Dustin Scheinost, PhD, BS
Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical ImagingCards
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Research
Publications
2025
Associations of Prenatal Social Support in Adolescent Mothers With Measures of Social‐Emotional Development in Their Young Children
Holland C, Sun H, Rodriguez R, Bennett M, Cheng B, Peterson B, Scheinost D, Spann M. Associations of Prenatal Social Support in Adolescent Mothers With Measures of Social‐Emotional Development in Their Young Children. Brain And Behavior 2025, 15: e71059. PMID: 41250941, PMCID: PMC12623451, DOI: 10.1002/brb3.71059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLanguage developmentMaternal sensitivityMaternal social supportSocial-emotional developmentSocial supportChild attachmentSocial behaviorLanguage development of infantsSocial brain networkInfant language developmentPath analysisSocial support satisfactionBrain network connectivityInfant social developmentPrenatal social supportExploratory path analysisAssociated with attachmentMaternal-infant interactionInfant languageMonths of ageBrain networksFunctional connectivityInfant factorsSupport satisfactionBrain connectivityBrainEffeX: A web app for exploring fMRI effect sizes
Shearer H, Rosenblatt M, Ye J, Jiang R, Tejavibulya L, Foster M, Liang Q, Dadashkarimi J, Westwater M, Cahill C, Cheng I, Fischbach A, Humphries A, Rolison M, Peterson H, Adkinson B, Mehta S, Camp C, Nichols T, Curtiss J, Scheinost D, Noble S. BrainEffeX: A web app for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Aperture Neuro 2025, 5 DOI: 10.52294/001c.146251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConnectome caricatures remove large-amplitude coactivation patterns in resting-state fMRI to emphasize individual differences
Rodriguez R, Noble S, Camp C, Scheinost D. Connectome caricatures remove large-amplitude coactivation patterns in resting-state fMRI to emphasize individual differences. Nature Neuroscience 2025, 28: 2601-2611. PMID: 41184631, PMCID: PMC12641774, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-025-02099-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingResting-state functional magnetic resonance imagingResting-state dataCoactivation patternsFunctional connectivityResting-state signalsBrain's intrinsic functional architectureResting-state functional connectivityIntrinsic functional architectureTask activation patternsTask fMRI dataHigh identifiersFMRI dataLarge-scale neuroimaging datasetsConnectomeFunctional architectureNeuroimaging datasetsActivity patternsTask dataMagnetic resonance imagingTaskResonance imagingPhenotypic measurementsShared and Unique Connectivity Signatures of Reading and Language Deficits.
Daucourt M, Rosenblatt M, Frijters J, Bosson-Heenan J, Gruen J, Scheinost D. Shared and Unique Connectivity Signatures of Reading and Language Deficits. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2025, 1-24. PMID: 40991681, DOI: 10.1162/jocn.a.98.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConnectome-based predictive modelingLanguage comprehensionTests of word readingPsychometric testsCPM modelsLarge-scale functional connectivity patternsLanguage comprehension difficultiesBrain-behavior relationshipsMultiple cognitive skillsCognitive Development StudyAssociated with readingFunctional connectivity dataFunctional connectivity patternsFunctional connectivity measuresBrain basisWord readingAdolescent brainLanguage deficitsFrontal networkComprehension difficultiesLanguage abilityLanguage difficultiesConnectivity signaturesReading abilityNeuroimaging dataFunctional Connectivity in the Social Perception Pathway at Birth Is Linked to Attention to Faces at Four Months
Chawarska K, Vernetti A, Sun H, Hampson M, Li C, Macari S, Powell K, Constable R, Chang J, Ment L, Scheinost D. Functional Connectivity in the Social Perception Pathway at Birth Is Linked to Attention to Faces at Four Months. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2025, 5: 100597. PMID: 41127567, PMCID: PMC12538059, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntrinsic functional connectivityFunctional connectivityNeural markersFamily history of autismSuperior temporal sulcusAssociated with attentionStatic facial featuresHistory of autismNo sex differencesSocial pathwaysHuman Connectome ProjectFusiform gyrusFacial cuesTemporal sulcusVentral pathwayFamilial riskSex differencesPerception pathwaysAutismConnectome ProjectSocial outcomesFamily historyFacial featuresAutism biomarkersWeeks postmenstrual ageSocial and behavioral correlates of sleep health among adults receiving medication treatment for opioid use disorder
Sadler L, Jeon S, Ibrahim A, Barry D, Nwananji-Enwerem U, Scheinost D, Yaggi H, Redeker N. Social and behavioral correlates of sleep health among adults receiving medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Addiction Research & Theory 2025, ahead-of-print: 1-14. PMID: 40822529, PMCID: PMC12356222, DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2025.2530997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-report measuresOpioid use disorderUse disorderBehavioral correlatesSleep profilesSleep healthAdverse life experiencesPerceptions of community supportPoor sleep healthAddictive behaviorsAddictive useFamily functioningPsychological healthDysfunctional familiesPoor quality of lifeSocial interactionHealth profileSleep timeLife experiencesHealthy sleepAddictionDisordersSleepOpioidDaytime sleepinessNeural Mechanisms of Feedback Processing and Regulation Recalibration During Neurofeedback Training
