Monica E Ellwood-Lowe

Area-level context and functional brain organization across the lifespan

This paper reviews how neighborhood-level factors relate to functional brain connectivity across the lifespan, finding associations between area-level disadvantage and altered brain network organization.

Cascading periods of language-related brain plasticity across early childhood

The paper uses neuroimaging data to study how plasticity in language-related brain regions changes across early childhood, finding distinct patterns of development in different brain areas.

Developmental links between play behavior and brain network integration

This paper investigates how play behavior in children is linked to brain network integration, finding stronger connections among the default mode, executive control, and salience networks with more frequent play.

Academic Success and Mental Health: The Paradox of Frontoparietal-Default Mode Network Coupling among Children Facing Poverty

The paper examines how academic success in children facing poverty relates to mental health, finding that higher LFPN-DMN connectivity, while supporting academic resilience, is linked to increased internalizing symptoms.

The Hurst exponent as a marker of inhibition in the developing brain

This study validates the Hurst exponent as a marker of inhibition in developing brains across species and shows its developmental plateau aligns with parvalbumin expression.

Exploring neural correlates of behavioral and academic resilience among children in poverty

The paper examines how neural network connectivity relates to academic and behavioral resilience in children from different poverty levels, finding differential associations between frontoparietal and default mode network coupling and outcomes.

What is an adaptive pattern of brain network coupling for a child? It depends on their environment

The paper examines how brain network coupling in children relates to cognitive performance, finding environment-dependent patterns in the relationship between lateral frontoparietal and default mode networks.