Myelination Is Associated with Processing Speed in Early Childhood: Preliminary Insights.

Processing speed is an important contributor to working memory performance and fluid intelligence in young children. Myelinated white matter plays a central role in brain messaging, and likely mediates processing speed, but little is known about the relationship between myelination and processing sp...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Chevalier, Salome Kurth, Margaret Rae Doucette, Melody Wiseheart, Sean C L Deoni, Douglas C Dean, Jonathan O'Muircheartaigh, Katharine A Blackwell, Yuko Munakata, Monique K LeBourgeois
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4595421?pdf=render