Figure 2.

Scatterplots depicting significant associations between fetal functional connectivity and Bayley performance at infant age 7 months. Scatterplots depict mean signal extracted for each subject from 3-mm radius spheres positioned at the center of mass in regions associated with both motor outcomes and sex differences, shown in left panel in orange and projected onto 32-week fetal reference anatomical brain images. We observe that for the cerebellum, prefrontal cortex, and inferior parietal lobule, increases in functional connectivity to the motor system predicts better Bayley scores. The reverse is true for the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), suggesting decreased signal coupling between the fetal motor system and ACC is indicative of better future motor outcomes.