Kathryn Manning (@kathrynmanning.bsky.social)

The Importance of Neuroimaging Studies in Early Childhood: Prefrontal Cortex Supports Emotional Development in Infants In the current issue of Biological Psychiatry, Zhang et al. (1) present a study describing associations between cortical microstructure in prefrontal areas and emotionality in infants, linking early brain structure with behavioral measures that predict later psychopathology. Neuroimaging research in infants, such as in this study, is challenging for many reasons, but Zhang et al. (1) present a good example of how neuroimaging research in infants can be conducted well and lead to interesting and potentially meaningful results. https://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(24)01611-1/abstract