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Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

How brain structure and function develop across childhood and adolescence and relate to behavior.

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The research landscape

PubMed records indexed
801
Published in last 5 years
557
Active NIH grants
903
NIH funding
$51M

Publication volume by year

  • 14521
  • 4322
  • 5623
  • 20624
  • 24225
  • 10926

Under-studied questions

Derived from the indexed PubMed literature and NIH funding record for this topic. Verify each cited paper before relying on a gap in an application.

  • Active NIH funding outpacing published output

    Moderately supported

    Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience has substantial active NIH investment relative to the volume of recent publications. This pattern typically means funded work is still in progress, so the near-term literature is thin and early contributions can land before the field consolidates.

    Evidence

    903 active NIH projects totalling $50,589,313 against only 801 recent PubMed records — about 0.9 publications per funded project.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Position a project to complement in-flight funded work: replicate an early finding, build the measurement tool that the funded studies will need, or synthesize what has been published so far.

    Sources (4)

    Derived from 27 PubMed records and 903 active NIH grants.

  • Rapidly expanding literature in developmental cognitive neuroscience

    Moderately supported

    Annual PubMed output for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience is growing by roughly 12% per year. In fast-growing areas the bottleneck is usually synthesis and measurement standardization rather than new findings.

    Evidence

    Least-squares trend across yearly PubMed counts: 2021: 145, 2022: 43, 2023: 56, 2024: 206, 2025: 242, 2026: 109.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Lead with a systematic review or a measurement-harmonization study, which tends to be high-impact precisely when a literature is growing this quickly.

    Sources (4)

    Derived from 27 PubMed records and 903 active NIH grants.

  • Review coverage without recent trials

    Tentative

    The recent developmental cognitive neuroscience sample analyzed contains 5 reviews or meta-analyses but no randomized or clinical trials. When synthesis outpaces primary intervention work, the practical questions usually remain untested.

    Evidence

    Publication-type tags on cached PubMed records: 5 review/meta-analysis, 0 trials, out of 27 articles analyzed.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Design a small, well-powered pilot trial on the intervention question these reviews repeatedly identify as untested.

    Sources (5)

    Derived from 27 PubMed records and 903 active NIH grants.

Florida faculty working on this

  • Raul Gonzalez

    FIU · PSYCHOLOGY

    FIU

    5 active NIH grants · $6.3M

  • Brandon A. Zielinski

    UF · OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONS

    UF

    2 active NIH grants · $985K

  • Sara Jo Nixon

    UF · PSYCHIATRY

    UF

    2 active NIH grants · $2.7M

  • Jinying Zhao

    USF · INTERNAL MEDICINE/MEDICINE

    USF

    5 active NIH grants · $3.4M

  • Tehila Nugiel

    FSU · PSYCHOLOGY

    FSU

    1 active NIH grant · $454K

  • Yao Yao

    USF · PHYSIOLOGY

    USF

    7 active NIH grants · $3.5M

  • Nazira El-Hage

    FIU · MICROBIOLOGY/IMMUN/VIROLOGY

    FIU

    6 active NIH grants · $2.5M

  • Aaron A Wilber

    FSU · PSYCHOLOGY

    FSU

    7 active NIH grants · $2.4M

  • Yan Li

    FSU · ENGINEERING (ALL TYPES)

    FSU

    3 active NIH grants · $1.0M

  • Yao Yao

    UF · PHYSIOLOGY

    UF

    2 active NIH grants · $906K

  • Eric Porges

    UF · OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONS

    UF

    2 active NIH grants · $1000K

  • Robert L Cook

    UF · INTERNAL MEDICINE/MEDICINE

    UF

    5 active NIH grants · $3.1M

  • Micah Johnson

    USF · OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONS

    USF

    6 active NIH grants · $1.5M

  • Jinying Zhao

    UF · INTERNAL MEDICINE/MEDICINE

    UF

    2 active NIH grants · $1.5M

  • Ramon C. Sun

    UF · BIOCHEMISTRY

    UF

    2 active NIH grants · $1.5M

  • Lianchun Wang

    USF · PHYSIOLOGY

    USF

    2 active NIH grants · $1.2M

  • Erin L Thompson

    FIU · PSYCHOLOGY

    FIU

    2 active NIH grants · $225K

  • Angela R Laird

    FIU · PHYSICS

    FIU

    2 active NIH grants · $627K

  • Meredith Berry

    UF · OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONS

    UF

    2 active NIH grants · $386K

  • Mingzhou Ding

    UF · BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

    UF

    1 active NIH grant · $476K

  • Kathleen E Feeney

    FIU · PSYCHOLOGY

    FIU

    1 active NIH grant · $32K

  • Hariom Yadav

    USF · NEUROSURGERY

    USF

    3 active NIH grants · $1.2M

  • Michael S Okun

    UF · NEUROSCIENCES

    UF

    1 active NIH grant · $841K

  • Jay P. Mclaughlin

    UF · PHARMACOLOGY

    UF

    1 active NIH grant · $666K

  • Lianchun Wang

    UF · PHYSIOLOGY

    UF

    1 active NIH grant · $588K

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