Protracted Maturation of Proactive and Reactive Systems Predicts Cognitive Stability and Psychopathology : A longitudinal multi-cohort study
Zhiyao Gao, Li Juan Zheng, Tobias Banaschewski, Gareth J. Barker, Arun L.W. Bokde, Rüdiger Brühl, Sylvane Desrivières, Penny Anne Gowland, Antoine Grigis, Andreas Heinz, Frauke Nees, Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos, Luise Poustka, Michael N. Smolka, Sarah Hohmann, , Weidong Cai
The paper uses longitudinal fMRI data to show that proactive and reactive control networks stabilize after mid-adolescence, predicting cognitive stability and psychopathology.
bioRxiv · Jul 10, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience