2024
Interplay between preclinical indices of obesity and neural signatures of fluid intelligence in youth
Ward T, Schantell M, Dietz S, Ende G, Rice D, Coutant A, Arif Y, Wang Y, Calhoun V, Stephen J, Heinrichs-Graham E, Taylor B, Wilson T. Interplay between preclinical indices of obesity and neural signatures of fluid intelligence in youth. Communications Biology 2024, 7: 1285. PMID: 39379610, PMCID: PMC11461743, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06924-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbstract reasoning taskFluid intelligenceAbstract reasoningBrain regionsNeural activityReasoning tasksLeft dorsolateral prefrontal cortexLeft temporoparietal junctionDorsolateral prefrontal cortexHigher-order cognitionWhole-brain correlationHigh-density magnetoencephalographySignificant oscillatory responsesYouth aged 9Prefrontal cortexTemporoparietal junctionNeural signaturesTheta oscillationsResponse scaleWhole-brainNeurobehavioral functionNeural dynamicsAged 9CognitionReaction timeEffects of endogenous testosterone on oscillatory activity during verbal working memory in youth
Killanin A, Ward T, Embury C, Calhoun V, Wang Y, Stephen J, Picci G, Heinrichs‐Graham E, Wilson T. Effects of endogenous testosterone on oscillatory activity during verbal working memory in youth. Human Brain Mapping 2024, 45: e26774. PMID: 38949599, PMCID: PMC11215982, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26774.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVerbal working memoryVerbal working memory processingWorking memory processesWorking memoryEffects of chronological ageEndogenous testosterone levelsMemory processesOscillatory activitySternberg verbal working memory taskEffects of testosteroneLeft-lateralized language networkVerbal working memory taskAlpha oscillationsSalivary testosterone samplesWorking memory encodingWorking memory taskLeft temporal cortexRight cerebellar cortexNeural oscillatory activitySignificant oscillatory responsesNeural oscillatory dynamicsHuman brain structureCerebellar cortexYouth aged 6Chronological ageBetter with age: Developmental changes in oscillatory activity during verbal working memory encoding and maintenance
Killanin A, Ward T, Embury C, Calhoun V, Wang Y, Stephen J, Picci G, Heinrichs-Graham E, Wilson T. Better with age: Developmental changes in oscillatory activity during verbal working memory encoding and maintenance. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2024, 66: 101354. PMID: 38330526, PMCID: PMC10864839, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWorking memory encodingMemory encodingLeft hemisphere language regionsSternberg verbal working memory taskVerbal working memory taskRight superior temporal regionOlder participantsWorking memory taskWorking memory developmentSuperior temporal regionsSignificant oscillatory responsesWhole-brain mappingDevelopmental effectsMemory taskWorking memoryOscillatory responsesLanguage regionsBrain regionsMemory developmentOscillatory dynamicsTheta powerParticipants aged 6Whole-brainTemporal regionsDevelopmental changes
2023
Developmental alterations in the neural oscillatory dynamics underlying attentional reorienting
Picci G, Ott L, Petro N, Casagrande C, Killanin A, Rice D, Coutant A, Arif Y, Embury C, Okelberry H, Johnson H, Springer S, Pulliam H, Wang Y, Calhoun V, Stephen J, Heinrichs-Graham E, Taylor B, Wilson T. Developmental alterations in the neural oscillatory dynamics underlying attentional reorienting. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2023, 63: 101288. PMID: 37567094, PMCID: PMC10432959, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAllocation of attentionBrain regionsFlexible allocation of attentionNetwork of brain regionsProtracted developmental coursePrefrontal brain regionsBrain-behavior associationsFronto-parietal networkHigher-order visual regionsNetwork of regionsAge-related improvementsTheta oscillatory activitySignificant oscillatory responsesNeural oscillatory dynamicsAttentional reorientingBehavioral performanceDevelopmental improvementCognitive processesDevelopmental courseHealthy youthTheta oscillationsVisual regionsMagnetoencephalography dataFunction of ageFlexible allocation