Article
Psychology, Developmental
Sammy F. Ahmed, Alexa Ellis, Kaitlin P. Ward, Natasha Chaku, Pamela E. Davis-Kean
Summary: This study used nationally representative data to examine the development of working memory from ages 3 to 19. The results showed that working memory experienced the most rapid growth during childhood, followed by a brief accelerated period of growth during early adolescence. Similar developmental trajectories were found for males and females in the U.S. population.
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Georgios Georgiopoulos, Dimitrios Oikonomou, Konstantinos Pateras, Stefano Masi, Nikolaos Magkas, Dimitrios Delialis, Erold Ajdini, Victoria Vlachou, Kimon Stamatelopoulos, Marietta Charakida
Summary: This study found that smoking exposure is associated with early vascular damage in children and adolescents, affecting indices such as flow-mediated dilatation, pulse wave velocity, and carotid intima-media thickness. Both active and passive smoking were shown to have a negative impact on arterial health, emphasizing the importance of preventing smoking exposure in young age groups.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Philipp Berger, Angela D. Friederici, Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann
Summary: This study investigates the brain structures and connectivity associated with the emergence of inhibitory control in early childhood. Using a multimodal approach, the researchers found that cortical and subcortical structures in the adult cognitive control network, including the prefrontal cortex, thalamus, and inferior parietal cortices, were associated with early inhibitory functioning in preschool children. Probabilistic tractography revealed an association between frontoparietal and thalamocortical connections with early inhibitory control. These findings highlight the importance of specific brain networks and connectivity in the development of this core cognitive ability in humans.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Jaclyn A. Janis, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Shravanthi M. Seshasayee, Sharon Sagiv, Antonia M. Calafat, Diane R. Gold, Brent A. Coull, Clifford J. Rosen, Emily Oken, Abby F. Fleisch
Summary: The study suggests that early life exposure to certain PFAS may be associated with adverse changes in body composition, affecting the accrual of lean mass and fat mass, especially subcutaneous fat mass.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Jaclyn A. Janis, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Shravanthi M. Seshasayee, Sharon Sagiv, Antonia M. Calafat, Diane R. Gold, Brent A. Coull, Clifford J. Rosen, Emily Oken, Abby F. Fleisch
Summary: The study found that early life exposure to some PFAS may be associated with adverse changes in body composition, but not all PFAS have the same effect.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Margaret A. Sheridan, Cora E. Mukerji, Mark Wade, Kathryn L. Humphreys, Kathryn Garrisi, Srishti Goel, Kinjal Patel, Nathan A. Fox, Charles H. Zeanah, Charles A. Nelson, Katie A. McLaughlin
Summary: This article provides evidence from a longitudinal study that psychosocial deprivation in early childhood can lead to changes in cortical development, particularly in the prefrontal cortex and white matter tracts connecting the prefrontal and parietal cortex. This finding highlights the importance of early placement into family-based care to mitigate the lasting neurodevelopmental consequences associated with early-life deprivation.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Katherine A. Grisanzio, Stephanie F. Sasse, Erik C. Nook, Hilary K. Lambert, Katie A. McLaughlin, Leah H. Somerville
Summary: While it is commonly believed that individuals are driven to pursue positive experiences, research shows that people also frequently choose negative experiences, particularly in childhood. As age increases, individuals tend to lean towards positive experiences. These findings suggest that there are age-related differences in motivation to engage with emotional stimuli.
DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Isaac T. Petersen, John E. Bates, Maureen E. McQuillan, Caroline P. Hoyniak, Angela D. Staples, Kathleen M. Rudasill, Dennis L. Molfese, Victoria J. Molfese
Summary: The study suggests that inhibitory control shows heterotypic continuity in children's development, indicating the need to use different combinations of inhibitory control indexes at different developmental stages to improve validity in future research. Individual differences in inhibitory control endure, with convergence among measures by 36 months of age.
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Vanessa C. Zarubin, Katherine S. F. Damme, Teresa Vargas, K. Juston Osborne, Elizabeth S. Norton, Margaret Briggs-Gowan, Norrina B. Allen, Laurie Wakschlag, Vijay A. Mittal
Summary: Inhibitory control develops in early childhood, and atypical development may be a measurable marker of risk for the later development of psychosis. Long-term follow-up showed that children who had lower accuracy on inhibitory control tasks during early childhood were more likely to have psychotic-like experiences during adolescence.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Social
Helena R. Slobodskaya
Summary: Research on personality development has been on the rise in recent years, primarily utilizing self-report questionnaires and parent/teacher ratings; The Big Five traits show the most evidence of age changes in personality, with less known about age differences in lower-order traits and lacking evidence on higher-order traits development.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Alleyne P. R. Broomell, Jyoti Savla, Susan D. Calkins, Martha Ann Bell
Summary: Social cognition and inhibitory control are interrelated, with overlapping brain regions in functionality and structure, especially in frontal brain areas. Measuring frontotemporal neuroconnectivity in infancy can predict the development trajectory of social cognition and inhibitory control.
