Adolescent Cognitive Control: Brain Network Dynamics

Abstract

Adolescence is a time when the ability to consciously control thoughts, actions, and emotions is linked to successful outcomes later in life. Despite a historical focus on the prefrontal cortex, modern neuroimaging research suggests that these cognitive control abilities are mediated by the activity and interactions of brain regions that collectively form distributed networks. This chapter outlines research and methods that have highlighted the importance of brain network dynamics (i.e., the spatiotemporal interactions between brain regions) during cognitive control in adolescence. On the basis of current research, we suggest that transient reconfigurations of brain networks that occur in sp..