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4 claims from 2 papers

1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Activity flow over resting-state networks shapes cognitive task activations

   Cole, Ito, Bassett and Schultz · Nature Neuroscience · 2016

   The paper reports that activity flow over resting-state connectivity networks predicts cognitive task activations in a neural network model and in held-out regions and individuals in fMRI data.

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   1. UncheckedIn a large-scale neural network model, estimating how activation spreads over resting-state connectivity networks allowed cognitive task activations to be predicted.“We found that estimating task-evoked activity flow (the spread of activation amplitudes) over resting-state FC networks allowed prediction of cognitive task activations in a large-scale neural network model.”
   2. UncheckedTask-related brain activity in left-out regions and left-out people could be predicted from activity spreading over resting-state connectivity networks, in fMRI data.“Applying this insight to empirical functional MRI data, we found that cognitive task activations can be predicted in held-out brain regions (and held-out individuals) via estimated activity flow over resting-state FC networks.”

2. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   The Functional Relevance of Task-State Functional Connectivity

   Cole, Ito, Cocuzza and Sánchez-Romero · Journal of Neuroscience · 2021

   Using connectivity-based models, the authors found that task-state functional connectivity predicted task brain activations better than resting-state connectivity alone, suggesting it plays a functional role.

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   1. Unchecked“We found that task-state functional connectivity could be used to better predict independent fMRI activations across all 24 task conditions and all 360 cortical regions tested.”
   2. UncheckedPredictions of brain activity were driven mainly by individual-specific connectivity, though connectivity from other tasks still beat resting-state connectivity alone.“Further, we found that prediction accuracy was strongly driven by individual-specific functional connectivity patterns, while functional connectivity patterns from other tasks (task-general functional connectivity) still improved predictions beyond resting-state functional connectivity.”