Abstract #2021

Investigating Early Brain Development and Executive Function in Young Children

Colleen Pletcher¹, Lauren Heinrich¹, Marissa DiPiero^1,2, Andrew Alexander^1,3,4, Steven Kecskemeti ¹, Elizabeth Planalp¹, and Douglas Dean III^1,3,5

¹Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States, ²Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States, ³Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States, ⁴Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States, ⁵Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States

Synopsis

The emergence of executive function (EF) in children is an important developmental process that impacts later cognitive and behavioral outcomes; however, much remains unknown about the neural processes underlying the development of EF. In this study, we quantified volumetric measures from structural MRI to investigate associations between EF and brain structure in children aged 3 to 10 years old. Results indicated that there were correlations between EF and structures in subcortical brain regions and regions of the frontal and parietal lobes.

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