Structural brain basis of latent factors of executive functions in childhood.

ABSTRACT: Executive functions can be classified into processes of inhibition, working memory and shifting, which together support flexible and goal-directed behaviour and are crucial for both current and later-life outcomes. A large body of literature has identified distinct brain regions critical to performing each of these functions. These findings are however predicated on a piecemeal and single-task approach. It is therefore unclear to what extent these associations reflect task-specific features or actual constructs of executive functions. Here, in a sample of 141 children aged 6-13 years, we administered a battery of 9 executive function tasks, derived latent factors of inhibition, working memory, and shifting and examined their associations with markers of brain structure (whole-brain cortica

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11780108 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature