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ArticleNature communications2025

Innate network mechanisms of temporal pole for semantic cognition in neonatal and adult twin studies.

Ziliang Zhu, Huichao Yang, Haojie Wen, Jinyi Hung, Yueqin Hu, Yanchao Bi, Xi Yu

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Ziliang Zhu *State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8735-2709
Huichao Yang *College of Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Haojie WenSchool of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Jinyi HungDepartment of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5408-3305
Yueqin HuFaculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Yanchao BiState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. ybi@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0522-3372
Xi YuState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. xi.yu@bnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0818-1451

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Mapping the Human Connectome: Structure, Function, and HeritabilityU54MH091657 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI UGURBIL, KAMIL, VAN ESSEN, DAVID C · 2010 to 2014
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China Postdoctoral Science Foundation #2024M760231National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) #31925020National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) #32100837National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) #32100867National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) #32171089NIMH NIH HHS U54 MH091657
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Abstract

What are the innate neural mechanisms scaffolding the protracted development of sophisticated human cognition observable later in life? We investigate this question by focusing on the putative hub of the human semantic memory system-the temporal pole. Combining infant- and twin-based imaging analyses, we examine the ontogenetic mechanisms and network characteristics of the functional subdivisions within the temporal pole that are specialized for semantic processing of different types in adults. Our findings reveal topologically similar temporal pole parcellations in the adult and neonatal brains. Notably, the specific functional connectivity of the dorsal and ventrolateral subdivisions with semantic-related networks are evident in neonates, significantly heritable, and associated with semantic functions in adult twins. These results demonstrate the neonatal emergence of genetically programmed functional connectivity characteristics in the temporal pole parcellations that underlie its crucial role in semantic processing, highlighting the innate network mechanisms that support semantic cognition in humans.

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CognitionNerve NetSemanticsTemporal LobeAdultBrain MappingFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleTwinsYoung Adult

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