Jacob Ari Burack, Ph. D., Psychology
Fernand-Seguin Research Centre
site : Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies
7070 Boul. Perras
Montréal (Québec)
Canada H1E 1A4
Phone: 514-398-8273
Fax : 514-398-6968
Research areas
Academic profile
Master’s in Psychology, Yale University, 1986; Ph.D. in psychology, Yale University, 1988. Jake Burack works in collaboration with various professors, families, school administrators and children with special needs, in the development of educational services for children of the Montreal region and all over the province.
Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education Sciences, McGill University
Research Interests
Cognitive processes in children and adolescents with mental health problems and/or intellectual disability. Austism. First-Nations.
Recents Publications
Bonnel, A., McAdams, S., Smith, B., Berthiaume, C., Bertone, A., Ciocca, V., Burack, J.A., Mottron, L. (2010). Enhanced pure-tone pitch discrimination among persons with autism but not Asperger syndrome. Neuropsychologia. Epub ahead of print. Pubmed
Burack, J. A., Joseph, S., Russo, N., Shore, D. I., Porporino, M., & Enns, J. T. (2009). Change Detection in Naturalistic Pictures Among Children with Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 39(3), 471-479.
Landry O, Mitchelle PL, Burack JA. (2009). Orienting of visual attention among persons with autism spectrum disorders: reading versus responding to symbolic cues. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 50(7), 862-870.
Burack, J.A. , Blidner, A., et al. (2007). "Constructions and Deconstructions of Risk, Resilience and Wellbeing: A Model for Understanding the Development of Aboriginal Adolescents." Australasian Psychiatry 15(Suppl 1):S18-23.
Burack, J.A., Russo, N., et al. (2007). The More we Know, the Less we Know: Developmental Implications for Theory, Methodology, and Interpretation. New York, Oxford University Press.
Burack, J.A., Weeks, D. (2007). " Research Trends and Innovations in the Study of Persons with Down Syndrome and their Families." Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 51(Pt 12):923-
Conrad, N. J., Schmidt, L.A., Burack, J.A., et al. (2007). "Frontal Electroencephalogram (EEG) Asymmetry during Affective Processing in Children with Down Syndrome: A Pilot Study." Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 51(Pt 12):988-95.
Flanagan, T., Enns, J., Burack, J.A., et al. (2007). "Differences in Visual Orienting Between Persons with Down or Fragile X Syndromes." Brain and Cognition 65(1):128-34.
Iarocci, G., Porporino, M., Burack, J.A., et al. (2007). The Development of Attention: Issues of Etiology and Trajectory. New York, Oxford University Press.
Iarocci, G., Root, R., Burack, J.A., et al. (2007). Social Competence and Mental Health Among Aboriginal Youth: An Integrative Developmental Perspective. Vancouver (Canada), UBC Press
Russo, T., Dawkins, T., Burack, J.A., et al. (2007). Executive Functions and Intellectual Disability: Developmental Integrity and Disassociations Across Etiologies. New York, Oxford University Press.
Russo, N., Flanagan, T., Burack, J.A., et al. (2007). "Deconstructing Executive Deficits Among Persons with Autism: Implications for Cognitive Neuroscience". Brain & Cognition 65(1):77-86.
Burack, J. A. (2006). Development and Psychopathology: The Quest for an Integrated Science. New York, Psychology Press.
Burack, J. A., Flanagan, T., et al. (2006). "Social Perspective-Taking Skills in Maltreated Children and Adolescents." Developmental Psychology. 42(2):207-17.
Burack, J. A., Hodapp, R.M., et al. (2006). Handbook of Mental Retardation, New York: Oxford University Press.
Hodapp, R. M., Burack, J.A. (2006). "Mental Retardation". In : Cicchetti, D., & Cohen, D.J., Eds. Developmental Psychopathology : Risk, Disorder, and Adaptation. Vol. 3., New York: Wiley.
Iarocci, G., Burack, J.A., et al. (2006). "Global-Local Processing in High Functioning Children with Autism: Preexisting Visual Biases versus Implicit Task Biases." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, special issue: perception in autism 36(1): 117-29.
Mottron, L., Burack, J.A. (2006). "Another Perception. Editorial Preface." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, special issue: perception in autism 36(1): 1-3.
Mottron, L., Dawson, M., Burack, J.A., et al. (2006). "Enhanced Perceptual Functioning in Autism: An Updated Model, and Eight Principle of Autistic Perception." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, special issue: perception in autism 36(1): 27-43.
Cornish, K., Burack, J.A., et al. (2005). "Theory of Mind Deficits in Fragile X Syndrome." Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 49:372-378.
Goldman, K., Flanagan, T., Burack, J.A., et al. (2005). "Voluntary Orienting Among Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome and MA-Matched Typically Developing Children." Am J Ment Retard 110(3): 157-63.
Ristc, J., Mottron, L., Burack, J.A., et al. (2005). "Eyes Are Special But Not for Everyone: The case of Autism." Brain Res Cogn Brain Res 24(3): 715-8.
Burack, J. A. (2004). "Matching Strategies in the Study of Autism." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 34: 3-5.
Burack, J. A., Iarocci, G., et al. (2004). "On Melting Pots and Mosaics: Conceptual Considerations for Matching Strategies." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 34: 65-73.
Hodapp, R.M., Burack, J.A., Zigler, E., Eds. (2004). Developmental Approaches to Mental Retardation: A look to the Future. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Iarocci, G., Burack, J.A. (2004). "Intact Covert Orienting to Peripheral Cues Among Children with Autism." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 34: 257-264.
Porporino, M., Shore, D.I., Burack, J.A., et al. (2004). "A Developmental Change in Selective Attention and Global Form Perception." International Journal of Behavioral Development 28: 358-364.
Fecteau, S., Mottron, L., Burack, J.A., et al. (2003). "Developmental Changes of Autistic Symptoms." Autism 7:255-268.
Mottron, L., Burack, J.A., et al. (2003). "Locally Oriented Perception with Intact Global Processing Among Adolescents with High-Functioning Autism: Evidence from Multiple Paradigms." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 44: 904-913.