Athanasia Metoki

Functional brain network correlates of pubertal timing and depressive symptoms in preadolescence

This study examines how pubertal timing relates to resting-state functional connectivity in preadolescents and its potential link to depressive symptoms.

Patterns of brain-wide associations reflect socioeconomics

The paper links socioeconomic status (SES) to brain-wide associations, showing SES has stronger associations with brain structure and function than IQ or psychopathology.

Parallel processing chains span cytoarchitectures to organize association cortex

The paper identifies parallel processing chains in association cortex using multiple functional mapping modalities, showing they are experience-driven and organized across different cytoarchitectures.

Brain organization of a memory champion

This study maps the brain organization of a memory champion using functional MRI, revealing enhanced connectivity and unique modules related to memory techniques.

Stimulant medications affect arousal and reward, not attention

This study shows stimulant medications affect brain connectivity in action/motor and reward-related regions, not attention networks, and mimic the effects of sleep.

Brain functional connectivity, but not neuroanatomy, captures the interrelationship between sex and gender in preadolescents

This study shows that resting-state functional connectivity better predicts sex than cortical thickness in preadolescents and relates to sex/gender alignment.

Motion Impact Score for Detecting Spurious Brain-Behavior Associations

The paper introduces SHAMAN, a method to assess motion impact on brain-behavior associations in fMRI studies, finding significant motion overestimation and underestimation in various traits.

Disuse-driven plasticity in the human thalamus and putamen

This study investigates disuse-driven plasticity in the human thalamus and putamen using fMRI, finding strengthened functional connectivity and signal pulses in these regions during limb immobilization.

The brainstem's red nucleus was evolutionarily upgraded to support goal-directed action

The paper examines the functional connectivity of the human red nucleus using resting-state fMRI and finds it is involved in goal-directed behavior and cognitive control rather than motor function.

Awake Hippocampal-Cortical Co-reactivation Is Associated with Forgetting

The paper examines hippocampal-cortical co-reactivation during rest after encoding and links it to forgetting in humans.

A mind-body interface alternates with effector-specific regions in motor cortex

The paper reveals that motor cortex contains inter-effector regions connected to the Cingulo-opercular network, alternating with effector-specific areas, suggesting a dual system for motor control and whole-body coordination.

Language and the cerebellum: structural connectivity to the eloquent brain

This study identifies language-sensitive cerebellar regions and maps their structural connectivity using HCP data, revealing unique patterns related to language comprehension.

The social cerebellum: A large-scale investigation of functional and structural specificity and connectivity

This study investigates the cerebellum's role in mentalizing using multimodal neuroimaging, finding domain-specific organization and left hemisphere lateralization in connectivity.

A Large-Scale Structural and Functional Connectome of Social Mentalizing

This study maps the structural and functional connectome of mentalizing in humans using multimodal neuroimaging data, revealing its distinct architecture and relationship with the default mode network.

White Matter and Social Cognition

The paper reviews structural connectivity in social neuroscience and uses diffusion imaging to map white matter pathways underlying social brain networks.