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Duncan's peer-reviewed publications since 2014
2025
Rennie, J.P., Astle, D.E.
Quartlery Journal of Experimental Psychology (in press)
Canonical neurodevelopmental trajectories of structural and functional manifolds
Monaghan, A., Bethlehem, R.A.I., Akarca, D., Margulies, D., the CALM Team, Astle, D.E.
Elife (in press)
Brain wiring economics, network organisation and population-level genomics
Monaghan, A., Akarca, D., Astle, D.E.
Imaging Neuroscience
Vitanov, R. I., Achterberg, J., Akarca, D., Astle, D. E., & Baker, K.
European Journal of Neuroscience
Whole-brain white matter variation across childhood environments
Carozza, S., Kletenik, I., Astle, D., Schwamm, L., & Dhand, A.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Population-level transitions in observed difficulties through childhood and adolescence
Benhamou, E., Akarca, D., Bathelt, J., Fletcher-Watson, S., & Astle, D. E.
Developmental Psychology
Premature birth changes wiring constraints in neonatal structural brain networks
Mousley, A., Akarca, D., & Astle, D. E.
Nature Communications
2024
Toffoli, L., Zdorovtsova, N., Epihova, G., Duma, G.M., Del Popolo Cristaldi, F., Pastore, M., Astle, D.E. and Mento, G.,
Human Brain Mapping
Sleeping soundly? Testing the links between sleep quality and neurodevelopmental characteristics
Bettencourt, M.V., Mareva, S., Astle, D.E.
Neurodiversity
Mapping the role of sexuality in adolescent mental health and substance use
Andrews, J.L., Astle, D.E., Jones, J.S., Blakemore, S-J.
Royal Society Open Science
Dimensions of early life adversity and their associations with functional brain organisation.
Vedechkina, M., Astle, D. E., & Holmes, J. (2024).
Imaging Neuroscience
Global topology of human connectome is insensitive to early life environments–A prospective longitudinal study of the general population.
Carozza, S., Holmes, J., Akarca, D., & Astle, D. E. (2024).
Developmental Science
What is developmental about developmental prosopagnosia?
Epihova, G., & Astle, D. E. (2024).
Cortex
Understanding divergence: Placing developmental neuroscience in its dynamic context
Astle, D.E., Bassett, D.S., Viding, E.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
2023
Spatially embedded recurrent neural networks reveal widespread links between structural and functional neuroscience findings
Achterberg, J., Akarca, A., Strouse, D. J., Duncan, J., Astle, D.E.
Nature Machine Intelligence
The adaptive stochasticity hypothesis: Modeling equifinality, multifinality, and adaptation to adversity
Carozza, S., Akarca, D., Astle, D.E.
PNAS
Toward computational neuroconstructivism: a framework for developmental systems neuroscience
Astle, D. E., Johnson, M. H., & Akarca, D.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Challenges and solutions to measurement of neurocognitive mechanisms in developmental settings
Pezzoli, P., Parsons, S., Kievit, R. A., Astle, D. E., Huys, Q. J., Steinbeis, N., & Viding, E.
Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
Exploring neural heterogeneity in inattention and hyperactivity.
Zdorovtsova, N., Jones, J., Akarca, D., Benhamou, E., CALM Team, & Astle, D. E.
Cortex
Testing the triple network model of psychopathology in a Transdiagnostic neurodevelopmental cohort
Jones, J.S., Monaghan, A., Leyland-Craggs, A., Astle, D.E.
NeuroImage: Clinical
Parental socioeconomic status weakly predicts specific cognitive and academic skills beyond general cognitive ability
Bignardi, G., Mareva, S., Astle, D.E.
Developmental Science
We need timely access to mental health data: implications of the Goldacre review
Astle, D. E., Moore, A., Marryat, L., Viding, E., Mansfield, K. L., Fazel, M., Ford, T. J.
The Lancet Psychiatry
Early adversity changes the economic conditions of mouse structural brain network organization
Carozza, S., Holmes, J., Vértes, P. E., Bullmore, E., Arefin, T. M., Pugliese, A., Astle, D. E.
Developmental Psychobiology
The entropy of resting-state neural dynamics is a marker of general cognitive ability in childhood
Zdorovtsova, N., Young, E.J., Akarca, D., Anwyl-Irvine, A., The RED Team, The CALM Team, Astle. D.E.
2022
Brain charts for the human lifespan
Bethlehem, R. A., Seidlitz, J., White, S. R., Vogel, J. W., Anderson, K. M., Adamson, C., ... & Schaare, H. L.
