Dear All,
We would like to invite you to the following talk by Ilona Kovács (Pázmány Péter Catholic University & Eötvös Loránd University), organized as part of
the ELTE Cognitive Seminar series.
Time and date:
18:00 (CET), Tuesday, November 8th 2022
Place:
Speaker: Ilona Kovács (Pázmány
Péter Catholic University & Eötvös Loránd University)
Title:
Biological and experience-based trajectories in adolescent brain and cognitive development
Abstract:
Adolescent development is not only shaped by the mere passing of time and accumulating experience, but it also depends on pubertal timing and the cascade of maturational processes orchestrated by gonadal hormones. Although individual variability in puberty
onset confounds adolescent studies, it has not been efficiently controlled for. Here we introduce ultrasonic bone age assessment to estimate biological maturity and disentangle the independent effects of chronological and biological age on adolescent cognitive
abilities, emotional development, and brain maturation. Comparing cognitive performance of participants with different skeletal maturity we uncover the impact of biological age on both IQ and specific abilities. With respect to emotional development, we find
narrow windows of highest vulnerability determined by biological age. In terms of neural development, we focus on the relevance of neural states unrelated to sensory stimulation, such as cortical activity during sleep and resting states, and we uncover a novel
anterior-to-posterior pattern of human brain maturation. Based on our findings, bone age is a promising biomarker of adolescent maturity.
Related papers:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-09329-z
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11098-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05620-1
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0882596322002159
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Zoom link:https://ppk-elte-hu.zoom.us/j/99001664208?pwd=WUZkTzR5eGdiU1lhSWVDcENHWnMvdz09
Meeting ID:
990 0166 4208
Passcode:
118521
If you have questions about the event, please contact us via email (szabo.eszter.dora@ppk.elte.hu).
We look forward to seeing you at the event,
Eszter Dóra Szabó
organizer
ELTE Department of Cognitive Psychology