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5 claims from 2 papers

1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Temporal fluctuations in the brain’s modular architecture during movie-watching

   Betzel, Byrge, Esfahlani and Kennedy · NeuroImage · 2020

   Using a new inter-subject network similarity measure on movie-watching data, the authors link shifts between integrated and segregated brain network states to shared cognitive processing across people.

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   1. UncheckedIn movie-watching brain data, moments when people's brain networks looked most alike coincided with less modular networks and more connectivity between cognitive systems.“Applied to movie-watching data, we found that periods of high inter-subject similarity coincided with reductions in network modularity and increased connectivity between cognitive systems.”
   2. UncheckedIn movie-watching brain data, moments when people's brain networks differed most from one another went with more segregated, rest-like network organisation.“In contrast, low inter-subject similarity was associated with increased system segregation and more rest-like architectures.”
   3. UncheckedMoments when people's brain network organisation fluctuates in sync while watching a movie can be linked to some, but not all, features of the film.“Finally, we show that synchronous fluctuations in network architecture over time can be linked to a subset of features in the movie.”

2. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Reduced dynamic functional connectivity in older ages: are older brains less adaptable?

   Zhukova, Krämer, Jockwitz and Caspers · GeroScience · 2026

   A resting-state fMRI study of 817 older adults found age-related changes in how brain connectivity fluctuates over time, with patterns that differed by age group, cognition and sex.

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   1. UncheckedIn 817 adults aged 55 to 85, older age went with slower, less flexible brain network dynamics and fewer integrative states, though the effect was small.“Overall, aging was associated with slower and less flexible network dynamics: integrative states became less frequent, whereas segregated states dominated, reflecting reduced inter-network communication, although the effect size was relatively small.”
   2. UncheckedIn this study, more integrated brain networks went with better cognition in mid-to-old adults but with poorer cognition in older-old adults.“Secondly, opposing links between dFC and cognitive performance have been identified, with greater network integration supporting better cognitive performance in mid-to-old adults but poorer cognitive performance in older-old adults.”