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

Science · Jun 11, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Stimulant medications affect arousal and reward, not attention

Benjamin P. Kay, Muriah D. Wheelock, Joshua S. Siegel, Ryan V. Raut, Roselyne J. Chauvin, Athanasia Metoki, Aishwarya Rajesh, Andrew Eck, Jim Pollaro, Anxu Wang, Vahdeta Suljic, Babatunde Adeyemo, Noah J. Baden, Kristen M. Scheidter, Julia Monk, , Nico U.F. Dosenbach

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

Cell · Dec 1, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

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

Athanasia Metoki, Roselyne J. Chauvin, Evan M. Gordon, Timothy O. Laumann, Benjamin P. Kay, Babatunde Adeyemo, Samuel R. Krimmel, Scott A. Marek, Anxu Wang, Andrew N. Van, Noah J. Baden, Vahdeta Suljic, Kristen M. Scheidter, Julia Monk, Forrest I. Whiting, , Nico U.F. Dosenbach

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

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience · Oct 4, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Motion Impact Score for Detecting Spurious Brain-Behavior Associations

Benjamin P. Kay, David F. Montez, Scott A. Marek, Brenden Tervo‐Clemmens, Joshua S. Siegel, Babatunde Adeyemo, Timothy O. Laumann, Athanasia Metoki, Roselyne J. Chauvin, Andrew N. Van, Vahdeta Suljic, Samuel R. Krimmel, Ryland L. Miller, Dillan J. Newbold, Annie Zheng, , Nico U.F. Dosenbach

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.

Nature Communications · Sep 29, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Disuse-driven plasticity in the human thalamus and putamen

Roselyne J. Chauvin, Dillan J. Newbold, Ashley N. Nielsen, Ryland L. Miller, Samuel R. Krimmel, Athanasia Metoki, Anxu Wang, Andrew N. Van, David F. Montez, Scott A. Marek, Vahdeta Suljic, Noah J. Baden, Nadeshka J. Ramirez-Perez, Kristen M. Scheidter, Julia Monk, , Nico U.F. Dosenbach

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.

Cell Reports · Apr 1, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience