Julianne M. Griffith , Anna Wears , Nastasia O. McDonald , Jennifer S. Silk , Rebecca B. Price , Mary L. Woody
{"title":"Parent-adolescent closeness predicts neurophysiological reward responsiveness in adolescent girls at varying risk for depression","authors":"Julianne M. Griffith , Anna Wears , Nastasia O. McDonald , Jennifer S. Silk , Rebecca B. Price , Mary L. Woody","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101579","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101579","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Risk for depression rises during adolescence, particularly among children of depressed mothers. Altered neurophysiological reward processing, measured using event-related potentials (ERPs), is related to depression vulnerability. However, it is unclear whether disruptions in youth reward responsiveness are driven by parental reward dysfunction (e.g., anhedonia) versus parent-child relationship factors (e.g., closeness). This work examined concurrent and prospective associations between youth neurophysiological reward responsiveness and parental anhedonia, parent-adolescent discord, and parent-adolescent closeness. Participants included 93 youth assigned female at birth (ages 13–15) and their mothers (<em>n</em> = 62 with a depression history). Youth reward responsiveness was assessed at baseline and one-year follow-up using the reward positivity (RewP) ERP component. Parental anhedonia, parent-adolescent discord, and parent-adolescent closeness were measured at each timepoint using questionnaires. Regression analyses demonstrated positive concurrent associations between parent-adolescent closeness and youth RewP at both timepoints. RewP was not significantly related to parental anhedonia or parent-adolescent discord, and no prospective cross-lagged effects were observed. Among adolescents at varying depression risk, youth with greater closeness with their mothers consistently demonstrated enhanced reward responsiveness, even after accounting for adolescent depressive symptoms and maternal depression history. Findings suggest that positive, but not negative, aspects of parent-child relationships are related to adolescent responsiveness to reward.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101579"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144223115","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}
Morgan Lindenmuth , Ya-Yun Chen , Tae-Ho Lee , Natalie Melville , Brooks Casas , Jungmeen Kim-Spoon
{"title":"A six-year longitudinal study examining chronicity and timing of maltreatment effects on risk-related functional connectivity change across adolescence","authors":"Morgan Lindenmuth , Ya-Yun Chen , Tae-Ho Lee , Natalie Melville , Brooks Casas , Jungmeen Kim-Spoon","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101577","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101577","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Childhood adversity is associated with negative mental health outcomes. Research proposes sensitive periods for the effects of adversity on brain development, yet little is known about the developmental timing effects of abuse and neglect on neural mechanisms underlying risk-related decision making. This study examined 1) trajectories of neural connectivity during risk processing, and 2) how abuse and neglect during early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence are associated with changes in functional connectivity during risk processing. A sample of 167 adolescents were assessed annually for six years (mean age 14–20 years). Adolescents completed a lottery choice task during a functional magnetic resonance imaging scan (fMRI) and reported maltreatment experiences between ages 1 and 18. Generalized psychophysiological interactions (gPPI) was used to examine task-based functional connectivity in the insula and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) during risk processing. Growth curve models revealed increases in insula-dACC connectivity strength across adolescence. Chronic abuse statistically predicted weaker insula-dACC connectivity in late adolescence, and no significant sensitive periods emerged. Results suggest abuse may be linked to delayed maturation in salience network connectivity during risk processing and highlight the importance of distinguishing between effects of abuse and neglect on neural connectivity involved in risk-related decision making.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101577"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144240949","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}
Kathy T. Do, Suzanne van de Groep, Eveline A. Crone, Christian K. Tamnes
{"title":"A developmental neuroscience perspective on youth contributions and challenges in a changing society","authors":"Kathy T. Do, Suzanne van de Groep, Eveline A. Crone, Christian K. Tamnes","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101558","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101558","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101558"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144022527","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}
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":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101573","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101573"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","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}
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 , HBCD Child Behavior and Caregiver-Child Interactions Workgroup
