Title: Elena Plante, Ph
Author: Elena Plante
Company: UA-Speech and Hearing

Elena Plante, Ph.D.

Education:
B.A. Loyola College in Maryland		1984 Speech Pathology
M.S. Loyola College in Maryland		1985 Speech Pathology
Ph.D. The University of Arizona		1990 Speech and Hearing Sciences
						        Neuroscience Minor

Specialization:  Developmental language disorders in children and adults

Current Position:  	Professor & Head
			Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
			The University of Arizona

Other Affiliations:	Cognition and Neural Systems
			Cognitive Sciences Program

Certification and Affiliations:

	Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
	Member, ASHA Special Interest Division 10, Higher Education
	Certification of Clinical Competence:  Speech-Language Pathology, ASHA
	Licensure in Speech-Language Pathology, Arizona

Awards and Professional Recognition:

2006  Editor’s Award, article of highest merit, Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools
2004    Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2003	Galileo Circle Fellow, College of Science, University of Arizona
2000	Mortar Board Citation, for intense devotion to and distinguished academic accomplishment in one field of endeavor, awarded by the student Mortar Board honorary society, University of Arizona.
1993    Human Communication and Its Disorders nominated by Prentice-Hall for the Textbook
	Authors' Association textbook of the year award.
1991	Recognition as an "up and coming researcher" in Carney, J.P., Research:  Our
	Path to the Frontier.  Asha, 33, 5-6.
1991	Article selected for Yearbook of Speech, Language, and Hearing.
1984	Editor's Award for the outstanding article published in the 1984 NSSLHA Journal.

Grants:
Holland, S.K. (2009-2014) Pediatric Functional Neuroimaging Research Network NICHD HHSN275200900018C; $6,400,000  Role of the Project:  Consultant
Cone-Wesson, B. & Plante, E. (2008-2013) Developing Clinical Investigators in
	Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology.  NIDCD T32 DC009398.  $ 1,052,012 
	Role on project: Co-Principal investigator.
Plante, E. (2008-2011).  Receptive skills in developmental language disorder.  NIDCD 
	R01DC004726-06  $377,500 Role on project:  Principal investigator. 5.28 person 
	months effort.
Christensen, T.  (2007-2012).  Brain Mechanisms Linking Language, Attention and Memory.  
	NIDCD 1K01DC008812-01.  Budget:  $981,048, Role on Project:  Mentor. .9 Person 
	months effort. 
Plante, E. (2007-2008).  Receptive skills in developmental language disorder.  NIDCD 
	2R56DC004726-06A1  $377,500 Role on project:  Principal investigator. 5.28 person 
	months effort.
Plante, E. (2005-2008). Identification of Adults with Developmental Language Impairment
	NIDCD R21 DC007917 .  $452,708.  Role on project:  PI, 1.44 person months effort.  
Van Petten, C., Glisky, E., & Plante, E. (2004-2010).  Cognitive and 
Neural Bases of Aging and Memory. NIA R01 AG014792. Role on project:  
Investigator, .99 person months effort.
Gerken, L.A., Gomez, R., (2004-2009).  Learning Mechanisms in Language 
Acquisition. NICHD HD42170-01 $795,375 Role on project:  Co-investigator. 1.2 person 
months effort.
Holland, S.K. (2006-2011).  FMRI of Normal Language Development in Children.  National 
Institute on Maternal Health and Child Development.  HD38578 $1,000,748.  Role on 
project:  Consultant.  .12 person months effort.
Fletcher, T. & Nahmias, M.L. (2003-2008).  Interdisciplinary special education teacher 
preparation for the education of students with learning, language, and related
 disabilities.  Department of Education.  Role:  Instructor. .6 person months effort.
Plante, E. (2002-2007).  Receptive skills in developmental language disorder.  National 
Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders R01 DC04726 $925,000.  
Role on project:  Principal investigator.  5.28 person months effort.
Sadrzadeh, S.M.H. & Plante, E. (2002-2005).  Role of haptoglobin in Developmental 
Language Disorder. R21 NS041896  $150,000 Role on project:  Co-investigator. 25% 
effort.
Plante, E. (2002-2003).  Auditory Attention and Memory Arizona Alzheimer’s Research Award. 
$25,000 Role:  Principal Investigator. 5% effort.
Sadrzadeh, S.M.H. & Plante, E. (2002). Pathophysiology of Developmental Language 
Disorder  Bamford-Lahey Foundation Grant  $20,000, Role on project:  Co-principal 
investigator.
Gomez, R. (2001-2004).  Learning Mechanisms in Language Acquisition. NICHD HD42170-
01 $795,375 Role on project:  Co-investigator. 8% effort.
Holland, S.K. (2000-2004).  FMRI of Normal Language Development in Children.  National 
Institute on Maternal Health and Child Development.  HD38578 $1,000,748.  Role on 
project:  Consultant.  1% effort.
Van Petten, C., Glisky, E., & Plante, E. (1997-02).  Cognitive and Neural Bases of Aging and 
Memory. National Institutes of  Aging.  AG14792  $1,558,448.  Role on project:  Investigator.  
Baum, H., Lauter, J., Fisher, K., Kujawa, S., & Plante, E. (1997-02).  Communication 
Sciences and Disorders Research Conference Grant.  National Institutes on Deafness 
and Other Communication Disorders. Project Budget:  $155,012  P.I.:  H. Baum.
Gerken, L.A. & Plante, E.  (1997-98).  Assessment of Language Comprehension in Young 
Children.  University of Arizona.  Project budget:  $4876.
Plante, E. (1996-01).  Developmental Language Disorder:  Brain-Behavior Inquiry.  Project
	within the National Multipurpose Research and Training Grant, Neurogenic
	Communication Disorders. DC-01409 T. Hixon, Program Director.  Project budget 
	$416,912.  Role on project:  P.I.
Plante, E. (1992-97)  The Neurobiology of Developmental Language Impairment, Clinical
	Investigator Development Award,  National Institutes on Deafness and Other
	Communication Disorders, K08 DC00077, $342,794.
Plante, E. & Swisher, L. (1988).  Neuroanatomic Correlates of Developmental Language
	Disorders.  Biomedical Research Support Grant Program, National Institutes of Health,
	BRSG S07RR07002, $8500.
Plante, E. (1987-90)  United States Air Force Research Laboratory Graduate Fellowship, 
	SUB-USAF-S785000006, $37,996.

