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Socioeconomic status and structural brain development by Brito, Natalie H, Noble, Kimberly G

“…Recent advances in neuroimaging methods have made accessible new ways of disentangling the complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors that…”
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Family income, parental education and brain structure in children and adolescents by Noble, Kimberly G, Houston, Suzanne M, Brito, Natalie H, Bartsch, Hauke, Kan, Eric, Kuperman, Joshua M, Akshoomoff, Natacha, Amaral, David G, Bloss, Cinnamon S, Libiger, Ondrej, Schork, Nicholas J, Murray, Sarah S, Casey, B J, Chang, Linda, Ernst, Thomas M, Frazier, Jean A, Gruen, Jeffrey R, Kennedy, David N, Van Zijl, Peter, Mostofsky, Stewart, Kaufmann, Walter E, Kenet, Tal, Dale, Anders M, Jernigan, Terry L, Sowell, Elizabeth R

“…Socioeconomic status is associated with cognitive development, but the extent to which this reflects neuroanatomical differences is unclear. In 1,099 children…”
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Maternal heart rate variability at 3-months postpartum is associated with maternal mental health and infant neurophysiology by Brandes-Aitken, Annie, Hume, Amy, Braren, Stephen, Werchan, Denise, Zhang, Maggie, Brito, Natalie H.

“…Previous research has demonstrated a critical link between maternal mental health and infant development. However, there is limited understanding of the role…”
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It takes a village: A multi-brain approach to studying multigenerational family communication by Dikker, Suzanne, Brito, Natalie H, Dumas, Guillaume

“…Grandparents play a critical role in child rearing across the globe. Yet, there is a shortage of neurobiological research examining the relationship between…”
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Socioeconomic disparities in neurocognitive development in the first two years of life by Noble, Kimberly G., Engelhardt, Laura E., Brito, Natalie H., Mack, Luke J., Nail, Elizabeth J., Angal, Jyoti, Barr, Rachel, Fifer, William P., Elliott, Amy J.

“…ABSTRACT Socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly associated with cognition and achievement. Socioeconomic disparities in language and memory skills have been…”
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A comparison of the infant gut microbiome before versus after the start of the covid-19 pandemic by Querdasi, Francesca R., Vogel, Sarah C., Thomason, Moriah E., Callaghan, Bridget L., Brito, Natalie H.

“…The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health directives led to many changes in families’ social and material environments. Prior research suggests that…”
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Perceived discrimination as a modifier of health, disease, and medicine: empirical data from the COVID-19 pandemic by Thomason, Moriah E., Hendrix, Cassandra L., Werchan, Denise, Brito, Natalie H.

“…Increasing reports of long-term symptoms following COVID-19 infection, even among mild cases, necessitate systematic investigation into the prevalence and type…”
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Associations among family socioeconomic status, EEG power at birth, and cognitive skills during infancy by Brito, Natalie H., Fifer, William P., Myers, Michael M., Elliott, Amy J., Noble, Kimberly G.

“…Past research has demonstrated links between cortical activity, measured via EEG power, and cognitive processes during infancy. In a separate line of research,…”
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Association of maternal depression and anxiety with toddler social-emotional and cognitive development in South Africa: a prospective cohort study by Shuffrey, Lauren C, Sania, Ayesha, Brito, Natalie H, Potter, Mandy, Springer, Priscilla, Lucchini, Maristella, Rayport, Yael K, Du Plessis, Carlie, Odendaal, Hein J, Fifer, William P

“…ObjectiveA robust literature has identified associations between prenatal maternal depression and adverse child social-emotional and cognitive outcomes. The…”
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Associations among the home language environment and neural activity during infancy by Brito, Natalie H., Troller-Renfree, Sonya V., Leon-Santos, Ana, Isler, Joseph R., Fifer, William P., Noble, Kimberly G.

“…Characteristics of the home language environment, independent of socioeconomic background, may account for disparities in early language abilities. Past…”
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Innovative methods for remote assessment of neurobehavioral development by Gustafsson, Hanna C., Young, Anna S., Stamos, Gayle, Wilken, Sydney, Brito, Natalie H., Thomason, Moriah E., Graham, Alice, Nigg, Joel T., Sullivan, Elinor L.

“…In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, research institutions across the globe have modified their operations in ways that have limited or eliminated the amount…”
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Miswiring the brain: Human prenatal Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol use associated with altered fetal hippocampal brain network connectivity by Thomason, Moriah E., Palopoli, Ava C., Jariwala, Nicki N., Werchan, Denise M., Chen, Alan, Adhikari, Samrachana, Espinoza-Heredia, Claudia, Brito, Natalie H., Trentacosta, Christopher J.

“…Increasing evidence supports a link between maternal prenatal cannabis use and altered neural and physiological development of the child. However, whether…”
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Improving Perinatal Maternal Mental Health Starts With Addressing Structural Inequities by Shuffrey, Lauren C, Thomason, Moriah E, Brito, Natalie H

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OWLET: An automated, open-source method for infant gaze tracking using smartphone and webcam recordings by Werchan, Denise M., Thomason, Moriah E., Brito, Natalie H.

“…Groundbreaking insights into the origins of the human mind have been garnered through the study of eye movements in preverbal subjects who are unable to…”
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The independent and interacting effects of socioeconomic status and dual‐language use on brain structure and cognition by Brito, Natalie H., Noble, Kimberly G.

“…Family socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly associated with children's cognitive development, and past studies have reported socioeconomic disparities in…”
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Associations between cortical thickness and neurocognitive skills during childhood vary by family socioeconomic factors by Brito, Natalie H., Piccolo, Luciane R., Noble, Kimberly G.

“…•Links between brain structure and cognitive skills vary by SES.•Income strongly predictive of EF skills among children with thicker cortices.•Income and ED…”
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Paid maternal leave is associated with infant brain function at 3 months of age by Brito, Natalie H., Werchan, Denise, Brandes‐Aitken, Annie, Yoshikawa, Hirokazu, Greaves, Ashley, Zhang, Maggie

“…The first months of life are critical for establishing neural connections relevant for social and cognitive development. Yet, the United States lacks a…”
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Signal in the noise: Dimensions of predictability in the home auditory environment are associated with neurobehavioral measures of early infant sustained attention by Werchan, Denise M., Brandes‐Aitken, Annie, Brito, Natalie H.

“…The home auditory environment influences the development of early language abilities, and excessive noise exposure is increasingly linked with deficits in…”
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Maternal hair cortisol predicts periodic and aperiodic infant frontal EEG activity longitudinally across infancy by Brandes‐Aitken, Annie, Pini, Nicolò, Weatherhead, Matthew, Brito, Natalie H.

“…Maternal stress is known to be an important factor in shaping child development, yet the complex pattern of associations between stress and infant brain…”
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Optimizing imitation: Examining cognitive factors leading to imitation, overimitation, and goal emulation in preschoolers by Speidel, Ruth, Zimmermann, Laura, Green, Lawrie, Brito, Natalie H., Subiaul, Francys, Barr, Rachel

“…•Novel puzzle box with 4-step imitation, 4-step overimitation, and 2-step efficiency conditions.•Age-related changes in imitation and overimitation but not…”
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