Samantha Scholes

Contact Information

M.A.

School and Applied Child Psychology

Department of Education and Counseling Psychology

McGill University

email: samantha.scholes@mail.mcgill.ca

Research Interests

Exploring the relationship between academics and sleep in children and adolescents diagnosed with ASD and other neurodevelopmental conditions.

Keywords: sleep, academics, autism spectrum disorders, neurodevelopmental

Publications

Research papers

  • Dimakos, J., Gauthier-Gagné, G., Lin, L., Scholes, S., & Gruber, R. (2021). The associations between sleep and externalizing and internalizing problems in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Empirical findings, clinical implications, and future research directions. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, 30(1), 175-193. 
  • Scholes, S., Santisteban, J.A., Zhang, Y., Bertone, A., & Gruber, R. (2020) Modulation of slow-wave sleep: implications for psychiatry. Current Psychiatry Reports, 22(10). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-020-01175-y

Poster presentations

  • Scholes, S., Rao, A., Somerville, G., Boursier, J., & Gruber, R. (2021). The association between excessive daytime sleepiness and math performance in adolescents. Poster presented at the SLEEP 2021 conference, Seattle, WA, USA. 
  • Scholes, S., Rao, A., Somerville, G., Boursier, J., & Gruber, R. (2021). Excessive daytime sleepiness is associated with poor school performance in healthy adolescents. Poster presented at the CPA 2021 Annual National Convention, Canada. [Poster presentation]. Centre for Research in Development and Health Annual Conference. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 
  • Poulin-Dubois, D., Neumann, C., Chilliak, S., & Masoud, S. (2020, July 6-9). Inhibitory control and working memory in 16-month old bilingual and monolingual infants. [Poster presentation]. International Congress of Infant Studies, Glasgow, Scotland. 
  • Scholes, S., Wong, S., Ainsworth, K., & Bertone, A. (2021). Cross-sectional comparison of audiovisual multisensory integration in typical development. Poster accepted for presentation at the 1st Annual McGill Applied Psychology Conference. Montreal, QC.
  • Scholes, S., Wong, S., Scardera, S., Malikin, H., Hove, I., Michaud, R., Ainsworth, K., & Bertone, A. (2020). Predicting multisensory integration at different points in development in autism. Poster presented at the CPA 81st Annual National Convention. Montreal, QC.  
  • Scholes, S., Ainsworth, K., & Bertone, A. (2020). Impaired multisensory integration at different developmental periods in individuals with autism. Poster presented at the CPA 81st Annual National Convention. Montreal, QC.  
  • Ainsworth, K., Scholes, S., & Bertone, A. (2020). Altered multisensory integration in younger and older autistic individuals. Poster accepted for presentation at the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Seattle, Washington, USA. (Convention cancelled). 
  • Scholes, S., Ainsworth, K., & Bertone, A. (May, 2019). Impaired multisensory integration in individuals with ASD: Susceptibility to the flash-beep illusion. Poster presented at the McGill Summer Institute for School Psychology. Montreal, QC.
  • Scholes, S., Ainsworth, K., & Bertone, A. (May, 2019). Multisensory integration in children and adolescents with ASD: Susceptibility to the flash-beep illusion. Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR). Montreal, QC.
  • Ainsworth, K., Scholes, S., & Bertone, A. (May, 2019). Audiovisual temporal binding and leading modality attenuation across development in autism. Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR). Montreal, QC.
  • Ainsworth, K., Scholes, S., & Bertone, A. (May, 2019). Leading modality attenuation across audiovisual processing in autism. Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting Post-Meeting. Riviére-des-Prairies, QC.
  • Scholes, S., Ainsworth, K., & Bertone, A. (April, 2019). Susceptibility to the flash-beep illusion in individuals with ASD. Poster presented at the McGill 2019 Human Development Student Research Conference. Montreal, QC.
  • Scholes, S., Ainsworth, K., & Bertone, A. (March, 2019). Multisensory integration in children and adolescents diagnosed with ASD: Susceptibility to the flash-beep illusion. Poster presented at the McGill Education Graduate Students’ Society Conference. Montreal, QC.
  • Ainsworth, K., Scholes, S. & Bertone, A. (November, 2018) Audiovisual temporal binding across development in autism spectrum disorders. Poster presented at the 6e Journée Scientifique NeuroQAM. Montréal, QC.
  • Scholes, S., Clyde, M., Zentner, D., Fairbank, E., & Shaw, S. R. (June, 2018). What do school psychologists prefer to do? Identified barriers in their work. Poster presented at the International Congress of Applied Psychology. Montreal, QC.