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: Budapest (Hungary), Izabella u. 46, 1064, Room P3 or via Zoom (see below)
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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Alternative female and male developmental trajectories in the dynamic balance of human
visual perception | Scientific Reports -
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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(a)ppk.elte.hu).
We look forward to seeing you at the event,
Eszter Dóra Szabó
organizer
ELTE Department of Cognitive Psychology