*Equal contributions
Kember J, He Y, Gracia-Tabuenca Z, Barnett A, Chai XJ. The hippocampus becomes topographically and functionally specialized along the longitudinal axis with development. Nature Communications. In press.
Jiang H, Rodriguez-Cruces R, Xie K, Kebets V, Wang Y, Weber C, He Y, Kember J, Sweatman H, Poline JB, Bzdok D, Hong SJ, Bernhardt B, Chai XJ. Morphometric dis-similarity associated with autism subtype with more severe symptoms. NeuroImage,听328: 121775 (2026)
Kopal K, Huguet G, Marotta J, Aggarwal S, Osayande N, Kumar K, Saci Z, Jean-Louis M, Chai XJ, Ge T, B.T. Yeo T, Thompson PM, Bearden CE, Andreassen OA, Jacquemont S, Bzdok D. High-effect gene-coding variants shape cognition, mental well-being, and neighborhood safety substrates in brain morphology.听Nature Biomedical Engineering, 10 (2), 354-369 (2026).
Sweatman H, *He Y, *Lawrence R, *Garcia-Tabuenca Z, Chai XJ. Self-referential encoding in the developing brain. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 74, 101581听(2025)
He Y, *Sweatman H, Thomson A, *Garcia Tabuenca Z, Puts N, Chai XJ. Regional Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance Relates to Self-Reference Effect on Recollection via the Precuneus/Posterior cingulate cortex-Prefrontal Connectivity.听Journal of Neuroscience, 45 (25)听(2025)
Kember J, Gacia Tabuenca Z, Patel, R, Chakravarty, M, Chai, XJ. Developmental changes in hippocampal neurite colocalize with the expression of genes involved in modulating low-theta oscillations. Communications Biology 8 (1), 302 (2025).
Weber CF, Kebets V, Benkarim O, Lariviere S, Wang Y, Ngo A, Jiang H, Chai XJ, Park BY, Milham M, Di Martino A, Valk S, Hong SJ, Bernhardt BC. Contracted functional connectivity profiles in autism.听Molecular Autism, 15 (1), 38 (2024)
Gacia Tabuenca Z, Barbeau E, Kousaie, S, Chen JK, Chai X*, Klein D*. Enhanced efficiency in the bilingual brain through the inter-hemispheric cortico-cerebellar pathway in early second language acquisition. Communications Biology 7 (1), 1298 (2024). [Media coverage on CBC TV, Radio Canada,听, CTV Montreal]
Kember J, Patenaude P, Sweatman H, van Schaik L, Gacia Tabuenca Z, Chai XJ. Specialization of anterior and posterior hippocampal functional connectivity differs in autism. Autism Research, 17 (6), 1126-1139听(2024)
Huang X, Gao L, Xiao J, Li L, Shan X, Chen H, Chai X*, Duan X*. Family environment modulates linkage of transdiagnostic psychiatric phenotypes and dissociable brain features in the developing brain.听Biological Psychiatry:CNNI.听9 (9), 928-938 (2024)
Thomson A, Hwa H , Pasanta D, Hopwood B, Powell HJ , Lawrence R , Gacia Tabuenca Z, Arichi T, Edden RAE, Chai X, Puts NA. The developmental trajectory of 1H-MRS brain metabolites from childhood to adulthood.听Cerebral Cortex. 34 (3), bhae046 (2024)
Garcia Tabuenca Z, Barbeau E, Xia Y, Chai X,听Predicting depression risk in early adolescence via multimodal brain imaging.听NeuroImage: Clinical听(42) 103604 (2024).
Chai XJ, Tang, LF, Gabrieli JDE, Ofen N. From vision to memory: how scene-sensitive regions support memory formation during child development.听Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience听(65) 101340 (2024).
Sander K, Chai X, Barbeau EB, Kousaie S, Petrides M, Baum S, Klein D. Interhemispheric Functional Brain Connectivity Predicts New Language Learning Success in Adults.听Cereb Cortex: 33(4) 1217-1229 (2023).
Sweatman H, Lewis-de los Angeles CP, Jiahe Zhang J, Ofen N, Gabrieli JDE, Chai XJ. Development of the neural correlates of recollection,听Cerebral Cortex:30(10) 6028-6037 (2023)
Freeman C, Olino T, Barbeu E, Weinberg A, Chai X. Family History of Depression and Neural Reward Sensitivity: Findings from the ABCD Study.听Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and听Neuroimaging: 8(6): 620-629 (2023)
Sweatman H, Lawrence R, Chai X. Development of self-referential effect on memory recollection.听Child Development听:93 (6), 1848-1859 (2022).
Lawrence R and Chai XJ, Self-referential encoding of source information in recollection memory.听PloS One听16 (4), e0248044 (2021)
Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Wendelken C, Nieto Casta帽贸n A, Bailey AK, SA Anteraper, Lee YJ, Chai XJ, Hirshfeld-Becker DR, Biederman J, Cutting LE, Bunge SA. Association of intrinsic brain architecture with changes in attentional and mood symptoms during development.听JAMA Psychiatry.听77:378-386 (2020)
Chai XJ, Hirshfeld-Becker D, Doehrmann O, Leonard J, Salvatore J, Brown A, Biederman J, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Gabrieli JDE. Altered intrinsic functional brain architecture in children at familial risk of major depression.听Biological Psychiatry听80: 848-858 (2016). [Highlighted in听,听]
Chai XJ, Berken J, Barbeau EB, Soles J, Callahan M, Chen JK, Klein D. Intrinsic functional connectivity in the adult brain and success in second language learning.听Journal of Neuroscience听36: 755-761 (2016). [Highlighted in听,听,听黑料网爆吃瓜 News,听]
Berken J, Chai XJ, Chen JK, Gracco V, Klein D. Effects of early and late bilingualism on resting-state functional connectivity.听Journal of Neuroscience听36: 1165-1172 (2016).
Chai XJ, Ofen N, Gabrieli JDE, Whitfield-Gabrieli S. Development of deactivation of the default-mode network during episodic memory formation.听NeuroImage听84: 932-938 (2014).
Chai XJ, Ofen N, Gabrieli JDE, Whitfield-Gabrieli S. Selective development of anticorrelated networks in the intrinsic functional organization of the human brain.听Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience听26: 501-513 (2014).
Ofen N, Chai XJ, Schuil K, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Gabrieli JDE. The development of brain systems associated with successful memory retrieval of scenes.听Journal of Neuroscience听32: 10012-10020 (2012).
Chai XJ, Casta帽贸n AN, 脰ng眉r D, Whitfield-Gabrieli S. Anticorrelations in resting state networks without global regression.听NeuroImage听59: 1420-1428 (2012).听
Chai XJ, Whitfield-Gabrieli S, Shinn AK, Gabrieli JDE, Casta帽贸n AN, McCarthy JM, Cohen BM, 脰ng眉r D. Abnormal medial prefrontal cortex resting-state connectivity in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.听Neuropsychopharmacology听36: 2009-2017 (2011).
Chai XJ, Ofen N, Jacobs LF, Gabrieli JDE. Scene complexity: influence on perception, memory, and development in the medial temporal lobe.听Frontiers in Human Neuroscience听4: 21 (2010).