Zeynep M. Saygin

Literacy acquisition and functional connectivity drive the emergence and continued development of the VWFA

This study shows literacy acquisition and functional connectivity drive the development of the VWFA, with literacy increasing word selectivity and connectivity changes linking to reading ability.

A Tripartite Map of the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex

This paper identifies a tripartite organization of the human ventromedial prefrontal cortex using multimodal analyses and shows its reproducibility and cross-species correspondence.

Functional Dissociation in the Developing Superior Temporal Lobe: Language and Theory of Mind

This study shows that children exhibit distinct neural patterns for language and theory of mind in the superior temporal lobe, similar to adults, suggesting early functional dissociation.

Connectivity and function are coupled across cognitive domains throughout the brain

The paper examines the relationship between brain activity and connectivity across cognitive domains using resting-state data and activation maps, finding a robust association that supports connectivity as a general organizational principle.

The ventral visual stream for reading converges on the transmodal language network

The paper investigates the role of the ventral visual stream in reading, showing that only the most anterior region of the orthographic stream connects to the transmodal language network and responds to meaningful speech.

Functional dissociation of the language network and other cognition in early childhood

This study uses fMRI to show that language networks in young children are distinct from general cognitive networks, with stable connectivity and age-related changes in language responses.

Demystifying the Visual Word Form Area: Visual and Nonvisual Response Properties of Ventral Temporal Cortex with precision fMRI

This study uses precision fMRI to examine the VWFA's responses to visual and nonvisual stimuli, finding it primarily functions as a visual orthographic dictionary with unique auditory language processing.

Individual variability in performance reflects selectivity of the multiple demand network among children and adults.

This study shows that children's multiple demand network is selective to cognitive demand, distinct from language regions, and increases in selectivity with improved executive function, independent of age.

Intact reading ability in spite of a spatially distributed visual word form 'area' in an individual born without the left superior temporal lobe

The paper examines reading ability in an individual lacking the left superior temporal lobe, finding no focal word selectivity in the visual word form area but distributed neural coding for orthographic processing.

Individual Variability in the Innate Functional Organization of the Human Brain

The paper identifies functional brain networks in neonates using resting-state connectivity and finds high individual variability in ventral attention networks, independent of SNR or adult network differences.

Adults vs. neonates: Differentiation of functional connectivity between the basolateral amygdala and occipitotemporal cortex

The paper compares functional connectivity between the basolateral amygdala and occipitotemporal cortex in neonates and adults, finding no gradient in neonates but a gradient in adults.

The intrinsic neonatal hippocampal network: rsfMRI findings

This study examines neonatal hippocampal connectivity using rsfMRI and finds it immature compared to adults, lacking network differentiation and long-axis specialization.

Cortical selectivity driven by connectivity: Innate connectivity patterns of the visual word form area

The paper investigates whether innate connectivity patterns in neonates predict the functional specialization of the visual word form area (VWFA) by comparing its connectivity to language networks.

Developmental changes in connectivity between the amygdala subnuclei and occipitotemporal cortex

The paper examines developmental changes in amygdala connectivity to occipitotemporal cortex in humans, finding similar adult-like patterns in children and neonates with refinement over development.