Network Structure of Children’s Brain During Schulte Table Task

Abstract

We have analyzed the neuronal interactions in the children’s brain cortex associated with the cognitive activity during simple cognitive task (Schulte table) evaluation in two distinct frequency bands – alpha (8–13 Hz) and beta (15–30 Hz) ranges using linear Pearsons correlation-based connectivity analysis. We observed the task-related suppression of the alpha-band connectivity in the frontal, temporal and central brain areas, while in the parietal and occipital brain regions connectivity exhibits increase. We also demonstrated significant task-related increase of functional connectivity in the beta frequency band all over the distributed cortical network.