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Sasha Skinner

Monash University
Verified email at monash.edu
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Closed-loop digital meditation improves sustained attention in young adults

DA Ziegler, AJ Simon, CL Gallen, S Skinner… - Nature human …, 2019 - nature.com
Attention is a fundamental cognitive process that is critical for essentially all aspects of
higher-order cognition and real-world activities. Younger generations have deeply embraced …

Enhancing spatial attention and working memory in younger and older adults

CE Rolle, JA Anguera, SN Skinner, B Voytek… - Journal of cognitive …, 2017 - direct.mit.edu
Daily experiences demand both focused and broad allocation of attention for us to interact
efficiently with our complex environments. Many types of attention have shown age-related …

[HTML][HTML] Focus on the breath: Brain decoding reveals internal states of attention during meditation

…, NAS Farb, V Goldman, S Skinner… - Frontiers in Human …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Meditation practices are often used to cultivate interoception or internally-oriented attention
to bodily sensations, which may improve health via cognitive and emotion regulation of …

Perinatal and maternal outcomes after training residents in forceps before vacuum instrumental birth

S Skinner, M Davies-Tuck, E Wallace… - Obstetrics & …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To compare the rates of attempted and successful instrumental births, intrapartum
cesarean delivery, and subsequent perinatal and maternal morbidity before and after …

Characterizing cognitive and visuomotor control in children with sensory processing dysfunction and autism spectrum disorders.

…, SS Desai, C Demopoulos, SN Skinner… - …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and sensory processing dysfunction
(SPD) are reported to show difficulties involving cognitive and visuomotor control. We …

Neonatal cardiopulmonary transition in an ovine model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia

…, KA Rodgers, M Thio, SM Skinner… - Archives of Disease in …, 2019 - fn.bmj.com
Objective Infants with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) are at high risk of developing
pulmonary hypertension after birth, but little is known of their physiological transition at birth…

[HTML][HTML] Maternal Asian ethnicity and obstetric intrapartum intervention: a retrospective cohort study

…, L Stewart, M Knight, R Hodges, S Skinner… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2017 - Springer
Background Maternal ethnicity is a recognized risk factor for stillbirth, such that South Asian
women have higher rates than their Caucasian counterparts. However, whether maternal …

[HTML][HTML] Toward a compassionate intersectional neuroscience: increasing diversity and equity in contemplative neuroscience

…, MT Chao, D Fullwiley, V Goldman, S Skinner… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mindfulness and compassion meditation are thought to cultivate prosocial behavior. However,
the lack of diverse representation within both scientific and participant populations in …

Changes in practice and management of placenta accreta spectrum disorder: A 20‐year retrospective cohort study

VJ Holmes, S Skinner, M Silagy… - Australian and New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Placenta accreta spectrum disorder is an increasingly prevalent cause of maternal
morbidity in developed countries. Aims This study aimed to review the management and …

Partial amniotic carbon dioxide insufflation for fetal surgery

S Skinner, P DeKoninck, K Crossley… - Prenatal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Partial amniotic carbon dioxide insufflation (PACI) involves insufflating the amniotic sac with
carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and, in some cases, draining some of the amniotic fluid. The creation …