The development of the intrinsic functional connectivity of default network subsystems from age 3 to 5

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 50-59

  Xiao, Yaqiong ^a,b   Zhai, Hongchang ^a   Friederici, Angela D ^b   Jia, Fucang ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Default network; Functional connectivity; Preschool children; Resting state fMRI; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REST; THEORY OF MIND;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84959919920     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-015-9362-z     Document Type: Article

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