2021
Attention recruits frontal cortex in human infants
Ellis CT, Skalaban LJ, Yates TS, Turk-Browne NB. Attention recruits frontal cortex in human infants. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2021, 118: e2021474118. PMID: 33727420, PMCID: PMC7999871, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021474118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttentionBrain MappingChild DevelopmentFrontal LobeHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMagnetic Resonance ImagingTemporal LobeConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingEvent-related functional magnetic resonance imagingOrienting of attentionAllocation of attentionInfant attentionInvalid trialsBrief cueUpcoming targetValid trialsFMRI activityInfants' fixationsTrial typesSalient eventsNeural effectsAttention networkFrontal regionsInfant brainHuman infantsParietal lobeBrain regionsFrontal cortexYoung infantsCuesInfant ageAttention
2020
Emergence and organization of adult brain function throughout child development
Yates TS, Ellis CT, Turk-Browne NB. Emergence and organization of adult brain function throughout child development. NeuroImage 2020, 226: 117606. PMID: 33271266, PMCID: PMC8323508, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBrainChildChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMachine LearningMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleConceptsFMRI activityDevelopmental trajectoriesAdult cognitive neuroscienceInferior frontal gyrusLateral occipital cortexPain-related eventsCognitive neuroscienceFrontal gyrusFunctional neuroanatomyDevelopmental differencesChild developmentAge-related changesCognitive functionDifferent brain regionsSame movieHuman brain developmentNaturalistic approachOccipital cortexBrain regionsAdult brain functionBrain functionChronological ageYoung childrenBrain developmentBrain spaceRe-imagining fMRI for awake behaving infants
Ellis CT, Skalaban LJ, Yates TS, Bejjanki VR, Córdova NI, Turk-Browne NB. Re-imagining fMRI for awake behaving infants. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 4523. PMID: 32908125, PMCID: PMC7481790, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18286-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive tasksFunctional magnetic resonance imaging studyTask-evoked activityMagnetic resonance imaging studyCognitive neuroscienceResonance imaging studyFMRI acquisitionHuman infantsFMRI datasetsHuman brainFMRITaskUnique methodological challengesMethodological challengesImaging studiesNeuroscienceInner workingsInfantsMindImportant insightsAcquisitionBrainDecisions