Background Prenatal and postnatal maternal psychological distress predicts various
detrimental consequences on social, behavioral, and cognitive development of offspring …

Neighborhood disadvantage and community violence are common in poor, urban
communities and are risk factors for emotional dysfunction. Emotional processes are …

Quantitative neuroimaging studies in twin samples can investigate genetic contributions to
brain structure and microstructure. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies with twin samples …

Anxious temperament, characterized by heightened behavioral and physiological reactivity
to potential threat, is an early childhood risk factor for the later development of stress-related …

Background Prevalence of marijuana (MJ) use among adolescents has been on the rise. MJ
use has been reported to impact several brain regions, including frontal regions such as the …

The Wisconsin Twin Project encompasses nearly 30 years of longitudinal research that
spans infancy to early adulthood. The twin sample was recruited from statewide birth records …

Recent evidence highlighted the importance of white matter tracts in typical and atypical
behaviors. White matter dynamically changes in response to learning, stress, and social …

Statistical models employed to test for group differences in quantized diffusion-weighted MRI
white matter tracts often fail to account for the large number of data points per tract in …

The deleterious health impacts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on the
population have been extensively substantiated and acknowledged. Mounting evidence …

An enduring issue in the study of mental health is identifying developmental processes that
explain how childhood characteristics progress to maladaptive forms. We examine the role …