Nourhan M. Elsayed

This study shows that childhood socioeconomic status and polygenic scores for cognition independently affect cognitive performance in children, with no interaction between the two factors.

The paper identifies smaller brain volumes in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and insula as predispositional risk factors for alcohol use, supported by genetic and longitudinal evidence.

The paper examines how subtle variations in caregiving, specifically familial affective responsiveness, influence amygdala reactivity to interpersonal threat in adolescents, revealing paradoxical associations with stress levels.

The paper identifies two trajectories of alcohol use initiation in adolescents and links early initiation to increased risk of AUD, stress, and amygdala reactivity.