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Nov , 2024

Hierarchical individual variation and socioeconomic impact on personalized functional network topography in children

We published a research article in BMC Medicine, demonstrating that individual variations in childhood functional network topography are hierarchically distributed across the cortex, following a sensorimotor-association cortical axis. This personalized functional topography is significantly linked to individual differences in three socioeconomic status (SES) factors: family income, parental education, and neighborhood disadvantages. Furthermore, we discovered that the spatial distribution of SES impact on personalized functional topography also aligns with the sensorimotor-association cortical axis, with the most pronounced associations observed in the higher-order association cortices. In summary, our findings provide insights into how early SES backgrounds influence the spatial cortical topography of personalized functional networks during childhood. Congratulations to Shaoling and Haowen! We are also grateful to our collaborators, especially JingCong for her help. You can check the paper at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03784-3  .

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