Publications
Peer-reviewed manuscripts
Eckert, M.A., Walczak, A., Ahlstrom, J., Denslow, S., Horwitz, A., Dubno, J. (2008). Age-related effects on word recognition: reliance on cognitive control systems with structural declines in speech-responsive cortex. Journal for the Association of Research in Otolaryngology, 9(2):252-259. PMID 18274825
Eckert, M.A., Walczak, A., Bonilha, L., Binder, J., Leonard, C.M., Lombardino, L. (2008). Manual and automated measures of superior temporal gyrus asymmetry: concordant structural predictors of verbal ability in children. Neuroimage, 41(3):813-822. PMID 18440244
Eckert, M.A., Kamdar, N.V., Chang, C., Grecius, M.D., Menon, V. (2008). A cross-modal system linking primary auditory and visual cortices: evidence from intrinsic fMRI connectivity analysis. Human Brain Mapping, 29(7):848-857. PMID 18412133
Eckert, M.A., Menon, V., Walczak, A., Ahlstrom, J., Denslow, S., Horwitz, A., Dubno, J. (2009). At the heart of the ventral attention system: the right anterior insula. Human Brain Mapping, 30(8): 2530-2541. PMID 19072895
Harris, K.C., Dubno, J.R., Keren, N.I., Ahlstrom, J.B., Eckert, M.A. (2009). Speech recognition in younger and older adults: a dependency on low level auditory cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(19): 6078-6087. PMID 19439585
Keren, N., Lozar, C., Harris, K.C., Morgan, P., Eckert, M.A. (2009). In vivo mapping of the human locus coeruleus. Neuroimage, 47(4): 1261-1267. PMID 19524044
Eckert, M.A., Keren, N.I., Roberts, D.R., Calhoun, V.D., Harris, K.C. (2010). Age-related changes in processing speed: unique contributions of cerebellar and prefrontal cortex. Frontiers of Human Neuroscience, 8;4:10. PMID 20300463
Eckert, M.A. (2011). Slowing down: age-related neurobiological predictors of processing speed. Frontiers of Neuroscience.
Vaden, K.I., Kuchinsky S.E., Keren, N.I., Harris, K.C., Ahlstrom, J.B., Dubno, J.R., Eckert, M.A. (2011). Inferior frontal sensitivity to common speech sounds is amplified by increasing word intelligibility. Neuropsychologia, 49(13): 3563-3572. PMID 21925521
Kuchinsky, S.E., Vaden, K., Keren, N.I., Harris, K.C., Ahlstrom, J.B., Dubno, J.R., Eckert, M.A. (2012). Word intelligibility and age predict visual cortex activity during word listening. Cerebral Cortex, 22(6): 1360-1371. PMID 21862447
Vaden, K.I. Jr, Gebregziabher, M., Kuchinsky, S.E., Eckert, M.A. (2012). Multiple imputation of missing fMRI data in whole brain analysis. Neuroimage, 60(3):1843-1855. PMID 22500925
Eckert, M.A., Cute, S.L., Vaden, K.I. Jr, Kuchinsky, S.E., Dubno, J.R. (2012). Auditory cortex signs of age-related hearing loss. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol, 13(5):703-713. PMID 22618352
Kuchinsky, S.E., Ahlstrom, J.B., Vaden, K.I., Cute, S., Humes, L., Dubno, J.R., Eckert, M.A. (in press). Pupil size varies with word listening difficulty in older adults with hearing loss. Psychophysiology. PMID: 23157603
Eckert, M.A., Cute, S.L., Vaden, K.I., Kuchinsky, S.E., Dubno, J.R. (in press). White Matter Hyperintensities Predict Low Frequency Hearing in Older Adults. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. PMID: 23512682
Conference Presentations
Eckert, M.A., Kamdar, N., Greicius, M. Sheih, M, Chang, C., Menon, V. (2006). Auditory system networks in resting state fMRI data. 29th Mid-Winter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. ARO 2006 poster
Eckert, M.A., Walczak, A., Denslow, S., Ahlstrom, J., Horwitz, A., Dubno, J. (2007). Functional MRI connectivity of frontal – temporal interactions in demanding listening conditions. 30th Mid-Winter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. ARO 2007 poster
Eckert, M.A., Walczak, A., Ahlstrom, J., Denslow, S., Horwitz, A., Dubno, J. (2008). Increasing reliance on cognitive control systems for word recognition with declining structural integrity of speech systems. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting. CNS 2008 poster
Eckert MA, Harris, KC, Keren, NI, Ahlstrom J, Dubno JR (2008). Declining structural integrity of speech-related temporal lobe cortex predicts age-related declines in word recognition. American Federation for Aging Research Grantee Conference. Santa Barbara, California. AFAR 2008 poster
Harris, K.C., Keren, N.I., Ahlstrom J., Dubno J.R., Eckert, M.A. (2009). Structural integrity of speech-related temporal lobe cortex predicts age-related differences in word recognition. Association for Research in Otolaryngology MidWinter Meeting.
