前额叶皮层的内在功能连接性和早期儿童和早期成年人的执行功能使用fNIRS
Cassondra M Eng1, Roberto J Vargas2, Howard L Fung3
1Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, 1520 Page Mill Road, Stanford, CA 94304, USA; Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Developmental cognitive neuroscience
|June 1, 2025
概括
前额叶皮层 (PFC) 的休息状态功能连接 (rsFC) 与儿童和成人的执行功能 (EF) 有关. 自然主义的Inscapes范式有效地使用fNIRS测量rsFC,显示PFC连接的发展性增加.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 执行功能 (EF) 对于目标导向的行为和成功至关重要.
- 休息状态功能连接 (rsFC) 提供了对EF神经机制的洞察力.
- 很少有研究使用功能近红外光谱学 (fNIRS) 来探索跨年龄组的EF-rsFC关联.
研究的目的:
- 为了验证自然主义的Inscapes观看范式,使用fNIRS测量rsFC.
- 检查儿童 (4-5岁) 和年轻成人 (18-22岁) 中PFC rsFC和EF之间的关联.
- 为了研究与年龄相关的PFC内在功能连接的年龄差异.
主要方法:
- 在Inscapes范例中使用fNIRS评估rsFC的横截面研究.
- 成年人通过Inscapes和传统交叉模式进行了rsFC评估.
- 使用代表性相似性分析来比较rsFC模式及其与EF (Stroop性能) 的关联.
主要成果:
- 在Inscapes范式中,RsFC模式与成年人中的传统十字路口方法相似.
- 这两种范式都显示了PFC rsFC和EF性能之间的关联.
- 在儿童中使用Inscapes测量的rsFC与他们的EF (日夜任务性能) 有关,并具有很高的合规性.
- 随着年龄的增长,PFC内部的内在功能连接会得到加强.
结论:
- Inscapes范式是一种经过验证的,适合儿童的方法,用于使用fNIRS评估rsFC.
- 在整个发育过程中,PFC rsFC 与EF有关.
- 这项研究为研究EF发展的神经支提供了方法的见解.
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