The Monoamine, Temperament, and Neurodevelopment (MTN) Study

Recruitment for the MTN Study is now closed.

The goal of the Child Brain Study is to learn about how children think, feel, and interact with their caregivers with the larger goal of understanding how children develop. A child’s brain grows dramatically during this age range to support large leaps in development. MTN is part of the Child Brain Study and aims to understand this development at a really precise level. In this study we are interested in how different messengers in our brains (called monoamines, which include dopamine) change as children learn how to identify and control their emotions.

To map this change, kids come into the lab every other month to play games and watch movies while we scan their brains. Parents play games with their child and complete questionnaires at the lab and at home. We think that this study will help us understand how some children learn to control their emotions while others have a harder time. By studying neural, affective, and cognitive development in in children, this project can elucidate how neurodevelopment can go awry, such as in the case of psychiatric disorders.

Call us at 314-273-8430 or email us at LCBD@wustl.edu for more information.