Chad M Sylvester, Marta Korom, M Catalina Camacho, Sarah Shultz, Tomoki Arichi
{"title":"Highlights of the 2023 Fetal, Infant, and Toddler Neuroimaging Group annual meeting.","authors":"Chad M Sylvester, Marta Korom, M Catalina Camacho, Sarah Shultz, Tomoki Arichi","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101573","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"101573"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144188344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cassondra M. Eng , Roberto J. Vargas , Howard L. Fung , Selena R. Niemi , Melissa Pocsai , Anna V. Fisher , Erik D. Thiessen
{"title":"Prefrontal cortex intrinsic functional connectivity and executive function in early childhood and early adulthood using fNIRS","authors":"Cassondra M. Eng , Roberto J. Vargas , Howard L. Fung , Selena R. Niemi , Melissa Pocsai , Anna V. Fisher , Erik D. Thiessen","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101570","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101570","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Executive function (EF) is crucial for goal-directed behavior and predicts overall wellbeing, academic and interpersonal success. Intrinsic (i.e., non-evoked) resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) during naturalistic paradigms offers insight into neural mechanisms underlying EF. However, few studies have explored EF-rsFC associations using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) across age groups. This cross-sectional study validates a naturalistic viewing paradigm (<em>Inscapes</em>) using fNIRS and examines the link between rsFC in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and EF in children ages 4–5 and in young adults ages 18–22. Adults were presented with two rsFC paradigms in a counterbalanced within-subjects design: a traditional static crosshair and <em>Inscapes</em>. Representational similarity analysis revealed robustly similar rsFC patterns between the crosshair and <em>Inscapes</em> conditions, and both were associated with EF (Stroop performance). Children were presented with <em>Inscapes</em> to assess rsFC, and exhibited high compliance using fNIRS. Importantly, rsFC assessed with <em>Inscapes</em> in children was associated with EF (Stroop-like Day-Night Task performance). Age-related differences showed intrinsic functional connections within the PFC strengthening over development. This study uses child-friendly, noninvasive optical neuroimaging and a publicly available rsFC paradigm to elucidate the role of the PFC in EF development, illuminating practical methodological approaches to study the developmental trajectory and neural underpinnings of EF.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101570"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144185664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Renee C Edwards, Elizabeth M Planalp, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Natacha Akshoomoff, Stefanie C Bodison, Marianne B Brennan, Lucia Ciciolla, Rina D Eiden, Courtney A Fillipi, Hanna C Gustafsson, Lorraine M McKelvey, Amanda S Morris, Myriam Peralta-Carcelén, Julie Poehlmann, Lauren S Wakschlag, Sylia Wilson
{"title":"Erratum to \"Capturing the complexity of child behavior and caregiver-child interactions in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study using a rigorous and equitable approach\" [Dev. Cognit. Neurosci. 69 (2024) 101422].","authors":"Renee C Edwards, Elizabeth M Planalp, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Natacha Akshoomoff, Stefanie C Bodison, Marianne B Brennan, Lucia Ciciolla, Rina D Eiden, Courtney A Fillipi, Hanna C Gustafsson, Lorraine M McKelvey, Amanda S Morris, Myriam Peralta-Carcelén, Julie Poehlmann, Lauren S Wakschlag, Sylia Wilson","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101571","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"101571"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lin Li , Mohammadreza Bayat , Timothy B. Hayes , Wesley K. Thompson , Michael C. Neale , Arianna M. Gard , Anthony Steven Dick
{"title":"Missing data approaches for longitudinal neuroimaging research: Examples from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study®","authors":"Lin Li , Mohammadreza Bayat , Timothy B. Hayes , Wesley K. Thompson , Michael C. Neale , Arianna M. Gard , Anthony Steven Dick","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101563","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101563","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper addresses the challenges of managing missing values within expansive longitudinal neuroimaging datasets, using the specific example of data derived from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) <span><math><msup><mrow><mtext>Study</mtext></mrow><mrow><mtext>®</mtext></mrow></msup></math></span>. The conventional listwise deletion method, while widely used, is not recommended due to the risk that substantial bias can potentially be introduced with this method. Unfortunately, recommended alternative practices can be challenging to implement with large datasets. In this paper, we advocate for the adoption of more sophisticated statistical methodologies, including multiple imputation, propensity score weighting, and full information maximum likelihood (FIML). Through practical examples and code using ABCD <span><math><msup><mrow><mtext>Study</mtext></mrow><mrow><mtext>®</mtext></mrow></msup></math></span> data, we illustrate some of the benefits and challenges of these methods, with a review of how these advanced methodologies bolster the robustness of analyses and contribute to the integrity of research findings in the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101563"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144130956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Santiago Morales , Lauren Oh , Kylie Cox , Ramiro Rodriguez-Sanchez , Gina Nadaya , George A. Buzzell , Sonya V. Troller-Renfree