Recent Presentations: (* indicates an invited presentation)
*Plante, E. (2010, June).  Windows into receptive processing.  The Dyslexia Foundation 12^th Extraordinary Brain Symposium, Cong, Ireland.
Almryde, K., Plante, E., Christensen, T. (2010, June).  Varying the Focus of Attention at Encoding Affects Recognition Memory Networks for Spoken Words.   Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona, Spain.
Fidler, L., Dailey, N., Almryde, K., & Plante, E. (2010, June). Using Independent Component Analysis to Detect Cortical Changes During Implicit Language Learning. Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona, Spain.
Suddarth, R., Plante, E., & Vance, R. (2009, November).  Written Narrative Characteristics in Adults With Residual Language-Learning Disability.  presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Fidler, L.J., Plante, E. Vance, R., & Leonard, B. (2009, June).  Use of a sentence generation task to accurately identify language impaired adults for clinical and research purposes.  SRCLD, Madison, WI.
Suddarth, R., Plante, E., & Vance, R. (2009, June).  Written narrative characteristics in adults with residual language-learning disability.  SRCLD, Madison, WI.
*Owen, A., Schwartz, R.G., Tomblin, J.B., Plante, E., Jacobson, P., & McGregor, K. (2008, November).  Challenges in the Identification of LI in Elementary School Children.  Pannel presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
*Plante, E. (2008, July).  The Neural Basis of Language Processing in the Context of Development. IEEE/IET International Conference on Audio, Language, and Image Processing.  Shanghai, China.
Rentz, L., Plante, E., & Vance, R. (2008, June).  Evaluation of a sentence formulation task for its avility to identify adults with residual language impairment.  SRCLD, Madison, WI.
Suddarth, R., Plante, E., Vance, R., & Gerken, LA. (2008, June). Language Processing and abstraction by young adults with language-based learning disability.  SRCLD, Madison, WI.
Bahl, M., Plante, E., Gerken, LA (2008, June).  Effect of frequency in the input on production by SLI children.  SRCLD, Madison, WI.
Kittleson, M., Aguilar, J., Tokerud, G.L., Asbjørnsen, & Plante, E. (2008, June).  Implicit Language Learning:  Adult’s ability to statistically segment words in Norwegian.  SRCLD, Madison, WI.
Plante, E. (2007, November).  The Write Stuff.  Lessons for Success in Research Funding  
	Panel presentation at the convention of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing 
	Association.  Boston.  
Plante, E., Schuele, M., Rousseau, B., Chiasson, K., & Marler, J. (2007, November)
	Thinking about a Ph.D.?  Informational session for prospective doctoral students.  
	Panel presentation at the convention of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing 
	Association.  Boston.  
Hotz, G., Helm-Estabrooks, N., Nelson, N.W., & Plante, E. (2007, November).  Pediatric 
	traumatic brain injury:  Neurocognitive and language assessment.  Miniseminar 
	presentation at the convention of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing 
	Association.  Boston
Chiasson, K., Qualls, C., Ukrainetz, T., & Plante, E. I’m a professor and loving it.  Panel 
	presentation at the convention of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing 	Association.  
