Daniel Westfall

Mr. Daniel Westfall

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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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2 October 2020 in Journal of Clinical Medicine
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DWDaniel Westfall
Daniel Westfall
SASheeba A. Anteraper
Sheeba A. Anteraper
LCLaura Chaddock
Laura Chaddock
Eric S. DrolletteEric S. Drollette
Eric S. Drollette
LRLauren Raine
Lauren Raine
CHCharles Hillman
Charles Hillman
Scholastic performance is the key metric by which schools measure student’s academic success, and it is important to understand the neural-correlates associated with greater scholastic performance. This study examines resting-state functional connectivity (RsFc) associated with scholastic performance (reading and mathematics) in preadolescent children (7–9 years) using an unbiased whole-brain connectome-wide multi-voxel pattern analysis (MVPA). MVPA revealed four clusters associated with reading composite score, these clusters were then used for whole-brain seed-based RsFc analysis. However, no such clusters were found for mathematics composite score. Post hoc analysis found robust associations between reading and RsFc dynamics with areas involved with the somatomotor, dorsal attention, ventral attention, limbic, frontoparietal, and default mode networks. These findings indicate that reading ability may be associated with a wide range of RsFc networks. Of particular interest, anticorrelations were observed between the default mode network and the somatomotor, dorsal attention, ventral attention, and frontoparietal networks. Previous research has demonstrated the importance of anticorrelations between the default mode network and frontoparietal network associated with cognition. These results extend the current literature exploring the role of network connectivity in scholastic performance of children.

4 July 2021 in Psychophysiology
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LCLaura Chaddock
Laura Chaddock
TWTimothy B. Weng
Timothy B. Weng
PLPsyche Loui
Psyche Loui
CKCaitlin Kienzler
Caitlin Kienzler
RWRobert Weisshappel
Robert Weisshappel
AKArthur F. Kramer
Arthur F. Kramer