Tara A. Smyser

The paper examines how prenatal social disadvantage and psychosocial stress affect DNA methylation in children and their potential role in psychopathology.

The paper uses resting-state fMRI to study subcortical network organization in neonates, children, and adults, finding that the anterior-posterior organization is present at birth but somatomotor network representations are larger in neonates.

The paper examines how prenatal socioeconomic status influences cortical network development from birth to three years, finding accelerated segregation in lower-SES groups and links to language abilities.

The paper examines how prenatal social disadvantage affects cognitive and language abilities at age 2, showing that parenting behaviors mediate these effects only in families with lower levels of disadvantage.