The link between callosal thickness and intelligence in healthy children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT: The link between brain structure and intelligence is a well-investigated topic, but existing analyses have mainly focused on adult samples. Studies in healthy children and adolescents are rare, and normative data specifically addressing the association between corpus callosum morphology and intellectual abilities are quite limited. To advance this field of research, we mapped the correlations between standardized intelligence measures and callosal thickness based on high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. Our large and well-matched sample included 200 normally developing subjects (100 males, 100 females) ranging from 6 to 17 years of age. Although the strongest correlations were negative and confined to the splenium, the strength and the direction of intelligence-callosal th

SUBMITTER: Luders E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3110814 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature