Abstract Concepts of cognitive control (CC) and executive function (EF) are defined in terms
of their relationships with goal-directed behavior versus habits and controlled versus …

During evolution, the cerebral cortex advances by increasing in surface and the introduction
of new cytoarchitectonic areas among which the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is considered to be …

Several common psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases share epidemiologic risk;
however, whether they share pathophysiology is unclear and is the focus of our …

Human brain structure changes throughout the lifespan. Altered brain growth or rates of
decline are implicated in a vast range of psychiatric, developmental and neurodegenerative …

Reading and writing are crucial life skills but roughly one in ten children are affected by
dyslexia, which can persist into adulthood. Family studies of dyslexia suggest heritability up …

The use of spoken and written language is a fundamental human capacity. Individual
differences in reading-and language-related skills are influenced by genetic variation, with …

Left–right asymmetry of the human brain is one of its cardinal features, and also a complex,
multivariate trait. Decades of research have suggested that brain asymmetry may be altered …

To determine the impact of genetic variants on the brain, we used genetically informed brain
atlases in genome-wide association studies of regional cortical surface area and thickness …

Theories of adult cognitive development classically distinguish between fluid abilities, which
require effortful processing at the time of assessment, and crystallized abilities, which …

Schizophrenia is a highly heritable psychiatric disorder characterized by widespread
functional and structural brain abnormalities. However, previous association studies …