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Children’s family income is associated with cognitive function and volume of anterior not posterior hippocampus by Decker, Alexandra L., Duncan, Katherine, Finn, Amy S., Mabbott, Donald J.

“…Children from lower income backgrounds tend to have poorer memory and language abilities than their wealthier peers. It has been proposed that these cognitive…”
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Fluctuations in Sustained Attention Explain Moment-to-Moment Shifts in Children’s Memory Formation by Decker, Alexandra L., Duncan, Katherine, Finn, Amy S.

“…Why do children’s memories often differ from adults’ after the same experience? Whereas prior work has focused on children’s immature memory mechanisms to…”
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Acetylcholine and the complex interdependence of memory and attention by Decker, Alexandra L, Duncan, Katherine

“…Long-standing theories propose that acetylcholine biases memory by slowly shifting hippocampal dynamics to favor encoding or retrieval. However, recent…”
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Polygenic risk for depression and anterior and posterior hippocampal volume in children and adolescents by Hurtado, Hailee, Hansen, Melissa, Strack, Jordan, Vainik, Uku, Decker, Alexandra L., Khundrakpam, Budhachandra, Duncan, Katherine, Finn, Amy S., Mabbott, Donald J., Merz, Emily C.

“…Depression has frequently been associated with smaller hippocampal volume. The hippocampus varies in function along its anterior-posterior axis, with the…”
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Striatal and Behavioral Responses to Reward Vary by Socioeconomic Status in Adolescents by Decker, Alexandra L, Meisler, Steven L, Hubbard, Nicholas A, Bauer, Clemens C C, Leonard, Julia, Grotzinger, Hannah, Giebler, Melissa A, Torres, Yesi Camacho, Imhof, Andrea, Romeo, Rachel, Gabrieli, John D E

“…Disparities in socioeconomic status (SES) lead to unequal access to financial and social support. These disparities are believed to influence reward…”
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Smaller hippocampal subfield volumes predict verbal associative memory in pediatric brain tumor survivors by Decker, Alexandra L., Szulc, Kamila U., Bouffet, Eric, Laughlin, Suzanne, Chakravarty, M. Mallar, Skocic, Jovanka, de Medeiros, Cynthia B., Mabbott, Donald J.

“…The developing hippocampus is highly sensitive to chemotherapy and cranial radiation treatments for pediatric cancers, yet little is known about the effects…”
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