Understanding typical, healthy brain development provides a baseline from which to detect
and characterize brain anomalies associated with various neurological or psychiatric …

For more than one century, brain processing was mainly thought in a localizationist
framework, in which one given function was underpinned by a discrete, isolated cortical …

Importance The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends limits on screen-based
media use, citing its cognitive-behavioral risks. Screen use by young children is prevalent …

White matter makes up about fifty percent of the human brain. Maturation of white matter
accompanies biological development and undergoes the most dramatic changes during …

Axon caliber plays a crucial role in determining conduction velocity and, consequently, in the
timing and synchronization of neural activation. Noninvasive measurement of axon radii …

A neurobiological model of language is discussed that overcomes the shortcomings of the
classical Wernicke-Lichtheim-Geschwind model. It is based on a subdivision of language …

Background Most children learn language effortlessly, but a minority struggle to master their
native tongue for no obvious reason. This is known as specific language impairment …

Dynamic changes in neurochemistry, fiber architecture, and tissue composition occur in the
adolescent brain. The course of these maturational processes is being charted with greater …

Due primarily to the extensive disposition of fibers and secondarily to the methodological
preferences of researchers, the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) subdivisions have …

Abstract Background Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) symptoms have been hypothesized
to result from altered brain connectivity. The 'disconnectivity'hypothesis has been used to …