Anxu Wang

Functional brain network correlates of pubertal timing and depressive symptoms in preadolescence

This study examines how pubertal timing relates to resting-state functional connectivity in preadolescents and its potential link to depressive symptoms.

Commonality and Variability in Functional Networks In Children Under 5 Years Old

The paper develops an age-appropriate functional reference to estimate individualized brain networks in young children, revealing early network organization and stability.

Patterns of brain-wide associations reflect socioeconomics

The paper links socioeconomic status (SES) to brain-wide associations, showing SES has stronger associations with brain structure and function than IQ or psychopathology.

Parallel processing chains span cytoarchitectures to organize association cortex

The paper identifies parallel processing chains in association cortex using multiple functional mapping modalities, showing they are experience-driven and organized across different cytoarchitectures.

Brain organization of a memory champion

This study maps the brain organization of a memory champion using functional MRI, revealing enhanced connectivity and unique modules related to memory techniques.

Stimulant medications affect arousal and reward, not attention

This study shows stimulant medications affect brain connectivity in action/motor and reward-related regions, not attention networks, and mimic the effects of sleep.

Brain functional connectivity, but not neuroanatomy, captures the interrelationship between sex and gender in preadolescents

This study shows that resting-state functional connectivity better predicts sex than cortical thickness in preadolescents and relates to sex/gender alignment.

Disuse-driven plasticity in the human thalamus and putamen

This study investigates disuse-driven plasticity in the human thalamus and putamen using fMRI, finding strengthened functional connectivity and signal pulses in these regions during limb immobilization.

The brainstem's red nucleus was evolutionarily upgraded to support goal-directed action

The paper examines the functional connectivity of the human red nucleus using resting-state fMRI and finds it is involved in goal-directed behavior and cognitive control rather than motor function.

The Dual Mechanisms of Cognitive Control dataset, a theoretically-guided within-subject task fMRI battery

The paper introduces the DMCC55B dataset, a collection of fMRI data from 55 healthy young adults performing cognitive control tasks, for benchmarking and analysis of task performance and individual differences.

Enhancing Task fMRI Preprocessing via Individualized Model-Based Filtering of Intrinsic Activity Dynamics

This paper improves task fMRI preprocessing by filtering out pre-event intrinsic activity using individualized MINDy models, enhancing statistical power and behavioral prediction.

Scalable Surrogate Deconvolution for Identification of Partially-Observable Systems and Brain Modeling

This paper introduces surrogate deconvolution to estimate hidden biological systems from indirect measurements, showing it is scalable and competitive with Kalman Filters in neuroscience applications.

Early identity recognition of familiar faces is not dependent on holistic processing

The paper investigates whether holistic processing is necessary for early face recognition and finds that feature-based processing, particularly of eyes, can activate perceptual memory of familiar faces.