… Silvia Bunge received her PhD in Neuroscience from Stanford University, and went on to
do a … Bunge studies the brain mechanisms underlying the control of thoughts, actions, and …

This review provides an introduction to two eyetracking measures that can be used to study
cognitive development and plasticity: pupil dilation and spontaneous blink rate. We begin by …

One of the most salient ways in which our behavior changes during childhood and
adolescence is that we get better at working towards long-term goals, at ignoring irrelevant …

The ability to cognitively regulate emotional responses to aversive events is important for
mental and physical health. Little is known, however, about neural bases of the cognitive …

Event-related fMRI was employed to characterize differences in brain activation between
children ages 8–12 and adults related to two forms of cognitive control: interference …

Goal-directed behaviour depends on keeping relevant information in mind (working memory)
and irrelevant information out of mind (behavioural inhibition or interference resolution). …

The ability to select between possible responses to a given situation is central to human
cognition. The goal of this study was to distinguish between brain areas representing candidate …

The ability to manipulate information in working memory is a key factor in cognitive development.
Here, we used event-related functional MRI to test the hypothesis that developmental …

… Additionally, preliminary fMRI data from the Bunge laboratory are consistent with the prediction
that the rostrolateral PFC matures late: Whereas 8- to 11-year-olds exhibit an immature …

Beginning in infancy, people can be characterized in terms of two dimensions of attachment
insecurity: attachment anxiety (ie, fear of rejection and abandonment) and attachment …