2021
Functional Connectivity for the Language Network in the Developing Brain: 30 Weeks of Gestation to 30 Months of Age
Scheinost D, Chang J, Lacadie C, Brennan-Wydra E, Constable RT, Chawarska K, Ment LR. Functional Connectivity for the Language Network in the Developing Brain: 30 Weeks of Gestation to 30 Months of Age. Cerebral Cortex 2021, 32: 3289-3301. PMID: 34875024, PMCID: PMC9340393, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab415.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeeks of gestationFirst postnatal monthMonths of agePostnatal monthFunctional connectivityWernicke's areaWeeks postmenstrual ageLanguage networkResting-state fMRI dataPostmenstrual ageFetal onsetInterhemispheric connectionsIntrahemispheric connectionsPrimary analysisOlder infantsNeurobehavioral disordersSecondary analysisGestationCross-sectional dataMonthsBrocaUnique participantsWeeksSignificant increaseFunctional connections
2019
An information network flow approach for measuring functional connectivity and predicting behavior
Kumar S, Yoo K, Rosenberg MD, Scheinost D, Constable RT, Zhang S, Li C, Chun MM. An information network flow approach for measuring functional connectivity and predicting behavior. Brain And Behavior 2019, 9: e01346. PMID: 31286688, PMCID: PMC6710195, DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional brain connectivityFunctional magnetic resonance imagingFMRI time coursesIndividual differencesTask performanceMeasures of attentionSustained attention taskAttention task performanceResting-state fMRI dataSample of individualsAttention taskFMRI dataFunctional connectivityFC patternsBrain connectivityPearson correlationInformation theory statisticsInformation flowMachine-learning modelsMeasuresMagnetic resonance imagingAttentionNetwork flow approachTime courseDifferent datasets
2018
Task-induced brain state manipulation improves prediction of individual traits
Greene AS, Gao S, Scheinost D, Constable RT. Task-induced brain state manipulation improves prediction of individual traits. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 2807. PMID: 30022026, PMCID: PMC6052101, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04920-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain statesIndividual differencesBrain-behavior relationshipsFluid intelligence scoresTask-based functional connectivity analysisResting-state fMRI dataBrain functional organizationFunctional connectivity analysisCognitive tasksFluid intelligenceIntelligence scoresFunctional connectivityFMRI dataConnectivity analysisHuman behaviorIndividual traitsTaskCertain tasksFunctional organizationOutperform modelsSuch relationshipsCognitionState manipulationIntelligenceVariance