Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by hallmark impairments in social
functioning. Nevertheless, nonsocial cognition, including hippocampus-dependent spatial …

The hippocampus is critical for learning and memory, relying in part on pattern separation
processes supported by the dentate gyrus (DG) to prevent interference from overlapping …

A growing literature suggests that the hippocampus is critical for the rapid extraction of
regularities from the environment. Although this fits with the known role of the hippocampus …

In mammals, the selective transformation of transient experience into stored memory occurs
in the hippocampus, which develops representations of specific events in the context in …

Rodent studies demonstrate that supplementing the maternal diet with choline during
pregnancy produces life-long cognitive benefits for the offspring. In contrast, the two …

Infantile amnesia, the inability of adults to recollect early episodic memories, is associated
with the rapid forgetting that occurs in childhood. It has been suggested that infantile …

Developmental imaging studies show that cortical grey matter decreases in volume during
childhood and adolescence. However, considerably less research has addressed the …

Background Brain growth and structural organization occurs in stages beginning prenatally.
Toxicants may impact neurodevelopment differently dependent upon exposure timing and …

Developmental disorders of language include developmental language disorder, dyslexia,
and motor-speech disorders such as articulation disorder and stuttering. These disorders …

Across ontogenetic development, individuals gather manifold experiences during which they
detect regularities in their environment and thereby accumulate knowledge. This knowledge …