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
Functional networks in the infant brain during sleep and wake states
Yates T, Ellis C, Turk-Browne N. Functional networks in the infant brain during sleep and wake states. Cerebral Cortex 2023, 33: 10820-10835. PMID: 37718160, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhad327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBrainBrain MappingConsciousnessHumansInfantMagnetic Resonance ImagingNerve NetRestSleepConceptsFunctional connectivityMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scansFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scansWhole-brain functional connectivityResonance imaging scansInfant stateFunctional networksImaging scansAdult stateNatural sleepFunctional brain networksInfantsAwake restAwake fMRIInfant brainSleepBrain networksAdultsFrontoparietal control networkWake statesState of consciousnessDevelopmental changesBrainPerception and memory retrieval states are reflected in distributed patterns of background functional connectivity
Li Y, Wang Y, Turk-Browne N, Kuhl B, Hutchinson J. Perception and memory retrieval states are reflected in distributed patterns of background functional connectivity. NeuroImage 2023, 276: 120221. PMID: 37290674, PMCID: PMC10484747, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBrainBrain MappingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMemoryMemory, EpisodicNeural PathwaysNeuroimagingPerceptionConceptsDefault mode networkMemory retrievalCognitive stateRetrieval statesRetrosplenial cortexFunctional connectivityDistinct neural statesTarget of perceptionLarge-scale brain networksControl networkHuman neuroimaging studiesSame visual inputPerception statesCognitive processingBackground connectivityHuman fMRIVisual stimuliNeuroimaging studiesBrain networksMode networkNeural statesVisual inputNeural activityPatterns of connectivityPerception
2022
Face processing in the infant brain after pandemic lockdown
Yates T, Ellis C, Turk‐Browne N. Face processing in the infant brain after pandemic lockdown. Developmental Psychobiology 2022, 65: e22346. PMID: 36567649, PMCID: PMC9877889, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFusiform face areaVisual experienceInfant brainDifferent face identitiesGreater neural activityPost-lockdown groupFace processingRepetition enhancementFace identityRepetition suppressionSuppression taskFace areaNeural activitySame identityDifferent identitiesSerendipitous studyFFA responseFacePandemic lockdownCOVID-19 pandemicFMRIQuantity/qualityInfantsExperienceIdentityIncreasing stimulus similarity drives nonmonotonic representational change in hippocampus
Wammes J, Norman KA, Turk-Browne N. Increasing stimulus similarity drives nonmonotonic representational change in hippocampus. ELife 2022, 11: e68344. PMID: 34989336, PMCID: PMC8735866, DOI: 10.7554/elife.68344.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBrainBrain MappingFemaleHippocampusHumansLearningMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNerve NetYoung AdultConceptsRepresentational changeHigh-level visual regionsShaped functionPairs of stimuliHigh-resolution fMRIStimulus similarityVisual regionsHuman participantsHippocampal learningMemoryPlasticity hypothesisCoactivationFMRIHippocampusGyrusStimuliWide enough rangeContradictory resultsParticipantsImage similarityLearningHypothesisU-shapeSimilar imagesEnough range
2021
Brain kernel: A new spatial covariance function for fMRI data
Wu A, Nastase SA, Baldassano CA, Turk-Browne NB, Norman KA, Engelhardt BE, Pillow JW. Brain kernel: A new spatial covariance function for fMRI data. NeuroImage 2021, 245: 118580. PMID: 34740792, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118580.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRetinotopic 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 maturationExtrastriateMonthsAttention 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
Searching through functional space reveals distributed visual, auditory, and semantic coding in the human brain
Kumar S, Ellis CT, O’Connell T, Chun MM, Turk-Browne NB. Searching through functional space reveals distributed visual, auditory, and semantic coding in the human brain. PLOS Computational Biology 2020, 16: e1008457. PMID: 33270655, PMCID: PMC7738169, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain functionHuman brainHuman brain functionLanguage processing modelsNatural language processing modelsSearchlight analysisSearchlight approachSemantic codingObject representationsAuditory featuresBrain activityStrict modularityDecoding accuracyProcessing modelFMRI techniquesFMRI methodsAtlas parcellationCluster correctionComputational modelSemantic featuresDeep neural networksFoundational questionsAnatomical biasLocalized representationSearchlightRe-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 insightsAcquisitionBrainDecisionsStatistical prediction of the future impairs episodic encoding of the present
Sherman BE, Turk-Browne NB. Statistical prediction of the future impairs episodic encoding of the present. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 22760-22770. PMID: 32859755, PMCID: PMC7502714, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2013291117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunction of memoryEpisodic encodingSource recallEpisodic memoryUpcoming itemsStatistical learningAdaptive purposeFuture experiencesMemoryCurrent itemPast experienceBrain imagingSpecific experiencesBehavioral testsIdiosyncratic propertiesItemsFuture situationsExperienceParticular momentHippocampusRecallEncodingSimilar situationLearningSituationContent-based Dissociation of Hippocampal Involvement in Prediction
