Journal article

Development of effective connectivity in the core network for face perception

W He, MI Garrido, PF Sowman, J Brock, BW Johnson

Human Brain Mapping | WILEY | Published : 2015

Abstract

This study measured effective connectivity within the core face network in young children using a paediatric magnetoencephalograph (MEG). Dynamic casual modeling (DCM) of brain responses was performed in a group of adults (N=14) and a group of young children aged from 3 to 6 years (N=15). Three candidate DCM models were tested, and the fits of the MEG data to the three models were compared at both individual and group levels. The results show that the connectivity structure of the core face network differs significantly between adults and children. Further, the relative strengths of face network connections were differentially modulated by experimental conditions in the two groups. These res..

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Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

Contract grant sponsor: Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Grant; Contract grant number: LEO668421; Contract grant sponsor: Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grant; Contract grant number: LP0669471; Contract grant sponsor: the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Cognition and its Disorders (http://www.ccd.edu.au.); Contract grant number: CE110001021; Contract grant sponsor: the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (Marta I. Garrido); Contract grant number: DE130101393; Contract grant sponsor: the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function (Marta I. Garrido); Contract grant number: CE140100007; Contract grant sponsor: the National Health and Research Council, Australia (Paul F. Sowman); Contract grant numbers: #543438 and #1003760; Contract grant sponsor: the Australian Research Council; Contract grant number: (DE130100868); Contract grant sponsor: Australian Research Council Australian Research Fellowship (Jon Brock); Contract grant number: DP098466.