NeuroAI LabUCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center

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2026

  1. Cortex

    Data-driven cognitive clusters in persistent developmental dyslexia

    Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Kersey, M., Bahar, N., Inkelis, S., Mauer, E., Siebert, J., Vonk, J. M. J., Bogley, R., Carpenter, E., Martin-Moreno, D. V., De Leon, J., Tee, B. L., Mandelli, M. L., Pereira, C., Miller, Z. A., & Gorno-Tempini, M. L.

    Cortex, 204, 216-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2026.08.006

  2. Nature Aging

    Agentic AI for scaling diagnosis and care in neurodegenerative disease

    Breithaupt, A. G., Weiner, M., Tang, A., Possin, K. L., Sirota, M., Lah, J., Levey, A. I., Van Hentenryck, P., Zandehshahvar, R., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., Giorgio, J., Wang, J., Rauschecker, A. M., Rosen, H. J., Nosheny, R. L., Miller, B. L., & Pinheiro-Chagas, P.

    Nature Aging, 6(8), 1565-1579. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-026-01186-z · PDF

  3. Annals of Dyslexia

    Spoken language delay in toddlerhood predicts late childhood language outcomes in dyslexia: evidence from retrospective parent-report

    Palser, E. R., Bahar, N., Carpenter, E., Bardorf, M., Kersey, M., Bogley, R., Inkelis, S., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Tee, B. L., DeLeon, J., Sturm, V. E., Miller, Z. A., Mandelli, M. L., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., & Pereira, C.

    Annals of Dyslexia, 76(2), 329-347. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-026-00387-w

  4. Cerebral Cortex

    A neuroanatomical basis for co-occurring low attention and low reading ability

    Romano, M. F., Nedelec, P., Mandelli, M. L., Yeatman, J. D., Bonham, L. W., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Sugrue, L. P., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., & Rauschecker, A. M.

    Cerebral Cortex, 36(7), bhag100. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhag100

  5. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

    The active ingredients: physical activity features linked to healthy brain aging

    Cadwallader, C. J., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Saloner, R., Fenton, L., VandeBunte, A. M., Lin, M., Pham, A., Chen, C., Diaz, V. E., Olzinski, M., Licata, S., Callies, L., Lo, C., Buxton, J., Cobigo, Y., Rabinovici, G. D., Kramer, J. H., Casaletto, K. B., & Paolillo, E. W.

    Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 18(1), 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-026-01998-6

2025

  1. Seminars in Neurology

    Review of artificial intelligence for clinical use in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

    Breithaupt, A. G., Tang, A., Paolillo, E. W., Bibars, M., Johnson, E. C. B., Saloner, R., Possin, K. L., Windon, C. C., Hill-Jarrett, T. G., Giorgio, J., Rauschecker, A. M., Kwon, H., Vonk, J. M. J., & Pinheiro-Chagas, P.

    Seminars in Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2744-9871

  2. medRxiv

    Agentic Generative Artificial Intelligence System for Classification of Pathology-Confirmed Primary Progressive Aphasia Variants

    Gallingani, C., Miller, Z. A., Mandelli, M. L., Rosen, H. J., Ezzes, Z., Lin, M., Rodriguez, D., Grinberg, L. T., Spina, S., Seeley, W. W., Miller, B., Gorno-Tempini, M. L.*, & Pinheiro-Chagas, P.*

    medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.28.25338977

  3. medRxiv

    Characterizing Dementia Phenotypes from Unstructured EHR Notes with Generative AI and Interpretable Machine Learning

    Tang, A. S., Zeng, B. Z. D., Rankin, K. P., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., Seeley, W. W., Rosen, H. J., Rabinovici, G. D., Oskotsky, T. T., Sirota, M., & Pinheiro-Chagas, P.

    medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.01.25336815

  4. Higher Brain Function Research

    Redefining Language and Neurodegeneration Through PPA: Clinical Phenotypes, Network Vulnerability, and Global Research Directions

    Cheng, Y. W., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., & Tee, B. L.

    Higher Brain Function Research, 45(3), 159-175. https://doi.org/10.2496/hbfr.45.159

2024

  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Cross-regional coordination of activity in the human brain during autobiographical self-referential processing

    Stieger, J. R., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Fang, Y., Li, J., Lusk, Z., Perry, C. M., Girn, M., Contreras, D., Chen, Q., Huguenard, J. R., Spreng, R. N., Edlow, B. L., Wagner, A. D., Buch, V., & Parvizi, J.

