2018
Expectation affects neural repetition suppression in infancy
Emberson LL, Boldin AM, Robertson CE, Cannon G, Aslin RN. Expectation affects neural repetition suppression in infancy. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2018, 37: 100597. PMID: 30473471, PMCID: PMC6918478, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfants' neural responsesRepetition suppressionNeural responsesInfant brainNeural repetition suppressionAuditory repetition suppressionControl conditionSame stimulus resultsPredictive processingAuditory stimuliStimulus presentationNeural activationNeural phenomenaPredictive codingStimuli resultsStimuliRecent workFNIRSExpectationsContextBrainParadigmRepetitionProcessingInfancy
2017
Decoding the infant mind: Multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) using fNIRS
Emberson LL, Zinszer BD, Raizada RDS, Aslin RN. Decoding the infant mind: Multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) using fNIRS. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0172500. PMID: 28426802, PMCID: PMC5398514, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultivariate pattern analysisInfant mindPattern analysisFMRI workCognitive neuroscientistsSame physiological signalsNeural activationAnalytic sophisticationFNIRS communityIdiosyncratic patternsFNIRSPhysiological signalsBetter spatial localizationTaskTrial patternsGroup modelMindCurrent paperFMRIType of populationMethodological toolsAverage patternSpatial localizationNeuroscientistsMRI environment
2016
Using fNIRS to examine occipital and temporal responses to stimulus repetition in young infants: Evidence of selective frontal cortex involvement
Emberson LL, Cannon G, Palmeri H, Richards JE, Aslin RN. Using fNIRS to examine occipital and temporal responses to stimulus repetition in young infants: Evidence of selective frontal cortex involvement. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2016, 23: 26-38. PMID: 28012401, PMCID: PMC5253300, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRepetition suppressionPerceptual corticesAuditory repetition suppressionFrontal cortexAuditory stimuliStimulus repetitionExperiment 1Experiment 2Cortex involvementInfant brainTemporal cortexFrontal lobeAdult brainYoung infantsCortexRepetitionRecent experienceBrainFNIRSExperienceStimuliFirst evidenceSuggestive evidenceInfantsEvidence