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2 claims from 1 paper

1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Situating the default-mode network along a principal gradient of macroscale cortical organization

   Margulies, Ghosh, Goulas et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016

   The paper describes a main gradient of large-scale cortical connectivity with the default-mode network at one end and primary sensory and motor regions at the other.

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   1. UncheckedA gradient of brain connectivity places known large-scale networks in order, from perception and action to more abstract cognitive functions.“In addition, this connectivity gradient accounts for the respective positions of canonical networks and captures a functional spectrum from perception and action to more abstract cognitive functions.”
   2. UncheckedThe paper suggests the default-mode network sits at the top of a hierarchy of brain regions, describing the current cognitive state in the most abstract terms.“These results suggest that the default-mode network consists of regions at the top of a representational hierarchy that describe the current cognitive landscape in the most abstract terms.”