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Neurodevelopmental changes in working memory and cognitive control

Bunge, Silvia A, Wright, Samantha B·2007·Current Opinion in Neurobiology

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One of the most salient ways in which our behavior changes during childhood and adolescence is that we get better at working towards long-term goals, at ignoring irrelevant information that could distract us from our goals, and at controlling our impulses - in other words, we exhibit improvements in cognitive control. Several recent magnetic resonance imaging studies have examined the developmental changes in brain structure and function that underlie improvements in working memory and cognitive control. Increased recruitment of task-relevant regions in the prefrontal cortex, parietal cortex and striatum over the course of development is associated with better performance in a range of cognitive tasks. Further work is needed to assess the role of experience in shaping the neural circuitry that underlies cognitive control.

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  • These trends pointed to dampening of non-specific local spread of activity and strengthening of long-range links, facilitating cognitive development through modular specialization and selective cross-network integration.

    “These trends pointed to coherent changes that involved a dampening of non-specific local spread of activity and strengthening of long-range links, facilitating cognitive development through modular specialization and selective cross-network integration (Bunge and Wright, 2007; Fair et al., 2009; Uddin, 2011; Uddin et al., 2011).”
  • Ventral and dorsal prefrontal regions are among the last to mature, and fMRI studies show age differences in activation in ventrolateral, ventromedial, dorsomedial, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

    “Both the ventral and dorsal regions of the PFC are among the last brain regions to mature, undergoing significant structural and functional changes during development.71–76”

    From Neural Substrates of Childhood Anxiety Disorders (2012) · cites this paper as [76]

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Authors
Bunge, S. A., & Wright, S. B.
Affiliations
University of California, Davis (US)
Corresponding author
Bunge, Silvia A
Venue
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-04
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
243-250
ISSN
0959-4388 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2156643110
Cited by
381
References
52
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Neurobiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
Keywords
working memory, cognitive control, brain development, prefrontal cortex, parietal cortex, striatum, brain structure and function, goal-directed behavior, impulse control, childhood and adolescence, neural circuits, experience-dependent development
MeSH terms
Brain, Brain Mapping, Cognition, Humans, Memory, Short-Term, Neuronal Plasticity, Photic Stimulation, Psychomotor Performance

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