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Eun Jung Choi, Marlee M. Vandewouw, Kathrina de Villa, Takeshi Inoue, Margot J. Taylor
Summary: This study investigated the developmental changes in the dorsal striatal network from childhood to adulthood. The results showed that connectivity within the striatum and to sensorimotor regions was established early in life and remained strong during adolescence. However, this connectivity diminished with age as behaviors became more efficient and automated. Adolescence was characterized by a transition phase where connectivity to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex emerged, but connectivity to other brain regions only appeared in adults. This prolonged maturation in between-network integration may explain the cognitive and risk-taking behaviors observed in adolescence.
DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hao-Ming Dong, Daniel S. Margulies, Xi-Nian Zuo, Avram J. Holmes
Summary: The transition from childhood to adolescence is marked by significant changes in brain structure and function, especially in the gradient patterns across the cortex. The maturation process of these gradient patterns is not uniformly distributed and becomes more refined with age.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Chunjie Wang, Baoming Li, Yuan Yao
Summary: The study found that proactive control is predominantly employed by children aged 5-7 in cognitive tasks, and is positively associated with working memory and math performance. Proactive control independently predicts math performance and mediates the relationship between working memory and math ability in early childhood. These findings have important implications for educational practices.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Cynthia J. J. Willner, Jessica D. D. Hoffmann, Craig S. S. Bailey, Alexandra P. P. Harrison, Beatris Garcia, Zi Jia Ng, Christina Cipriano, Marc A. A. Brackett
Summary: This paper presents a systematic review on the development of cognitive reappraisal from early childhood to adolescence. It shows that cognitive reappraisal undergoes significant developmental changes in its use and effectiveness. The findings indicate that children's ability to regulate emotions through cognitive reappraisal improves with age. However, there are methodological differences in current studies, highlighting the need for consistency in future research.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Anna E. Karlsson, Ulman Lindenberger, Myriam C. Sander
Summary: Episodic memory declines with advancing age, especially when forming associations between items and their contexts. This decline is associated with compromised theta-gamma coupling, which is more pronounced in older adults. Theta-gamma coupling closer to the peak of the theta rhythm is beneficial for associative memory formation.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Stefan Senk, Marian Ulbricht, Ievgenii Tsokalo, Justus Rischke, Shu-Chen Li, Stefanie Speidel, Giang T. Nguyen, Patrick Seeling, Frank H. P. Fitzek
Summary: The coronavirus pandemic in the early 2020s led to the popularization of remotely connected care. One of the developments, the Tactile Internet (TI) with human-in-the-loop, has the potential to greatly impact the provision of care. However, there are challenges that need to be addressed, such as the requirement for ultra-low latency in communication networks. This paper aims to provide an overview of the benefits of solving the network latency reduction challenge and its impacts on remote surgery and remote rehabilitation, with a focus on tele-healthcare in rural settings.
Article
Psychiatry
Svenja Mueller, Dirk Moser, Leonard Frach, Pauline Wimberger, Katharina Nitzsche, Shu-Chen Li, Clemens Kirschbaum, Nina Alexander
Summary: This study investigated the role of DNA methylation and gene expression profiles of stress-associated genes in mediating the persistent effects of antenatal synthetic glucocorticoid (sGC) treatment on cortisol stress reactivity. The results showed no differences in DNA methylation and mRNA expression levels between individuals treated with sGC and controls, and these levels were not associated with cortisol stress reactivity or long-term HPA axis activity.
TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Substance Abuse
Juliane H. Froehner, Stephan Ripke, Sarah Jurk, Shu-Chen Li, Tobias Banaschewski, Arun L. W. Bokde, Erin Burke Quinlan, Sylvane Desrivieres, Herta Flor, Antoine Grigis, Hugh Garavan, Andreas Heinz, Ruediger Bruehl, Jean-Luc Martinot, Marie-Laure Paillere Martinot, Eric Artiges, Frauke Nees, Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos, Luise Poustka, Sarah Hohmann, Henrik Walter, Robert Whelan, Gunter Schumann, Michael N. Smolka
Summary: This study found that higher rates of delay discounting (DD) in adolescence predict increased drinking over an 8-year period. However, moderate alcohol use does not significantly affect the development of DD. Additionally, individuals who drink more exhibit less brain activity during intertemporal choices.
