Flexible Traversal Through Diverse Brain States Underlies Executive Function in Normative Neurodevelopment
Adolescence is marked by rapid development of executive function. Mounting evidence suggests that executive function in adults may be driven by dynamic control of neurophysiological processes. Yet, how these dynamics evolve over adolescence and contribute to cognitive development is unknown. Using a novel dynamic graph approach in which each moment in time is a node and the similarity in brain states at two different times is an edge, we identify two primary brain states reminiscent of intrinsic and task-evoked systems. We demonstrate that time spent in these two states increases over development, as does the flexibility with which the brain switches between them. Increasing time spent in primary states and flexibility among states relates to increased executive performance over adolescence. Indeed, flexibility is increasingly advantageous for performance toward early adulthood. These findings demonstrate that brain state dynamics underlie the development of executive function during the critical period of adolescence.
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