Dimensions of Attention Associated With the Microstructure of Corona Radiata White Matter.
Mirsky proposed a model of attention that included these dimensions: focus/execute, sustain, stabilize, encode, and shift. The neural correlates of these dimensions were investigated within corona radiata subregions in healthy youth. Diffusion tensor imaging and neuropsychological assessments were conducted in 79 healthy, right-handed youth aged 4-17 years. Diffusion tensor imaging maps were analyzed using standardized parcellation methods. Partial Pearson correlations between neuropsychological standardized scores, representing these attention dimensions, and diffusion tensor imaging measures of corona radiata subregions were calculated after adjusting for gender and IQ. Significant correlations were found between the focus/execute, sustain, stabilize, and shift dimensions and imaging metrics in hypothesized corona radiata subregions. Results suggest that greater microstructural white matter integrity of the corona radiata is partly associated with attention across 4 attention dimensions. Findings suggest that white matter microstructure of the corona radiata is a neural correlate of several, but not all, attention dimensions.
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- White Matter
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Male
- Humans
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- Executive Function
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging
- Child, Preschool
- Child
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- White Matter
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Male
- Humans
- Female
- Executive Function
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging
- Child, Preschool
- Child