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(32), e2316021121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2316021121

  2. Journal of Neuroscience

    Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Successive Activations across the Human Brain during Simple Arithmetic Processing

    Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Sava-Segal, C., Akkol, S., Daitch, A., & Parvizi, J.

    Journal of Neuroscience, 44(17), e2118222024. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2118-22.2024

  3. Journal of Neuroscience

    Distinct Contributions of the Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia to Arithmetic Procedures

    Saban, W., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Borra, S., & Ivry, R. B.

    Journal of Neuroscience, 44(2), e1482222023. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1482-22.2023

2023

  1. Developmental Science

    Preschool language and visuospatial skills respectively predict multiplication and addition/subtraction skills in middle school children

    Guez, A., Piazza, M., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Peyre, H., Heude, B., & Ramus, F.

    Developmental Science, 26(3), e13316. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13316

  2. Brain Structure and Function

    Direct intracranial recordings in the human angular gyrus during arithmetic processing

    Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Chen, F., Sabetfakhri, N., Perry, C., & Parvizi, J.

    Brain Structure and Function, 228(1), 305-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-022-02540-8

2022

  1. Nature Communications

    Electrocorticographic evidence of a common neurocognitive sequence for mentalizing about the self and others

    Tan, K. M., Daitch, A. L., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Fox, K. C. R., Parvizi, J., & Lieberman, M. D.

    Nature Communications, 13(1), 1919. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29510-2

2021

  1. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

    Overlapping Neuronal Population Responses in the Human Parietal Cortex during Visuospatial Attention and Arithmetic Processing

    Pinheiro-Chagas, P.*, Liu, N.*, Sava-Segal, C., Kastner, S., Chen, Q., & Parvizi, J.

    Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 33(12), 2548-2558. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01775

  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Altered sense of self during seizures in the posteromedial cortex

    Parvizi, J., Braga, R. M., Kucyi, A., Veit, M. J., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Perry, C., Sava-Segal, C., Zeineh, M., van Staalduinen, E. K., Henderson, J. M., & Markert, M.

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(29), e2100522118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2100522118

  3. Neuron

    Gender bias in academia: A lifetime problem that needs solutions

    Llorens, A., Tzovara, A., Bellier, L., Bhaya-Grossman, I., Bidet-Caulet, A., Chang, W. K., Cross, Z. R., Dominguez-Faus, R., Flinker, A., Fonken, Y., Gorenstein, M. A., Holdgraf, C., Hoy, C. W., Ivanova, M. V., Jimenez, R. T., Jun, S., Kam, J. W. Y., Kidd, C., Marcelle, E., Marciano, D., Martin, S., Myers, N. E., Ojala, K., Perry, A., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Riès, S. K., Saez, I., Skelin, I., Slama, K., Staveland, B., Bassett, D. S., Buffalo, E. A., Fairhall, A. L., Kopell, N. J., Kray, L. J., Lin, J. J., Nobre, A. C., Riley, D., Solbakk, A. K., Wallis, J. D., Wang, X. J., Yuval-Greenberg, S., Kastner, S., Knight, R. T., Dronkers, N. F., & Brainhack Community.

    Neuron, 109(13), 2047-2074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.06.002

  4. Neuron

    Brainhack: Developing a culture of open, inclusive, community-driven neuroscience

    Gau, R., Noble, S., Heuer, K., Bottenhorn, K. L., Bilgin, I. P., Yang, Y. F., Huntenburg, J. M., Bayer, J. M. M., Bethlehem, R. A. I., Rhoads, S. A., Vogelbacher, C., Borghesani, V., Levitis, E., Wang, H. T., Van Den Bossche, S., Kobeleva, X., Legarreta, J. H., Guay, S., Atay, S. M., Varoquaux, G. P., Huijser, D. C., Sandström, M. S., Herholz, P., Nastase, S. A., Badhwar, A., Dumas, G., Schwab, S., Moia, S., Dayan, M., Bassil, Y., Brooks, P. P., Mancini, M., Shine, J. M., O'Connor, D., Xie, X., Poggiali, D., Friedrich, P., Heinsfeld, A. S., Riedl, L., Toro, R., Caballero-Gaudes, C., Eklund, A., Garner, K. G., Nolan, C. R., Demeter, D. V., Barrios, F. A., Merchant, J. S., McDevitt, E. A., Oostenveld, R., Craddock, R. C., Rokem, A., Doyle, A., Ghosh, S. S., Nikolaidis, A., Stanley, O. W., & Uruñuela, E.

