Adolescence as a neurobiological critical period for the development of higher-order cognition

B Larsen, B Luna - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The transition from adolescence to adulthood is characterized by improvements in higher-
order cognitive abilities and corresponding refinements of the structure and function of the …

Brain mechanisms for emotional influences on perception and attention: What is magic and what is not

G Pourtois, A Schettino, P Vuilleumier - Biological psychology, 2013 - Elsevier
The rapid and efficient selection of emotionally salient or goal-relevant stimuli in the
environment is crucial for flexible and adaptive behaviors. Converging data from …

The amygdala as a hub in brain networks that support social life

KC Bickart, BC Dickerson, LF Barrett - Neuropsychologia, 2014 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence suggests that the amygdala is central to handling the demands
of complex social life in primates. In this paper, we synthesize extant anatomical and …

Catecholamine influences on dorsolateral prefrontal cortical networks

AFT Arnsten - Biological psychiatry, 2011 - Elsevier
The symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) involve impairments in
prefrontal cortical top-down regulation of attention and behavior. All current pharmacological …

Contextual social cognition and the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia

A Ibañez, F Manes - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
The significance of social situations is commonly context-embedded. Although the role of
context has been extensively studied in basic sensory processing or simple stimulus …

Altered neural connectivity in excitatory and inhibitory cortical circuits in autism

B Zikopoulos, H Barbas - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Converging evidence from diverse studies suggests that atypical brain connectivity in autism
affects in distinct ways short-and long-range cortical pathways, disrupting neural …

The organization of the primate insular cortex

HC Evrard - Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Long perceived as a primitive and poorly differentiated brain structure, the primate insular
cortex recently emerged as a highly evolved, organized and richly connected cortical hub …

Intrinsic amygdala–cortical functional connectivity predicts social network size in humans

KC Bickart, MC Hollenbeck, LF Barrett… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data from two independent
samples of healthy adults, we parsed the amygdala's intrinsic connectivity into three partially …

Neuroimaging of reward mechanisms in Gambling disorder: an integrative review

L Clark, I Boileau, M Zack - Molecular psychiatry, 2019 - nature.com
Gambling disorder (GD) was reclassified as a behavioral addiction in the DSM-5 and shares
clinical and behavioral features with substance use disorders (SUDs). Neuroimaging studies …

A thalamic bridge from sensory perception to cognition

M Wolff, S Morceau, R Folkard… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The ability to adapt to dynamic environments requires tracking multiple signals with variable
sensory salience and fluctuating behavioral relevance. This complex process requires …