The transition from adolescence to adulthood is characterized by improvements in higher-
order cognitive abilities and corresponding refinements of the structure and function of the …

Recent experimental studies and theoretical models have begun to address the challenge of
establishing a causal link between subjective conscious experience and measurable …

Objective The thalamus and cerebral cortex are connected via topographically organized,
reciprocal connections. Previous studies have revealed thalamic abnormalities in …

Type-specific dendrite morphology is a hallmark of the neuron and has important functional
implications in determining what signals a neuron receives and how these signals are …

Adolescence is characterized by significant changes in several domains, including brain
structure and function, puberty, and social and environmental factors. Some of these …

Bipolar disorder (BPD) and schizophrenia (SZ) are severe psychiatric illnesses with a
combined prevalence of 4%. A disturbance of energy metabolism is frequently observed in …

Neurobiological theories posit that schizophrenia relates to disturbances in connectivity
between brain regions. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging is a powerful …

Adolescence is a time of extensive neuroanatomical, functional, and chemical
reorganisation of the brain which parallels substantial maturational changes in cognition …

The past few years have seen considerable interest in findings of abnormal brain
connectivity in the autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We review recent work from …

From a preeminent researcher, this book looks at the key role of joint attention in both typical
and atypical development. Peter C. Mundy shows that no other symptom dimension is more …