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ArticleHuman brain mapping2020

Spatiotemporal complexity patterns of resting-state bioelectrical activity explain fluid intelligence: Sex matters.

Joanna Dreszer, Marek Grochowski, Monika Lewandowska, Jan Nikadon, Joanna Gorgol, Bibianna Bałaj, Karolina Finc, Włodzisław Duch, Patrycja Kałamała, Adam Chuderski and 1 more

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Joanna DreszerCentre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2809-2934
Marek GrochowskiCentre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.
Monika LewandowskaCentre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.
Jan NikadonCentre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.
Joanna GorgolFaculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Bibianna BałajCentre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.
Karolina FincCentre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0157-030X
Włodzisław DuchCentre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.
Patrycja KałamałaDepartment of Cognitive Science, Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Adam ChuderskiDepartment of Cognitive Science, Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Tomasz PiotrowskiCentre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.

Funding

Narodowe Centrum Nauki 2015/18/E/HS6/00399Narodowe Centrum Nauki 2016/20/W/NZ4/00354Narodowe Centrum Nauki 2019/33/B/HS6/00321
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Abstract

Neural complexity is thought to be associated with efficient information processing but the exact nature of this relation remains unclear. Here, the relationship of fluid intelligence (gf) with the resting-state EEG (rsEEG) complexity over different timescales and different electrodes was investigated. A 6-min rsEEG blocks of eyes open were analyzed. The results of 119 subjects (57 men, mean age = 22.85 ± 2.84 years) were examined using multivariate multiscale sample entropy (mMSE) that quantifies changes in information richness of rsEEG in multiple data channels at fine and coarse timescales. gf factor was extracted from six intelligence tests. Partial least square regression analysis revealed that mainly predictors of the rsEEG complexity at coarse timescales in the frontoparietal network (FPN) and the temporo-parietal complexities at fine timescales were relevant to higher gf. Sex differently affected the relationship between fluid intelligence and EEG complexity at rest. In men, gf was mainly positively related to the complexity at coarse timescales in the FPN. Furthermore, at fine and coarse timescales positive relations in the parietal region were revealed. In women, positive relations with gf were mostly observed for the overall and the coarse complexity in the FPN, whereas negative associations with gf were found for the complexity at fine timescales in the parietal and centro-temporal region. These outcomes indicate that two separate time pathways (corresponding to fine and coarse timescales) used to characterize rsEEG complexity (expressed by mMSE features) are beneficial for effective information processing.

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ConnectomeSex CharacteristicsAdolescentAdultBrain WavesCerebral CortexFemaleHumansIntelligenceMaleModels, TheoreticalYoung Adultfluid intelligencefrontoparietal networkmultivariate multiscale sample entropy (mMSE)rsEEGsexspatiotemporal complexity patterns

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