	Boston.  
Plante, E. (2007, November).  Team Science.  Presentation at the Academic Town Hall 
	Meeting, Boston.  
Spaulding-Montoya, T., Plante, E., Vance, R. (2007, June).  Attentional control in preschool 
	children with specific language impairment; Deficits in resistance to distractibility and 
	inhibitory control.  Society for Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.
Bahl, M., Plante, E., Vance, R., & Gerken, LA. (2007, June).  Processing of prosodic 
	structure by young adults with language based learning disability. Society for Research 
	in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.
Plante, E., Vance, R., & Gómez, R. (2007, June). Implicit learning of word order constraints 
	by children with specific language impairment.  Society for Research in Child 
	Language Disorders, Madison, WI.
*Plante, E. (2007, May). The physiology of normal language development as seen through 
	fMRI.  Colloquim given at the Department of Biological Psychology at the University of 
	Bergen. Bergen, Norway.
Vannest, J., Karunanayaka, P., Altaye, M., Schmithorst, V., Plante, E., Eaton, K. and 
	Holland, S.K., (2007, June). Comparison between event-related and block-periodic 
	fMRI data from a story processing task in children.  13th Annual Meeting of the 
	Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Chicago, IL,.
Karunanayaka, P.R., Holland, S.K., Schmithorst, V.J., Solodkin, A., & Plante, 
	E. (2006).  Age-related connectivity changes in fMRI data from children performing a 
	narrative story comprehension task.  Human Brain Mapping, Florence, Italy.
Karunanayaka, P.R., Holland, S.K., Schmithorst, V.J., Solodkin, A., Altaye, M., & Plante, 
	E. (2006).  Functional connectivity among cognitive modules utilized for narrative 
	story comprehension.  Human Brain Mapping, Florence, Italy.
Szaflarski, J.P., Schmithorst, V.J., Altaye, M., Byars, A., Ret, J., Plante, E. & Holland,
	S.K., (2006).  Longitudinal fMRI study of narrative comprehension in children ages 5-
	11.  Human Brain Mapping, Florence, Italy.
Schmithorst, V.J., Holland, S.K., & Plante, E. (2006).  Object identification and 
	lexical/semantic access in children:  a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.  
	Human Brain Mapping, Florence, Italy.
Hugdahl, K., Specht, K., Hellend, T., Ofte, S., Plante, E. (2006).  fMRI BOLD activation in 
	6-year-old children at risk for dyslexia.  Human Brain Mapping, Florence, Italy.
*Plante, E. (2006, June).  Principles of Learning: What promotes generalization?  Speak Up 
	seminar, Bergen, Norway.
Karunanayaka, P.R., Holland, S.K. Schmithorst, V.J., Solodkin, A.,  Plante, E. (2006, May). Age 
	Related Connectivity Changes in fMRI Data from Children Listing to Stories.  ISMRM, 
	Seatle, WA.
*Plante, E. (2006, May).  Training students in the lab.  ASHA-NIH Lessons for Success 
	Conference, Rockville, MD.
*Plante, E. Tibodeau, L. (2006, May).  Mechanics of Grantwriting. ASHA-NIH Lessons for 
	Success Conference, Rockville, MD.
Szaflarski JP, Schmithorst VJ, Altaye M, Byars AW, Ret J, Plante E, Holland SK (2006, April). 
	A longitudinal fMRI study of language development in children" 58th Annual Meeting of 
	the American Academy of Neurology, San Diego, CA. 

