Jun 11, 2022

Structural connectivity and intelligence in brain-injured children

Neuropsychologia
Adeoye Oyefiade, Iska Moxon-Emre, Kiran Beera, Eric Bouffet, Michael Taylor, Vijay Ramaswamy, Suzanne Laughlin, Jovanka Skocic, Donald Mabbott
In children, higher general intelligence corresponds with better processing speed ability. However, the relationship between structural brain connectivity and processing speed in the context of intelligence is unclear. Furthermore, the impact of brain injury on this relationship is also unknown. Structural networks were constructed for 36 brain tumor patients (mean age: 13.45 ± 2.73, 58% males) and 35 typically developing children (13.30 ± 2.86, 51% males). Processing speed and general...