This study examines insula functional connectivity development across 562 individuals, showing spatially heterogeneous changes aligned with an antero-posterior axis.

bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Intrinsic timescale develops hierarchically from sensorimotor to association cortex in youth and stabilizes in adulthood

Golia Shafiei, Joëlle Bagautdinova, Valerie J. Sydnor, Dani S. Bassett, Deanna M. Barch, Matthew Cieslak, Yong Fan A, Elizabeth A. Flook, Alexandre R. Franco, Gregory Kiar, Audrey C. Luo, Michael Peter Milham, Linden Parkes, Taylor Salo, Leah H. Somerville, , Theodore Daniel Satterthwaite

Resting-state fMRI intrinsic timescale lengthens with age in association, not sensorimotor, cortex during ages 8-22, following the sensorimotor-association axis in two cohorts; it is largely age-stable in young adults.

PLoS Biology · Sep 29, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience✦ In-depth digest

Anatomical White Matter Tracts Span the Cortical Hierarchy to Support Cognitive Diversity

Joëlle Bagautdinova, Golia Shafiei, Audrey C. Luo, Margaret K. Pecsok, Taylor Salo, Aaron F. Alexander‐Bloch, Dani S. Bassett, Margaret E. Gardner, Raquel E. Gur, Allyson P. Mackey, Steven L. Meisler, Bratislav Mišić, Tyler M. Moore, David R. Roalf, Russell Taki Shinohara, , Theodore Daniel Satterthwaite

The paper shows that white matter tracts are positioned within the cortical hierarchy to support specific cognitive functions and connect regions with greater cognitive diversity.

Nature Human Behaviour · Aug 31, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

A longitudinal data resource to study brain development and transdiagnostic variation in executive function

Brooke L. Sevchik, Golia Shafiei, Kristin Murtha, Sophia Linguiti, Lia Brodrick, Juliette B. H. Brook, Matthew Cieslak, Elizabeth A. Flook, Kahini P. Mehta, Steven L. Meisler, Kosha Ruparel, Sage Rush, Taylor Salo, S. Parker Singleton, Tien T. Tong, , Theodore Daniel Satterthwaite

The paper introduces a longitudinal data resource combining multimodal imaging and cognitive phenotyping to study brain development and EF variation in adolescents.

Scientific Data · Aug 20, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Resting-state Functional Connections with the Hippocampus and with the Caudate Nucleus Predict Working Memory Performance in Multiple Sclerosis

Christopher J. Cagna, Ekaterina Dobryakova, Kai Sucich, Tien T. Tong, Joshua D. Sandry

The paper examines resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) between the hippocampus and caudate nucleus in MS patients and healthy controls to predict working memory performance.

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders · Aug 16, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Highly replicable multisite patterns of adolescent white matter maturation

Steven L. Meisler, Matthew Cieslak, Joëlle Bagautdinova, Timothy John Hendrickson, Tanya Pandhi, A. F. Chen, Noah Hillman, Hamsanandini Radhakrishnan, Taylor Salo, Eric Feczko, Kimberly B. Weldon, rae McCollum, Begim Fayzullobekova, Lucille A. Moore, Lucinda M. Sisk, , Theodore Daniel Satterthwaite

The paper presents a curated dataset of processed diffusion MRI data from the ABCD Study, showing that specific diffusion metrics are sensitive to adolescent white matter development and robust to image quality variation.

bioRxiv · Apr 19, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Bypassing Striatal Learning Mechanisms Using Delayed Feedback to Circumvent Learning Deficits in TBI

Ekaterina Dobryakova, Tien T. Tong, Olesya Iosipchuk, Anthony H. Lequerica, Veronica Schneider, Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, Joshua D. Sandry

This study investigates how delayed feedback affects learning in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and identifies brain regions associated with delayed feedback processing.

bioRxiv · Dec 27, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience

Impact of Binge Drinking During College on Resting State Functional Connectivity

Tien T. Tong, Jatin G. Vaidya, John Kramer, Samuel Kuperman C, Douglas R. Langbehn, Daniel S. OʼLeary

This study examines how different levels of binge drinking during college affect resting state functional connectivity over time, finding decreased connectivity in specific brain networks associated with attention and self-focused processes.

bioRxiv · Feb 9, 2021Neuroscience