Publications:

Clinical Test:
Hotz, G., Helm-Estabrooks, N., Nelson, N.W., & Plante, E. (2010). Pediatric Test of Brain Injury. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks Publishing Co.

Books and Chapters:
Holland, S.K., Plante, E., Byars, A.W. , Strawsburg, R.H. & Schmithorst, V.J., (2009). "Functional MRI of Brain Lateralization Changes Associated with Normal Language Development". In Eswaran, H. and Singh,  N.C., Advances in Developmental Neuroscience and Imaging, Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi, India, 45-72,.
Plante, E & Beeson, P.M. (2008).  Communication and Communication  Disorders:  A 
	Clinical Introduction, 3^nd Edition, Needham, MA:  Allyn & Bacon.
Plante, E & Beeson, P.M. (2004).  Communication and Communication  Disorders:  A 
	Clinical Introduction, 2^nd Edition, Needham, MA:  Allyn & Bacon.
Plante, E & Beeson, P.M. (1999).  Communication and Communication  Disorders:  A
Clinical Introduction, Needham, MA:  Allyn & Bacon.
Courchesne, E. & Plante, E. (1996).  Measurement and Analysis Issues in 
Neurodevelopmental MR Imaging.  In R.W. Thatcher, G.R. Lyon, J. Rumsey, & N. 
Krasnegor (Eds.) Developmental Neuroimaging:  Mapping the Development of the 
Brain and Behavior, 	New York, NY:  Academic Press.
Plante, E. (1996).  Sources of variability in the behavioral and neuroanatomic phenotype of
	developmental language disorder.  In M. Rice (Ed.), Towards a Genetics of Language,
	Hillsdale, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Plante, E. (1996).  Implications of crosslinguistic research for the biological bases of specific
	language impairment. In M. Rice (Ed.), Towards a Genetics of Language, Hillsdale,
NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Plante, E. (1994).  Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (Epileptic Aphasia).  In A. DeFeo (Ed.).  
Parent	Articles II.  Tucson, AZ:  Communication Skill Builders.
Plante, E. (1994).  Specific Language Impairment.  In A. DeFeo (Ed.).  Parent Articles II.  
	Tucson, AZ:  Communication Skill Builders.
Boone, D.R. & Plante, E. (1993).  Human Communication and Its Disorders (Second Edition). 
	New York, NY:  Prentice Hall.
Plante, E. (1992).  Neurological Aspects of Learning Disabilities.  In The Encyclopedia of
	Learning and Memory, New York, NY:  Macmillan Press.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

