Lifespan Development:

Zuo, X.-N., He, Y., Betzel, R. F., Colcombe, S., Sporns, O., & Milham, M. P. (2016). Human Connectomics       across the Life Span. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 21(1). []    

Functional Connectivity:

Yang Z, Qiu J, Wang P, et al. Brain structure–function associations identified in large-scale neuroimaging data. Brain Structure and Function, 2016:1-16. []

Fox, M. D., & Raichle, M. E. (2007). Spontaneous fluctuations in brain activity observed with functional magnetic resonance imaging. Nat Rev Neurosci, 8(9), 700-711.

Default Mode Network:

Raichle, M. E. (2015). The brain's default mode network. Annual review of neuroscience(0).

Greicius, M. D., Krasnow, B., Reiss, A. L., & Menon, V. (2003). Functional connectivity in the resting brain: a network analysis of the default mode hypothesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100(1), 253-258. [PDF]

Raichle, M. E., MacLeod, A. M., Snyder, A. Z., Powers, W. J., Gusnard, D. A., & Shulman, G. L. (2001). A default mode of brain function. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 98.

Biswal, B., Yetkin, F. Z., Haughton, V. M., & Hyde, J. S. (1995). Functional connectivity in the motor cortex of resting  human brain using echo-planar MRI. Magn Reson Med, 34(4), 537-541.

Aging Mechanism:

Chen, Y.-C., Chen, C.-C., Decety, J., & Cheng, Y. (2014). Aging is associated with changes in the neural circuits underlying empathy. Neurobiology of Aging, 35(4), 827-836.

Salthouse, T. (2012). Consequences of Age-Related Cognitive Declines. Annual Review of Psychology, 63, 201-226.