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¹Ewha Brain Institute, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.

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Adolescents with superior intelligence exhibit a highly efficient brain network with increased local connections, unlike typical adults. Their brains communicate extensively but rely less on hub-based networks for information processing.

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Neuroscience
Cognitive Science
Network Science

Background:

Brain network efficiency is linked to human intelligence.
Limited research exists on the brain network topology of intellectually gifted adolescents.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the network topology underlying superior intelligence in adolescents.
To compare brain network characteristics between adolescents with superior intelligence (SI-Adol), average intelligence (AI-Adol), and average intelligence adults (AI-Adult).

Main Methods:

Examined network topology using graph theory.
Compared global efficiency, clustering, wiring cost, and rich club efficiency among three groups.

Main Results:

SI-Adol showed higher global efficiency and clustering with lower wiring cost than AI-Adol.
SI-Adol had lower rich club network efficiency but higher local connection density compared to AI-Adol.
Brain network efficiency in SI-Adol deviates from typical models of information integration.

Conclusions:

Highly intelligent adolescent brains may prioritize extensive communication over reliance on hub-based networks.
Adolescent intellectual giftedness is associated with unique brain network organizational principles.
The findings suggest a distinct communication strategy in highly intelligent adolescent brains.