Brain structural abnormalities and neurocognitive dysfunction have been observed in
individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Little is known about how white matter …

The ability to process and respond to emotional facial expressions is a critical skill for healthy
social and emotional development. There has been growing interest in understanding the …

Development of working memory (WM) aptitude parallels structural changes in the frontal–parietal
association cortices important for performance within this cognitive domain. The …

This study asked whether previously identified developmental changes in the gray matter of
the left inferior frontal gyrus are associated with maturation of a linguistic skill. To test this …

Lu LH, Zhou XJ, Keedy SK, Reilly JL, Sweeney JA. White matter microstructure in untreated
first episode bipolar disorder with psychosis: comparison with schizophrenia. Bipolar Disord …

Research on category-specific naming deficits and on noun and verb naming has raised
questions about how organization of knowledge in the brain impacts word retrieval. The …

Healthy human brain undergoes significant changes during development. The developmental
trajectory of superficial white matter (SWM) is less understood relative to cortical gray …

We examined functional MRI activation patterns corresponding to verbal paired associate
learning in a group of 11 children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure compared with 16 …

Dynamic changes in brain structure, activation, and cognitive abilities co-occur during
development, but little is known about how changes in brain structure relate to changes in …

This study evaluated the neural basis of verbal working memory (WM) function in a group of
20 children and adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) and 20 typically …