Early brain functional network development!
Early brain functional network development is interactive but likely follows an overlapping hierarchy, progressing from primary sensory/motor to social/emotion and to cognition/executive control.
Primary networks emerge prenatally and become adult-like in spatial topology perinatally to support life-essential functions and set the foundation for the development of other functions.
Socioemotional-centered development dominates the first year, forming an ‘integrating core’ that links primary functions downwards and cognitive/executive control functions upwards.
Cognitive and executive-centered network development experiences a more protracted path.
Maturation of network topology does not equate to maturation of function but rather prepares the brain for long-term, experience-based tuning of detailed within- and between-network parameters for continued functional/behavioral optimization.
https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(25)00080-4