ALCOHOL-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Elisabeth Wenger, Sarah E. Polk, Maike M. Kleemeyer, Nikolaus Weiskopf, Nils C. Bodammer, Ulman Lindenberger, Andreas M. Brandmaier
Summary: This study investigates the reliability of individual differences in four quantities measured by magnetic resonance imaging. The results show that these four parameters have high reproducibility and reliability in the whole brain. However, there are significant differences in the reliability of these parameters across different brain regions.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lena Pollerhoff, Julia Stietz, Gregory John Depow, Michael Inzlicht, Philipp Kanske, Shu-Chen Li, Andrea M. F. Reiter
Summary: The importance of social affect and cognition in adulthood is well-established, however, the development and interaction of empathy and prosociality in adulthood are still unclear. Recent research using ecological momentary assessment showed that adults commonly experience empathy in daily life, which is linked to higher prosocial behavior and subjective well-being. This study analyzed experience-sampling data from adults of different age groups and found a linear and quadratic age effect on empathy, with increased empathy in younger age groups and a slight decrease in the oldest group. There were no significant age-related differences in prosocial behavior and well-being. This study suggests that future lifespan studies should combine lab experiments with real-life experience-sampling.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Valter R. Fernandes, Michelle L. Scipiao Ribeiro, Narahyana B. Araujo, Natalia Bezerra Mota, Sidarta Ribeiro, Adele Diamond, Andrea C. Deslandes
Summary: This study examined the effects of Capoeira on children's Executive Functions (EF), academic achievement, and motor function. The results showed that children who participated in Capoeira classes experienced significant improvements in eye-hand coordination and there was a positive association between EF improvement and the number of classes attended.
MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hsiang-Yu Chen, Gaia Lombardi, Shu-Chen Li, Todd A. Hare
Summary: This study examined the effects of enhancing the saliency of reward probabilities on value-based decision-making and its interaction with age. The results showed that older adults were less sensitive to reward probabilities compared to younger adults and had a more stochastic decision-making process. However, the decision-aid increased the influence of probability information on both age groups without altering the relative timing of accumulation for probability versus magnitude.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Lourdes M. DelRosso, German Vega-Flores, Raffaele Ferri, Maria P. Mogavero, Adele Diamond
Summary: This study evaluated neurocognitive functions in 13 children diagnosed with restless sleep disorder. The results showed that these children performed poorly in selective attention. The findings suggest that restless sleep disorder affects cognitive functions in children and clinicians should intervene early to prevent cognitive impairments.
Article
Neurosciences
Shu-Chen Li, Frank H. P. Fitzek
Summary: The mechanisms underlying perceptual processing and inference change significantly across the lifespan. The emerging Tactile Internet (TI) aims to enable humans to interact with remote and virtual environments through digitalized multimodal sensory signals, including the haptic sense. These technologies provide opportunities for researching digitally embodied perception and cognition, as well as the differences across age groups. However, there are challenges in integrating empirical findings and theories into engineering research and technological development, such as signal transmission noise and the decline of neurotransmitters during aging. Neuronal gain control of perceptual processing and inference presents potential interfaces for developing age-adjusted technologies for digital embodiment in perceptual and cognitive interactions.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Christian Baeuchl, Franka Gloeckner, Christoph Koch, Johannes Petzold, Nicolas W. Schuck, Michael N. Smolka, Shu-Chen Li
Summary: The aging process leads to changes in spatial navigation behavior, with older adults relying more on proximal location cues instead of environmental boundaries. Deficient dopaminergic modulation may contribute to errors during spatial navigation in older adults. Administering levodopa in young and older adults affected brain responses and memory retrieval differently, with older adults showing upregulation in the medial temporal lobe and brainstem. While L-DOPA had no effect on older adults' overall memory performance, it improved spatial memory and increased boundary processing in some individuals.
Article
Neurosciences
Friederike Thams, Shu-Chen Li, Agnes Floel, Daria Antonenko
Summary: This study assessed the performance of specific executive functions in older adults through task performance, functional connectivity, and microstructure evaluation. The findings provide a characterization of distinct functional and structural connectivity correlates associated with the performance of these functions.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Johannes Steffen, Dimitrije Markovic, Franka Gloeckner, Philipp T. Neukam, Stefan J. Kiebel, Shu-Chen Li, Michael N. Smolka
Summary: Forward planning is crucial in complex sequential decision-making, and this study found that age is a factor that affects forward planning. Older adults showed shorter planning depths and used more simplified strategies. These findings are important for understanding changes in decision-making behavior in older adults.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Armin W. Thomas, Ulman Lindenberger, Wojciech Samek, Klaus-Robert Mueller
Summary: Research has shown that transfer learning improves the performance of deep learning models in datasets with small sample sizes. In this study, the application of transfer learning to cognitive decoding analysis using functional neuroimaging data is systematically evaluated. Pre-trained deep learning models consistently achieve higher decoding accuracies and require less training time and data compared to models trained from scratch. The benefits of pre-training come from the ability to reuse learned features when training with new data. However, challenges arise when interpreting the decoding decisions of pre-trained models, as they may utilize fMRI data in unforeseen and counterintuitive ways.
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE-ENGINEERING AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
(2023)
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Cybernetics
Andreas Noll, Markus Hofbauer, Evelyn Muschter, Shu-Chen Li, Eckehard Steinbach
Summary: This paper presents two computational approaches for estimating the quality of vibrotactile signals, including the full-reference metric SPQI based on perceptually weighted error measurement and the MAF method for predicting subjective quality. The evaluation results show that these two methods outperform existing techniques in quality assessment.
2022 IEEE HAPTICS SYMPOSIUM (HAPTICS)
(2022)
