The main goals of our research are to:
- discover fundamental principles underlying normal brain and cognitive development
- develop brain-based evidence and interventions to improve cognitive skills in children with learning disabilities
- investigate atypical development of cognitive, affective, and social information processing systems in children with autism
Description of Services
We use advanced brain imaging techniques (fMRI, sMRI, DTI and EEG) as well as behavioral, genetic, and computational methods in our research. Populations currently under investigation include normal healthy children, adolescents and adults, children with learning disabilities, and children with autism.
Selected References
Dynamic reconfiguration of structural and functional connectivity across core neurocognitive brain networks with development. Uddin L, Supekar K, Ryali S, Menon V. (2011). Journal of Neuroscience. 31(50), 18578-18589. PubMedID: 22171056.
Differential electrophysiological response during rest, self-referential, and non-self-referential tasks in human posteromedial cortex. Dastjerdi M, Foster BL, Nasrullah S, Rauschecker AM, Dougherty RF, Townsend JD, Chang C, Greicius MD, Menon V, Kennedy DP, Parvizi J. (2011). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108(7), 3023-3038. PubMedID: 21282630; PMCID: PMC3041085.
Decoding Temporal Structure in Music and Speech Relies on Shared Brain Resources but Elicits Different Fine-Scale Spatial Patterns. Abrams DA, Bhatara A, Ryali S, Balaban E, Levitin DJ & Menon V. (2011). Cerebral Cortex. 21(7), 1507-1518. PubMedID: 21071617; PMCID: PMC3116734
