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Increased Brain Activity in Frontal and Parietal Cortex Underlies the Development of Visuospatial Working Memory Capacity during Childhood
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The aim of this study was to identify changes in brain activity associated with the increase in working memory (WM) capacity that occurs during childhood and early adulthood. Functional MRI (fMRI) was used to measure brain activity in subjects between 9 and 18 years of age while they performed a visuospatial WM task and a baseline task. During performance of the WM task, the older children showed higher activation of cortex in the superior frontal and intraparietal cortex than the younger children did. A second analysis found that WM capacity was significantly correlated with brain activity in the same regions. These frontal and parietal areas are known to be involved in the control of attention and spatial WM. The development of the functionality in these areas may play an important role in cognitive development during childhood.
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“The dorsolateral pFC (DLPFC) and the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) have been linked to SWM functions ( Van Asselen et al., 2006;Koch et al., 2005;Klingberg, Forssberg, & Westerberg, 2002).”
From White Matter Microstructure in Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus Associated with Spatial Working Memory Performance in Children (2011) · cites this paper as Klingberg et al., 2002
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“These results are also consistent with prior fMRI studies that implicate the left hemisphere in SWM functions in children and adolescents (Schweinsburg et al. 2005;Olesen et al., 2003;Klingberg et al., 2002).”
From White Matter Microstructure in Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus Associated with Spatial Working Memory Performance in Children (2011) · cites this paper as Klingberg et al., 2002
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Metadata
- Authors
- Klingberg, T., Forssberg, H., & Westerberg, H.
- Affiliations
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Venue
- Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Published
- 2002-01-01
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-10
- ISSN
- 0898-929X (ISSN-L)
- 1530-8898
- OpenAlex
- W2162073026
- Cited by
- 695
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 38.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Keywords
- visuospatial working memory, working memory capacity, cognitive development, childhood, frontal cortex, parietal cortex, superior frontal cortex, intraparietal cortex, brain activity, age differences, attentional control
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Attention, Child, Cognition, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Parietal Lobe, Space Perception
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