Imaging Brain Development: Benefiting from Individual Variability
Human brain development is a complex process that evolves from early childhood to young adulthood. Major advances in brain imaging are increasingly being used to characterize the developing brain. These advances have further helped to elucidate the dynamic maturational processes that lead to the eme...
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| description | Human brain development is a complex process that evolves from early childhood to young adulthood. Major advances in brain imaging are increasingly being used to characterize the developing brain. These advances have further helped to elucidate the dynamic maturational processes that lead to the emergence of complex cognitive abilities in both typical and atypical development. However, conventional approaches involve categorical group comparison models and tend to disregard the role of widespread interindividual variability in brain development. This review highlights how this variability can inform our understanding of developmental processes. The latest studies in the field of brain development are reviewed, with a particular focus on the role of individual variability and the consequent heterogeneity in brain structural and functional development. This review also highlights how such heterogeneity might be utilized to inform our understanding of complex neuropsychiatric disorders and recommends the use of more dimensional approaches to study brain development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-218ea89706974d1990e9f5d97aa4f7212022-12-21T18:42:51ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Experimental Neuroscience1179-06952015-01-019s110.4137/JEN.S32734Imaging Brain Development: Benefiting from Individual VariabilityMegha Sharda0Nicholas E.V. Foster1Krista L. Hyde2International Laboratory for Brain Music and Sound (BRAMS), Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.International Laboratory for Brain Music and Sound (BRAMS), Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.Human brain development is a complex process that evolves from early childhood to young adulthood. Major advances in brain imaging are increasingly being used to characterize the developing brain. These advances have further helped to elucidate the dynamic maturational processes that lead to the emergence of complex cognitive abilities in both typical and atypical development. However, conventional approaches involve categorical group comparison models and tend to disregard the role of widespread interindividual variability in brain development. This review highlights how this variability can inform our understanding of developmental processes. The latest studies in the field of brain development are reviewed, with a particular focus on the role of individual variability and the consequent heterogeneity in brain structural and functional development. This review also highlights how such heterogeneity might be utilized to inform our understanding of complex neuropsychiatric disorders and recommends the use of more dimensional approaches to study brain development.https://doi.org/10.4137/JEN.S32734 |
| spellingShingle | Megha Sharda Nicholas E.V. Foster Krista L. Hyde Imaging Brain Development: Benefiting from Individual Variability Journal of Experimental Neuroscience |
| title | Imaging Brain Development: Benefiting from Individual Variability |
| title_full | Imaging Brain Development: Benefiting from Individual Variability |
| title_fullStr | Imaging Brain Development: Benefiting from Individual Variability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Imaging Brain Development: Benefiting from Individual Variability |
| title_short | Imaging Brain Development: Benefiting from Individual Variability |
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