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114
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726
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438

Neuroscience

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116
Citations
76696
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Psychology

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Overview

B. J. Casey is affiliated with Barnard College in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience. Their work spans various subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Genetics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Cognitive Abilities and Testing, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Mental Health Research Topics, and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology.

Recent publications by B. J. Casey include the following papers:

  • Behavioral and Neural Signatures of Working Memory in Childhood (2020, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Individual Differences in Cognitive Performance Are Better Predicted by Global Rather Than Localized BOLD Activity Patterns Across the Cortex (2020, Cerebral Cortex)
  • Genetic variation in endocannabinoid signaling is associated with differential network-level functional connectivity in youth (2021, Journal of Neuroscience Research)
  • Making the Sentencing Case: Psychological and Neuroscientific Evidence for Expanding the Age of Youthful Offenders (2021, Annual Review of Criminology)
  • Healthy Development as a Human Right: Insights from Developmental Neuroscience for Youth Justice (2020, Annual Review of Law and Social Science)

Frequently, B. J. Casey collaborates with other researchers, including Arielle Baskin-Sommers, Monica D. Rosenberg, Kristina M. Rapuano, May I. Conley, and Hugh Garavan.

The scientist has contributed to several reputable publication venues, particularly:

  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Annual Review of Criminology
  • Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Best Publications

  • The Adolescent Brain

    B.J. Casey;Rebecca M. Jones;Todd A. Hare

  • The NimStim set of facial expressions: Judgments from untrained research participants

    Nim Tottenham;James W. Tanaka;Andrew C. Leon;Thomas McCarry

  • Resting-state connectivity biomarkers define neurophysiological subtypes of depression

    Andrew T Drysdale;Logan Grosenick;Logan Grosenick;Jonathan Downar;Katharine Dunlop

  • The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study: Imaging acquisition across 21 sites.

    B.J. Casey;B.J. Casey;Tariq Cannonier;May I. Conley;May I. Conley;Alexandra O. Cohen

  • Structural and functional brain development and its relation to cognitive development.

    B.J. Casey;Jay N. Giedd;Kathleen M. Thomas

  • Imaging the developing brain: what have we learned about cognitive development?

    B.J. Casey;Nim Tottenham;Conor Liston;Sarah Durston;Sarah Durston

  • Family income, parental education and brain structure in children and adolescents

    Kimberly G. Noble;Suzanne M. Houston;Natalie H Brito;Hauke Bartsch

  • Earlier development of the accumbens relative to orbitofrontal cortex might underlie risk-taking behavior in adolescents.

    Adriana Galvan;Todd A Hare;Cindy E Parra;Jackie Penn

  • Developmental traumatology part II: brain development ∗

    Michael D De Bellis;Matcheri S Keshavan;Duncan B Clark;B.J Casey

  • A developmental functional mri study of prefrontal activation during performance of a go-no-go task

    B. J. Casey;Rolf J. Trainor;Jennifer L. Orendi;Anne B. Schubert

  • Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Human Brain Development: Ages 4–18

    Jay N. Giedd;John W. Snell;Nicholas Lange;Jagath C. Rajapakse

  • A time of change: behavioral and neural correlates of adolescent sensitivity to appetitive and aversive environmental cues.

    Leah H. Somerville;Rebecca M. Jones;B.J. Casey

  • Biological substrates of emotional reactivity and regulation in adolescence during an emotional go-nogo task.

    Todd A. Hare;Nim Tottenham;Adriana Galvan;Henning U. Voss

  • Implication of right frontostriatal circuitry in response inhibition and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    B.J. Casey;F. Xavier Castellanos;Jay N. Giedd;Wendy L. Marsh

  • Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

    Donald J. Hagler;Sean N. Hatton;M. Daniela Cornejo;Carolina Makowski

  • Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically large amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation.

    Nim Tottenham;Todd A. Hare;Brian T. Quinn;Thomas W. McCarry

  • Psychosocial stress reversibly disrupts prefrontal processing and attentional control

    C. Liston;B. S. McEwen;B. J. Casey

  • Behavioral and neural correlates of delay of gratification 40 years later

    B. J. Casey;Leah H. Somerville;Ian H. Gotlib;Ozlem Ayduk

  • Differential patterns of striatal activation in young children with and without ADHD.

    Sarah Durston;Sarah Durston;Nim T. Tottenham;Kathleen M. Thomas;Matthew C. Davidson

  • Neurobiology of the adolescent brain and behavior: implications for substance use disorders.

    B.J. Casey;Rebecca M. Jones

  • A shift from diffuse to focal cortical activity with development.

    Sarah Durston;Matthew C. Davidson;Nim Tottenham;Adriana Galvan

  • An integrative theory of attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder based on the cognitive and affective neurosciences.

    Joel T. Nigg;B. J. Casey

Frequent Co-Authors

Nim Tottenham
Nim Tottenham Columbia University
Kathleen M. Thomas
Kathleen M. Thomas University of Minnesota
Adriana Galván
Adriana Galván University of California, Los Angeles
Todd A. Hare
Todd A. Hare University of Zurich
Terry L. Jernigan
Terry L. Jernigan University of California, San Diego
Elizabeth R. Sowell
Elizabeth R. Sowell University of Southern California
Anders M. Dale
Anders M. Dale J. Craig Venter Institute
Francis S. Lee
Francis S. Lee Cornell University
Douglas C. Noll
Douglas C. Noll University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Leah H. Somerville
Leah H. Somerville Harvard University

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