Richard Bethlehem University positionLecturer Richard Bethlehem is pleased to consider applications from prospective PhD students. DepartmentsDepartment of Psychiatry and Department of Psychology InstitutesAutism Research Centre and Brain Mapping Unit Home pagehttps://scholar.google.com/citatio... Research ThemesInterestsI am director of neuroimaging at the Autism Research Centre and will be joining the department of psychology as an assistant professor of neuroinfomatics in 2023. My work focuses on understanding lifespan changes in brain development and ageing from big data neuroimaging. In addition, my group develops tools to integrate large scale neuroimaging data with genetics and transcriptomics in an effort to better understand the biological mechanisms driving brain maturation. I collaborate closely with the BCG and Gandal labs at UPENN, the MICA lab at the MNI and the Cognitive Neurogenetics group at the MPI. Research Focus
EquipmentBehavioural analysis Electroencephalography (EEG) Electrophysiological recording techniques Eye-Tracking Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Neuropsychological testing Randomised control trials Collaborators
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Key publicationsBethlehem, R.A.I.*, Seidlitz, J.*, White, S.R.*, et al. (2022). (2022), “Brain charts for the human lifespan. ” Nature Gau, R.*, Noble, S.*, Heuer, K.*, Bottenhorn, K.L.*, Bilgin, I.P.*, Yang, Y-F*, Huntenburg, J.M.*, Bethlehem, R.A.I.* et al. (2021). (2021), “Brainhack: developing a culture of open, inclusive, community-driven neuroscience. ” Neuron Bethlehem, R.A.I.*, Paquola, C.*, Seidlitz, J., Ronan, L.B., Bernhardt, B., Cam-CAN Consortium & Tsvetanov, K. (2020), “Dispersion of functional gradients across the adult lifespan.” NeuroImage Romero-Garcia, R., Warrier, V., Bullmore, E.T., Baron-Cohen, S. & Bethlehem, R.A.I. (2018), “Synaptic and transcriptionally downregulated genes are associated with cortical thickness differences in children with autism.” Molecular Psychiatry Publications2018Heany, S.J., Bethlehem, R.A.I., Van Honk, J., Bos, P.A., Stein, D.J., Terburg, D. (2018), “Testosterone Decouples the Orbitofrontal Cortex from Subcortical Inescapable Threat Reactivity. ” Psychoneuroendocrinology Lombardo, M.V., Auyeung, B., Pramparo, T., Quartier, A., Courraud, J., Holt, R.J., Waldman, J., Ruigrok, A.N.V., Mooney, N., Bethlehem, R.A.I., Lai, M-C., Kundu, P., Bullmore, E.T., Mandel, J-L., Piton, A. & Baron-Cohen, S. (2018), “Sex-specific impact of prenatal androgens on social brain default mode subsystems.” Molecular Psychiatry Mak, E., Bethlehem, R.A.I., Rittman, T., Romero-Garcia, R., Cervenka, S., Gabel, S., Surendranathan, A., Bevan-Jones, W.R., Passamonti, L., Vázquez Rodríguez, P., Arnold, R., Hong, Y.T., Fryer T.D., Aigbirhio, F., Rowe, J.B & O’Brien, J.T. (2018), “In vivo mapping of tau deposition on atrophy in alzheimers disease” Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Diagnosis Biomarkers and Assessments 2017Bethlehem R. A. I., Romero-Garcia R., Mak E., Bullmore E.T., Baron-Cohen S. (2017), “Structural Covariance Networks in Children with Autism or ADHD ” Cerebral Cortex Volume 27, Issue 8, 1, Pages 4267–4276, Bethlehem R.A.I., Lombardo M.V., Lai M-C., Auyeung B., Crockford S.K., Deakin J., Soubramanian S., Sule A., Kundu P., Voon V., and Baron-Cohen S. (2017), “Intranasal oxytocin enhances intrinsic corticostriatal functional connectivity in women” Translational Psychiatry e1099 2015Auyeung B, Lombardo MV, Heinrichs M, Chakrabarti B, Sule A, Deakin JB, Bethlehem RA, Dickens L, Mooney N, Sipple JA, Thiemann P, Baron-Cohen S (2015), “Oxytocin increases eye contact during a real-time, naturalistic social interaction in males with and without autism.” Transl Psychiatry 5:e507 Details 2014Bethlehem RA, Baron-Cohen S, van Honk J, Auyeung B, Bos PA (2014), “The oxytocin paradox.” Front Behav Neurosci 8:48 Details Bethlehem RA, Dumoulin SO, Dalmaijer ES, Smit M, Berendschot TT, Nijboer TC, Van der Stigchel S (2014), “Decreased fixation stability of the preferred retinal location in juvenile macular degeneration.” PLoS One 9(6):e100171 Details Van der Stigchel S, Bethlehem RA (2014), “The contribution of foveal activation to the oculomotor gap effect.” Neurosci Lett 583C:126-129 Details 2013Bethlehem RA, van Honk J, Auyeung B, Baron-Cohen S (2013), “Oxytocin, brain physiology, and functional connectivity: a review of intranasal oxytocin fMRI studies.” Psychoneuroendocrinology 38(7):962-74 Details Van der Stigchel S, Bethlehem RA, Klein BP, Berendschot TT, Nijboer TC, Dumoulin SO (2013), “Macular degeneration affects eye movement behavior during visual search.” Front Psychol 4:579 Details 2011Van der Stigchel S, de Vries JP, Bethlehem R, Theeuwes J (2011), “A global effect of capture saccades.” Exp Brain Res 210(1):57-65 Details |