R.T. Pivik
Research Professor
Also affiliated: Arkansas Children's Hospital (2015–2016); Harvard University (1977); University of Ottawa (1977–1999); Ottawa Hospital (1979–1999); University of Chicago (1975–1982); Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (2002–2019); Institute of Mental Health Research (1994–1996); Arkansas Children's Research Institute (2015–2016); Carleton University (1995–1996); Stanford University (1972)
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Biography and Research Information
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R.T. Pivik's research has focused on the study of the human brain, particularly its responses to various stimuli and its underlying mechanisms. His work has investigated the effects of different substances on brain activity, including alcohol and its impact on cognitive processes and sensory perception. Pivik has also examined factors influencing vigilance, attention, and performance, with applications in understanding human factors and operational readiness. His research has been supported by grants, including funding from the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Metrics
- h-index: 29
- Publications: 103
- Citations: 3,475
Positions
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Research Professor publications 2004–2019University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Pediatrics ORCID
Selected Publications
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Autonomic Activity in Overweight-Obese Children During the Morning Transition in Cardiac Circadian Regulation (P21-065-19) (2019)
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Cesarean Delivery Impacts Infant Brain Development (2018)
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Resting gamma power during the postnatal critical period for GABAergic system development is modulated by infant diet and sex (2018)
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White Matter Microstructure Correlates with Memory Performance in Healthy Children: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study (2018)
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Brain activation to high-calorie food images in healthy normal weight and obese children: a fMRI study (2018)
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Developmental Changes in Resting Gamma Power from Age Three Months to Five Years Are Modulated by Infant Diet (2017)
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Environmental Forces that Shape Early Development: What We Know and Still Need to Know (2017)
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Gestational Age at Birth and Brain White Matter Development in Term-Born Infants and Children (2017)
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Gamma EEG Activation During Picture‐Word Semantic Processing in 3 Year Olds Varies As A Function of Gender And Infant Diet (2016)
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Infant Diet-Related Changes in Syllable Processing Between 4 and 5 Months: Implications for Developing Native Language Sensitivity (2016)
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Differences in brain functional connectivity at resting state in neonates born to healthy obese or normal-weight mothers (2016)
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Infant Diet And Resting Frontal 6‐10 Hz Power at 9 Months Are Associated with Gender‐Related Differences in Child Temperament at 3 Years (2015)
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Brain gray and white matter differences in healthy normal weight and obese children (2015)
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Semantic memory processing is enhanced in preadolescents breastfed compared to those formula‐fed as infants: An ERP N400 study of sentential semantic congruity (629.1) (2014)
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Infant diet sets the tone for parasympathetic regulation of resting heart rate: Development of vagal tone from 3 months to 2 years (2013)
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Top Collaborators
- Brain gray and white matter differences in healthy normal weight and obese children
- A longitudinal study of differences in electroencephalographic activity among breastfed, milk formula-fed, and soy formula-fed infants during the first year of life
- Early Infant Diet and the Omega 3 Fatty Acid DHA: Effects on Resting Cardiovascular Activity and Behavioral Development During the First Half-Year of Life
- Differences in brain functional connectivity at resting state in neonates born to healthy obese or normal-weight mothers
- Cesarean Delivery Impacts Infant Brain Development
Showing 5 of 28 shared publications
- Brain gray and white matter differences in healthy normal weight and obese children
- Differences in brain functional connectivity at resting state in neonates born to healthy obese or normal-weight mothers
- Diet and gender influences on processing and discrimination of speech sounds in 3‐ and 6‐month‐old infants: a developmental ERP study
- Effects of diet on early stage cortical perception and discrimination of syllables differing in voice-onset time: A longitudinal ERP study in 3 and 6month old infants
- Gestational Age at Birth and Brain White Matter Development in Term-Born Infants and Children
Showing 5 of 15 shared publications
- Brain gray and white matter differences in healthy normal weight and obese children
- Gestational Age at Birth and Brain White Matter Development in Term-Born Infants and Children
- Infant diet, gender and the normative development of vagal tone and heart period during the first two years of life
- Resting gamma power during the postnatal critical period for GABAergic system development is modulated by infant diet and sex
- Infant Diet-Related Changes in Syllable Processing Between 4 and 5 Months: Implications for Developing Native Language Sensitivity
