Sandhya Basu
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Children’s cognition
- Mental health
- Psychotherapeutic interventions
- Visual Brainwave Entrainment
- Attention and Working Memory
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Neuroimaging: EEG
- Psychometrics
- Inclusive Education
Biography
Sandhya received her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from BITS Pilani (Goa Campus) in 2023. During her PhD, she was also a researcher at IIT Bombay for interdisciplinary collaboration. Her research interests include children’s cognition, mental health, psychotherapeutic interventions, and caregiving burden in the context of neurodevelopmental disorders. She has worked most recently as an Assistant Professor at Christ University, Bengaluru.
Her latest work explores innovative methods to enhance attention and memory in children diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders. Her work has been recognised with the Best Thesis Award at BITS Pilani, and she was selected for the Emerging Psychologist Programme (EPP) at the International Congress of Psychology in Prague (2024).
She has published several papers in journals such as Psychological Research, Quality & Quantity, Mental Health Review, and Children and Youth Services Review. A researcher at heart, she aims to develop innovative psychotherapeutic interventions that improve children’s mental health and cognitive performance in clinical and non-clinical settings.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Phogat, R., Basu, S., Chotalia, A., Banerjee, B., & Parmananda, P. (2025). Brainwaves and their entrainment influence the processing speeds of in-congruent stimuli. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 196, 116410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2025.116410
- Basu, S., Phogat, R., Banerjee, B., & Parmananda, P. (2024). Visual entrainment improving working memory of children with and without ADHD/ASD: Preliminary observations. Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 20(3), 229 – 241. https://doi.org/10.1177/09731342241252533
- Basu, S., Phogat, R., Jartarkar, M., Banerjee, B., & Parmananda, P. (2024). Role of visual brainwave entrainment on the resting state brainwaves of children with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Applied Neuropsychology: Child, 1 – 19. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622965.2024.2377656
- Basu, S., Phogat, R., Banerjee, B., & Parmananda, P. (2024). Improving working memory of children with and without ADHD/ASD: Observations from a visual entrainment study [Accepted manuscript].
- Basu, S., & Banerjee, B. (2022). Potential of binaural beats intervention for improving memory and attention: Insights from meta-analysis and systematic review. Psychological Research, 1 – 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-022 – 01706‑7
- Basu, S. (2022). Examining the reliability and validity of computerized Stroop test in children aged 5 – 13 years: A preliminary study. Quality & Quantity, 1 – 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-022 – 01376‑y
- Basu, S., & Banerjee, B. (2021). Current scenario of diagnosis and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in urban India: A pilot study. Mental Health Review Journal, 26(3), 298 – 314. https://doi.org/10.1108/MHRJ-03 – 2021-0018
- Basu, S., & Banerjee, B. (2020). Impact of environmental factors on the mental health of children and adolescents: A systematic review. Children and Youth Services Review, 105515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105515
- Basu, S. (2020). Comments on “Factors affecting the psychological well-being of health care workers during an epidemic: A thematic review”. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 42(6), 594 – 594. https://doi.org/10.1177/0253717620960695
- Basu, S., & Banerjee, B. (2020). Prospect of brainwave entrainment to promote well-being in individuals: A brief review. Psychological Studies, 14(5), 393 – 402. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2013.819384.
Book Chapter
- Banerjee, B., Basu, S., & Kumar, L. (2023). Green space and mental well-being research in India: An urgent need for intervention. In Impact of climate change on social and mental well-being. Elsevier.