{"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 , HBCD Child Behavior and Caregiver-Child Interactions Workgroup","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101571","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101571","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"73 ","pages":"Article 101571"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","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}
Dhanya Parameshwaran , Supriya Bhavnani , Debarati Mukherjee , Kamal Kant Sharma , Jennifer Jane Newson , Narayan Puthanmadam Subramaniyam , Gauri Divan , Vikram Patel , Tara C. Thiagarajan
{"title":"Resting state EEG classifies developmental status in three-year-old children","authors":"Dhanya Parameshwaran , Supriya Bhavnani , Debarati Mukherjee , Kamal Kant Sharma , Jennifer Jane Newson , Narayan Puthanmadam Subramaniyam , Gauri Divan , Vikram Patel , Tara C. Thiagarajan","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101575","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101575","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Monitoring cognitive development in early childhood enables detection of problems for timely intervention. However, currently recommended methods require lengthy evaluations of task performance, and are resource intense. Here we examined whether 3 minutes of resting-state EEG (rs-EEG) recorded in 70 33–40-month-old children using a 14-channel portable EEG device in low-resource households could classify performance on five domains of developmental outcomes (cognition, receptive language, expressive language, fine motor and gross motor coordination) as measured by the Bayley’s Scale of Infant and Toddler Development, 3rd Edition (BSID-III). Applying supervised learning models to a combination of spectral features and novel time-domain features derived from EEG data, we predicted BSID-III domain scores with moderate accuracy (AUCs ranging from 0.70 to 0.84 and F1-scores ranging from 0.58 to 0.76). While spectral frequencies significantly correlated with cognitive and language domain scores, time-domain features describing amplitude variability were more significantly correlated and contributed more substantially to model outcomes. Model performance was reliable even with a subset of 4 channels. Overall, this study provides a first demonstration that rs-EEG from low electrode configuration devices can serve as a quick and reliable indicator of cognitive developmental outcomes and aid in identifying those requiring support during early childhood.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101575"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144223617","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}
Jessica M. Duda , Taylor J. Keding , Sahana Kribakaran , Paola Odriozola , Elizabeth R. Kitt , Emily M. Cohodes , Sadie J. Zacharek , Sarah McCauley , Jason T. Haberman , Jutta Joormann , Dylan G. Gee
{"title":"Exposure to unpredictable childhood environments is associated with amygdala activation during early extinction in adulthood","authors":"Jessica M. Duda , Taylor J. Keding , Sahana Kribakaran , Paola Odriozola , Elizabeth R. Kitt , Emily M. Cohodes , Sadie J. Zacharek , Sarah McCauley , Jason T. Haberman , Jutta Joormann , Dylan G. Gee","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101578","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101578","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Early adversity can alter the maturation and function of neural regions that support affective functioning, including threat and safety learning. A growing body of cross-species research has specifically focused on the role of unpredictability in childhood environments in shaping affective functioning; however, the links between childhood unpredictability and neural function related to extinction learning in adulthood remain unclear. In this study, we probed the association between childhood unpredictability, extinction learning, and neural activation in four regions implicated in extinction learning in healthy young adults (<em>N</em> = 45; aged 18–30 years). Results revealed that adults exposed to more unpredictable childhood environments showed greater basolateral amygdala activity to the former (i.e., extinguished) threat cue during early, but not late, extinction, including when controlling for current anxiety and childhood trauma exposure. An exploratory analysis showed that exposure to unpredictable caregiving, but not distal unpredictability (e.g., unpredictability of the physical home or community), specifically drove findings in the amygdala. Childhood unpredictability was not associated with activity in the other regions of interest or with skin conductance response during extinction. These findings add to a growing literature on longstanding impacts of unpredictable caregiving environments, with implications for promoting healthy neurodevelopment and targeted clinical interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101578"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144240959","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":"Statistical learning of orthography-semantics regularities: A developmental neurophysiological study","authors":"Rujun Duan , Wenyuan Zhao , Shelley Xiuli Tong , Xiuhong Tong","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101576","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101576","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Combining event-related potential (ERP) with an artificial orthography learning paradigm, this study examined how 7–11-year-old Chinese children from first to fifth