Linking Brain Network Reconfiguration and Intelligence: Are we there yet?

Publication date: Available online 6 April 2019Source: Trends in Neuroscience and EducationAuthor(s): Manesh Girn, Caitlin Mills, Kalina ChristoffAbstractRecent applications of dynamic network analyses to functional neuroimaging data have revealed relationships between a number of cognitive conditions and dynamic reconfiguration of brain networks. Here we review such applications of network neuroscience to intelligence, after providing a brief overview of network neuroscience. We then review recent empirical support for the theses made by a novel theory of intelligence (Barbey, 2017) and suggest that while studies suggest strong plausibility of the theses, evidence to date has largely been indirect. We propose avenues for future research to directly evaluate such theses by overcoming current methodological and analytical shortcomings. In doing so, our goal is to stimulate future empirical investigations and present valuable ways forward in the network neuroscience of intelligence.
Source: Trends in Neuroscience and Education - Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research