parietal Activation During Arithmetic Processing. Neuroimage, 12, (4), 357-365. (pdf)
Wakeley, A., Rivera, S.M. & Langer, J. (2000). Can young infants add and subtract? Child Development, 71(6), 1525-1534. (pdf)
Wakeley, A., Rivera, S.M., and Langer, J. (2000). Not proved: Reply to Wynn. Child Development, 71(6),1537-1539. (pdf)
Rivera, S.M., Wakeley, A. & Langer, J. (1999). The drawbridge phenomenon: representational reasoning or perceptual preference? Developmental Psychology, v35(2), 427-435. (pdf)
Publications under review
Rivera, S.M., David, N., Henry, M.L., Adams, J., Barcellos, T., Brunberg, J.A. and Hagerman, R.J. (submitted). Cerebellar dysfunction in older males with the fragile X premutation: An fMRI investigation.
Gleeson, J.G., Marsh, S.E., Kobayashi, M., Thut, G., Mori, S., Nagae-Poetscher, L.M., Stashinko, E., Hoon, A.H., Rivera, S.M, Henry, M., Pinter, J., Pascual-Leone, A., Maria, B.L. (submitted). Neuronal wiring defects in patients with Joubert syndrome.
Adams, J.S., Adams, P., Nguyen, D., Brunberg, J.A., Rivera, S.M., Koldewyn, K., Tassone, F., Zhang, W., Grigsby, J., DeCarlie, C., Hagerman, P. and Hagerman, R.J. (submitted). Volumetric brain changes in females with fragile X associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS).