Speaker : Lucina Q. UDDIN, department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences director brain connectivity and cognition laboratory director center for neuroscience & human behavior university of california la
"Brain dynamics and flexible behaviors"
Executive control processes and flexible behaviors rely on the integrity of, and dynamic interactions between, large-scale functional brain networks. How these brain networks reconfigure with development is a critical question for cognitive neuroscience, with implications for neurodevelopmental pathologies affecting brain connectivity. I will describe studies examining how brain network dynamics support flexible behaviors in typical and atypical development, presenting evidence suggesting a unique role for the dorsal anterior insular from studies of meta-analytic connectivity modeling, dynamic functional connectivity, and structural connectivity. These findings from adults, typically developing children, and children with autism suggest that structural and functional maturation of insular pathways is a critical component of the process by which human brain networks mature to support complex, flexible cognitive processes throughout the lifespan.
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Please join the conference in Paris Brain Institute auditorium.