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Brain and Cognition 86 (2014) 10–16 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Brain and Cognition journal homepage: /locate/bc Relationship between brain network pattern and cognitive performance of children revealed by MEG signals during free viewing of video Fang Duan a,?, Katsumi Watanabe b, Yuko Yoshimura c, Mitsuru Kikuchi c, Yoshio Minabe c, Kazuyuki Aihara a,d a Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan b Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan c Research Center for Child Mental Development, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan d Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan article info Article history: Accepted 20 January 2014 Available online 11 February 2014 Keywords: Small-world Functional network MEG Child Visual processing (Gv) ability Free viewing of video abstract Application of graph theory to analysis of functional networks in the brain is an important research trend. Extensive research on the resting state has shown a ‘‘small-world’’ organization of the brain network as a whole. However, the small-worldness of children’s brain networks in a working state has not yet been well characterized. In this paper, we used a custom-made, child-sized magnetoencephalography (MEG) device to collect data from children while they were watching cartoon videos. Network structures were analyzed and compared with scores on the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC). The results of network analysis showed that (1) the small-world scalar showed a negative correlation with the simultaneous processing raw score, a measure of visual processing (Gv) ability, and (2) the children with higher simultaneous processing raw scores possessed network structures that can be more ef?cient for local information processing than children with