The human brain undergoes explosive growth during the prenatal period and the first few
postnatal years, establishing an early infrastructure for the later development of behaviors …

The aim was to investigate the association of parental education at birth with cognitive ability
in childhood and young adulthood and determine, whether functional connectivity of the …

Contemporary conceptualizations on infant cognitive development focus on predictive
processes; the basic idea is that the brain continuously creates predictions about what is …

Functional connectivity (FC) is known to be individually unique and to reflect cognitive
variability. Although FC can serve as a valuable correlate and potential predictor of (patho-) …

Brain structural covariance networks (SCNs) composed of regions with correlated variation
are altered in neuropsychiatric disease and change with age. Little is known about the …

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research with infants and toddlers has
increased rapidly over the past decade, and provided a unique window into early brain …

Very preterm infants may manifest neurodevelopmental impairments, even in the absence of
brain lesions. Pathogenesis is complex and multifactorial. Evidence suggests a role of early …

Rapid and widespread changes in brain anatomy and physiology in the first five years of life
present substantial challenges for developmental structural, functional, and diffusion MRI …

Functional circuits of the human brain emerge and change dramatically over the second half
of gestation. It is possible that variation in neural functional system connectivity in utero …

Background Extensive animal research has demonstrated the vulnerability of the brain to
early life stress (ELS) with consequences for emotional development and mental health …