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Neurofeedback and Neuroplasticity of Visual Self-Processing in Depressed and Healthy Adolescents: A Preliminary Study
CONCLUSIONS: Neurofeedback recruited frontotemporal cortices that support social cognition and emotion regulation. Amygdala and hippocampus engagement via neurofeedback appears to change limbic-frontotemporal networks during self-face recognition. A placebo group or condition and contrasting amygdala and hippocampus, hippocampi or right amygdala versus frontal loci of neurofeedback, e.g. dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, with longer duration of neurofeedback training will elucidate dosage and loci of neurofeedback in adolescents. (Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience)
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - September 12, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Cortical thickness lateralization and its relation to language abilities in children
Publication date: Available online 22 August 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Ting Qi, Gesa Schaadt, Angela D. FriedericiAbstractThe humans’ brain asymmetry is observed in the early stages of life and known to change further with age. The developmental trajectory of such an asymmetry has been observed for language, as one of the most lateralized cognitive functions. However, it remains unclear how these age-related changes in structural asymmetry are related to changes in language performance. We collected longitudinal structural magnetic resonance imaging data of children from 5 to 6 years to i...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - August 23, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Dynamic touch reduces physiological arousal in preterm infants: A role for c-tactile afferents?
Publication date: Available online 21 August 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Andrea Manzotti, Francesco Cerritelli, Jorge E. Esteves, Gianluca Lista, Erica Lombardi, Simona La Rocca, Alberto Gallace, Francis P. McGlone, Susannah C. WalkerAbstractPreterm birth is a significant risk factor for a range of long-term health problems and developmental disabilities. Though touch plays a central role in many perinatal care strategies, the neurobiological basis of these approaches is seldom considered. C-Tactile afferents (CTs) are a class of unmyelinated nerve fibre activated by low force, dynamic touch....
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - August 22, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Moderation of the relationship between the error-related negativity and anxiety by age and gender in young children: A preliminary investigation
Publication date: Available online 19 August 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Ka I Ip, Yanni Liu, Jason Moser, Kristin Mannella, Jessica Hruschak, Emily Bilek, Maria Muzik, Katherine Rosenblum, Kate FitzgeraldAbstractThe error-related negativity (ERN) is a neurophysiologic response to errors that associates with anxiety. Despite the potential relevance of the ERN for understanding mechanisms of early anxiety problems in the developing brain, the relation between ERN and anxious symptoms in young children remains poorly understood. Emerging evidence suggests that ERN-anxiety associations could vary...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - August 20, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Neuroimaging predictors of onset and course of depression in childhood and adolescence: A systematic review of longitudinal studies
Publication date: October 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Volume 39Author(s): Yara J. Toenders, Laura S. van Velzen, Ivonne Z. Heideman, Ben J. Harrison, Christopher G. Davey, Lianne SchmaalAbstractMajor depressive disorder (MDD) often emerges during adolescence with detrimental effects on development as well as lifetime consequences. Identifying neurobiological markers that are associated with the onset or course of this disorder in childhood and adolescence is important for early recognition and intervention and, potentially, for the prevention of illness onset. In this systematic review, 68 longitudina...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - August 17, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Maternal speech shapes the cerebral frontotemporal network in neonates: a hemodynamic functional connectivity study
Publication date: Available online 8 August 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Mariko Uchida-Ota, Takeshi Arimitsu, Daisuke Tsuzuki, Ippeita Dan, Kazushige Ikeda, Takao Takahashi, Yasuyo MinagawaAbstractLanguage development and the capacity for communication in infants are predominantly supported by their mothers, beginning when infants are still in utero. Although a mother’s speech should thus have a significant impact on her neonate’s brain, neurocognitive evidence for this hypothesis remains elusive. The present study examined 37 neonates using near-infrared spectroscopy and observed the inte...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - August 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Neuroimaging predictors of onset and course of MDD in childhood and adolescence: a systematic review of longitudinal studies
Publication date: Available online 8 August 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Yara J. Toenders, Laura S. van Velzen, Ivonne Z. Heideman, Ben J. Harrison, Christopher G. Davey, Lianne SchmaalAbstractMajor depressive disorder (MDD) often emerges during adolescence with detrimental effects on development as well as lifetime consequences. Identifying neurobiological markers that are associated with the onset or course of this disorder in childhood and adolescence is important for early recognition and intervention and, potentially, for the prevention of illness onset. In this systematic review, 68 long...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - August 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Puberty and Functional Brain Development in Humans: Convergence in findings?
