Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Investigating the effect of increased dopamine signaling on cerebral blood flow in Major Depressive Disorder: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study.

Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology·2026

Same author

Multiscale heterogeneity of atypical functional connectivity in autism.

Nature. Mental health·2026

Same author

Investigating the amyloid-tau-neurodegeneration framework in Alzheimer's disease using semi-supervised multimodal imaging data fusion.

Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)·2026

Same author

Characterizing functional connectivity gradients for the hippocampus-amygdala complex in healthy and psychiatric cohorts.

Brain structure & function·2026

Same author

Social dysfunction and default mode network functional integrity in neuropsychiatric disorders: A cross-disorder replication and generalization study.

European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology·2026

Same author

Charting the velocity of brain growth and development.

ArXiv·2026

Same journal

Untangling relationships between cognitive development and child and adolescent mental health: Findings from the ABCD Study.

Developmental cognitive neuroscience·2026

Same journal

Pubertal timing predicts resting-state functional connectivity of cortical networks.

Developmental cognitive neuroscience·2026

Same journal

Differential adolescent neurodevelopment of emotion processing across internalizing psychopathology and childhood adversity.

Developmental cognitive neuroscience·2026

Same journal

Developmental linearization of functional connectivity and its alteration in males with autism spectrum disorder.

Developmental cognitive neuroscience·2026

Same journal

Cognitive ability in childhood predicts adolescent structural and functional brain development: A longitudinal study.

Developmental cognitive neuroscience·2026

Same journal

Latent representations of early brain development: A multivariate normative model of brain structure and behaviour.

Developmental cognitive neuroscience·2026

See all related articles

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Feb 17, 2026

A Method for Investigating Age-related Differences in the Functional Connectivity of Cognitive Control Networks Associated with Dimensional Change Card Sort Performance

A Method for Investigating Age-related Differences in the Functional Connectivity of Cognitive Control Networks Associated with Dimensional Change Card Sort Performance

Published on: May 7, 2014

Assessing age-dependent multi-task functional co-activation changes using measures of task-potency.

Roselyne J Chauvin¹, Maarten Mennes², Jan K Buitelaar¹

¹Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

|December 11, 2017

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

The developing brain uses long-range connections more as we age. This study introduces task potency to track how brain networks change across different tasks and ages, revealing distinct developmental timelines for cognitive functions.

Keywords:

Functional connectivity Resting state Task fMRI

More Related Videos

Dual-Task Stroop Paradigm for Detecting Cognitive Deficits in High-Functioning Stroke Patients

Dual-Task Stroop Paradigm for Detecting Cognitive Deficits in High-Functioning Stroke Patients

Published on: December 16, 2022

Transferring Cognitive Tasks Between Brain Imaging Modalities: Implications for Task Design and Results Interpretation in fMRI Studies

Transferring Cognitive Tasks Between Brain Imaging Modalities: Implications for Task Design and Results Interpretation in fMRI Studies

Published on: September 22, 2014

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Feb 17, 2026

A Method for Investigating Age-related Differences in the Functional Connectivity of Cognitive Control Networks Associated with Dimensional Change Card Sort Performance

A Method for Investigating Age-related Differences in the Functional Connectivity of Cognitive Control Networks Associated with Dimensional Change Card Sort Performance

Published on: May 7, 2014

Dual-Task Stroop Paradigm for Detecting Cognitive Deficits in High-Functioning Stroke Patients

Dual-Task Stroop Paradigm for Detecting Cognitive Deficits in High-Functioning Stroke Patients

Published on: December 16, 2022

Transferring Cognitive Tasks Between Brain Imaging Modalities: Implications for Task Design and Results Interpretation in fMRI Studies

Transferring Cognitive Tasks Between Brain Imaging Modalities: Implications for Task Design and Results Interpretation in fMRI Studies

Published on: September 22, 2014

Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Developmental Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience

Background:

Adolescent brain development involves increasing long-range connectivity for better communication between distant regions.
Developmental trajectories of these maturational changes are not well understood.
Understanding network-level brain changes during cognitive tasks is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how the brain engages in multiple tasks (working memory, reward processing, inhibition) at the network level.
To evaluate age-related changes in task engagement and their interrelations.
To introduce and apply a novel measure, task potency, for comparing task-induced functional connectivity modulations.

Main Methods:

Utilized a novel measure called 'task potency' to quantify sensitivity to task-induced functional connectivity.
Applied task potency to a dataset of 218 healthy participants aged 8-30 years.
Analyzed functional connectivity changes during working memory, reward processing, and inhibition tasks.

Main Results:

Demonstrated maturational changes in task-dependent functional co-activation beyond baseline connectivity maturation.
Identified task-specific maturational windows, with distinct cognitive systems showing unique age-dependencies.
Task potency effectively models developmental trajectories and differential maturation across tasks.

Conclusions:

The brain exhibits distinct developmental trajectories for different cognitive functions during adolescence and early adulthood.
Task potency is a valuable tool for characterizing neurodevelopmental changes and heterogeneity.
Findings can inform the understanding of cognitive processes affected in neurodevelopmental disorders.