Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
The goal of this research was to determine how sensory features, such as increased or decreased sensitivity to the environment, are associated with the brainstem in autistic and non-autistic children
Maternal and environmental factors influence brain networks and architecture via both physiological pathways and epigenetic modifications.
Early infancy is characterized by rapid brain development that occurs alongside, and in response to, the development of cognitive and behavioral functions, including attention. Infants' ability to orient and sustain attention to stimuli develops in concert with refinement of the orienting network in frontoparietal regions of the brain.
