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Current opinion in neurobiology 15 (2): 239-44 (2005)
Changes in cerebral functional organization during cognitive development.
B J Casey
,
Adriana Galvan
,
Todd A Hare
ABSTRACT
It has been just under a decade since contemporary neuroimaging tools, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, were first applied to developmental questions. These tools provide invaluable information on how brain anatomy, function and connectivity change during development. Studies using these methods with children and adolescents show that brain regions that support motor and sensory function mature earliest, whereas higher-order association areas, such as the prefrontal cortex, which integrate these functions, mature later.