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We might become less sociable as we age as brain scans of adults across the lifespan show disruption of brain connectivity, suggesting impairments in our ability to form and maintain relationships

05.28.25 | PLOS

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Intrinsic functional connectivity brain networks mediate effect of age on sociability
Age-related brain connectivity patterns sorted into (A) brainnetome atlas regions and (B) Yeo’s 7 networks. For the purpose of illustrating the region-wise and network-wise rsFC patterns, the NBS thresholded edges’ regression coefficients are averaged across their respective regions and networks. Credit: Dan et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

We might become less sociable as we age as brain scans of adults across the lifespan show disruption of brain connectivity, suggesting impairments in our ability to form and maintain relationships

Article URL : https://plos.io/3S1CiE6

Article title: Intrinsic functional connectivity brain networks mediate effect of age on sociability

Author countries: Singapore

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0324277

Intrinsic functional connectivity brain networks mediate effect of age on sociability

28-May-2025

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Brain Development Developmental Neuroscience Health and Medicine Human Health Psychological Science Social Research Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS One
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0324277
Article Publication Date
2025-05-28
Article Title
Intrinsic functional connectivity brain networks mediate effect of age on sociability
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2025, May 28). We might become less sociable as we age as brain scans of adults across the lifespan show disruption of brain connectivity, suggesting impairments in our ability to form and maintain relationships. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/12DPNEE1/we-might-become-less-sociable-as-we-age-as-brain-scans-of-adults-across-the-lifespan-show-disruption-of-brain-connectivity-suggesting-impairments-in-our-ability-to-form-and-maintain-relationships.html
MLA:
"We might become less sociable as we age as brain scans of adults across the lifespan show disruption of brain connectivity, suggesting impairments in our ability to form and maintain relationships." Brightsurf News, May. 28 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/12DPNEE1/we-might-become-less-sociable-as-we-age-as-brain-scans-of-adults-across-the-lifespan-show-disruption-of-brain-connectivity-suggesting-impairments-in-our-ability-to-form-and-maintain-relationships.html.