Faculty Appointments
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Research Assistant Professor of Psychology & Human Development
Education
Ph.D., Developmental Science, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Publications
Gustavson DE, Nayak S, Coleman PL, Iversen JR, Lense MD, Gordon RL, Maes HH. Heritability of Childhood Music Engagement and Associations with Language and Executive Function: Insights from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. Behav Genet [print-electronic]. 2023 May; 53(3): 189-207. PMID: 36757558, PMCID: PMC10159991, PII: 10.1007/s10519-023-10135-0, DOI: 10.1007/s10519-023-10135-0, ISSN: 1573-3297.
Gordon RL, Martschenko DO, Nayak S, Niarchou M, Morrison MD, Bell E, Jacoby N, Davis LK. Confronting ethical and social issues related to the genetics of musicality. Ann N Y Acad Sci [print-electronic]. 2023 Apr; 1522(1): 5-14. PMID: 36851882, DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14972, ISSN: 1749-6632.
Lopera-Perez DC, Nayak S, Stangier G, Tuladhar CT, St John AM, Grieve PG, Tarullo AR. Infants' neural sensitivity to social interactions varies by income and infant-directed speech. Dev Psychobiol. 2022 Feb; 64(4): e22265. PMID: 35452539, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22265, ISSN: 1098-2302.
Nayak S, Gustavson DE, Wang Y, Below JE, Gordon RL, Magne CL. Test of Prosody via Syllable Emphasis ("TOPsy"): Psychometric Validation of a Brief Scalable Test of Lexical Stress Perception. Front Neurosci. 2022; 16: 765945. PMID: 35221896, PMCID: PMC8864136, DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.765945, ISSN: 1662-4548.
Nayak S, Coleman PL, Ladányi E, Nitin R, Gustavson DE, Fisher SE, Magne CL, Gordon RL. The Musical Abilities, Pleiotropy, Language, and Environment (MAPLE) Framework for Understanding Musicality-Language Links Across the Lifespan. Neurobiol Lang (Camb). 2022; 3(4): 615-64. PMID: 36742012, PMCID: PMC9893227, PII: nol_a_00079, DOI: 10.1162/nol_a_00079, ISSN: 2641-4368.
Gordon RL, Martschenko DO, Nayak S, Niarchou M, Morrison MD, Bell E, Jacoby N, Davis LK. Confronting ethical and social issues related to the genetics of musicality. Ann N Y Acad Sci [print-electronic]. 2023 Apr; 1522(1): 5-14. PMID: 36851882, DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14972, ISSN: 1749-6632.
Lopera-Perez DC, Nayak S, Stangier G, Tuladhar CT, St John AM, Grieve PG, Tarullo AR. Infants' neural sensitivity to social interactions varies by income and infant-directed speech. Dev Psychobiol. 2022 Feb; 64(4): e22265. PMID: 35452539, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22265, ISSN: 1098-2302.
Nayak S, Gustavson DE, Wang Y, Below JE, Gordon RL, Magne CL. Test of Prosody via Syllable Emphasis ("TOPsy"): Psychometric Validation of a Brief Scalable Test of Lexical Stress Perception. Front Neurosci. 2022; 16: 765945. PMID: 35221896, PMCID: PMC8864136, DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.765945, ISSN: 1662-4548.
Nayak S, Coleman PL, Ladányi E, Nitin R, Gustavson DE, Fisher SE, Magne CL, Gordon RL. The Musical Abilities, Pleiotropy, Language, and Environment (MAPLE) Framework for Understanding Musicality-Language Links Across the Lifespan. Neurobiol Lang (Camb). 2022; 3(4): 615-64. PMID: 36742012, PMCID: PMC9893227, PII: nol_a_00079, DOI: 10.1162/nol_a_00079, ISSN: 2641-4368.