Linda L. LaGasse, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Brown University School of Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology, Brown University

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Areas of Expertise:

• Developmental: Low-risk and high-risk populations including preterm and substance-exposed infants
• Cognition and perceptual-motor processing
• Attention and temperament including affective, behavioral and physiological reactivity

Other Areas of Interest:

• Measurement of SES in families and neighborhoods

Recent Publications:

1. LaGasse, L.L., VanVorst, R.F., Brunner, S.M., & Lester, B.M. (1998). Effects of in utero exposure to cocaine and/or opiates on infants' on reaching behavior. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 846, 405-407.
2. Lester, B.M., LaGasse, L.L., & Bigsby, R. (1998). Prenatal cocaine exposure and child development: What do we know and what do we do? Seminars in Speech and Language, 19, 123-146.
3. Lester, B.M., LaGasse, L.L., & Seifer, R. Cocaine exposure and children: The meaning of subtle effects. Science, 262, 633-634.
   

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