Kok P, Rait LI, Turk-Browne NB. Content-based Dissociation of Hippocampal Involvement in Prediction. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2020, 32: 527-545. PMID: 31820676, PMCID: PMC6996939, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPredictive processingAbstract shapesDomain-general processesFemale human participantsComplexity of stimuliComplex visual objectsModality of stimuliTypes of stimuliHigh-resolution fMRIDomain-specific rolesAuditory cuesPartial cuesVisual objectsHippocampal involvementBrain activityHuman participantsDistinct representationsHippocampal responsesComputational roleHippocampal functionPrevious researchStimuliCuesUnexpected orientationSuch accounts
2019
Hippocampal-neocortical interactions sharpen over time for predictive actions
Hindy NC, Avery EW, Turk-Browne NB. Hippocampal-neocortical interactions sharpen over time for predictive actions. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 3989. PMID: 31488845, PMCID: PMC6728336, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12016-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBackground connectivityAction-outcome associationsVisual cortexHigh-resolution fMRICo-occurring eventsHippocampal predictionsNeural patternsV1/V2Behavioral paradigmsAction informationPrediction changesIndiscriminate bindingGreater differentiationPredictive actionCortexHippocampusFMRIWeak associationReinstatementConnectivityAssociationParadigmOutcomesRetrievalActionNeurofeedback helps to reveal a relationship between context reinstatement and memory retrieval
deBettencourt MT, Turk-Browne NB, Norman KA. Neurofeedback helps to reveal a relationship between context reinstatement and memory retrieval. NeuroImage 2019, 200: 292-301. PMID: 31201985, PMCID: PMC7034791, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.06.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContext reinstatementMental context reinstatementBrain-behavior relationshipsMemory retrievalMultivariate pattern classifierTask-irrelevant imagesRole of neurofeedbackFree recall testList of wordsExpense of memoryMemory positReinstated contextRecall testWorse recallMemory recallMental contextBetter recallNeurofeedbackReinstatementRecallContext imagesWordsSame contextSecond experimentDifferent contexts
2018
Learning Naturalistic Temporal Structure in the Posterior Medial Network
Aly M, Chen J, Turk-Browne NB, Hasson U. Learning Naturalistic Temporal Structure in the Posterior Medial Network. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2018, 30: 1345-1365. PMID: 30004848, PMCID: PMC6211568, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAttending to What and Where: Background Connectivity Integrates Categorical and Spatial Attention
Tompary A, Al-Aidroos N, Turk-Browne NB. Attending to What and Where: Background Connectivity Integrates Categorical and Spatial Attention. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2018, 30: 1281-1297. PMID: 29791296, PMCID: PMC6570400, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional modulationSpatial attentionRetinotopic areasVisual areasGoal-relevant informationCategory-selective regionsVentral temporal cortexVisual cortexEarly visual cortexCategory-selective areasPattern of resultsAttentional goalsFeatural componentsAttentional componentsNeural basisBackground connectivityBehavioral goalsFrontoparietal areasSpatial selectionFunctional connectivityTemporal cortexSelective regionsExploratory analysisMost researchCortex
2017
Computational approaches to fMRI analysis
Cohen JD, Daw N, Engelhardt B, Hasson U, Li K, Niv Y, Norman KA, Pillow J, Ramadge PJ, Turk-Browne NB, Willke TL. Computational approaches to fMRI analysis. Nature Neuroscience 2017, 20: 304-313. PMID: 28230848, PMCID: PMC5457304, DOI: 10.1038/nn.4499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBrainBrain MappingCognitionHumansLearningMagnetic Resonance ImagingModels, NeurologicalNeural Differentiation of Incorrectly Predicted Memories
Kim G, Norman KA, Turk-Browne NB. Neural Differentiation of Incorrectly Predicted Memories. Journal Of Neuroscience 2017, 37: 2022-2031. PMID: 28115478, PMCID: PMC5338753, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3272-16.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural representationPrevious contextTarget memoryBOLD activity patternsGreater neural differentiationMemory representationsHuman fMRIMemory weakeningTrial fashionSubsequent restudySuch memoriesIndividual memoryNeural network simulationMemoryControl conditionFMRIComputational modelItemsPrediction strengthRestudyNeural connectionsPrediction errorMore differentiationParticular contextRepresentation
2015
Statistical learning of temporal community structure in the hippocampus
Schapiro AC, Turk-Browne N, Norman KA, Botvinick MM. Statistical learning of temporal community structure in the hippocampus. Hippocampus 2015, 26: 3-8. PMID: 26332666, PMCID: PMC4715493, DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22523.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Optimizing real time fMRI neurofeedback for therapeutic discovery and development
Stoeckel LE, Garrison KA, Ghosh S, Wighton P, Hanlon CA, Gilman JM, Greer S, Turk-Browne NB, deBettencourt MT, Scheinost D, Craddock C, Thompson T, Calderon V, Bauer CC, George M, Breiter HC, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Gabrieli JD, LaConte SM, Hirshberg L, Brewer JA, Hampson M, Van Der Kouwe A, Mackey S, Evins AE. Optimizing real time fMRI neurofeedback for therapeutic discovery and development. NeuroImage Clinical 2014, 5: 245-255. PMID: 25161891, PMCID: PMC4141981, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsBrain MappingHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeurofeedbackConceptsBrain disordersBrain functionReal-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rt-fMRI) neurofeedbackRtfMRI neurofeedbackFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) neurofeedbackWorld Health OrganizationEffective treatmentClinical problemBrain-behavior relationshipsTherapeutic toolEffective interventionsHealth OrganizationDisordersNational InstituteIntervention approachesTherapeutic discoveryNeurofeedbackPersonalized assessmentRtfMRIMaladaptive patternsMorbidityNeurotherapeutics