Relationship between functional connectivity and improved processing speed
After observing significant effects for TMT-A task score and dwell time, in addition to a significant cluster of decreased functional connectivity between the DLPFC-sensorimotor network for the exercise group, we sought to determine if a change in functional connectivity was related to a change in cognitive-motor performance for both groups. With both groups data pooled together, Spearman’s rho correlations between the change in functional connectivity and the change in TMT-A task score (ρ = 0.458, Spearman’s Rho (ρ) correlations between the change in DLPFC-sensorimotor network functional connectivity (x-axes), and the change in Trail Making Test Part A (TMT-A) (