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Lauren B. Raine is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of medicine and psychology, with extensive publication activity in the subfields of cognitive neuroscience, developmental and educational psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and physiology.

The main topics of Raine's research include children's physical and motor development, obesity, physical activity and diet, heart rate variability and autonomic control, physical activity and health, functional brain connectivity studies, health, environment, cognitive aging, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Lauren B. Raine has contributed to multiple research papers, some of the recent publications include:

  • Brain Network Modularity Predicts Improvements in Cognitive and Scholastic Performance in Children Involved in a Physical Activity Intervention, 2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • The Differential Relationship of an Afterschool Physical Activity Intervention on Brain Function and Cognition in Children with Obesity and Their Normal Weight Peers, 2020, Pediatric Obesity
  • Temporal Trends in Leisure-Time Sedentary Behavior Among Adolescents Aged 12-15 Years from 26 Countries in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Effects of Reducing Sedentary Behaviour by Increasing Physical Activity, on Cognitive Function, Brain Function and Structure Across the Lifespan: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2024, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Greater Childhood Cardiorespiratory Fitness is Associated with Better Top-Down Cognitive Control: A Midfrontal Theta Oscillation Study, 2020, Psychophysiology

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Charles H. Hillman
  • Arthur F. Kramer
  • Jennifer N. H. Watrous
  • Naiman A. Khan
  • Eric S. Drollette

Lauren B. Raine's work has been published in a range of venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Psychophysiology
  • Journal of Cognitive Enhancement
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine

Best Publications

  • The effect of acute treadmill walking on cognitive control and academic achievement in preadolescent children

    Charles H. Hillman;Matthew B. Pontifex;Lauren B. Raine;Darla M. Castelli

  • Physical Activity for Cognitive and Mental Health in Youth: A Systematic Review of Mechanisms.

    David Lubans;Justin Richards;Charles H. Hillman;Guy Faulkner

  • A neuroimaging investigation of the association between aerobic fitness, hippocampal volume, and memory performance in preadolescent children

    Laura Chaddock;Kirk I. Erickson;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Jennifer S. Kim

  • Effects of the FITKids Randomized Controlled Trial on Executive Control and Brain Function

    Charles H. Hillman;Matthew B. Pontifex;Darla Marie Castelli;Naiman A. Khan

  • Exercise Improves Behavioral, Neurocognitive, and Scholastic Performance in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Matthew B. Pontifex;Brian J. Saliba;Lauren B. Raine;Daniel L. Picchietti;Daniel L. Picchietti

  • Basal Ganglia Volume Is Associated with Aerobic Fitness in Preadolescent Children

    Laura Chaddock;Kirk I. Erickson;Ruchika Shaurya Prakash;Matt VanPatter

  • Cardiorespiratory fitness and the flexible modulation of cognitive control in preadolescent children

    Matthew B. Pontifex;Lauren B. Raine;Christopher R. Johnson;Laura Chaddock

  • Acute exercise facilitates brain function and cognition in children who need it most: an ERP study of individual differences in inhibitory control capacity.

    Eric S. Drollette;Mark R. Scudder;Lauren B. Raine;R. Davis Moore

  • Childhood aerobic fitness predicts cognitive performance one year later

    Laura Chaddock;Charles H. Hillman;Matthew B. Pontifex;Christopher R. Johnson

  • The relation of adiposity to cognitive control and scholastic achievement in preadolescent children

    Keita Kamijo;Naiman A. Khan;Matthew B. Pontifex;Mark R. Scudder

  • Aerobic fitness is associated with greater efficiency of the network underlying cognitive control in preadolescent children.

    Michelle W. Voss;Laura Chaddock;Jennifer S. Kim;Matt VanPatter

  • Aerobic fitness is associated with greater white matter integrity in children

    Laura Chaddock-Heyman;Kirk I. Erickson;Joseph L. Holtrop;Michelle W. Voss

  • The Role of Aerobic Fitness in Cortical Thickness and Mathematics Achievement in Preadolescent Children

    Laura Chaddock-Heyman;Kirk I. Erickson;Caitlin Kienzler;Matthew King

  • The negative association of childhood obesity to cognitive control of action monitoring

    Keita Kamijo;Matthew B. Pontifex;Naiman A. Khan;Lauren B. Raine

  • The Influence of Childhood Aerobic Fitness on Learning and Memory

    Lauren B. Raine;Hyun Kyu Lee;Brian J. Saliba;Laura Chaddock-Heyman

  • The association of childhood obesity to neuroelectric indices of inhibition

    Keita Kamijo;Matthew B. Pontifex;Naiman A. Khan;Lauren B. Raine

  • Aerobic Fitness and Response Variability in Preadolescent Children Performing a Cognitive Control Task

    Chien Ting Wu;Matthew B. Pontifex;Lauren B. Raine;Laura Chaddock

  • Dietary lipids are differentially associated with hippocampal-dependent relational memory in prepubescent children

    Carol L Baym;Naiman A Khan;Jim M Monti;Lauren B Raine

  • Dietary fiber is positively associated with cognitive control among prepubertal children

    N. A. Khan;L. B. Raine;E. S. Drollette;M. R. Scudder

  • The association between aerobic fitness and language processing in children: implications for academic achievement.

    Mark R. Scudder;Kara D. Federmeier;Lauren B. Raine;Artur Direito

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles H. Hillman
Charles H. Hillman Northeastern University
Arthur F. Kramer
Arthur F. Kramer Northeastern University
Matthew B. Pontifex
Matthew B. Pontifex Michigan State University
Neal J. Cohen
Neal J. Cohen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kirk I. Erickson
Kirk I. Erickson University of Pittsburgh
Edward McAuley
Edward McAuley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ruchika Shaurya Prakash
Ruchika Shaurya Prakash The Ohio State University
Stuart J. H. Biddle
Stuart J. H. Biddle University of Southern Queensland
Mark R. Beauchamp
Mark R. Beauchamp University of British Columbia
Kara D. Federmeier
Kara D. Federmeier University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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