2024
Infant neuroscience: how to measure brain activity in the youngest minds
Turk-Browne N, Aslin R. Infant neuroscience: how to measure brain activity in the youngest minds. Trends In Neurosciences 2024, 47: 338-354. PMID: 38570212, DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2024.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingFunctional near-infrared spectroscopyMeasure brain activityBrain activityApplication of functional magnetic resonance imagingHuman infantsCognitive neuroscienceCognitive tasksInfant brainAwake infantsMagnetic resonance imagingNear-infrared spectroscopyMagnetoencephalographyMindfulnessResonance imagingNon-invasive methodInfantsElectroencephalography
2023
Automated and manual segmentation of the hippocampus in human infants
Fel J, Ellis C, Turk-Browne N. Automated and manual segmentation of the hippocampus in human infants. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2023, 60: 101203. PMID: 36791555, PMCID: PMC9957787, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsManual segmentationHippocampal segmentationInter-rater reliabilityAutomated SegmentationSegmentation methodSegmentationAnatomical MRI scansEarly hippocampal developmentHead motionFreeSurfer softwareSoftwareHippocampal developmentMRI scansHippocampal structureAwake infantsInfantsHippocampusFMRI protocolAnatomical scansGold standardAdult templateHuman infantsScan qualityScansProtocol
2022
Neural event segmentation of continuous experience in human infants
Yates T, Skalaban L, Ellis C, Bracher A, Baldassano C, Turk-Browne N. Neural event segmentation of continuous experience in human infants. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2200257119. PMID: 36252007, PMCID: PMC9618143, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2200257119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly visual regionsEvent segmentationVisual regionsAdults' brain activityContinuous sensory inputFunctional MRI dataEvent cognitionNaturalistic perceptionBehavioral judgmentsInfants' segmentationEvent boundariesNeural patternsBrain activitySensory regionsContinuous experienceSimplified taskInfant brainHuman infantsAssociative regionsSensory inputTemporal integrationAwake infantsBrain regionsAdult experienceTemporal precision
2021
Retinotopic organization of visual cortex in human infants
Ellis CT, Yates TS, Skalaban LJ, Bejjanki VR, Arcaro MJ, Turk-Browne NB. Retinotopic organization of visual cortex in human infants. Neuron 2021, 109: 2616-2626.e6. PMID: 34228960, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVisual cortexFunctional magnetic resonance imagingAdult visual cortexMagnetic resonance imagingVisual areas V1Retinotopic organizationRetinotopic mapResonance imagingHorizontal meridianRetinotopic mappingCortexSubsequent developmental changesArea V1InfantsHuman infantsFunctional maturityFunctional mapsDevelopmental changesLow spatial frequenciesEarly maturationExtrastriateMonthsEvidence of hippocampal learning in human infants
Ellis CT, Skalaban LJ, Yates TS, Bejjanki VR, Córdova NI, Turk-Browne NB. Evidence of hippocampal learning in human infants. Current Biology 2021, 31: 3358-3364.e4. PMID: 34022155, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStatistical learningHuman infantsTask-based fMRIMedial prefrontal cortexHuman memoryVisual sequencesDurable memoriesMemory capacityMemory integrationAnterior hippocampusHippocampal activityPrefrontal cortexVital abilityTemporal orderHippocampal learningEarly childhoodLearningMemoryMonosynaptic pathwayTrisynaptic pathwayHippocampusInfantsYounger agePosterior divisionFunctional activityAttention 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 ResearchConceptsFunctional 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
Re-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