Fidler, L.J., Plante, E., & Vance, R. (in press). Identification of Adults with Developmental Language Impairments.  American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
Plante, E., Bahl, M., Vance, R., & Gerken, LA.  (in press). Beyond Phonotactic frequency:  Presentation Frequency Effects Word Productions in Specific Language Impairment.   Journal of Communication Disorders. (PMCID: 19324365)
Plante, E., Bahl, M., & Gerken, LA. (in press). Children with specific language impairment show 
	rapid, implicit learning of stress assignment rules.  Journal of Communication Disorders. (PMCID: 20542518)
Kittleson, M., Aguilar, J.M., Tokerud, G.L., Plante, E., & Asbjørnsen, A.E.  (in press). Implicit Language Learning: Adult’s ability to segment words in Norwegian.  Bilingualism, Language, & Cognition.
Holland, S.K., Plante, E., Byars, A.W. and Schmithorst, V.J., (in press). Functional MRI of Brain Lateralization Changes Associated with Normal Language Development. Proc. Indo-US Workshop on Developmental Neuroscience and Imaging.
Holland, S.K., Byars, A.W., Plante, E. Szaflarski, J.P., Dietrich, K., & Altaye, M. (2010).  Letter:  MRI safety.  Science. 329, 512-513.
Karunanayaka, P., Schmithorst, V.J., Vannest, J., Szaflarski, J.P., Plante, E. and Holland, S.K. (2010). A Group Independent Component Analysis of Covert Verb Generation in Children: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Neuroimage,51, 472-487.
Hotz, G., Helm-Estabrooks, N., Nelson, N., & Plante, E. (2009). The Pediatric Test of Brain Injury: Development and interpretation. Topics in Language Disorders, 29, 207-223.
Yuan, W., Altaye, M.  Ret, J., Schmithorst, V.J., Byars, A.W., Plante, E., & Holland, S.K. (2009). Quantification of children's head motion in various fmri language tasks.  Human Brain Mapping, 30, 1481-1489.
Greenslade, K.J., Plante, E., & Vance, R. (2009). The Diagnostic Accuracy and Construct Validity of the Structured Photographic Expressive Language Test – Preschool: Second Edition (SPELT-P2) Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 40, 150-160. (PMCID: PMC2720527)
Bahl, M., Plante, E., & Gerken, LA.  (2009).  Processing prosodic structure by adults with language-based learning disability.  Journal of Communication Disorders, 42, 313-323.
Vannest, J.J., Karunanayaka, P.R., Altaye, M., Schmithorst, V.J., Plante, E.M., Eaton, K.J., Rasmussen, J.M. and Holland, S.K., (2009) Comparison of fMRI data from passive listening and active-response story processing tasks in children. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 29, 971-6.
Specht, K., Hugdahl, K., Ofte, S., Nygård, M., Bjørnerud, A., Plante, E., & Helland, T. (2009).  An fMRI study of brain activation in 6-year old children at-risk for dyslexia.  Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 50, 79-91.
Isaki, E., Spaulding, T.J., & Plante, E.  (2008). Contributions of verbal and memory demands to verbal memory performance in language-learning disabilities.  Journal of Communication Disorders, 41, 512-530.
Christensen, T., Antonucci, S., Lockwood, J.L., Kittleson, M. & Plante, E. (2008).  Cortical and subcortical contributions to the attentive processing of speech.  NeuroReport, 1, 1101-1105.
Tillema, J.M., Byars, A.W., Jacola, L.M., Schapiro, M.B., Schmithorst, V.J., Szaflarski, J.P. and Holland, S.K., (2008). Cortical reorganization of language functioning following perinatal left MCA stroke. Brain & Language, 105, 99-111.
Holland, S.K., Plante, E., Byars, A.W. , Strawsburg, R.H. and Schmithorst, V.J., (2008). Functional MRI of Brain Lateralization Changes Associated with Normal Language Development. Proc. Indo-US Workshop on Developmental Neuroscience and Imaging 2007.
Spaulding, T.J., Plante, E., & Vance, R.B. (2008). Sustained selective attention skills of preschool children with specific language impairment: Evidence for separate attentional capacities.  Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 51, 16-34.
Norrix, L.W., Plante, E., Vance, R., & Boliek, C.A. (2007). Auditory-Visual Integration for 
	Speech by Children with and without Specific Language Impairment.  Journal of Speech, 
	Language, & Hearing Research, 50, 1639-1651.
Schmithorst, V.J., Holland, S.K. and Plante, E., (2007). Development of effective connectivity 
