Fronto-Parietal Network Reconfiguration Supports the Development of Reasoning Ability

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2178-2190

  Wendelken, Carter ^a   Ferrer, Emilio ^a   Whitaker, Kirstie J ^a   Bunge, Silvia A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

adolescent; child; development; dorsolateral; functional connectivity; inferior parietal lobule; parietal cortex; prefrontal cortex; processing speed; reasoning; rostrolateral; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; FRONTOPARIETAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REASONING ABILITY; VELOCITY; VENTROLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84965181777     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhv050     Document Type: Article

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