Publication date: Available online 8 August 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Junqiang Dai, K. Suzanne ScherfAbstractAlthough there is a long history of studying the influence of pubertal hormones on brain function/structure in animals, this research in human adolescents is young but burgeoning. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of findings from neuroimaging studies investigating the relation between pubertal and functional brain development in humans. We quantified the findings from this literature in which statistics required for standard meta-analyses are often not provided (i.e., effect s...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - August 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

The Role of the Visual Association Cortex in Scaffolding Prefrontal Cortex Development: A Novel Mechanism Linking Socioeconomic Status and Executive Function
Publication date: Available online 8 August 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Maya L. Rosen, Dima Amso, Katie A. McLaughlinAbstractSocioeconomic status (SES) is associated with executive function (EF) and prefrontal cortex (PFC) development. However, understanding of the specific aspects of SES that influence development of EF and the PFC remains limited. We briefly review existing literature on proposed mechanisms linking SES with EF. Then, we present a novel conceptual model arguing that early cognitive stimulation shapes EF and PFC development. We propose that cognitive stimulation drives lower-...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - August 9, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Neurophysiological, linguistic, and cognitive predictors of children’s ability to perceive speech in noise
Publication date: Available online 6 August 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Elaine C. Thompson, Jennifer Krizman, Travis White-Schwoch, Trent Nicol, Ryne Estabrook, Nina KrausAbstractHearing in noisy environments is a complicated task that engages attention, memory, linguistic knowledge, and precise auditory-neurophysiological processing of sound. Accumulating evidence in school-aged children and adults suggests these mechanisms vary with the task’s demands. For instance, co-located speech and noise demands a large cognitive load and recruits working memory, while spatially separated speech and...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - August 7, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Editorial Board/Aims and Scope
Publication date: August 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Volume 38Author(s): (Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience)
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - August 1, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Attenuated long-range temporal correlations of electrocortical oscillations in patients with autism spectrum disorder
Publication date: Available online 30 July 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Huibin Jia, Dongchuan YuAbstractThe aim of this study was to investigate the long-range temporal correlations (LRTCs) of instantaneous amplitude of electrocortical oscillations in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Using the resting-state electroencephalography (EEG) of 15 patients with ASD (aged between 5˜18 years, mean age = 11.6 years, SD = 4.4 years) and 18 typical developing (TD) people (aged between 5˜18 years, mean age = 8.9 years, SD = 2.4 years), we estimated the LRTCs of neuronal oscillations amplitu...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - July 31, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Developing, Mature, and Unique Functions of the Child’s Brain in Reading and Mathematics
Publication date: Available online 26 July 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Alyssa J. Kersey, Kathryn-Mary Wakim, Rosa Li, Jessica F. CantlonAbstractCognitive development research shows that children use basic “child-unique” strategies for reading and mathematics. This suggests that children’s neural processes will differ qualitatively from adults’ during this developmental period. The goals of the current study were to 1) establish whether a within-subjects neural dissociation between reading and mathematics exists in early childhood as it does in adulthood, and 2) use a novel, developmen...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - July 27, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Mind the gap: A review and recommendations for statistically evaluating Dual Systems models of adolescent risk behavior
Publication date: Available online 25 July 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Samuel N. Meisel, Whitney D. Fosco, Larry W. Hawk, Craig R. ColderAbstractAccording to Dual Systems models (Casey et al., 2008; Luna & Wright, 2016; Steinberg, 2008), a rapidly-developing socioemotional system and gradually-developing cognitive control system characterize adolescent brain development. The imbalance hypothesis forwarded by Dual Systems models posits that the magnitude of the imbalance between these two developing systems should predict the propensity for engaging in a variety of risk behaviors. The current ...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - July 25, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Structural and functional asymmetry of the language network emerge in early childhood
Publication date: Available online 21 July 2019Source: Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceAuthor(s): Jess E. Reynolds, Xiangyu Long, Melody N. Grohs, Deborah Dewey, Catherine LebelAbstractStructural and functional neuroimaging studies show language and reading processes are left-lateralized, and associated with a dispersed group of left brain regions. However, it is unclear when and how asymmetry of these regions emerges. We characterized the development of structural and functional asymmetry of the language network in 386 datasets from 117 healthy children (58 male) across early childhood (2-7.5 years). Structural asym...
Source: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - July 22, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research