Author Archives: Allison Chen

Are groovy brains more efficient?

Silvia, Kevin Weiner, and former postdoc Suvi Häkkinen recently published a paper discussing the relationship between functional connectivity and individual sulcal morphology in children and adolescents. The findings underscore the relevance of sulcal morphology in understanding how the brain functions. Read the press release here!

Full link to the press release: https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/05/21/are-groovy-brains-more-efficient/

Breaking the mould of executive function research

Paulo Laurence, a previous collaborator, recently wrote a Journal Club piece discussing Silvia’s published commentary on expanding the field of executive function research. While there is a general understanding of what executive functions are, researchers use different terminology and lack a consensus of what the core executive functions are. Newer approaches such as neural methods and computational modeling may help integrate our understanding of these mental processes.

Read Paulo’s piece here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-025-00437-x

Read Silvia’s commentary here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mbe.12403