Efficiency of weak brain connections support general cognitive functioning

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4566-4582

  Santarnecchi, Emiliano ^a   Galli, Giulia ^a   Polizzotto, Nicola Riccardo ^b   Rossi, Alessandro ^a   Rossi, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain connectivity; Comparative psychology; FMRI; Functional connectivity; Graph theory; Intelligence; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REST; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DATABASES, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904473785     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22495     Document Type: Article

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