[HTML][HTML] The BrainMap strategy for standardization, sharing, and meta-analysis of neuroimaging data

AR Laird, SB Eickhoff, PM Fox, AM Uecker, KL Ray… - BMC research …, 2011 - Springer
Background Neuroimaging researchers have developed rigorous community data and
metadata standards that encourage meta-analysis as a method for establishing robust and …

Modeling motor connectivity using TMS/PET and structural equation modeling

AR Laird, JM Robbins, K Li, LR Price, MD Cykowski… - Neuroimage, 2008 - Elsevier
Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to positron emission tomographic (PET)
images acquired during transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the primary motor cortex (…

[HTML][HTML] Toward a neurobiological basis for understanding learning in university modeling instruction physics courses

…, RW Laird, MT Sutherland, SM Pruden, AR Laird - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Modeling Instruction (MI) for University Physics is a curricular and pedagogical approach to
active learning in introductory physics. A basic tenet of science is that it is a model-driven …

Task-based attentional and default mode connectivity associated with science and math anxiety profiles among university physics students

…, MC Riedel, T Salo, JA Peraza, RW Laird… - Trends in Neuroscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Attentional control theory (ACT) posits that elevated anxiety increases the probability
of re-allocating cognitive resources needed to complete a task to processing anxiety-…

[HTML][HTML] Brain activity links performance in science reasoning with conceptual approach

…, EI Bravo, R Odean, A Nazareth, RW Laird… - npj Science of …, 2019 - nature.com
Understanding how students learn is crucial for helping them succeed. We examined brain
function in 107 undergraduate students during a task known to be challenging for many …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in brain correlates of STEM anxiety

…, EI Bravo, R Odean, A Nazareth, RW Laird… - npj Science of …, 2019 - nature.com
Anxiety is known to dysregulate the salience, default mode, and central executive networks
of the human brain, yet this phenomenon has not been fully explored across the STEM …

Intelligence and academic performance: Is it all in your head?

…, T Salo, EI Bravo, R Odean, A Nazareth, RW Laird… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Academic performance relies, in part, on intelligence; however, intelligence quotient (IQ) is
limited in predicting academic success. Furthermore, while the search for the biological seat …

Methods for decoding cortical gradients of functional connectivity

…, R Poudel, KL Ray, JL Robinson, RW Laird… - Imaging …, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Macroscale gradients have emerged as a central principle for understanding functional brain
organization. Previous studies have demonstrated that a principal gradient of connectivity …

Dense Investigation of Variability in Affect (DIVA): A Neuroimaging Study of Premenopausal Female Participants

…, R Zagales, M Sutherland, RW Laird, AR Laird - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The rise of large neuroimaging datasets and multi-dataset mega-analyses brings the power
to study interindividual differences in brain structure and function on a heretofore unseen …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental epigenetics: prospects for studying epigenetic mediation of exposure–response relationships

…, TM Mack, KD Siegmund, RW Haile, PW Laird - Human genetics, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Changes in epigenetic marks such as DNA methylation and histone acetylation are
associated with a broad range of disease traits, including cancer, asthma, metabolic …