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Differences in spatiotemporal brain network dynamics of Montessori and traditionally schooled students

Zanchi, Paola
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Mullier, Emeline
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Fornari, Eleonora
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July 10, 2024
NPJ Science Of Learning

Across development, experience has a strong impact on the way we think and adapt. School experience affects academic and social-emotional outcomes, yet whether differences in pedagogical experience modulate underlying brain network development is still unknown. In this study, we compared the brain network dynamics of students with different pedagogical backgrounds. Specifically, we characterized the diversity and stability of brain activity at rest by combining both resting-state fMRI and diffusion-weighted structural imaging data of 87 4-18 years old students experiencing either the Montessori pedagogy (i.e., student-led, trial-and-error pedagogy) or the traditional pedagogy (i.e., teacher-led, test-based pedagogy). Our results revealed spatiotemporal brain dynamics differences between students as a function of schooling experience at the whole-brain level. Students from Montessori schools showed overall higher functional integration (higher system diversity) and neural stability (lower spatiotemporal diversity) compared to traditionally schooled students. Higher integration was explained mainly through the cerebellar (CBL) functional network. In contrast, higher temporal stability was observed in the ventral attention, dorsal attention, somatomotor, frontoparietal, and CBL functional networks. This study suggests a form of experience-dependent dynamic functional connectivity plasticity, in learning-related networks.

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research article
DOI
10.1038/s41539-024-00254-6
Web of Science ID

WOS:001269788700001

PubMed ID

38987286

Author(s)
Zanchi, Paola
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Mullier, Emeline
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Fornari, Eleonora
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de Dumast, Priscille Guerrier
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Aleman-Gomez, Yasser
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Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste
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Beaty, Roger
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Hagmann, Patric
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Denervaud, Solange  
Date Issued

2024-07-10

Publisher

NATURE PORTFOLIO

Published in
NPJ Science Of Learning
Volume

9

Issue

1

Article Number

45

Subjects

HUMAN CEREBRAL-CORTEX

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FINE MOTOR-SKILLS

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ATTENTION NETWORKS

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HUMAN CONNECTOME

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SEGMENTATION

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CEREBELLUM

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MRI

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COMPREHENSION

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LANGUAGE

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DORSAL

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Social Sciences

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Science & Technology

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Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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CIBM-AIT  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Prepared Adult Initiative The Logival Society Societe Academique Vaudoise

Centre d'Imagerie Biomdicale (CIBM) of the Universit de Lausanne (UNIL)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)

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January 30, 2025
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