	for narrative comprehension in children. NeuroReport, 18, 1411-5.
Fisher, J., Plante, E., Vance, R., Gerken, LA., Glattke, T.J. (2007). Do Children and Adults 
	with Language Impairment Recognize Prosodic Cues?  Journal of Speech, Language, 
	Hearing Disorders, 50, 746–758.
Holland, S.K., Vannest, J., Mecoli, M., Jacola, L.M., Tillema, J.M., Karunanayaka, P.R., V.J., S., 
	Yuan, W.H., Plante, E. and Byars, A.W.  (2007). Functional MRI of Language 
	Lateralization During Development in Children". International Journal of Audiology, 46, 	533-551
Pankratz, M., Plante, E., Vance, R., Insalaco, D. (2007). The Diagnostic and Predictive 
	Validity of The Renfrew Bus Story.  Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools,
	38, 390 - 399
Karunanayaka, P.R., Holland, S.K., Schmithorst, V.J., Solodkin, A., Chen, E.E., Szaflarski, J.P., 
	Plante, E. (2007).  Age -Related Connectivity Changes in fMRI Data from Children 
	Listening to Stories.  NeuroImage.  34, 349-60.
Schmithorst, V.J., Holland, S.K., & Plante, E. (2007). Object Identification and 
	Lexical/Semantic Access in Children: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study 
	of Word-Picture Matching.  Human Brain Mapping. 28,1060–1074.
Richardson, J., Harris, L., Plante, E., & Gerken, L.A.  (2006).  Subcategory Learning in 
	Normal and Language Learning-Disabled Adults: How much information do they need? 
	Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 49, 1257-1266.
Alt, M. & Plante, E. (2006) Factors That Influence Lexical and Semantic Fast-Mapping of 
	Young 	Children with Specific Language Impairment.  Journal of Speech, Language, & 
	Hearing Research, 49, 941 - 954.
Szaflarski, J.P., Schmithorst, V.J., Altaye, M., Byars, A.W., Rett, J., Plante, E., & Holland, S.K. 
	(2006).  FMRI study of longitudinal language development in children age 5-1.  Annals 
	of Neurology, 59, 796-807.
Jacola, L.M. Schapiro, M.B, Schmithorst, V.J., Byars, A.W., Strawsburg, R.H., Szaflarski, J.P.,  
	Holland, S.K., Plante, E.  (2006).  Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals 
Atypical Language Organization in Children Following Perinatal Left Middle Cerebral 
Artery Stroke.  Neuropediatrics. 37, 46-52.
Peña, E.D., Spaulding, T.J., & Plante, E. (2006).  The Composition of Normative Groups and 
Diagnostic Decision Making:  Shooting Ourselves in the Foot.  American Journal of 
Speech-Language Pathology, 15, 247-254.
Plante, E., Holland, S.K., & Schmithorst, V.J. (2006). Prosodic Processing by Children:  An 
	fMRI Study.  Brain and Langauge, 97, 332-342.
Plante, E., Schmithorst, V.J., Holland, S.K., & Byars, A.W.  (2006).  Sex Differences in the 
	Activation of 	Language Cortex During Childhood.  Neuropsychologia, 44, 1210-1221.
Norrix, L.W., Plante, E., & Vance, R. (2006). Auditory-Visual Speech Integration by Adults 
with and without Language Learning Disabilities  Journal of Communication Disorders, 
39, 22-36.
Spaulding, T.J., Plante, E., & Farinella, K.A. (2006). Do children with impaired language 
score at the low end of the normative distribution? Language, Speech, & Hearing 
Services in Schools, 37, 61-72.
Plante, E., Ramage, A., Maglöire, J. (2006). Processing Narratives for Verbatim and Gist 
Information by Adults with Language Learning Disabilities:  A Functional Neuroimaging 
Study. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 21, 61-76.
Grunow, H., Spaulding, T.J., Gómez, R.L., & Plante, E. (2006). The Effects of Variation on 
	Learning Word Order Rules by Adults with and without Language-based Learning 
	Disabilities.  Journal of Communication Disorders, 39, 158-170.
Schmithorst, V.J., Holland, S.K., & Plante, E. (2006).  Cognitive Modules Utilized for 
Narrative Comprehension in Children: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.  
NeuroImage, 29, 254-266.
Ellis Weismer, S., Plante, E., Jones, M., Tomblin, J.B. (2005).  A Functional Magnetic 
Resonance Imaging Investigation of Verbal Working Memory in Adolescents with 
Specific Language Impairment. Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing 
	Research, 48, 405-425.
Kraemer, R., Plante, E., & Green, G.E.  (2005).  Speech and Language Development of a 
Young Child Post-Decannulation.  Journal of Communication Disorders, 38, 349-358.
Perona, K., Plante, E., & Vance, R. (2005). Diagnostic Accuracy of the Structured 
