Parental education is associated with differential engagement of neural pathways during inhibitory control.

ABSTRACT: Response inhibition and socioeconomic status (SES) are critical predictors of many important outcomes, including educational attainment and health. The current study extends our understanding of SES and cognition by examining brain activity associated with response inhibition, during the key developmental period of adolescence. Adolescent males (N = 81), aged 16-17, completed a response inhibition task while undergoing fMRI brain imaging and reported on their parents' education, one component of socioeconomic status. A region of interest analysis showed that parental education was associated with brain activation differences in the classic response inhibition network (right inferior frontal gyrus + subthalamic nucleus + globus pallidus) despite the absence of consistent parental education-

SUBMITTER: Cascio CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8741989 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature