“…Multilevel models are the first method for longitudinal analysis that we consider here. Originating in the field of education ( Raudenbush and Bryk, 2002 ), MLMs are some of the most common longitudinal models used in the field of cognitive neuroscience ( Braams et al, 2015 , Campbell and Feinberg, 2009 , Martin et al, 2019 , McCormick, 2021 , McCormick et al, 2021 , Peters et al, 2016 , Peters and Crone, 2017 , Telzer et al, 2018 ). Multilevel models were originally developed to deal with the nesting of children within classrooms.…”