Fig. 2: Hierarchical development of cortical microstructure in visual streams.
From: Infants’ cortex undergoes microstructural growth coupled with myelination during development
a, d Inflated cortical surface of an example 6-month-old infant showing nine dorsal (a) and eight ventral (d) visual areas34. b, e T1 as a function of infant age in each visual area of dorsal (b) and ventral (e) visual processing streams. The color indicates the visual area (see a, d). Each dot: mean T1 per area per infant. Solid lines: Linear mixed model (LMM) estimates of T1 development for each visual area. Shaded portions represent 95% confidence intervals. c, f LMM estimates of mean T1 at birth (LMM intercept) in each dorsal (c) and ventral (f) visual area. Error bars: standard error on estimates of intercepts. Data shown are of the right hemisphere. Left hemisphere data are shown in Supplementary Fig. 5. For panels b, e, Ntotal = 30, 10 infants at each time point (newborn, ~3-month-old, ~6-month-old).
