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2 claims from 1 paper

  1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

    Multi-task connectivity reveals flexible hubs for adaptive task control

    Cole, Reynolds, Power, Repovš, Anticevic and Braver · Nature Neuroscience · 2013

    The paper tests whether fronto-parietal brain regions act as flexible hubs that update their connectivity with task demands, and reports findings it says support a central role for them in cognitive control.

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    1. UncheckedThe fronto-parietal network's brain-wide connectivity pattern changed more across task states than other networks', and the patterns could identify the current task.“We found that the FPN's brain-wide functional connectivity pattern shifted more than those of other networks across a variety of task states and that these connectivity patterns could be used to identify the current task.”
    2. UncheckedBrain-wide connectivity patterns of fronto-parietal regions were consistent across practised and novel tasks, which the authors suggest aids performance of new tasks.“Furthermore, these patterns were consistent across practiced and novel tasks, suggesting that reuse of flexible hub connectivity patterns facilitates adaptive (novel) task performance.”

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