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Stunting in infancy is associated with atypical activation of working memory and attention networks (2023)
Journal Article
Wijeakumar, S., Forbes, S. H., Magnotta, V. A., Deoni, S., Jackson, K., Singh, V. P., …Spencer, J. P. (2023). Stunting in infancy is associated with atypical activation of working memory and attention networks. Nature Human Behaviour, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01725-3

Stunting is associated with poor long-term cognitive, academic, and economic outcomes, yet the mechanisms through which stunting impacts cognition in early development remain unknown. In a first-ever neuroimaging study conducted in infants from rural... Read More about Stunting in infancy is associated with atypical activation of working memory and attention networks.

Home enrichment is associated with visual working memory function in preschoolers (2023)
Journal Article
Davidson, C., Caes, L., Shing, Y. L., McKay, C., Rafetseder, E., & Wijeakumar, S. (2024). Home enrichment is associated with visual working memory function in preschoolers. Mind, Brain, and Education, 18(1), 72-84. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12383

Home enrichment plays an important role in shaping children's development. In the current study, we inquired whether home enrichment was associated with pre-schoolers' visual working memory (VWM) function, a critical cognitive system necessary for ma... Read More about Home enrichment is associated with visual working memory function in preschoolers.

The first year in formal schooling improves working memory and academic abilities (2023)
Journal Article
Davidson, C., Shing, Y. L., McKay, C., Rafetseder, E., & Wijeakumar, S. (2023). The first year in formal schooling improves working memory and academic abilities. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 60, Article 101205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101205

Neurocognition and academic abilities during the period of 4 and 7 years of age are impacted by both the transition from kindergarten to primary school and age-related developmental processes. Here, we used a school cut-off design to tease apart the... Read More about The first year in formal schooling improves working memory and academic abilities.