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
- A longitudinal study of differences in electroencephalographic activity among breastfed, milk formula-fed, and soy formula-fed infants during the first year of life
- Early Infant Diet and the Omega 3 Fatty Acid DHA: Effects on Resting Cardiovascular Activity and Behavioral Development During the First Half-Year of Life
- The Influence of Infant Diet on Early Developmental Changes in Processing Human Voice Speech Stimuli: ERP Variations in Breast and Milk Formula-Fed Infants at 3 and 6 Months After Birth
- Cortical Responses to Speech Sounds in 3- and 6-Month-Old Infants Fed Breast Milk, Milk Formula, or Soy Formula
- No difference indicated in electroencephalographic power spectral analysis in 3‐ and 6‐month‐old infants fed soy‐ or milk‐based formula
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
- A longitudinal study of differences in electroencephalographic activity among breastfed, milk formula-fed, and soy formula-fed infants during the first year of life
- Early Infant Diet and the Omega 3 Fatty Acid DHA: Effects on Resting Cardiovascular Activity and Behavioral Development During the First Half-Year of Life
- The Influence of Infant Diet on Early Developmental Changes in Processing Human Voice Speech Stimuli: ERP Variations in Breast and Milk Formula-Fed Infants at 3 and 6 Months After Birth
- Cortical Responses to Speech Sounds in 3- and 6-Month-Old Infants Fed Breast Milk, Milk Formula, or Soy Formula
- No difference indicated in electroencephalographic power spectral analysis in 3‐ and 6‐month‐old infants fed soy‐ or milk‐based formula
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
- Eating breakfast enhances the efficiency of neural networks engaged during mental arithmetic in school-aged children
- Infant diet, gender and the normative development of vagal tone and heart period during the first two years of life
- Resting gamma power during the postnatal critical period for GABAergic system development is modulated by infant diet and sex
- Skipping breakfast: Gender effects on resting heart rate measures in preadolescents
- Infant Diet-Related Changes in Syllable Processing Between 4 and 5 Months: Implications for Developing Native Language Sensitivity
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
- Eating breakfast enhances the efficiency of neural networks engaged during mental arithmetic in school-aged children
- Infant diet, gender and the normative development of vagal tone and heart period during the first two years of life
- Resting gamma power during the postnatal critical period for GABAergic system development is modulated by infant diet and sex
- Skipping breakfast: Gender effects on resting heart rate measures in preadolescents
- Infant Diet-Related Changes in Syllable Processing Between 4 and 5 Months: Implications for Developing Native Language Sensitivity
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
- Brain gray and white matter differences in healthy normal weight and obese children
- Differences in brain functional connectivity at resting state in neonates born to healthy obese or normal-weight mothers
- Cesarean Delivery Impacts Infant Brain Development
- Gestational Age at Birth and Brain White Matter Development in Term-Born Infants and Children
- Brain activation to high-calorie food images in healthy normal weight and obese children: a fMRI study
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
- Early Infant Diet and the Omega 3 Fatty Acid DHA: Effects on Resting Cardiovascular Activity and Behavioral Development During the First Half-Year of Life
- The Influence of Infant Diet on Early Developmental Changes in Processing Human Voice Speech Stimuli: ERP Variations in Breast and Milk Formula-Fed Infants at 3 and 6 Months After Birth
- Cortical Responses to Speech Sounds in 3- and 6-Month-Old Infants Fed Breast Milk, Milk Formula, or Soy Formula
- A new scaling method for topographical comparisons of event-related potentials
- Effects of Breast Milk and Milk Formula Diets on Synthesized Speech Sound-Induced Event-Related Potentials in 3- and 6-Month-Old Infants
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Endogenous eye blinks in preadolescents: relationship to information processing and performance
- Event-related variations in alpha band activity during an attentional task in preadolescents: Effects of morning nutrition
- Skipping breakfast: Gender effects on resting heart rate measures in preadolescents
- Cardiovascular effects of morning nutrition in preadolescents
- Skipping breakfast: gender effects on resting heart rate measures in preadolescents
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Differences in brain functional connectivity at resting state in neonates born to healthy obese or normal-weight mothers
- Cesarean Delivery Impacts Infant Brain Development
- Gestational Age at Birth and Brain White Matter Development in Term-Born Infants and Children
- Differences in brain functional connectivity at resting state in neonates born to healthy obese or normal-weight mothers
- Cesarean Delivery Impacts Infant Brain Development
- Gestational Age at Birth and Brain White Matter Development in Term-Born Infants and Children
- Infant diet, gender and the normative development of vagal tone and heart period during the first two years of life
- Infant diet sets the tone for parasympathetic regulation of resting heart rate: Development of vagal tone from 3 months to 2 years
- Differences in brain functional connectivity at resting state in neonates born to healthy obese or normal-weight mothers
- Environmental Forces that Shape Early Development: What We Know and Still Need to Know
- Cesarean Delivery Impacts Infant Brain Development
- Gestational Age at Birth and Brain White Matter Development in Term-Born Infants and Children
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