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5 claims from 2 papers

1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Functional connectivity in the resting brain: A network analysis of the default mode hypothesis

   Greicius, Krasnow, Reiss and Menon · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002

   The study examined resting-state connectivity of the default mode network, and reports a cohesive network that looks the same during a visual task and is inversely linked to lateral prefrontal regions during cognition.

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   1. UncheckedDuring rest, activity in the posterior cingulate cortex rose and fell in step with the ventral anterior cingulate and other default mode network regions.“PCC was strongly coupled with vACC and several other brain regions implicated in the default mode network.”
   2. UncheckedDuring a visual processing task, connectivity maps for two default-mode brain regions looked virtually identical to those recorded at rest.“Next, we examined the functional connectivity of PCC and vACC during a visual processing task and show that the resultant connectivity maps are virtually identical to those obtained during rest.”
   3. Unchecked“We report significant inverse correlations among all three lateral prefrontal regions and PCC, suggesting a mechanism for attenuation of default mode network activity during cognitive processing.”

2. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Evidence for a Frontoparietal Control System Revealed by Intrinsic Functional Connectivity

   Vincent, Kahn, Snyder, Raichle and Buckner · Journal of Neurophysiology · 2008

   Using spontaneous brain signal correlations in three fMRI data sets (n = 105), the authors defined a frontoparietal control system lying between the dorsal attention and hippocampal-cortical memory systems.

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   1. Unchecked“The frontoparietal control system includes many regions identified as supporting cognitive control and decision-making processes including lateral prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and inferior parietal lobule.”
   2. UncheckedIn frontal and parietal cortex, regions of a frontoparietal control system generally lie between parts of the dorsal attention and memory systems.“Detailed analysis of frontal and parietal cortex, including use of high-resolution data, revealed clear evidence for contiguous but distinct regions: in general, the regions associated with the frontoparietal control system are situated between components of the dorsal attention and hippocampal-cor…”