Rebecca Landa, MS, PhD

Professional Titles

• Director, Center for Autism and Related Disorders

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Centers and Institutes

Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities

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Contact for Research Inquiries

3901 Greenspring Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21053

Phone: (443) 923-7551
Fax: (443) 923-7560
landa@kennedykrieger.org

Research Interests

Autism, Early detection of developmental delay, Early intervention of autism and language impairments, Pragmatic language disorders

Selected Publications

• Goldberg, M.C., Zee, D.S., Lasker, A.G., Garth, E., Tien, A., & Landa, R.  (2002). Deficits in the initiation of eye movements in the absence of visual targets in adolescents with high functioning autism.  Neuropsychologia, 1426, 1 - 11.

• Landa, R., Folstein, S., & Isaacs, C.  (1991).  Spontaneous narrative discourse performance of parents of autistic individuals.  Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 34, 1339-1345.

• Landa, R., Piven, J., Wzorek, M., Gayle, J., Chase,G., & Folstein, S. (1992). Social language use in parents of autistic individuals. Psychological Medicine, 22, 245-254.

• Landa, R., Swartz, K., & Folstein, M. (1994).  A brief method of assessing communication in psychiatric patients.  Journal of Psychiatric Research, 27, 395-408.

• Mostofsky, S., Denckla, M., Goldberg, M., & Landa, R.. (in press). Cognitive aspects of cerebellar function in individuals with autism. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.