One of the main missions of the CIBSR is to assess brain development and function and specific genetic influences in children, and to understand how this information is associated with behavioral and cognitive variation. A particular focus is on individuals with genetic, neuropsychiatric, and neurodevelopmental conditions that affect learning, emotion, and behavior.
CIBSR also focuses in studying the development of normal brain structure and function in children and adolescents. Major research projects include:

• Autism
• Adolescent Depression
• Bipolar Disorder (BD)
• Dyslexia
• Eating Disorders
• Educational Neuroscience Program
• Fragile X
• Klinefelter Syndrome
• Typically Developing Brain
• Pediatric Cancer
• Preterm Birth
• Psychotic Major Depression
• Turner Syndrome
• Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS)
• Williams Syndrome
• X-Linked Mental Retardation (XLMR)

Previous Studies

• Sex Chromosomal Abnormalities (SCA)
• Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
• Brain Injury
• Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Early Life Stress Research Program