Prof Silvia Paracchini

Professor of Neurogenetics and Genomics

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3542

Email

sp58@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

I lead the Neurogenetics group. We are interested in the genetic basis of complex cognitive and behavioural phenotypes using multidisciplinary approaches.

PhD supervision

• Struan Donachie
• Priyatam Dutta
• Xueyu Guo
• Heather Tiernan
• Bing Dong

Selected publications

• Auditory Cortex Asymmetry Associations with Individual Differences in Language and Cognition

  Paracchini, S., 2023, In: Brain Sciences .

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Genetics of human handedness: microtubules and beyond

  Ocklenburg, S., Mundorf, A., Peterburs, J. & Paracchini, S., 1 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Trends in Genetics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Genetics of Human Handedness

  Paracchini, S., 2025, Neuromethods. Humana Press Inc., p. 641-663 23 p. (Neuromethods; vol. 217).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  A GWAS for grip strength in cohorts of children – advantages of analysing young participants for this trait

  Abbondanza, F., Wang, C. A., Schmitz, J., Pennell, C. E., Whitehouse, A. J. O. & Paracchini, S., 1 Jan 2024, medRxiv.

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

• Open access

  A GWAS for grip strength in cohorts of children—advantages of analysing young participants for this trait

  Abbondanza, F., Wang, C. A., Schmitz, J., Marianski, K., Pennell, C. E., Whitehouse, A. J. O. & Paracchini, S., 8 Oct 2024, In: Genes, Brain and Behavior. 23, 5, 10 p., e70003.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  A genome-wide association study of Chinese and English language phenotypes in Hong Kong Chinese children

  Lin, Y.-P., Shi, Y., Zhang, R., Xue, X., Rao, S., Yin, L., Lui, K. F. H., Pan, D. J., Maurer, U., Choy, K.-W., Paracchini, S., McBride, C. & So, H.-C., 27 Mar 2024, In: npj Science of Learning. 9, 26, 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Bonn: Prof. Silvia Paracchini, PhD, Professor of Neurodevelopmental Genomics

  Paracchini, S., 2024, In: Medizinische Genetik. 36, 4, p. 269–270

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Genetics of human handedness

  Paracchini, S., 13 Dec 2024, Lateralized brain functions: methods in human and non-human species. Rogers, L. J. & Vallortigara, G. (eds.). 2nd ed. New York, NY: Humana Press, p. 641-663 23 p. (Neuromethods; vol. 217).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  Kin selection as a modulator of human handedness: sex-specific, parental and parent-of-origin effects

  Dong, B., Paracchini, S. & Gardner, A., 27 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Evolutionary Human Sciences. 6, 14 p., e32.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Elevated levels of mixed-hand preference in dyslexia: meta-analyses of 68 studies

  Packheiser, J., Papadatou-Pastou, M., Koufaki, A., Paracchini, S., Stein, C. C., Schmitz, J. & Ocklenburg, S., Nov 2023, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 154, 18 p., 105420.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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