Photographic Expressive Language Test: Third Edition (SPELT-3). Language, Speech, & 
Hearing Services in Schools, 36, 103-115.
Van Petten, C., Plante, E., Davidson, P.S., Kuo, T., Bajuscak, L. & Glisky, E.L (2004). 
Memory and executive function in older adults: Relationships with temporal and 
prefrontal gray matter volumes.  Neuropsychologia, 42, 1313-35.
Pankratz, M., Morrison, A., & Plante, E. (2004).  Difference in Standard Scores of Adults on 
the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Tests -R and -III  Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing 
Research, 47, 714-718
Plante, E. (2004).  Evidence Based Practice in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Journal 
of Communication Disorders. 37, 389-90.
Alt, M., Creusere, M., & Plante, E., (2004). Semantic Features in Fast-Mapping:  Performance 
of Preschoolers with Specific Language Impairment versus Preschoolers with Normal 
Language.  Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research, 47, 714-20.
Creusere, M., Alt, M., & Plante, E. (2004). Recognition of Vocal and Facial Cues to Affect in
	Language-Impaired and Normally-Developing Preschoolers. Journal of Communication
	Disorders, 37, 5-20.
Mahendra, N., Plante, E., Magloire, J., Milman, L., & Trouard, T.P. (2003). fMRI Variability 
and Localization of Language in Bilinguals.  NeuroReport, 14, 1225-8.
Beeson, P.M., Rapcsak, S.Z., Plante, E. Chargualaf, J. Chung, A. Johnson, S.C., Trouard, T.P.
(2003).  The neural substrates of writing: a functional magnetic resonance imaging 
study.  Aphasiology, 17, 647-665.
Byars A.W., Holland, S.K., Strawsburg, R.H., Bommer, W., Dunn, R.S., Schmithorst, V.J. 
Plante, E., & Ball W.S. (2002).  Practical Aspects of Conducting Large-Scale fMRI 
Studies in Children.  Journal of Child Neurology, 17, 885-890.
Fridriksson, J., Holland, A.L., Coull, B., Plante, E., Trouard, T., & Plante, E. (2002). Aphasia 
severity: association with cerebral perfusion and diffusion. Aphasiology, 16, 859-872.
Plante, E., Creusere, M., & Sabin, C. (2002). Dissociating Sentential Prosody from Sentence 
Processing: Activation Interacts with Task Demands.  NeuroImage, 17, 401-410.
Plante, E., Gómez, R., & Gerken, L.A. (2002). Sensitivity to word order cues by normal and 
language/learning disabled adults.  Journal of Communication Disorders, 35, 453-462.
Holland, S.K., Plante, E., Weber, A.M., Strawsburg, R.H., Schmithorst, V.J., Ball, W.S. (2001). 
	Functional MRI of Brain Activation Patterns Associated with Normal Language 
	Development.  NeuroImage, 14, 837-43.
Plante, E. (2001).  Neuroimaging in communication sciences and disorders:  An introduction. 
Journal of Communication Disorders, 34, 441-443.
Plante, E., Boliek, C., Mahendra, N., Story, J., & Glaspy, K. (2001). Right hemisphere
contribution to developmental language disorder:  Neuroanatomical and behavioral 
evidence.  Journal of Communication Disorders, 34, 415-436.
Plante, E. (2000)  Plasticity in learning and recovery:  An introduction.  Journal of 
Communication Disorders, 33, 268-269.
Plante, E., Van Petten, C. Senkfor, A.J. (2000).  Electrophysiological dissociation between 
verbal and nonverbal semantic processing in learning disabled adults.  Neuropsychologia, 
38, 1669-1684.
Gray, S., Plante, E., Vance, R., & Henrichsen, M. (1999).  Performance of SLI and NL 
children on four tests of single-word vocabulary.   Language, Speech, & Hearing
 Services in Schools, 30, 196-206.
Van Petten, C., Rubin, S., Coulson, S., Plante, E., & Parks, M. (1999).  Time course of word 
identification and semantic integration during spoken language. Journal of Experimental 
Psychology:  Learning, Memory, and Cognition 25, 394-417.
Plante, E., Uecker, A., Senkfor, A., & Gmitro, A.  (1999).  Slice sampling rate and slice 
orientation on volume estimation from MRI images.  Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 
85, 175-180.
Plante, E. (1998).  Criteria for SLI:  The Stark and Tallal Legacy and Beyond.  Journal of 
Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 41, 951-957.
Clark, M.M. & Plante, E. (1998).  Morphology of the inferior frontal gyrus in adults with 
	developmental language disorders.  Brain and Language, 61, 288-303.
Isaki, E. & Plante, E. (1997).  Short-term and working memory differences in 
