Publications

Policy and Advocacy

Sonoran UCEDD Evaluation Report: Implementation and Impact of Arizona’s Abuse & Neglect Prevention Task Force Recommendations
De La Rosa, J.S., Duncan, A.W., Parent-Johnson, W., Edgin, J., Edwards, N.M. (2022). Tucson, AZ: Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities, University of Arizona.

Preventing sexual abuse in Arizona schools
Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council. (2021). Online (az.gov).

The truth about Down syndrome
Edgin, J., & Fernandez, F. (2014). New York Times.

Neuropsychological effects of second language exposure in Down syndrome
Edgin, J.O., Kumar, A., Spanò, G., & Nadel, L. (2011). Journal of Intellectual Disability Research: JIDR, 55(3), 351–356.

Assessment

The “eyes have it,” but when in development?: The importance of a developmental perspective in our understanding of behavioral memory formation and the hippocampus
Edgin, J.O., Liu, Y., Hughes, K., Spanò, G., & Clark, C.A.C. (2020). Hippocampus, 30(8), 815–828. 

Everyday memory in individuals with Down syndrome: Validation of the Observer Memory Questionnaire—Parent Form
Spanò, G., & Edgin, J.O. (2017). Child Neuropsychology, 23(5), 523–535.

ERP correlates of object recognition memory in Down syndrome: Do active and passive tasks measure the same thing?
Van Hoogmoed, A.H., Nadel, L., Spanò, G., & Edgin, J.O. (2016). Neuropsychologia, 82, 39–53. 

Development and validation of the Arizona Cognitive Test Battery for Down syndrome
Edgin, J.O., Mason, G., Allman, M., Capone, G., DeLeon, I., Maslen, C., Reeves, R.H., Sherman, S. & Nadel L. (2010). Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2 (3), 149- 164.

Developmental Theory

Building an adaptive brain across development: targets for neurorehabilitation must begin in infancy
Edgin, J. O., Clark, C. A., Massand, E., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2015). Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9, 232.

The best is yet to come: The promise of models of developmental disorders
Munakata, Y., Edgin, J. O., & Stedron, J. M. (2002). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25(6), 765-766.

Memory and Sleep

Autism and sleep across development: Advancing research and treatment through co-production
Spanò, G., Combs, D., Dwyer, P., Luongo, A., Parent-Johnson, W., & Edgin, J. (2024). Neurodiversity, 2. 

Sleeping with hippocampal damage
Spanò, G., Weber, F.D., Pizzamiglio, G., McCormick, C., Miller, T.D., Rosenthal, C.R., ... & Maguire, E.A. (2020). Current Biology, 30(3), 523-529.

REM sleep in naps differentially relates to memory consolidation in typical preschoolers and children with Down syndrome
Spanò, G., Gómez, R.L., Demara, B.I., Alt, M., Cowen, S.L., & Edgin, J.O. (2018). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(46), 11844-11849.

Small sets of novel words are fully retained after 1-week in typically developing children and Down syndrome: a fast mapping study
Sakhon, S., Edwards, K., Luongo, A., Murphy, M., & Edgin, J. (2018). Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society: JINS, 24(9), 955–965.

Remembering things without context: development matters
Edgin, J.O., Spanò, G., Kawa, K., & Nadel, L. (2014). Child Development, 85(4), 1491-1502

Neuropsychological components of intellectual disability: the contributions of immediate, working, and associative memory
Edgin, J.O., Pennington, B.F., & Mervis, C.B. (2010). Journal of Intellectual Disability Research: JIDR, 54(5), 406–417.

Spatial cognition in autism spectrum disorders: superior, impaired, or just intact?
Edgin, J.O. & Pennington, B.F. (2005). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 35 (6), 729-745. PMID:16328713