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Distinct Regionalization Patterns of Cortical Morphology are Associated with Cognitive Performance Across Different Domains.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive performance in children is predictive of academic and social outcomes; therefore, understanding neurobiological mechanisms underlying individual differences in cognition during development may be important for improving quality of life. The belief that a single, psychological construct underlies many cognitive processes is pervasive throughout society. However, it is unclear if there is a consistent neural substrate underlying many cognitive processes. Here, we show that a distributed configuration of cortical surface area and apparent thickness, when controlling for global imaging measures, is differentially associated with cognitive performance on different types of tasks in a large sample (N = 10 145) of 9-11-year-old children from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive DevelopmentSM (ABCD) study. The minimal overlap in these regionalization patterns of association has implications for competing theories about developing intellectual functions. Surprisingly, not controlling for sociodemographic factors increased the similarity between these regionalization patterns. This highlights the importance of understanding the shared variance between sociodemographic factors, cognition and brain structure, particularly with a population-based sample such as ABCD.

SUBMITTER: Palmer CE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8258441 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Distinct Regionalization Patterns of Cortical Morphology are Associated with Cognitive Performance Across Different Domains.

Palmer C E CE Zhao W W Loughnan R R Zou J J Fan C C CC Thompson W K WK Dale A M AM Jernigan T L TL

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 20210701 8

Cognitive performance in children is predictive of academic and social outcomes; therefore, understanding neurobiological mechanisms underlying individual differences in cognition during development may be important for improving quality of life. The belief that a single, psychological construct underlies many cognitive processes is pervasive throughout society. However, it is unclear if there is a consistent neural substrate underlying many cognitive processes. Here, we show that a distributed ...[more]

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