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
2022
Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants
Wang S, Tzeng O, Aslin R. Predictive brain signals mediate association between shared reading and expressive vocabulary in infants. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0272438. PMID: 35921370, PMCID: PMC9348734, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpressive vocabularyShared reading experiencesReading experienceBrain signalsExpressive vocabulary acquisitionEfficient language processingFurther mediation analysisUnique varianceUpcoming informationVocabulary acquisitionLanguage learningMediation analysisInfant brainLanguage processingVocabularyPredictive signalsMaternal educationOccipital lobeExperiencePresent studyTaskFirst evidenceLearningReadingProcessingTop-down sensory prediction in the infant brain at 6 months is correlated with language development at 12 and 18 months
Wang S, Zhang X, Hong T, Tzeng OJL, Aslin R. Top-down sensory prediction in the infant brain at 6 months is correlated with language development at 12 and 18 months. Brain And Language 2022, 230: 105129. PMID: 35576737, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2022.105129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacArthur-Bates Communicative Development InventoriesLanguage developmentSensory predictionsVocabulary scoresVocabulary developmentVisual stimuliOccipital cortex activationCommunicative Development InventoryInfant language developmentExpressive vocabulary scoresInfants' vocabulary developmentNeural levelUnexpected omissionAuditory stimuliDevelopment InventoryNeural responsesCortex activationInfant brainNeural signalsPrevious researchStimuliSignificant positive correlationRobust supportMonthsScores
2021
Bilingualism alters infants’ cortical organization for attentional orienting mechanisms
Arredondo MM, Aslin RN, Werker JF. Bilingualism alters infants’ cortical organization for attentional orienting mechanisms. Developmental Science 2021, 25: e13172. PMID: 34418259, PMCID: PMC11225098, DOI: 10.1111/desc.13172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain activityFrontal regionsValid trialsNon-linguistic cognitive functionsAttentional orienting mechanismsGreater brain activityEarly language experienceCortical organizationHigher cognitive functionsBilateral frontal regionsInvalid trialsAttention taskLanguage experienceOrienting mechanismTask performanceGreater activityBilingual environmentCognitive functionInfant brainNeural activityBrain structuresParent reportingMonolingualsBilingualsBilingualism
2020
Temporal dynamics of visual representations in the infant brain
Bayet L, Zinszer BD, Reilly E, Cataldo JK, Pruitt Z, Cichy RM, Nelson CA, Aslin RN. Temporal dynamics of visual representations in the infant brain. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2020, 45: 100860. PMID: 32932205, PMCID: PMC7498752, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2020.100860.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant brainComplex visual stimuliVisual representationPairwise classification accuracyEEG dataNeural correlatesNeural representationMental representationsVisual domainVisual objectsRepresentational contentStimulus onsetVisual stimuliNeural activationNeural activityComputational neuroscienceDevelopmental reorganizationIndividual infantsTemporal dynamicsAdult controlsRepresentationAdultsClassification accuracyNeuroscienceAge groups
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
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
2015
Top-down modulation in the infant brain: Learning-induced expectations rapidly affect the sensory cortex at 6 months
Emberson LL, Richards JE, Aslin RN. Top-down modulation in the infant brain: Learning-induced expectations rapidly affect the sensory cortex at 6 months. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: 9585-9590. PMID: 26195772, PMCID: PMC4534272, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510343112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant brainSensory cortexFuture sensory inputsRole of expectationsRepetition suppressionInfants' expectationsVisual eventsOmission paradigmNeural processingStimulus noveltyAuditory stimuliCortical hierarchyInfant cortexNeural organizationNonhuman animalsNeural maturationSensory inputOccipital cortexEmpirical supportCortexRudimentary formExpectationsAdult humansHemodynamic responseExtensive feedback