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This metric indexing similarity in functional connectivity across task and rest has been termed \u201cneural efficiency.\u201d Here we assess stability of neural efficiency over approximately 3\u202fyears in adolescence, specificity across two task-rest combinations and associations with anxiety. At approximately age 16 and\/or 19, 95 participants completed a resting state scan alongside a cognitive control and\/or threat task. Neural efficiency was quantified as partial correlations between intrinsic and task-related functional connectivity patterns across the whole brain. We tested temporal stability across the three-year interval, as well as associations with task performance and anxiety across the two task-rest combinations at the two time points. Neural efficiency values remained relatively stable from mid to late adolescence (ICC[3,1]\u202f=\u202f0.51\u20130.58). The cognitive control task showed higher values than the threat task. Across tasks, neural efficiency was associated with better performance (i.e., reduced interference), although not consistently (\n                    <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f\u22120.19,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f0.26 \u2013\n                    <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f\u22120.37,\n                    <jats:italic>p\u202f=<\/jats:italic>\n                    0.021). These effects did not survive correction for multiple testing. No associations were found between neural efficiency and self\/parent-reported anxiety. In sum, the metric shows moderate developmental stability and associations with task performance. Task features impact neural efficiency. Given small sample sizes, findings need to be interpreted cautiously.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnhum.2026.1839961","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,6]],"date-time":"2026-07-06T05:36:49Z","timestamp":1783316209000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Developmental stability of task-rest neural efficiency in youth using a threat and cognitive control task"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Parmis","family":"Khosravi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Emotion and Development Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health","place":["Bethesda, MD, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julia O.","family":"Linke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Johannes-Gutenberg University","place":["Mainz, Germany"]},{"name":"Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research","place":["Mainz, Germany"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anjali D.","family":"Poe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University","place":["Stony Brook, NY, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chase","family":"Antonacci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Stanford University","place":["Stanford, CA, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Reut","family":"Naim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Psychological Sciences, Tel-Aviv University","place":["Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel"]},{"name":"Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University","place":["Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elise","family":"Cardinale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Catholic University of America","place":["Washington, DC, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katharina","family":"Kircanski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of Southern California","place":["Los Angeles, CA, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anderson","family":"Winkler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley","place":["Brownsville, TX, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nathan","family":"Fox","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland","place":["College Park, MD, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel S.","family":"Pine","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Emotion and Development Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health","place":["Bethesda, MD, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simone P.","family":"Haller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Emotion and Development Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health","place":["Bethesda, MD, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"273","DOI":"10.1176\/appi.ajp.20251115","article-title":"Reconsidering the interpretive basis of neural efficiency as a biomarker in Pediatric anxiety","volume":"183","author":"Ai","year":"2026","journal-title":"Am. 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