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ArticleCommunications biology2024

Human intraparietal sulcal morphology relates to individual differences in language and memory performance.

Federica Santacroce, Arnaud Cachia, Agustina Fragueiro, Eleonora Grande, Margot Roell, Antonello Baldassarre, Carlo Sestieri, Giorgia Committeri

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Article in Communications biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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Federica SantacroceDepartment of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, and ITAB, Gabriele d'Annunzio University, Via Luigi Polacchi 11, 66100, Chieti, Italy. federica.santacroce@unich.it.ORCID 0009-0001-9943-4428
Arnaud CachiaUniversité Paris Cité, Laboratoire de Psychologie du développement et de l'Education de l'Enfant (LaPsyDÉ), CNRS UMR 8240, Paris, France.
Agustina FragueiroDepartment of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, and ITAB, Gabriele d'Annunzio University, Via Luigi Polacchi 11, 66100, Chieti, Italy.
Eleonora GrandeDepartment of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, and ITAB, Gabriele d'Annunzio University, Via Luigi Polacchi 11, 66100, Chieti, Italy.
Margot RoellUniversité Paris Cité, Laboratoire de Psychologie du développement et de l'Education de l'Enfant (LaPsyDÉ), CNRS UMR 8240, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4462-3483
Antonello BaldassarreDepartment of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, and ITAB, Gabriele d'Annunzio University, Via Luigi Polacchi 11, 66100, Chieti, Italy.
Carlo SestieriDepartment of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, and ITAB, Gabriele d'Annunzio University, Via Luigi Polacchi 11, 66100, Chieti, Italy.
Giorgia CommitteriDepartment of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, and ITAB, Gabriele d'Annunzio University, Via Luigi Polacchi 11, 66100, Chieti, Italy. giorgia.committeri@unich.it.ORCID 0000-0003-2136-1246

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sulco-gyral pattern is a qualitative feature of the cortical anatomy that is determined in utero, stable throughout lifespan and linked to brain function. The intraparietal sulcus (IPS) is a nodal associative brain area, but the relation between its morphology and cognition is largely unknown. By labelling the left and right IPS of 390 healthy participants into two patterns, according to the presence or absence of a sulcus interruption, here we demonstrate a strong association between the morphology of the right IPS and performance on memory and language tasks. We interpret the results as a morphological advantage of a sulcus interruption, probably due to the underlying white matter organization. The right-hemisphere specificity of this effect emphasizes the neurodevelopmental and plastic role of sulcus morphology in cognition prior to lateralisation processes. The results highlight a promising area of investigation on the relationship between cognitive performance, sulco-gyral pattern and white matter bundles.

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LanguageMagnetic Resonance ImagingMemoryParietal LobeAdolescentAdultCognitionFemaleHumansIndividualityMaleMiddle AgedWhite MatterYoung Adult

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PMCPMC11065983

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