Shona Falconer

Neonatal brain dynamic functional connectivity in term and preterm infants and its association with early childhood neurodevelopment

This study examines dynamic functional connectivity in neonatal brains using fMRI and links it to neurodevelopmental outcomes in early childhood.

Objective assessment of visual attention in toddlerhood

This study assesses visual attention in toddlers using eye-tracking data from 350 participants and introduces a shared data resource for research.

Development of neonatal brain functional centrality and alterations associated with preterm birth

The paper examines how functional brain centrality develops in neonates and how preterm birth affects it, finding age-related changes and regional differences but no direct link to 18-month neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Clinical, socio-demographic, and parental correlates of early autism traits in a community cohort

This study identifies factors linked to early autism traits in toddlers using a community cohort, finding associations with parenting style and socio-economic deprivation.

Predicting age and clinical risk from the neonatal connectome

This paper uses machine learning to predict neonatal brain age and clinical risk from structural connectomes, finding thalamocortical connections are key predictors of developmental outcomes.

Neonatal multi-modal cortical profiles predict 18-month developmental outcomes

The paper uses neonatal cortical connectivity data to predict 18-month developmental outcomes, finding that structural covariance networks predict social-emotional performance.

Effects of gestational age at birth on perinatal structural brain development in healthy term-born babies

This study examines how gestational age at birth affects structural brain development in healthy term-born infants and links these changes to neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 months.

Preterm birth alters the development of cortical microstructure and morphology at term-equivalent age

This study examines how preterm birth affects cortical development in infants at term-equivalent age using MRI, finding altered microstructure and morphology with individual variability.

Phenotyping the preterm brain: characterising individual deviations from normative volumetric development in two large infant cohorts

The paper develops normative brain volumetric development curves for term-born infants and compares preterm infants to these curves, identifying individual deviations linked to clinical factors and neurocognitive outcomes.

The network properties of the brain at the time of normal birth support the acquisition of language processing

The paper examines how brain network properties at birth predict language skills and shows that syntactic abilities are affected by preterm birth.