{"title":"Generalizability of developmental EEG: Demographic reporting, representation, and sample size","authors":"Santiago Morales , Lauren Oh , Kylie Cox , Ramiro Rodriguez-Sanchez , Gina Nadaya , George A. Buzzell , Sonya V. Troller-Renfree","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101567","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101567","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Electroencephalography (EEG) is one of the main neuroscientific measures used with infants and children to identify potential biomarkers of cognitive and social developmental processes. Given the implications of developmental EEG research within policy, clinical, and educational domains, it is important to ensure that reported results are generalizable and reproducible. In this review, to provide an initial assessment of previous and current practices regarding participant recruitment (sample size and representation) and demographic reporting, we carried out a systematic review of six notable journals for publishing pediatric EEG studies between 2011 and 2023. We identified 700 articles reporting on pediatric EEG. We found that most studies did not provide complete reporting of basic demographic information (e.g., race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, geographical location). This trend persisted across years of publication, suggesting continued underreporting. However, the reporting of demographic information differed between journals, suggesting solutions for improving reporting practices. Our review also indicated that samples were of modest sample size (Median = 51) and consisted of mostly White participants (78 %) from North America and Western Europe (85 %). Our discussion emphasizes the need for larger, more diverse samples and greater transparency in developmental EEG studies, while providing recommendations to address barriers to representation and reproducibility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101567"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144107348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jamie Roeske , Xiangyu Long , Meaghan V Perdue , Madison Long , Bryce Geeraert , Mohammad Ghasoub , Keith Owen Yeates , Catherine Lebel
{"title":"Sex differences in maturational timing of amygdala and prefrontal cortex volumes and white matter tract microstructure","authors":"Jamie Roeske , Xiangyu Long , Meaghan V Perdue , Madison Long , Bryce Geeraert , Mohammad Ghasoub , Keith Owen Yeates , Catherine Lebel","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101568","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101568","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The developmental mismatch hypothesis (DMH) proposes that a mismatch in maturational timing of the amygdala and prefrontal cortex (PFC) drives adolescent sensation-seeking behaviour. While some studies provide support for the DMH, few have evaluated sex differences or examined both grey and white matter. Here, we used T1-weighted and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine amygdala and PFC macrostructure and amygdala-PFC white matter microstructure development across 606 MRI sessions from 148 typically developing children and adolescents (76 females) aged 1.95–17.71 years. Using generalized additive mixed effects models, we evaluated the maturational timing of amygdala volume, four PFC subregion volumes, and fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity of the uncinate fasciculus and amygdala-PFC white matter tracts. Amygdala and PFC maturation was consistent with the DMH in males but less so in females. Relative to males, females exhibited less amygdala development and shorter periods of PFC development. In contrast to gray matter volumes, white matter changed continuously from early childhood to late adolescence, but ended earlier in females than in males. Our findings show different amygdala-PFC maturation patterns and that the amygdala-PFC neural system reaches maturity earlier in females than in males. These important differences may underlie sex differences in sensation-seeking behaviour.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101568"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144068061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu Liu , Songjun Peng , Xinran Wu , Zhaowen Liu , Zhengxu Lian , Huaxin Fan , Nanyu Kuang , Xinrui Gu , Senyou Yang , Yechen Hu , Xi Jiang , Yufeng Zhang , Wei Cheng , Jianfeng Feng , Barbara J. Sahakian , Xingming Zhao , Trevor W. Robbins , Benjamin Becker , Jie Zhang
{"title":"Neural, cognitive and psychopathological signatures of a prosocial or delinquent peer environment during early adolescence","authors":"Yu Liu , Songjun Peng , Xinran Wu , Zhaowen Liu , Zhengxu Lian , Huaxin Fan , Nanyu Kuang , Xinrui Gu , Senyou Yang , Yechen Hu , Xi Jiang , Yufeng Zhang , Wei Cheng , Jianfeng Feng , Barbara J. Sahakian , Xingming Zhao , Trevor W. Robbins , Benjamin Becker , Jie Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101566","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101566","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Adolescence is a critical period for brain development, yet the impact of peer environments on brain structure, cognition, and psychopathology remains poorly understood. Here, we capitalized on data from 7806 adolescents (age = 12.02 ± 0.67) from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, to determine associations between two distinct peer environments (proportion of prosocial or delinquent friends) and the structural and functional architecture of the brain, cognition, as well as behavioral and emotional dysregulation. A higher proportion of prosocial friends was associated with fewer behavioral problems and larger fronto-cingulate and striatal regions. In contrast, a higher proportion of delinquent friends was linked to increased