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Expertise-related right frontal structural differences in older professional Go players: network and inter-hemispheric covariance analyses.
| Τίτλος: | Expertise-related right frontal structural differences in older professional Go players: network and inter-hemispheric covariance analyses. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Kang H; Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Kwon MJ; Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Jang K; Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea., Jo S; Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea; Department of Health Science and Technology, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea., Shin NY; Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Han JW; Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Sungnam, Republic of Korea; Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Kim KW; Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Health Science and Technology, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Sungnam, Republic of Korea; Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kwkimmd@snu.ac.kr. |
| Πηγή: | NeuroImage [Neuroimage] 2026 Oct 01; Vol. 339, pp. 122190. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Aug 31. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Academic Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9215515 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1095-9572 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10538119 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Neuroimage Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Orlando, FL : Academic Press, c1992- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Executive Function*/physiology , Frontal Lobe*/physiology , Frontal Lobe*/anatomy & histology , Memory, Short-Term*/physiology , Prefrontal Cortex*/physiology , Prefrontal Cortex*/anatomy & histology , Prefrontal Cortex*/diagnostic imaging , Nerve Net*/physiology , Nerve Net*/diagnostic imaging , Nerve Net*/anatomy & histology, Humans ; Male ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Middle Aged ; Aged |
| Περίληψη: | Professional Go (Baduk) is a rare model of lifelong cognitive expertise that taxes strategic planning and working memory. Prior Go studies examined younger or amateur players and isolated regions (Jung et al., 2013); whether professional practice leaves a network-level structural signature in older experts is unknown. To our knowledge, this is the first characterization in an older professional cohort, extending beyond regional measures to network morphometry and inter-hemispheric covariance. We used T1-weighted structural MRI to compare 29 older male professional Go players (PGP; mean career 54.6 years; dan 5-9) with 50 male controls (CTRL) recruited at baseline of a Go-training trial (KCT0010704). Groups were comparable in age and vascular risk, although CTRL had more education (15.9 vs 12.4 years). Regional gray-matter volume, thickness, and texture were aggregated into six Yeo functional-network regions, and inter-hemispheric structural covariance was computed. PGP showed larger executive control network (ECN) volume (η²p = 0.153; P (Copyright © 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of competing interest All authors declare no financial or non-financial competing interests. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Baduk (Go); Cognitive expertise; Executive control network; Middle frontal gyrus; Structural covariance; Working memory |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260831 Date Completed: 20260911 Latest Revision: 20260911 |
| Update Code: | 20260912 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122190 |
| PMID: | 42674121 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1095-9572 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122190 |