Dick, Anthony
- Professor, Psychology , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
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Overview
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- Dr. Dick is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist who studies the neurobiology of language and executive function using diffusion-weighted and functional imaging. He is specifically interested in how these cognitive processes are mutually supported by developing structural and functional neural networks, in both typically developing and atypically developing children (e.g., children with ADHD, pediatric stroke). In 2018 he edited a graduate developmental science text (Dick & Müller, Eds., Advancing Developmental Science; Philosophy, Theory, and Method). He has been funded by the NIDCD, NICHD, NIMH, NIDA, NIDDK and NSF to conduct his work.
research interests
- The Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at Florida International University (FIU), Miami, is directed by Dr. Anthony Dick. The laboratory conducts leading research on how children’s brains develop as they learn language and problem solving skills (i.e., executive function). We use safe and non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to learn about brain development. Our research is supported by active grants from the NIH (R01MH112588; R01DK119814; U01DA041156; R01HD098152) and from the National Science Foundation (NSF2028680), and our findings are published in major scientific journals and help to inform educational and mental health policy. Please use the links above to navigate the site!
Scholarly & Creative Works
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2021Baseline brain function in the preadolescents of the ABCD StudyFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41593-021-00867-9 Web of Science: 000658708100001
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2021Correspondence Between Perceived Pubertal Development and Hormone Levels in 9-10 Year-Olds From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY. 11.Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.549928 Web of Science: 000625149400001
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2020Altered hippocampal microstructure and function in children who experienced Hurricane Irma. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/dev.22071 Web of Science: 000598896900001
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2020Altered brain structures in the dorsal and ventral language pathways in individuals with and without developmental language disorder (DLD). BRAIN IMAGING AND BEHAVIOR. 14:2569-2586.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11682-019-00209-1 Web of Science: 000587138100042
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2020The phonological loop: is speech special?. EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 238:2307-2321.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00221-020-05886-9 Web of Science: 000554059300001
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2020Measuring Cognitive Flexibility with the Flexible Item Selection Task: From fMRI Adaptation to Individual Connectome Mapping. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE. 32:1026-1045.Full Text via DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_01536 Web of Science: 000531875200002
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2020Disruptive Behavior Problems, Callous-Unemotional Traits, and Regional Gray Matter Volume in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY-COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING. 5:481-489.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.01.002 Web of Science: 000532717500005
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2020Metacognitive and motivation deficits, exposure to trauma, and high parental demands characterize adolescents with late-onset ADHD. EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 29:537-548.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00787-019-01382-w Web of Science: 000522167900012
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2019Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. NEUROIMAGE. 202.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116091 Web of Science: 000491861000051
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2019Fiber pathways supporting early literacy development in 5-8-year-old children. BRAIN AND COGNITION. 134:80-89.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2018.12.004 Web of Science: 000471734800009
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2019No evidence for a bilingual executive function advantage in the nationally representative ABCD study. NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. 3:692-701.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0609-3 Web of Science: 000474839900015
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2019Diffusion weighted imaging evidence of extra-callosal pathways for interhemispheric communication after complete commissurotomy. BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION. 224:1897-1909.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00429-019-01864-2 Web of Science: 000471236200014
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2019Laterality of the frontal aslant tract (FAT) explains externalizing behaviors through its association with executive function. DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE. 22.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/desc.12744 Web of Science: 000459701600005
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2019Strategy Selection Versus Flexibility: Using Eye-Trackers to Investigate Strategy Use During Mental Rotation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION. 45.Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/xlm0000574 Web of Science: 000456787500005
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2019The role of the arcuate and middle longitudinal fasciculi in speech perception in noise in adulthood. HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 40.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24367 Web of Science: 000459795200017
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2018Structural Connections of Functionally Defined Human Insular Subdivisions. CEREBRAL CORTEX. 28.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx211 Web of Science: 000446091100004
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2018Integrating Philosophy, Theory, and Method in Contemporary Developmental Science An Overview of the Issues. ADVANCING DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE: PHILOSOPHY, THEORY, AND METHOD. 1-12.Web of Science: 000441169600002
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2018The Ontogenesis of Neural Networks from a Network Science Perspective. ADVANCING DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE: PHILOSOPHY, THEORY, AND METHOD. 65-78.Web of Science: 000441169600007
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2017Cerebellar Contributions to Language in Typical and Atypical Development: A Review. DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. 42:404-421.
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2015Fiber tracking of the frontal aslant tract and subcomponents of the arcuate fasciculus in 5-8-year-olds: Relation to speech and language function. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE. 149:66-76.
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2015Meta-analytic connectivity and behavioral parcellation of the human cerebellum. NEUROIMAGE. 117:327-342.
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2014Frontal and temporal contributions to understanding the iconic co-speech gestures that accompany speech. HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 35:900-917.
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2014The development of cognitive flexibility beyond the preschool period: An investigation using a modified Flexible Item Selection Task. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY. 125:13-34.
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2013
Stuck in the moment: cognitive inflexibility in preschoolers following an extended time period . FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 4.Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00959 Web of Science: 000331567500001 -
2013Functional and structural aging of the speech sensorimotor neural system: functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence. NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 34:1935-1951.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.02.004 PMID: 23523270 Web of Science: 000319803100002
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2013Interhemispheric Functional Connectivity following Prenatal or Perinatal Brain Injury Predicts Receptive Language Outcome. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 33:5612-5625.
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2012Sources of Cognitive Inflexibility in Set-Shifting Tasks: Insights Into Developmental Theories From Adult Data. JOURNAL OF COGNITION AND DEVELOPMENT. 13:82-110.
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2010Left hemisphere regions are critical for language in the face of early left focal brain injury. BRAIN. 133:1707-1716.
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Editorial Material
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2014Does it talk the talk? On the role of basal ganglia in emotive speech processing. BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X13004044 Web of Science: 000348056700012
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2013The neurobiology of receptive-expressive language interdependence. BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES. 352-353.
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Meeting Abstract
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2018TASK-BASED NEUROIMAGING PROBES OF THE DEVELOPINGBRAIN IN THE ABCD STUDY. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH.Web of Science: 000443221503211
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2019The frontal aslant tract (FAT) and its role in speech, language and executive function. CORTEX.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.10.015 Web of Science: 000458223400012
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2018The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study: Imaging acquisition across 21 sites. DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2018.03.001 Web of Science: 000434985300007
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2016Broca and Wernicke are dead, or moving past the classic model of language neurobiology. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE. 60-71.
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2012Beyond the arcuate fasciculus: consensus and controversy in the connectional anatomy of language. BRAIN. 3529-3550.
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Research
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- Early childhood behavioral and neurobiological profiles in the prediction of obesity: The role of self-regulation and the caregiving environment awarded by Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases 2018 - 2023
- Biosignatures of Executive Function and Emotion Regulation in young children with ADHD awarded by National Institute of Mental Health 2017 - 2022
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- Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD): FIU awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2020 - 2027
- Individual Differences in the Development of Spatial Skills: Role of Hippocampal Function and Structure awarded by Child Health and Human Development 2019 - 2023
- Child spatial ability: What role do parents play? awarded by Child Health and Human Development 2021 - 2023
- Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD): FIU awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2015 - 2020
- Cognitive and Behavioral Predictors of Success at the High School Transition awarded by FIU Foundation 2017 - 2019
- Biosignatures of Executive Function and Emotion Regulation in young children with ADHD awarded by National Institute of Mental Health 2016 - 2018
Contact
full name
- Anthony Dick
Identifiers
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- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9907-8155 (confirmed)
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