Cog Neuro
studying social inequity & early brain development
About
Hi, I’m Melissa! I’m a cognitive neuroscience PhD student at Colorado State University studying social inequality, early life stress, and early brain development.
My CV
I am a Cognitive Neuroscience PhD student at Colorado State University in the Linking Early Adversity, Resilience, and Neurodevelopment (LEARN) Lab with Emily Merz, Ph.D.
Publications
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FIRST AUTHOR
Educational Attainment Polygenic Scores, Socioeconomic Factors, and Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Children and Adolescents
Masters Thesis
Published 2024Socioeconomic Factors, Sleep Timing and Duration, and Amygdala Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Children
Frontiers in Psychiatry, Volume 15
Published 2024Polygenic Risk for Depression and Anterior and Posterior Hippocampal Volume in Children and Adolescents
Journal of Effective Disorders - Volume 344
Published 2023Socioeconomic Disparities in Sleep Duration are Associated with Cortical Thickness in Children
Brain and Behavior - Volume 13, Issue 2
Published 2023CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and White Matter Microstructure of the Arcuate Fasciculus and Uncinate Fasciculus in Adolescents
Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science - Volume 4, Issue 1
Published 2024Socioeconomic Disparities in Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Regulation and Prefrontal Cortical Structure
Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science - Volume 4, Issue 1
Published 2024Sex Differences in Myelin Content of White Matter Tracts in Adolescents with Depression
Neuropsychopharmacology - Volume 46
Published 2021Associations Between Stress Exposure and New Mothers’ Brain Responses to Infant Cry Sounds
NeuroImage - Volume 223
Published 2020 -
Late Bedtimes and Not Enough Sleep can Harm Developing Brains - and Poorer Kids are More at Risk
The Conversation
Published 2024 -
Study examines links between socioeconomic status, sleep and brain development in children
Colorado State University
Published 2023Brain imaging study links socioeconomic disparities in children’s sleep to reduced cortical thickness
PsyPost
Published 2023
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