Neural oscillations underlying selective attention follow sexually divergent developmental trajectories during adolescence
Selective attention processes are critical to everyday functioning and are known to develop through at least young adulthood. Although numerous investigations have studied the maturation of attention systems in the brain, these studies have largely focused on the spatial configuration of these syste...
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| author | Brittany K. Taylor Jacob A. Eastman Michaela R. Frenzel Christine M. Embury Yu-Ping Wang Vince D. Calhoun Julia M. Stephen Tony W. Wilson |
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| description | Selective attention processes are critical to everyday functioning and are known to develop through at least young adulthood. Although numerous investigations have studied the maturation of attention systems in the brain, these studies have largely focused on the spatial configuration of these systems; there is a paucity of research on the neural oscillatory dynamics serving selective attention, particularly among youth. Herein, we examined the developmental trajectory of neural oscillatory activity serving selective attention in 53 typically developing youth age 9-to-16 years-old. Participants completed the classic arrow-based flanker task during magnetoencephalography, and the resulting data were imaged in the time-frequency domain. Flanker interference significantly modulated theta and alpha/beta oscillations within prefrontal, mid-cingulate, cuneus, and occipital regions. Interference-related neural activity also increased with age in the temporoparietal junction and the rostral anterior cingulate. Sex-specific effects indicated that females had greater theta interference activity in the anterior insula, whereas males showed differential effects in theta and alpha/beta oscillations across frontoparietal regions. Finally, males showed age-related changes in alpha/beta interference in the cuneus and middle frontal gyrus, which predicted improved behavioral performance. Taken together, these data suggest sexually-divergent developmental trajectories underlying selective attention in youth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2cc5c9cb533d4f4ca7c471bad75c10d12022-12-21T19:20:55ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92932021-06-0149100961Neural oscillations underlying selective attention follow sexually divergent developmental trajectories during adolescenceBrittany K. Taylor0Jacob A. Eastman1Michaela R. Frenzel2Christine M. Embury3Yu-Ping Wang4Vince D. Calhoun5Julia M. Stephen6Tony W. Wilson7Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE, USADepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USAMind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, USA; Tri-institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS), Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USAMind Research Network, Albuquerque, NM, USAInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, USA; Corresponding author at: Wilson Institute for Human Neuroscience, 378 Bucher Circle, Boys Town, Nebraska, 68010, USA.Selective attention processes are critical to everyday functioning and are known to develop through at least young adulthood. Although numerous investigations have studied the maturation of attention systems in the brain, these studies have largely focused on the spatial configuration of these systems; there is a paucity of research on the neural oscillatory dynamics serving selective attention, particularly among youth. Herein, we examined the developmental trajectory of neural oscillatory activity serving selective attention in 53 typically developing youth age 9-to-16 years-old. Participants completed the classic arrow-based flanker task during magnetoencephalography, and the resulting data were imaged in the time-frequency domain. Flanker interference significantly modulated theta and alpha/beta oscillations within prefrontal, mid-cingulate, cuneus, and occipital regions. Interference-related neural activity also increased with age in the temporoparietal junction and the rostral anterior cingulate. Sex-specific effects indicated that females had greater theta interference activity in the anterior insula, whereas males showed differential effects in theta and alpha/beta oscillations across frontoparietal regions. Finally, males showed age-related changes in alpha/beta interference in the cuneus and middle frontal gyrus, which predicted improved behavioral performance. Taken together, these data suggest sexually-divergent developmental trajectories underlying selective attention in youth.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929321000529DevelopmentFlanker effectMagnetoencephalography (MEG)OscillationsSex effects |
| spellingShingle | Brittany K. Taylor Jacob A. Eastman Michaela R. Frenzel Christine M. Embury Yu-Ping Wang Vince D. Calhoun Julia M. Stephen Tony W. Wilson Neural oscillations underlying selective attention follow sexually divergent developmental trajectories during adolescence Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Development Flanker effect Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Oscillations Sex effects |
| title | Neural oscillations underlying selective attention follow sexually divergent developmental trajectories during adolescence |
| title_full | Neural oscillations underlying selective attention follow sexually divergent developmental trajectories during adolescence |
| title_fullStr | Neural oscillations underlying selective attention follow sexually divergent developmental trajectories during adolescence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neural oscillations underlying selective attention follow sexually divergent developmental trajectories during adolescence |
| title_short | Neural oscillations underlying selective attention follow sexually divergent developmental trajectories during adolescence |
| title_sort | neural oscillations underlying selective attention follow sexually divergent developmental trajectories during adolescence |
| topic | Development Flanker effect Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Oscillations Sex effects |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929321000529 |
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