Pamplona G, Zweerings J, Lor C, deErney L, Roecher E, Taebi A, Hellrung L, Amano K, Scheinost D, Krause F, Rosenberg M, Ionta S, Brem S, Hermans E, Mathiak K, Scharnowski F. Neural Mechanisms of Feedback Processing and Regulation Recalibration During Neurofeedback Training. Human Brain Mapping 2025, 46: e70279. PMID: 40626604, PMCID: PMC12235576, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural mechanismsBrain activityReward systemNeural mechanisms of feedback processingNeurofeedback trainingSelf-regulation of brain activityMechanisms of feedback processingFeedback-driven learningPerformance-related feedbackDefault mode networkDorsal attention networkFeedback processesHigher-level processesLinear model analysisSalience networkMode networkNeurofeedback learningBrain regionsNeurofeedback studiesGeneral linear model analysisMega-AnalysisBrain trainingSelf-RegulationRe-analyze dataNeurofeedbackFunctional Connectome Correlates of Laterality Preferences: Insights into Hand, Foot, and Eye Dominance across the Lifespan
Tejavibulya L, Horien C, Fredericks C, Ficek B, Westwater M, Scheinost D. Functional Connectome Correlates of Laterality Preferences: Insights into Hand, Foot, and Eye Dominance across the Lifespan. ENeuro 2025, 12: eneuro.0580-24.2025. PMID: 40473471, PMCID: PMC12244319, DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0580-24.2025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLateral preferenceFunctional connectomeWhole-brain functional connectomePosterior temporal areasBrain functional connectivityWhole-brain connectomePrefrontal lobeNormative variationCerebellar regionsFunctional connectivityDevelopmental shiftTemporal lobeBrain connectivityWhole-brainLeft-handednessFoot preferenceRight-handednessTemporal areaIncreased connectivityResting-state functional connectomesEffect sizeSignificant associationConnectivity patternsBrain hemispheresHandednessGovernance for anti-racist AI in healthcare: integrating racism-related stress in psychiatric algorithms for Black Americans
Fields C, Black C, Thind J, Jegede O, Aksen D, Rosenblatt M, Assari S, Bellamy C, Anderson E, Holmes A, Scheinost D. Governance for anti-racist AI in healthcare: integrating racism-related stress in psychiatric algorithms for Black Americans. Frontiers In Digital Health 2025, 7: 1492736. PMID: 40444183, PMCID: PMC12119476, DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2025.1492736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRacism-related stressBlack patientsBlack AmericansClinical algorithmAnti-Black racismHealthcare interventionsAnti-Black biasHealth outcomesHealth policySocioeconomic statusIntervention modelHistory of enslavementPatient outcomesCommunity membersHealthcareGenerational traumaHealthAmerica's historyBlack researchersSources of varianceClinical practiceEquitable outcomesSocial factorsRacial groupsAI governanceTrends in self-citation rates in high-impact neurology, neuroscience, and psychiatry journals
Rosenblatt M, Mehta S, Peterson H, Dadashkarimi J, Rodriguez R, Foster M, Adkinson B, Liang Q, Kimble V, Ye J, McCusker M, Farruggia M, Rolison M, Westwater M, Jiang R, Noble S, Scheinost D. Trends in self-citation rates in high-impact neurology, neuroscience, and psychiatry journals. ELife 2025, 12: rp88540. PMID: 40366360, PMCID: PMC12077878, DOI: 10.7554/elife.88540.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Clinical Trials
Current Trials
Connectivity While Coming of Age
HIC ID2000028368RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date12/31/2026Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18 years - 25 yearsBrain Imaging Study of Emotion Regulation in Children
HIC ID2000031303RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date11/30/2023Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge5 years - 15 yearsStudying the Adult Brain
HIC ID2000025671RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date07/31/2025Recruiting ParticipantsGenomic Basis of Neurodevelopmental and Brain Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease (CHD Brain and Genes)
HIC ID2000020449RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date12/31/2027Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge8+ yearsStudy of Brain Function Across the Lifespan
HIC ID2000020891RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date07/31/2022Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18 years - 65 years
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- November 12, 2025
Twenty-Seven YSM Faculty Members Recognized for Highly Cited Research
- November 03, 2025
Caricaturing Brain Activity Yields Better Prediction of Behaviors
- October 01, 2025
Brain Network Active at Birth is Linked to Social Behavior Later in Life
- September 22, 2025
Brain Activity is Increasingly Variable During Development
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