Ralph Adolphs, Ph.D.

Professor, California Institute of Technology

SFARI Investigator, SFARI Scientific Review Board Website

Ralph Adolphs is a professor of psychology, neuroscience and biology at the California Institute of Technology. His laboratory works with a variety of clinical populations, including neurosurgical patients, individuals with rare brain lesions and people with autism, to elucidate the neural underpinnings of social behavior.

Funded Projects

Direct recordings from the brain in autism

Awarded: 2014
Award Type: Research

Direct recording from autism brains

Awarded: 2012
Award Type: Research

Single-unit recording from the amygdala in people with autism

Awarded: 2011
Award Type: Explorer

SFARI Funded Publications

Atypical gaze patterns in autistic adults are heterogeneous across but reliable within individuals. Keles U., Kliemann D., Byrge L., Saarimäki H., Paul L.K., Kennedy D.P., Adolphs R.

Video-evoked fMRI BOLD responses are highly consistent across different data acquisition sites. Byrge L., Kliemann D., He Y., Cheng H., Tyszka J.M., Adolphs R.

Atypical gaze patterns in autism are heterogeneous across subjects but reliable within individuals. Keles U., Kliemann D., Byrge L., Saarimäki H., Paul L.K., Kennedy D.P., Adolphs R.