Nature
Testing deprivation and threat: a preregistered network analysis of the dimensions of early adversity
Carozza, S., Holmes, J., & Astle, D. E.
Psychological Science
Segregation and integration of the functional connectome in neurodevelopmentally ‘at risk’children
Jones, J. S., CALM Team, & Astle, D. E.
Developmental science
Statistical power for cluster analysis
Dalmaijer, E. S., Nord, C. L., & Astle, D. E.
BMC bioinformatics
Testing the specificity of environmental risk factors for developmental outcomes
Bignardi, G., Dalmaijer, E.S., & Astle, D.E.
Child Development
Social and emotional characteristics of girls and young women with DDX3X-associated intellectual disability: a descriptive and comparative study
Ng-Cordell, E., Kolesnik-Taylor, A., O’Brien, S., Astle, D., Scerif, G., & Baker, K. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Maternal mental health mediates links between socioeconomic status and child development
Smith, T. A., Kievit, R. A., & Astle, D. E.
Current Psychology
FarmApp: a new assessment of cognitive control and memory for children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties
Brkić, D., Ng-Cordell, E., O'Brien, S., Martin, J., Scerif, G., Astle, D., & Baker, K.
Child Neuropsychology
2021
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): A brief summary of key research
Zdorovtsova, N.
Salvesen Mindroom Centre, Edinburgh, UK
Annual research review: the transdiagnostic revolution in neurodevelopmental disorders
Astle, D. E., Holmes, J., Kievit, R. A., & Gathercole, S.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
A generative network model of neurodevelopmental diversity in structural brain organization
Akarca, D., Vértes, P.E., Bullmore, E.T., the CALM team, & Astle, D. E.
Nature Communications
Two pathways to self-harm in adolescence
Uh, S., Dalmaijer, E., Siugzdaite, R., Ford, T. J., & Astle, D. E.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
A transdiagnostic data-driven study of children’s behaviour and the functional connectome
Jones, J. S., the CALM Team & Astle, D. E.
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Just a phase? Mapping the transition of behavioural problems from childhood to adolescence
Bathelt, J., Vignoles, A., & Astle, D. E.
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Training-dependent transfer within a set of nested tasks
Rennie, J., Jones, J., & Astle, D. E.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Far and wide: Associations between childhood socio-economic status and brain connectomics
Johnson, A., Bathelt, J., Akarca, D., Crickmore, G., RED Team. & Astle, D. E.
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Subjective SES is associated with children’s neurophysiological response to auditory oddballs
Anwyl-Irvine, A.L., Dalmaijer, E.S., Quinn, A., Johnson, A., & Astle, D.E.
Cerebral Cortex Communications
A randomized control trial of the effects of home-based online attention training and working memory training on cognition and everyday function in a community stroke sample
Peers, P. V., Punton, S. F., Murphy, F. C., Watson, P., Bateman, A., Duncan, J., Astle., D. E., Hampshire, A., & Manly, T.
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
2020
Transdiagnostic brain mapping in developmental disorders
Siugzdaite, R, Bathelt, J, Holmes, J, & Astle, D
Current Biology
Beyond the ‘core deficit’ hypothesis in developmental disorders
Astle, D, & Fletcher-Watson, S
Current Directions in Psychological Science
Longitudinal increases in childhood depression symptoms during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Bignardi, G., Dalmaijer, E. S., Anwyl-Irvine, A. L., Smith, T. A., Siugzdaite, R., Uh, S., & Astle, D. E
Archives of Childhood Diseases
Mapping differential responses to cognitive training using machine learning
Rennie, JP, Zhang, M, Hawkins, E, Bathelt, J, Astle, DE
Developmental Science
Bignardi, G., Dalmaijer, E.S., Anwyl-Irvine, A., & Astle, D.E.
Behavioural Research Methods
Brkic, D., Ng-Cordell, E., O'brien, S., Scerif, G., Astle, D. E., & Baker, K.
Molecular Autism
Peers, P. V., Astle, D. E., Duncan, J., Murphy, F. C., Hampshire, A., Das, T., & Manly, T.
