A single mode of population covariation associates brain networks structure and behavior and predicts individual subjects’ age

• Published in: Communications biology Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 943 - 16
• Main Authors: McPherson, Brent C., Pestilli, Franco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.08.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 59/36; 59/57; 631/378/116/2396; 631/378/2612; 631/378/2649/1310; 692/53/2423; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Behavior; Biology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping; Cognitive ability; Functional anatomy; Humans; Life Sciences; Life span; Middle Aged; Nervous system; Neural networks; Neurosciences; Structure-function relationships; Young Adult

Multiple human behaviors improve early in life, peaking in young adulthood, and declining thereafter. Several properties of brain structure and function progress similarly across the lifespan. Cognitive and neuroscience research has approached aging primarily using associations between a few behavio...