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1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Brain-environment alignment during movie watching predicts fluid intelligence and affective function in adulthood

   Petrican, Graham and Lawrence · NeuroImage · 2021

   Using movie-watching scans from two large datasets, the study examined how changing brain connectivity relates to the film, to age, to network communication, and to intelligence and affective function in adults.

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   1. UncheckedIn movie-watching brain scans, links between changing brain connectivity and concrete features of the film were stronger in younger than older adults.“However, coupling between variability in FC patterns and concrete environmental features was stronger at younger ages.”
   2. UncheckedAdults whose brain connectivity shifted more in step with concrete features of a film tended to score lower on fluid intelligence and showed more affect-driven vigilance.“Specifically, stronger coupling between moment-to-moment FC variability and concrete environmental features predicted poorer fluid intelligence and greater affectively driven environmental vigilance.”