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View article: Interconnected pathways link faecal microbiota plasma lipids and brain activity to childhood malnutrition related cognition
Interconnected pathways link faecal microbiota plasma lipids and brain activity to childhood malnutrition related cognition Open
Malnutrition affects over 30 million children annually and has profound immediate and enduring repercussions. Survivors often suffer lasting neurocognitive consequences that impact academic performance and socioeconomic outcomes. Mechanist…
View article: The fNIRS Reproducibility Study Hub (FRESH): Exploring Variability and Enhancing Transparency in fNIRS Neuroimaging Research
The fNIRS Reproducibility Study Hub (FRESH): Exploring Variability and Enhancing Transparency in fNIRS Neuroimaging Research Open
In neuroimaging research, efforts to enhance replication and reproducibility have increased the focus on improving transparency, particularly in the complex data analysis processes. We conducted a multi-lab collaborative study involving 38…
View article: The fNIRS Reproducibility Study Hub (FRESH): Exploring Variability and Enhancing Transparency in fNIRS Neuroimaging Research
The fNIRS Reproducibility Study Hub (FRESH): Exploring Variability and Enhancing Transparency in fNIRS Neuroimaging Research Open
In neuroimaging research, efforts to enhance replication and reproducibility have increased the focus on improving transparency, particularly in the complex data analysis processes. We conducted a multi-lab collaborative study involving 38…
View article: Alterations in gut microbiota composition, plasma lipids, and brain activity, suggest inter-connected pathways influencing malnutrition-associated cognitive and neurodevelopmental changes.
Alterations in gut microbiota composition, plasma lipids, and brain activity, suggest inter-connected pathways influencing malnutrition-associated cognitive and neurodevelopmental changes. Open
Malnutrition affects over 30 million children annually and has profound immediate and enduring repercussions, with nearly half of child deaths under five linked to malnutrition. Survivors face lasting consequences, including impaired neuro…
View article: Shedding light on functional near-infrared spectroscopy and open science practices
Shedding light on functional near-infrared spectroscopy and open science practices Open
Open science practices work to increase methodological rigor, transparency, and replicability of published findings. We aim to reflect on what the functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) community has done to promote open science pra…
View article: Is It Fear? Similar Brain Responses to Fearful and Neutral Faces in Infants with a Heightened Likelihood for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Is It Fear? Similar Brain Responses to Fearful and Neutral Faces in Infants with a Heightened Likelihood for Autism Spectrum Disorder Open
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show atypical processing of facial expressions. Research with autistic toddlers suggests that abnormalities in processing of spatial frequencies (SFs) contribute to such differences. The curr…
View article: Processing Face Processing: Understanding face and facial expression processing in the infant brain
Processing Face Processing: Understanding face and facial expression processing in the infant brain Open
Being able to discriminate faces from other objects and to tell apart emotional facial expressions are crucial skills for effective social communication, especially for pre-verbal infants. The overarching aim of this thesis is to aid the c…
View article: Processing Face Processing
Processing Face Processing Open
Being able to discriminate faces from other objects and to tell apart emotional facial expressions are crucial skills for effective social communication, especially for pre-verbal infants. The overarching aim of this thesis is to aid the c…
View article: Recommendations for motion correction of infant fNIRS data applicable to multiple data sets and acquisition systems
Recommendations for motion correction of infant fNIRS data applicable to multiple data sets and acquisition systems Open
Despite motion artifacts are a major source of noise in fNIRS infant data, how to approach motion correction in this population has only recently started to be investigated. Homer2 offers a wide range of motion correction methods and previ…
View article: Brain Responses to Faces and Facial Expressions in 5-Month-Olds: An fNIRS Study
Brain Responses to Faces and Facial Expressions in 5-Month-Olds: An fNIRS Study Open
Processing faces and understanding facial expressions are crucial skills for social communication. In adults, basic face processing and facial emotion processing rely on specific interacting brain networks. In infancy, however, little is k…
View article: No relationship between autistic traits and salivary testosterone concentrations in men from the general population
No relationship between autistic traits and salivary testosterone concentrations in men from the general population Open
It is suggested that testosterone may play a part in the higher prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in males compared to females. Previous studies have reported elevated postnatal testosterone levels in children and women with ASD…