ArticleDevelopmental science2022
To snack or not to snack: Using fNIRS to link inhibitory control to functional connectivity in the toddler brain.
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- Honoring childhood agency in developmental research: Best practices, applications, and insights.Methods in Psychology (Online) · 2025Article
- Measuring neurodevelopment of inhibitory control in children using naturalistic virtual reality.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Inhibitory control development from infancy to early childhood: A longitudinal fNIRS study.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2025Article
- Left OFC Activation in Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy during an Inhibitory Control Task in an Early Years Sample: Integrating Stress Responses with Cognitive Function and Brain Activation.Developmental neuroscience · 2025Article
- Language and cognitive function in children: a narrative review of neural, behavioral, and developmental evidence.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- The neural correlates of response inhibition across the transition from infancy to toddlerhood: An fNIRS study.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Inhibitory control (IC) emerges in infancy, continues to develop throughout childhood and is linked to later life outcomes such as school achievement, prosocial behavior, and psychopathology. Little, however, is known about the neural processes underpinning IC, especially in 2-year-olds. In this study, we examine functional connectivity (FC) in 2.5-year-olds while recording hemodynamic responses via functional infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) during a traditional snack delay task. We found that functional connectivity strength between left frontal and parietal cortex and bilateral parietal cortex were positively associated with performance on this task. The current findings present the first neural data for toddlers during this IC task. Further, these data are the first to link this self-regulatory process to differences in brain development within this population. Implications for future directions and work with clinical populations are discussed.
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