behavioral problems, lower neurocognitive performance, and decreased functional connectivity in the default-mode and fronto-striato-limbic circuits, which spatially overlapped with external dopamine density maps. Moreover, the associations between prosocial friends and behaviors were mediated by brain volumes (e.g., pallidum), while the associations between delinquent friends and behaviors were primarily mediated by fronto-striato-limbic connectivity. Prosocial friends also attenuated the development of internalizing problems, whereas delinquent friends promoted externalizing symptoms. These findings underscore the profound influence of peer environments on adolescent brain development and mental health, highlighting the need for early interventions to promote resilience and healthy neuro-maturation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101566"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143937667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Caitlin Aloisio , Lindsay Taraban , Kathleen Mowatt , Hendrik Santosa , Theodore J. Huppert , Jennifer S. Silk , Koraly Pérez-Edgar , Judith K. Morgan
{"title":"Behaviorally inhibited preschoolers experience stronger connectivity among social-related neural regions while interacting with a stranger","authors":"Caitlin Aloisio , Lindsay Taraban , Kathleen Mowatt , Hendrik Santosa , Theodore J. Huppert , Jennifer S. Silk , Koraly Pérez-Edgar , Judith K. Morgan","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101565","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101565","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Social behavioral inhibition (BI), or wariness in response to unfamiliar social stimuli, is a temperament trait that, when present in preschool-age children, predicts neural alterations and anxiety disorders by adolescence. The current study assessed neural functioning associated with BI during the preschool years. Our sample was enriched for BI based on mother report and included 59 preschool-age children (54 % female, <em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 3.7 years). Children interacted with an unfamiliar experimenter via the Stranger Approach paradigm from the preschool version of Lab-TAB, and neural data were collected simultaneously to measure neural response to an unfamiliar social encounter. Children who exhibited more social BI-related behaviors experienced stronger functional connectivity between multiple social-related neural regions, including the temporoparietal junction, superior temporal gyrus, and medial and lateral prefrontal cortex while interacting with a stranger. Additionally, children who experienced stronger connectivity between the right and left temporoparietal junction had greater mother-reported anxiety symptoms one year later. Our results suggest that observable social BI during early childhood is associated with distinct neural patterns, which may elucidate biomarkers that underlie risk for later anxiety.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101565"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143931437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neurocognitive risks of asthma during childhood","authors":"Nicholas J. Christopher-Hayes , Simona Ghetti","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101564","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101564","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The impact of chronic medical conditions on the developing brain has gained recent attention, but the neurocognitive risks associated with asthma, which has high prevalence in childhood, are still largely unknown. Recent findings have underscored that children with asthma may be at higher risk for developing cognitive difficulties. In this review, we examine the pathophysiology of asthma and its associations with brain and cognitive development based on rodent models and relatively scant research in humans. We also examine risk factors that may exacerbate asthma symptoms and neurocognitive outcomes, and we discuss why children may be particularly vulnerable to asthma-related neurocognitive consequences. We conclude by providing a framework for future research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101564"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143928098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lena M. Gaudette , Allison M. Swift , Melissa N. Horger , Jennifer F. Holmes , Rebecca M.C. Spencer
{"title":"Pediatric sleep electrophysiology: Using polysomnography in developmental cognitive neuroscience","authors":"Lena M. Gaudette , Allison M. Swift , Melissa N. Horger , Jennifer F. Holmes , Rebecca M.C. Spencer","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101562","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101562","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research suggests a bidirectional relationship between brain and cognitive development and sleep in early childhood. Polysomnography is essential for the investigation of the mechanisms underlying sleep’s role in brain and cognitive development. This paper outlines methods for integrating measures of sleep and sleep physiology into cognitive developmental neuroscience research. There are various options when choosing a polysomnography system depending on the research question. We offer considerations such as application time, recording time, montage density and analysis options, and cost. We also review suggestions for modifying procedures with developmental populations to support high quality polysomnography data collection. We hope that this overview will facilitate more developmental cognitive neuroscience studies of sleep to advance our understanding of early brain and cognitive development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101562"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143902343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}