Abstract
One of the keys to understanding scholastic success is to determine the neural processes involved in school performance. The present study is the first to use a whole-brain connectivity approach to explore whether functional connectivity of resting state brain networks is associated with scholastic performance in seventy-four 7- to 9-year-old children. We demonstrate that children with higher scholastic performance across reading, math and language have more integrated and interconnected resting state networks, specifically the default mode network, salience network, and frontoparietal network. To add specificity, core regions of the dorsal attention and visual networks did not relate to scholastic performance. The results extend the cognitive role of brain networks in children as well as suggest the importance of network connectivity in scholastic success.
Highlights
Scholastic performance during childhood can predict success in later years, including success in vocational, graduate, and professional studies [1, 2]
The whole-brain results demonstrated that higher scholastic performance was positively associated with greater functional connectivity between DMN core regions and inferior frontal cortex and lateral occipital cortex (Fig 2, Table 3)
Higher scholastic performance was positively associated with greater functional connectivity between SAL core regions and the precuneus (Fig 2, Table 3)
Summary
Scholastic performance during childhood can predict success in later years, including success in vocational, graduate, and professional studies [1, 2]. The quantification and prediction of scholastic success are important to maximize the potential of today’s youth. One of the keys to understanding academic success is to determine the cognitive and neural processes that are involved in scholastic performance [3, 4]. Relatively little is known about the neurocognitive correlates of scholastic performance. Cognitive processes related to scholastic performance include general cognitive ability [5], intelligence [6], processing speed [7] and goal-directed executive control function [3, 8], working memory and inhibition [8,9,10]. An event-related brain potential (ERP) that reflects neural activity
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