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SUBMITTER: Chevalier N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4595421 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chevalier Nicolas N Kurth Salome S Doucette Margaret Rae MR Wiseheart Melody M Deoni Sean C L SC Dean Douglas C DC O'Muircheartaigh Jonathan J Blackwell Katharine A KA Munakata Yuko Y LeBourgeois Monique K MK
PloS one 20151006 10
Processing speed is an important contributor to working memory performance and fluid intelligence in young children. Myelinated white matter plays a central role in brain messaging, and likely mediates processing speed, but little is known about the relationship between myelination and processing speed in young children. In the present study, processing speed was measured through inspection times, and myelin volume fraction (VFM) was quantified using a multicomponent magnetic resonance imaging ( ...[more]