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Prefrontal cortex activation supports the emergence of early stone age toolmaking skill (2019)
Journal Article
Putt, S. S., Wijeakumar, S., & Spencer, J. P. (2019). Prefrontal cortex activation supports the emergence of early stone age toolmaking skill. NeuroImage, 199, 57-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.05.056

Trends toward encephalization and technological complexity ∼1.8 million years ago may signify cognitive development in the genus Homo. Using functional near-infrared spectroscopy, we measured relative brain activity of 33 human subjects at three diff... Read More about Prefrontal cortex activation supports the emergence of early stone age toolmaking skill.

Early adversity in rural India impacts the brain networks underlying visual working memory (2019)
Journal Article
Wijeakumar, S., Kumar, A., M. Delgado Reyes, L., Tiwari, M., & Spencer, J. P. (2019). Early adversity in rural India impacts the brain networks underlying visual working memory. Developmental Science, 22(5), Article e12822. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12822

© 2019 The Authors. Developmental Science Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. There is a growing need to understand the global impact of poverty on early brain and behavioural development, particularly with regard to key cognitive processes that em... Read More about Early adversity in rural India impacts the brain networks underlying visual working memory.

A fNIRS Investigation of Speech Planning and Execution in Adults Who Stutter (2019)
Journal Article
Jackson, E. S., Wijeakumar, S., Beal, D. S., Brown, B., Zebrowski, P., & Spencer, J. P. (2019). A fNIRS Investigation of Speech Planning and Execution in Adults Who Stutter. Neuroscience, 406, 73-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.02.032

© 2019 IBRO Our study aimed to determine the neural correlates of speech planning and execution in adults who stutter (AWS). Fifteen AWS and 15 controls (CON) completed two tasks that either manipulated speech planning or execution processing loads.... Read More about A fNIRS Investigation of Speech Planning and Execution in Adults Who Stutter.