Montessori-schooled students show higher whole-brain system diversity (functional integration) than traditionally schooled students¶

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q3 i? At the global whole-brain level, Montessori-schooled students exhibited higher SD than traditionally schooled students. → Zanchi 2024

Evidence¶

Zanchi 2024¶

Zanchi, P., Mullier, E., Fornari, E., Guerrier de Dumast, P., Alemán-Gómez, Y., Ledoux, J.-B., Beaty, R., Hagmann, P., & Denervaud, S. (2024). Differences in spatiotemporal brain network dynamics of Montessori and traditionally schooled students. npj Science of Learning, 9, 45. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00254-6

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Whole-brain spatiotemporal connectome analysis of resting-state fMRI from 87 students; group differences in system diversity were assessed against null distributions via 1000 two-tailed permutations, with a printed p = 0.017 and no effect size.

"Montessori-schooled students exhibited higher SD (greater cross-system integration) (p = 0.017) (Fig. 3a) and lower STD (higher neural stability)"

Discussion¶

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