grade implicitly acquired orthography-semantics regularities of artificial characters. We manipulated the semantic consistency levels of radicals embedded in artificial characters at high (100 %), moderate (80 %), and low (60 %). The behavioral results indicated that 8-year-olds in the second grade were able to acquire regularities of semantic radicals within a sequence of artificial characters. The ERP results revealed a N170-P300-N400 pattern. The N170 component in the occipitotemporal area indicated orthographic identification during the early stages of learning, while the P300 and N400 components reflected attentional allocation and semantic activation during the later stages of statistical learning of orthography-semantics connections. The interactions between neural activation of statistical learning and grade suggest a significant developmental change in 7-11-year-old children. These findings support the multi-component model of statistical learning and the age-related hypothesis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101576"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212647","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}
Gabriella Y. Navarro-Love , Elizabeth A. Stinson , Ryan M. Sullivan , Krista M. Lisdahl
{"title":"Parental substance use history density and its influence on reward anticipation brain activation in late childhood and early adolescence","authors":"Gabriella Y. Navarro-Love , Elizabeth A. Stinson , Ryan M. Sullivan , Krista M. Lisdahl","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101572","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101572","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Parental history of problematic substance use (PH) increases the risk for early adolescent substance use (SU), potentially due to premorbid differences in reward-processing brain regions (e.g., striatum). However, no studies have <em>prospectively</em> examined the separate contributions of parental history of alcohol (PHA) and drug (PHD) use or the impact of PH density (PH<sup>0</sup>, PH<sup>1</sup>, PH<sup>2</sup>) on reward processing in preadolescents. This study analyzed data from 10,235 participants (ages 9–14) in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study<sup>SM</sup> (ABCD). Reward processing was assessed using the Monetary Incentive Delay Task (MID) at baseline and two-year follow-up. Regions of interest included bilateral striatal activation elicited by neutral vs. anticipation of large rewards. Linear mixed-effect models evaluated PH, PHA, PHD, and PH density on ROI activation, controlling for relevant covariates. Results showed that youth with PHA<sup>1</sup> had greater nucleus accumbens activation during reward anticipation than those with no history (PHA<sup>0</sup>), but no significant differences were found between PHA<sup>2</sup> and PHA<sup>1</sup> or PHA<sup>2</sup> and PHA<sup>0</sup>. PHD and PH were not significantly associated with BOLD activation in striatal regions, nor were there changes over time. These findings highlight the need to consider both PH and environmental factors when assessing neurodevelopmental risk for early substance use.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101572"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144223618","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}
Mónica López-Vicente , Michelle S.W. Kusters , Sami Petricola , Henning Tiemeier , Ryan L. Muetzel , Mònica Guxens
{"title":"Short-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and dynamic brain connectivity in adolescents","authors":"Mónica López-Vicente , Michelle S.W. Kusters , Sami Petricola , Henning Tiemeier , Ryan L. Muetzel , Mònica Guxens","doi":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101574","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101574","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is some evidence which suggests short-term effects of traffic-related air pollution on brain function in adults. We aimed to examine these associations at ages 10 and 14 years using dynamic functional brain connectivity. We included participants from a population-based birth cohort with brain connectivity and air pollution data at home (n = 3608) or school (n = 2305) in at least one visit. We used land use regression models to estimate levels of air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides (NO<sub>X</sub>) and particulate matter (PM), during the week before the outcome measurement. Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data, we generated five connectivity patterns. We calculated the mean time spent in each pattern for each participant and visit. We performed linear mixed effects models adjusted for relevant confounders. The median levels of NO<sub>X</sub> at the two visits and at home and school were between 36 and 47 μg/m<sup>3</sup> and the median levels of PM<sub>2.5</sub> were between 11 and 12 μg/m<sup>3</sup>. We found a weak association between higher air pollution exposure and less time spent in a low modularized connectivity pattern (e.g. coefficient=-0.031 [95 % confidence interval=-0.056; −0.006] per 20 μg/m<sup>3</sup> increase in NO<sub>X</sub> at home). However, this association did not remain after multiple testing correction. Further research that explores these associations at other exposure levels and other age periods is warranted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49083,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 101574"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144203397","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}