Longitudinal changes in the neural oscillatory dynamics underlying abstract reasoning in children and adolescents

Taylor, Brittany K.; Heinrichs‐Graham, Elizabeth; Eastman, Jacob A.; Frenzel, Michaela R.; Wang, Yuping; Calhoun, Vince D.; Stephen, Julia M.; Wilson, Tony W.

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119094

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“…More recently, MEG studies have expanded upon the extant Gf literature by illuminating the spatially and temporally specific oscillatory dynamics serving abstract reasoning (Arif et al, 2021;Taylor et al, 2020). Corroborating prior work, these studies found that spatiotemporal patterns of theta, combined alpha/beta, and gamma responses in occipital, parietal, and prefrontal regions uniquely served abstract reasoning in typically developing children and in healthy young adults (Arif et al, 2021;Taylor et al, 2020Taylor et al, , 2022. Unfortunately, despite the known impacts of aging on oscillatory dynamics (Arif et al, 2020;Proskovec et al, 2016;Rempe et al, 2022Rempe et al, , 2023Springer et al, 2023;, network communication, and Gf, no studies to date have examined the effects of aging on the oscillatory dynamics or dynamic functional connectivity underlying Gf.…”

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“…To this end, we utilized MEG and a custom matrix reasoning task adapted from Raven's Progressive Matrices (John & Raven, 2003) to identify the impact of aging on neural oscillatory responses, functional connectivity, and behavior during task performance. Based on prior literature (Arif et al, 2021;Haier et al, 1988;Jung & Haier, 2007;Neubauer & Fink, 2009;Palva & Palva, 2011;Taylor et al, 2020Taylor et al, , 2022, we hypothesized that our abstract reasoning task would elicit increases in oscillatory power in gamma and theta, accompanied by decreases in oscillatory alpha power relative to the baseline period. Based on the compensation-related utilization of neural circuits hypothesis (CRUNCH; Cabeza et al, 2018;Schneider-Garces et al, 2010), we also predicted that frontal and parietal cortices would exhibit strong interactions (i.e., functional connectivity), and that the efficiency of this network connectivity would decline with age, resulting in stronger functional connectivity in older adults compared to younger adults.…”

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Healthy aging alters the oscillatory dynamics and fronto‐parietal connectivity serving fluid intelligence

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Schantell

et al. 2024

Human Brain Mapping

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Fluid intelligence (Gf) involves logical reasoning and novel problem‐solving abilities. Often, abstract reasoning tasks like Raven's progressive matrices are used to assess Gf. Prior work has shown an age‐related decline in fluid intelligence capabilities, and although many studies have sought to identify the underlying mechanisms, our understanding of the critical brain regions and dynamics remains largely incomplete. In this study, we utilized magnetoencephalography (MEG) to investigate 78 individuals, ages 20–65 years, as they completed an abstract reasoning task. MEG data was co‐registered with structural MRI data, transformed into the time–frequency domain, and the resulting neural oscillations were imaged using a beamformer. We found worsening behavioral performance with age, including prolonged reaction times and reduced accuracy. MEG analyses indicated robust oscillations in the theta, alpha/beta, and gamma range during the task. Whole brain correlation analyses with age revealed relationships in the theta and alpha/beta frequency bands, such that theta oscillations became stronger with increasing age in a right prefrontal region and alpha/beta oscillations became stronger with increasing age in parietal and right motor cortices. Follow‐up connectivity analyses revealed increasing parieto‐frontal connectivity with increasing age in the alpha/beta frequency range. Importantly, our findings are consistent with the parieto‐frontal integration theory of intelligence (P‐FIT). These results further suggest that as people age, there may be alterations in neural responses that are spectrally specific, such that older people exhibit stronger alpha/beta oscillations across the parieto‐frontal network during abstract reasoning tasks.

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Healthy aging alters the oscillatory dynamics and fronto‐parietal connectivity serving fluid intelligence

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“…Processing. MEG and MRI data processing closely followed previously reported pipelines [27,28,38]. The structural MRI data were aligned parallel to the anterior and posterior commissures and transformed into standardized space.…”

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“…Prior work has identified the key neural oscillations involved in Gf, which include theta, alpha, and gamma oscillations in frontoparietal regions [25][26][27][28][29][30], with some studies showing that the strength of oscillations in these regions scales with greater cognitive demands and effort [31,32]. Further, oscillatory responses in the PFC and parietal cortices have been shown to support more optimal performance in tasks involving Gf [27,28], thus underscoring the critical role oscillations play in the long-range communication and integration of the distributed networks serving these higher-order cognitive processes [32][33][34]. Despite mounting evidence separately supporting the role of stress in executive dysfunction and the breakdown of the neural dynamics serving Gf, it remains unknown how stress impacts the neural oscillatory dynamics serving Gf, and further, how the stress-related breakdown of these systems relates to psychosocial distress and psychopathology.…”

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Stress and Psychosocial Distress Scale with Blunted Oscillatory Dynamics Serving Abstract Reasoning

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Glesinger,

Coutant

et al. 2024

Depression and Anxiety

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Background. Chronic stress is associated with a multitude of psychopathological disorders that share similar alterations in neural dynamics and symptomatology. Applying the National Institute of Mental Health’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework, we probed the stress-diathesis model by identifying how a transdiagnostic psychosocial distress index representing high-dimensional patterns of stress-related aberrations was coupled to the neural oscillatory dynamics serving abstract reasoning. Methods. The sample consisted of 69 adults (mean age=44.77 years, SD=13.66) who completed the NIH Toolbox Emotion Battery (NIHTB-EB) and a matrix reasoning task during magnetoencephalography (MEG). A transdiagnostic psychosocial distress index was computed using exploratory factor analysis with assessments from the NIHTB-EB. Whole-brain correlations were conducted using the resulting psychosocial distress index for each oscillatory response, and the resulting peak voxels were extracted for mediation analyses to assess the degree to which neural oscillatory activity mediates the interplay between perceived stress and psychosocial distress. Results. We found that elevated psychosocial distress was associated with blunted oscillatory alpha/beta and gamma responses in key cortical association regions. Further, we found that only alpha/beta activity in the right superior temporal sulcus partially mediated the relationship between perceived stress and psychosocial distress. Conclusions. The present study is among the first to couple perceived stress and psychosocial distress with alterations in oscillatory activity during a matrix reasoning task. These findings illuminate the relationship between perceived stress and neural alterations associated with psychopathology.

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Elevated CRP and TNF-α levels are associated with blunted neural oscillations serving fluid intelligence

Dietz,

Schantell,

Spooner

et al. 2023

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

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Longitudinal changes in the neural oscillatory dynamics underlying abstract reasoning in children and adolescents

Cited by 5 publications

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Healthy aging alters the oscillatory dynamics and fronto‐parietal connectivity serving fluid intelligence

Healthy aging alters the oscillatory dynamics and fronto‐parietal connectivity serving fluid intelligence

Stress and Psychosocial Distress Scale with Blunted Oscillatory Dynamics Serving Abstract Reasoning

Elevated CRP and TNF-α levels are associated with blunted neural oscillations serving fluid intelligence

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