Lifespan Human Connectome Project Development (HCP-D)
The HCP-D study aims to investigate how different parts of a child’s brain are connected and how these connections (the "connectome") change as the brain develops. Participants are children, adolescents, and young adults aged 5 to 21 years, recruited from four states in the United States of America (Washington, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and California) starting in 2017. A subset of participants (9-year-old females, 13-year-old females, 10-year-old males, and 14-year-old males) complete two additional follow-up assessments approximately 15 months apart. As of 2021, data has been collected from 652 participants, with the goal of recruiting over 1,300 participants.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
652 (participants, as of 2021)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
5 - 21 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2017
Primary Institutions
Harvard University (Academic, United States of America)
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Academic, United States of America)
University of Minnesota (Academic, United States of America)
University of Oxford (Academic, United Kingdom)
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) (Academic, United States of America)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Government, United States of America)
Washington University in St. Louis (Academic, United States of America)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-completed questionnaire – online
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- Arterial Spin Labelling (ASL)
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
