Neurocognitive development and its relationship to brain structure and function: Findings from the ABCD study.
4 affiliations
- 1Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 2Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
- 3Departments of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Psychiatry, and Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, USA.
- 4Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Abstract
This paper reviews findings on neurocognitive development provided by the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development® study to date. It explores the structure of cognitive processes during the late childhood to early adolescent developmental time frame as well as associations with brain regions and systems that may support such processes. Also reviewed are findings from a wide variety of cognitive processes including general cognitive abilities, memory, inhibitory control, risk and reward processing, language, non-verbal abilities, executive functioning, and cognitive flexibility. The relationships of these aspects of cognition are examined with regard to morphological features of both white and grey matter, and with regard to brain function, more specifically activation and connectivity measures derived from functional MRI, during rest and during tasks. Section summaries and potential future directions are provided at the end of each section. The paper concludes with broad lessons learned from the ABCD® study so far as well as consideration of how future exploration of the data could illuminate a variety of outstanding issues with regard to neurocognitive development.
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BibTeX
@article{banich2026neurocognitive,
title = {{Neurocognitive development and its relationship to brain structure and function: Findings from the ABCD study.}},
author = {Marie T Banich and Harry R Smolker and Deanna M Barch and Monica Luciana},
journal = {Developmental cognitive neuroscience},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101833},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42887088},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Neurocognitive development and its relationship to brain structure and function: Findings from the ABCD study.
AU - Marie T Banich
AU - Harry R Smolker
AU - Deanna M Barch
AU - Monica Luciana
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/06
JO - Developmental cognitive neuroscience
DO - 10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101833
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42887088
AB - This paper reviews findings on neurocognitive development provided by the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development® study to date. It explores the structure of cognitive processes during the late childhood to early adolescent developmental time frame as well as associations with brain regions and systems that may support such processes. Also reviewed are findings from a wide variety of cognitive processes including general cognitive abilities, memory, inhibitory control, risk and reward processing, language, non-verbal abilities, executive functioning, and cognitive flexibility. The relationships of these aspects of cognition are examined with regard to morphological features of both white and grey matter, and with regard to brain function, more specifically activation and connectivity measures derived from functional MRI, during rest and during tasks. Section summaries and potential future directions are provided at the end of each section. The paper concludes with broad lessons learned from the ABCD® study so far as well as consideration of how future exploration of the data could illuminate a variety of outstanding issues with regard to neurocognitive development.
SN - 1878-9293
SN - 1878-9307
ER -