    Neuron, 109(11), 1769-1775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.04.001

2019

  1. Trends in Cognitive Sciences

    Track It to Crack It: Dissecting Processing Stages with Finger Tracking

    Dotan, D., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Al Roumi, F., & Dehaene, S.

    Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 23(12), 1058-1070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2019.10.002

  2. Frontiers in Psychology

    Response: Commentary: The Developmental Trajectory of the Operational Momentum Effect

    Didino, D., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Wood, G., & Knops, A.

    Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 160. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00160

  3. Cortex

    Processing number and length in the parietal cortex: Sharing resources, not a common code

    Borghesani, V., de Hevia, M. D., Viarouge, A., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Eger, E., & Piazza, M.

    Cortex, 114, 17-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.07.017

  4. Cortex

    Decoding the processing stages of mental arithmetic with magnetoencephalography

    Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Piazza, M., & Dehaene, S.

    Cortex, 114, 124-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.07.018

2018

  1. Frontiers in Psychology

    The Developmental Trajectory of the Operational Momentum Effect

    Pinheiro-Chagas, P.*, Didino, D.*, Haase, V. G., Wood, G., & Knops, A.

    Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1062. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01062

  2. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

    Brain Mechanisms of Arithmetic: A Crucial Role for Ventral Temporal Cortex

    Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Daitch, A., Parvizi, J., & Dehaene, S.

    Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30(12), 1757-1772. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01319

  3. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

    A Translational Framework of Educational Neuroscience in Learning Disorders

    Dresler, T., Bugden, S., Gouet, C., Lallier, M., Oliveira, D. G., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Pires, A. C., Wang, Y., Zugarramurdi, C., & Weissheimer, J.

    Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 12, 25. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2018.00025

  4. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

    Neuronal Population Responses in the Human Ventral Temporal and Lateral Parietal Cortex during Arithmetic Processing with Digits and Number Words

    Baek, S., Daitch, A. L., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., & Parvizi, J.

    Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 30(9), 1315-1322. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01296

2017

  1. Open Mind

    Finger Tracking Reveals the Covert Stages of Mental Arithmetic

    Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Dotan, D., Piazza, M., & Dehaene, S.

    Open Mind, 1(1), 30-41. https://doi.org/10.1162/OPMI_a_00003

2014

  1. PLOS ONE

    In how many ways is the approximate number system associated with exact calculation?

    Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Wood, G., Knops, A., Krinzinger, H., Lonnemann, J., Starling-Alves, I., Willmes, K., & Haase, V. G.

    PLOS ONE, 9(11), e111155. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111155

  2. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A

    Are 22q11.2 distal deletions associated with math difficulties?

    Carvalho, M. R., Vianna, G., Oliveira, L. de F., Costa, A. J., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Sturzenecker, R., Zen, P. R., Rosa, R. F., de Aguiar, M. J., & Haase, V. G.

    American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 164A(9), 2256-2262. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.36649

  3. Frontiers in Psychology

    Contributions from specific and general factors to unique deficits: two cases of mathematics learning difficulties

    Haase, V. G., Júlio-Costa, A., Lopes-Silva, J. B., Starling-Alves, I., Antunes, A. M., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., & Wood, G.

    Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 102. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00102

2013

  1. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

    Transcoding abilities in typical and atypical mathematics achievers: the role of working memory and procedural and lexical competencies

    Moura, R., Wood, G., Pinheiro-Chagas, P., Lonnemann, J., Krinzinger, H., Willmes, K., & Haase, V. G.

    Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 116(3), 707-727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2013.07.008

2011

  1. Frontiers in Psychology

    A hand full of numbers: a role for offloading in arithmetics learning?

    Costa, A. J., Silva, J. B., Chagas, P. P., Krinzinger, H., Lonneman, J., Willmes, K., Wood, G., & Haase, V. G.

    Frontiers in Psychology, 2, 368. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00368