Welcome to the BEE Lab. We are part of the Center for Human Development at the University of California, San Diego.
Our lab team is affiliated with the Departments of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Radiology, Neurosciences, and Cognitive Science, as well as the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology and the SDSU Department of Psychology. We are broadly interested in how differences in early brain development affect cognitive and behavioral development in young children and the factors associated with variations in outcome.
Publications
Hasler, H.M. & Akshoomoff, N. (2019). Mathematics ability and related skills in preschoolers born very preterm. Child Neuropsychology, Feb 25 (2):162-178-17. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2017.1412413. [Epub ahead of print 2017 Dec 12] PMID: 29233080
Hasler, H.M., Fuller, M.G., Vaucher, Y.E., Brown, T.T., Stiles, J., Dale, A.M, Jernigan, T.L., & Akshoomoff, N. (submitted). Movement abilities and brain development in preschoolers born very preterm.
Hasler, H.M., Brown, T.T., & Akshoomoff, N. (submitted). Variations in brain morphometry among healthy preschoolers born very preterm.
Presentations at Scientific Conferences
Hasler, H.M., Torres, S., Fuller, M.G., Stiles, J., Vaucher, Y., & Akshoomoff, N. (2016). Moved to learn: Movement abilities correlate with cognition in preschoolers born very preterm. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Boston, MA.
Torres, S., Hasler, H.M., Han, J., Stiles, J., & Akshoomoff, N. (2016). “Touch your head means touch your toes?” Executive function deficits in preterm children. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Boston, MA.
Akshoomoff, N., Hasler, H.M., Fuller, M.G., Torres, S., Vaucher, Y.E., & Stiles, J. (2016) Motor skill differences and MRI brain measures in healthy preschoolers born very preterm. Platform presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Fuller, M.G., Akshoomoff, N., & Vaucher, Y.E. (2017) Factors associated with motor skill differences in healthy preschoolers born very preterm. Poster presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Fuller, M.G., Hasler, H., Akshoomoff, N., & Vaucher, Y. (2018). White matter abnormalities and motor skill deficits in preschoolers born very preterm. Poster presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Akshoomoff, N. (2018). Regional differences in cortical thickness associated with numerosity and math skills in 5 year-old children born very preterm. Presentation for Nanosymposium, Human Cognition and Behavior: Neurocognitive Development. Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA.
Hasler, H.G., Haist, F., Jernigan, T.L., Stiles, J., & Akshoomoff, N. (2019). Growth of formal and informal mathematics skills in children born very preterm. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. New York, NY.
Akshoomoff, N. & Haist, F. (2019). Regional cortical thickness differences associated with informal and formal math skills in young children born very preterm. Poster presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Fuller, M.G., Akshoomoff, N., & Vaucher, Y. (2019). Trajectory of movement skills in children born very preterm. Poster presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Sawyer, C. & Akshoomoff, N. (2019). Executive functions in young school age children born very preterm: Correlations with early academic achievement. Poster presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Adrian, J., Haist, F., & Akshoomoff, N. (2019) Development of Informal and Formal Mathematics Skills Following Preterm Birth: A Longitudinal Study of 5- to 7-Year Old Children. Poster to be presented at the Cognitive Science Society Meeting. Montréal, Canada.