Infant fMRI: A Model System for Cognitive Neuroscience

Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Cameron T Ellis, Nicholas B Turk-Browne

Abstract

Our understanding of the typical human brain has benefitted greatly from studying different kinds of brains and their associated behavioral repertoires, including animal models and neuropsychological patients. This same comparative perspective can be applied to early development - the environment, behavior, and brains of infants provide a model system for understanding how the mature brain works. This approach requires noninvasive methods for measuring brain function in awake, behaving infants. fMRI is becoming increasingly viable for this purpose, with the unique ability to precisely measure the entire brain, including both cortical and subcortical structures. Here we discuss potential lessons from infant fMRI for several domains of adult cognition and consider the challenges of conducting such research and how they might be mitigated.

Citations

May 19, 2020·Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging : JMRI·Jessica DuboisManon J N L Benders
Sep 11, 2020·Nature Communications·C T EllisN B Turk-Browne
Sep 24, 2020·Journal of Neurophysiology·Athena L HowellZeynep M Saygin
Nov 30, 2019·Infant Behavior & Development·Atiqah AzhariGianluca Esposito
Mar 4, 2021·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience·Jacob A MillerKevin S Weiner
Feb 25, 2019·Hearing Research·Jennifer K Schiavo, Robert C Froemke
Jun 24, 2018·Trends in Cognitive Sciences·Attila KeresztesNora S Newcombe
Jul 26, 2018·Trends in Cognitive Sciences·Lindsey J PowellRebecca Saxe
Mar 18, 2021·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Cameron T EllisNicholas B Turk-Browne
May 23, 2021·Current Biology : CB·Cameron T EllisNicholas B Turk-Browne
Aug 11, 2021·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience·Jacob A MillerKevin S Weiner
Jul 7, 2021·Neuron·Cameron T EllisNicholas B Turk-Browne

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