Brain Activity
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Neurovariability as a signature of adaptive brain function
Forkel, Stephanie J.; Dulyan, Lilit; Schilling, Kurt; Thiebaut de Schotten, Michel. (2026). Neurovariability as a signature of adaptive brain function. Brain Structure and Function, 231(6), 83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-026-03138-0 Neurovariability refers to the natural differences in brain structure and function from one person to another. Rather than being viewed as… Read MoreJuly 28, 2026
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Functional connectivity between the uncinate fasciculus and frontotemporal semantic system supports reading comprehension in adolescents
Nguyen, Tin Q.; Harriott, Emily M.; Gao, Yurui; Burgess, Andrea N.; Cavender, Addie C.; Lou, Chenglin; Schilling, Kurt G.; Landman, Bennett A.; Gore, John C.; Cutting, Laurie E. (2025). Functional connectivity between the uncinate fasciculus and frontotemporal semantic system supports reading comprehension in adolescents. Imaging Neuroscience, 3. https://doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a.1055… Read MoreMay 26, 2026
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Towards Transcranial Functional Ultrasound Imaging Through the Adult Skull
Vienneau, Emelina P.; Weeks, Abbie E.; Pan, Ying-Chun; Shema, Peggy M.; Morgan, Victoria L.; Byram, Brett C. (2026). Towards transcranial functional ultrasound imaging through the adult skull. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2026.3680008 Functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) is a technique that measures brain activity by tracking changes in… Read MoreApril 29, 2026
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Phrase-level emotional salience modulates neural substrates of situation model building in developing readers
Burgess, Andrea N.; Hughes-Berheim, Sarah S.; Cutting, Laurie E. (2026). Phrase-level emotional salience modulates neural substrates of situation model building in developing readers. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 79, 101707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101707 Most brain-based models of reading focus on a network of regions in the left side of the brain… Read MoreApril 29, 2026
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Global cortical arousal effects in fMRI reveal brain markers of state and trait anxiety
Kimberly Kundert-Obando; Terra Lee; Caroline G. Martin; Kamalpreet Kaur; Juan Gomez Lagandara; Yamin Li; Jeffrey M. Harding; Shiyu Wang; Richard Song; Ruoqi Yang; Rithwik Guntaka; Sarah E. Goodale; Roza G. Bayrak; Lucina Q. Uddin; Martin Walter; Jeremy Hogeveen; Catie Chang (2026). Global cortical arousal effects in fMRI reveal… Read MoreMarch 26, 2026
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Developmental variations in recurrent spatiotemporal brain propagations from childhood to adulthood
Byeon, Kyoungseob; Park, Hyunjin; Park, Shinwon; Cluce, Jon; Mehta, Kahini P.; Cieslak, Matthew C.; Cui, Zaixu; Hong, Seokjun; Chang, Catie E.; Smallwood, Jonathan M.; Satterthwaite, Theodore Daniel; Milham, Michael Peter; & Xu, Ting. (2026). Developmental variations in recurrent spatiotemporal brain propagations from childhood to adulthood. Nature Communications, 17(1), 1012. … Read MoreFebruary 25, 2026
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The nature and interpretation of BOLD signals in white matter – A review
Gore, John C.; Li, Muwei; Schilling, Kurt G.; Xu, Lyuan; Li, Yikang; Zu, Zhongliang; Anderson, Adam W.; Ding, Zhaohua; & Gao, Yurui. (2026). The nature and interpretation of BOLD signals in white matter – A review. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 127, 110596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2025.110596 This review looks at recent research… Read MoreJanuary 28, 2026
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Reward circuit local field potential modulations precede risk taking
Hughes, Natasha C., Qian, Helen., Doss, Derek J., Makhoul, Ghassan S., Zargari, Michael., Zhao, Zixiang., Singh, Balbir., Wang, Zhengyang., Fulton, Jenna N., Johnson, Graham W., Li, Rui., Dawant, Benoît M., Englot, Dario J., Constantinidis, Christos., Williams Roberson, Shawniqua., & Bick, Sarah Kathleen B. (2025). Reward circuit local field… Read MoreNovember 23, 2025
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Longitudinal measures of monkey brain structure and activity through adolescence predict cognitive maturation
Zhu, Junda., Garin, Clément M., Qi, Xuelian., Machado, Anna., Wang, Zhengyang., Ben-Hamed, Suliann B., Stanford, Terrence R., Salinas, Emilio., Whitlow, Christopher T., Anderson, Adam W., Zhou, Xin Maizie., Calabro, Finnegan J., Luna, Beatriz., & Constantinidis, Christos. (2025). Longitudinal measures of monkey brain structure and activity through adolescence predict… Read MoreNovember 23, 2025
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Sex-specific relationships between gray matter volume and executive function in young children with and without prenatal alcohol exposure
Long, Madison, Kar, Preeti, Forkert, Nils Daniel, Landman, Bennett Allan, Giesbrecht, Gerald F., Dewey, Deborah Margret, Gibbard, William Benton, Tortorelli, Christina, McMorris, Carly A., & Huo, Yuankai. (2025). Sex-specific relationships between gray matter volume and executive function in young children with and without prenatal alcohol exposure. Developmental… Read MoreSeptember 26, 2025