Functional connectivity correlates of infant and early childhood cognitive development.

ABSTRACT: Childhood is defined by the development of cognitive abilities as well as brain growth and function. While prior neuroimaging studies have investigated early development fragmentally, we studied the typical development of functional network connectivity continuously from infancy to childhood (average of 24 months) in 196 singleton term born children, as well as their emergence with age and visual, motor, and language abilities as assessed using the Mullen Scales of Early Learning. We demonstrate a cross-age shift to networks linked to higher-order cognitive processes, paralleling previous findings about developmental courses of functional connectivity networks. When investigating skill associations with functional connectivity independent of age, we revealed distinct network connectivity p

SUBMITTER: Bruchhage MMK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7046571 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature