Studying how the healthy human brain develops is important to understand early
pathological mechanisms and to assess the influence of fetal or perinatal events on later life …

The human infant brain is the only known machine able to master a natural language and
develop explicit, symbolic, and communicable systems of knowledge that deliver rich …

UK Biobank is a major prospective epidemiological study, including multimodal brain
imaging, genetics and ongoing health outcomes. Previously, we published genome-wide …

Ninety per cent of the human population has been right-handed since the Paleolithic, yet the
brain signature and genetic basis of handedness remain poorly characterized. Here, we …

Hemispheric specialization (HS) is a hemisphere-dependent relationship between a
cognitive, sensory, or motor function and a set of brain structures. It includes both the hosting …

The first postnatal years are an exceptionally dynamic and critical period of structural,
functional and connectivity development of the human brain. The increasing availability of …

INTRODUCTION: Defining connectivity in the human brain signifies a major neuroscientific
goal. Advanced imaging techniques have enabled the non-invasive tracing of brain …

This study characterizes global and hemispheric brain growth in healthy human fetuses
during the second half of pregnancy using three-dimensional MRI techniques. We studied …

The relation between brain function and behavior on the one hand and the relation between
structural changes and behavior on the other as well as the link between the 2 aspects are …

Previous research has shown that by the time of birth, the neonate brain responds specially
to the native language when compared to acoustically similar non-language stimuli. In the …