Measuring brain activity in developmental populations remains a major challenge despite
great technological advances. Among the numerous available methods, functional near …

Habituation, the simplest form of learning preserved across species and evolution, is
characterized by a response decrease as a stimulus is repeated. This adaptive function has …

Backgrounds Atypicalities in tactile processing are reported in autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) but it remains unknown if they …

Dysregulation of cortical excitation/inhibition (E/I) has been proposed as a
neuropathological mechanism underlying core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder …

The first 1,000 days of life are a critical window of vulnerability to exposure to socioeconomic
and health challenges (ie poverty/undernutrition). The Brain Imaging for Global Health …

Objective Differences in reward processing have been associated with numerous psychiatric
disorders, including autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Many …

Recent research has highlighted atypical reactivity to sensory stimulation as a core symptom
in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, little is known about the …

Repeated exposure to a stimulus results in reduced neural response, or repetition
suppression, in brain regions responsible for processing that stimulus. This rapid …

In language, the relative order of words in sentences carries important grammatical
functions. However, the developmental origins and the neural correlates of the ability to track …

Statistical learning, or the ability to extract statistical regularities from the sensory
environment, plays a critical role in language acquisition and reading development. Here we …