	language/learning disabled and normal adults.  Journal of Communication Disorders,
30, 427-438.
Jackson, T. & Plante, E. (1997).  Gyral morphology in the posterior sylvian region in
	families affected by developmental language disorder.  Neuropsychology Review, 6, 
81-94.
Krassowski, E. & Plante, E. (1997).  IQ variability in children with SLI:  Implications for
	use of cognitive referencing in determining SLI.  Journal of Communication Disorders,
	30, 1-10.
Merrell, A. & Plante, E. (1997).  Norm-referenced test interpretation in the diagnostic
	process.  Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 28, 50-58.
Plante, E., Shenkman, K., & Clark, M.M. (1996).  Classifications of adults for family
	studies of developmental language disorders.  Journal of Speech and Hearing Research,
	39, 661-667.
Plante, E. (1996).  Observing and interpreting behaviors.  Language, Speech, and Hearing
	Services in Schools, 27, 99-101.
Plante, E., Boliek, C., Binkeiwicz, A., & Erly, W. (1996).  Elevated androgens, brain
	development, and language/learning disabilities in children with congenital adrenal
	hyperplasia.  Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 38, 423-437.
Plante, E. & Vance, R. (1995).  Diagnostic accuracy of two tests of preschool language. 
	American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 4, 70-76.
Swisher, L., Restrepo, M.A., Plante, E., & Lowell, S. (1995).  Effect of implicit and explicit
	"rule" presentation on bound-morpheme generalization in specific language impairment. 
	Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 38,  168-173.
Bellaire, S., Plante, E., & Swisher, L. (1994).  Bound morpheme skills in the spoken language
	of school age language-impaired children.  Journal of Communication Disorders, 27, 
	265-279.
Plante, E. & Vance, R. (1994).  Selection of preschool language tests:  A data-based approach.
	Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 25, 15-24.
Plante, E., Kiernan, B., & Betts, J.D. (1994).  Method or methodolotry:  The qualitative/ 	quantitative debate.  Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 25, 52-54.
Swisher, L., Plante, E., & Lowell, S. (1994).  Nonlinguistic deficits of language-impaired
	children complicate the interpretation of their nonverbal IQ scores.  Language, Speech,
	and Hearing Services in Schools, 25,  235-240.
Plante, E., Swisher, L., Kiernan, B., & Restrepo, M.A. (1993).  Language matches: 
	Illuminating or confounding?  Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 36, 772-776.
Swisher, L. & Plante, E. (1993).  Nonverbal IQ tests reflect different relations among skills 
For specifically language-impaired and normal children.  Journal of Communication
	Disorders, 26, 65-71.
Restrepo, M.A., Swisher, L., Plante, E., & Vance, R. (1992).  Relations among verbal and
	nonverbal cognitive skills in normal language and specifically language-impaired 
children. Journal of Communication Disorders, 25, 205-220.
Plante, E. (1991).  MRI findings in the parents and siblings of specifically language-impaired
	boys.  Brain and Language, 41, 67-80.
Plante, E., Swisher, L., Vance, R., & Rapcsak, S. (1991).  MRI findings in boys with specific
	language impairment.  Brain and Language, 41, 52-66.
Plante, E. & Turkstra, L. (1991).  Sources of error in the quantitative analysis of MRI scans. 
	Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 9, 589-595.
Nakamura, M., Plante, E., & Swisher, L. (1990).  Predictors of novel inflection learning in 
	preschool-aged boys. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 33, 747-754.
Plante, E., Swisher, L., & Vance, R. (1989).  Anatomical correlates of normal and impaired
	language in a set of dizygotic twins.  Brain and Language, 37, 643-657.
Plante, E. (1988).  Letter:  Lack of similar findings may be due to under-utilization of MRI
	technology.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 18, 463-464.
Plante, E. (1984).  Nonlinguistic influences on the Test of Auditory Comprehension of
	Language.  NSSLHA Journal, 1, 1-14.

Mailing Address

	Elena Plante, Ph.D.
	Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
	P.O. Box 710021
	The University of Arizona
	Tucson, AZ 85721-0071

	Phone:  520/621-5080
email:  eplante[at]u.arizona.edu
	FAX:  520/ 621-9901