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
2019
Remapping the cognitive and neural profiles of children
who struggle at school
Astle, D, Bathelt, J, the CALM Team, & Holmes, J
Developmental Science
Whole-brain white matter organization, intelligence,
and educational attainment
Bathelt, J, Scerif, G, Nobre, AC, & Astle, D
Trends in Neuroscience and Education
The cingulum as a marker of individual differences in neurocognitive development
Bathelt, J, Johnson, A, Zhang, M, & Astle, D
Scientific Reports
Functional network dynamics in a neurodevelopmental disorder of known genetic origin
Hawkins, E, Akarca, D, Zhang, M, Brkić, D, Woolrich, M, Baker, K., & Astle, D
Human Brain Mapping
STXBP1-associated neurodevelopmental disorder: A comparative study of behavioural characteristics
O’Brien, S, Ng-Cordell, E, Astle, D, Scerif, G, & Baker, K
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
How does genetic diagnosis influence autism in children with intellectual disability
Ng-Cordell, E, Brkic, D, O'Brien, S, Scerif, G, Astle, D, & Baker, K
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
2018
Children's academic attainment is linked to the global organization of the white matter connectome
Bathelt J, Gathercole SE, Butterfield S, the CALM team, & Astle D
Developmental Science
Differences in brain morphology and working memory capacity across childhood
Bathelt J, Gathercole SE, Johnson A, & Astle D
Developmental Science
Data-driven subtyping of executive function-related behavioral problems in children
Bathelt J, Holmes J, the CALM team, & Astle D
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Cross-frequency phase-amplitude coupling as a mechanism for temporal orienting of attention in childhood
Mento G, Astle D, Scerif G
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Dissociable effects of attention vs working memory training on cognitive performance and everyday functioning following fronto-parietal strokes
Peers PV, Astle DE, Duncan J, Murphy FC, Hampshire A, Das T, ... Manly T
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
2017
Global and local connectivity differences converge with gene expression in a neurodevelopmental disorder of known genetic origin
Bathelt J, Barnes J, Raymond FL, Baker K, Astle D
Cerebral Cortex
2016
Training working memory in childhood enhances coupling between frontoparietal control network and task-related regions
Barnes JJ, Nobre AC, Woolrich MW, Baker K, & Astle D
The Journal of Neuroscience
Electrophysiological measures of resting state functional connectivity and their relationship with working memory capacity in childhood
Barnes JJ, Woolrich MW, Baker K, Colclough GL, & Astle D
Developmental Science
Structural brain abnormalities in a single gene disorder associated with epilepsy, language impairment and intellectual disability
Bathelt J, Astle D, Barnes J, Raymond FL, Baker K
NeuroImage: Clinical
Language problems and ADHD symptoms: How specific are the links?
Hawkins E, Gathercole S, Astle D, the Calm Team, & Holmes J
Brain Sciences
How common are WM deficits in children with difficulties in reading and mathematics?
Gathercole SE, Woolgar F, the CALM Team , Kievit RA, Astle D, Manly T, ... Holmes J
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
Top-down activation of spatiotopic sensory codes in perceptual and working memory search
Kuo BC, Nobre AC, Scerif G, Astle D
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Developmental and individual differences in the precision of visuospatial memory
Sarigiannidis I, Crickmore G, & Astle D
Cognitive Development
2015
The neural dynamics of fronto-parietal networks in childhood revealed using magnetoencephalography
Astle D, Luckhoo H, Woolrich M, Kuo BC, Nobre AC, Scerif G
Cerebral Cortex
Cognitive training enhances intrinsic brain connectivity in childhood
Astle D, Barnes JJ, Baker K, Colclough GL, Woolrich MW
The Journal of Neuroscience
Semantic advantage for learning new phonological form representations
Hawkins E, Astle D, & Rastle K
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychopathology and cognitive performance in individuals with membrane-associated guanylate kinase mutations: a functional network phenotyping study
Baker K, Scerif G, Astle D, Fletcher PC, Raymond FL
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Epilepsy, cognitive deficits and neuroanatomy in males with ZDHHC9 mutations
Baker K, Astle D, Scerif G, Barnes J, Smith J, Moffat G, ... Raymond FL
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
2014
Distinct neural mechanisms of individual and developmental differences in VSTM capacity
Astle D, Harvey H, Stokes M, Mohseni H, Nobre AC, Scerif G
Developmental Psychobiology
Neural mechanisms by which attention modulates the comparison of remembered and perceptual representations
Kuo BC & Astle D
PloS One
Modulation of alpha power at encoding and retrieval tracks the precision of visual short-term memory
Poliakov E, Stokes MG, Woolrich MW, Mantini D, Astle D
Journal of Neurophysiology
Memory load modulates graded changes in distracter filtering
Shimi A, Woolrich MW, Mantini D, & Astle D
Frontiers in human neuroscience
Age group and individual differences in attentional orienting dissociate neural mechanisms of encoding and maintenance in visual STM
Shimi A, Kuo BC, Astle D, Nobre AC, & Scerif G
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Orienting attention within visual short-term memory: Development and mechanisms
Shimi A, Nobre AC, Astle D, & Scerif G
Child Development