Harris, K.C., Dubno, J.R., Keren, N.I., Eckert, M.A. (2009). Function and Structure of Low-Level Auditory Cortex for a Gap-Detection Task. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting.
Keren, N.I, Harris, K.C., Lozar, C., Eckert, M.A. (2009). The Human Locus Coeruleus: In-Vivo Probabilistic Mapping Using High Resolution MRI. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting.
Eckert, MA., Kuchinsky, SE., Keren, NI., Conner, C., Ahlstrom, JB., Dubno, JR. (2010). Sustained inferior frontal activation predicts age-related changes in word recognition. 16th Annual Meeting of The Organization for Human Brain Mapping.
Vaden, K., Keren, N.I., Harris, K.C., Ahlstrom, J.B., Dubno, J.R., Eckert, M.A. (2010). Sublexical processing in left inferior frontal gyrus depends on word intelligibility. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting; Neurobiology of Language Conference.
Kuchinsky, S.E., Vaden, K., Keren, N.I., Harris, K.C., Ahlstrom, J.B., Dubno, J.R., Eckert, M.A. (2010). Word intelligibility and age predict visual cortex activity during word listening. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.
Harris, KC., Eckert, MA., Dubno, JR. (2010). Human evoked cortical activity to silent gaps in noise: relation to gap detection and processing speed. 33rd Annual Mid-Winter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
Eckert, M.A. (2011). Neural Profiles for Dyslexia and Dyscalculia. German Dyslexia Association Bi-Annual meeting: BVL Congress-Understanding Dyslexia and Dyscalculia. Erfurt, Germany. Invited Presentation.
Keren, N.I., Gregory, N.C., Vaden, K., Vazey, E.M., Morgan, P.S., Hinson, V.A., Granholm, A.C., Aston-Jones, G., & Eckert. M.A. (2011). Ex vivo MRI investigation of the human locus coeruleus. 17th Annual Meeting of The Organization for Human Brain Mapping.
Keren, N.I., Gregory, N.C., Vaden, K., Vazey, E.M., Morgan, P.S., Hinson, V.A., Granholm, A.C., Aston-Jones, G., & Eckert. M.A. (2011). The human locus coeruleus in healthy individuals and neurodegenerative disease: Post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging and histology. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.
Ahlstrom, J., Eckert, M.A., Humes, L., Cute, S., Kuchinsky, S., Dubno, J.R. (2011). Benefits of Speech-Perception Training for Older Adults with Hearing Loss. Aging and Speech Communication: An International and Interdisciplinary Research Conference.Bloomington, Indiana.ASC Poster 
Ahlstrom ASC 2011 (1.8 MiB, 1,252 hits)
Kuchinsky, S., Dubno, J.R., Humes, L., Ahlstrom, J., Cute, S.,Eckert, M.A. (2011). Evaluation of pupil size as an indicator of listening effort. Aging and Speech Communication: An International and Interdisciplinary Research Conference.Bloomington, Indiana. Kuchinsky ASC 2011 (1 MiB, 302 hits)
Vaden, K.I., Kuchinsky, S., Cute, S., Ahlstrom, J., Dubno, J.R., Eckert., M.A.(2011). An fMRI Study of Age-Related Changes in Sustained Attention and Word Recognition. Aging and Speech Communication: An International and Interdisciplinary Research Conference.Bloomington, Indiana. Vaden ASC 2011 (2.2 MiB, 185 hits)