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4 claims from 2 papers

1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Dissociable Intrinsic Connectivity Networks for Salience Processing and Executive Control

   Seeley, Menon, Schatzberg et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2007

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   1. Unchecked“Prescan anxiety ratings correlated with intrinsic functional connectivity of the dACC node of the salience network, but with no region in the executive-control network, whereas executive task performance correlated with lateral parietal nodes of the executiv…

2. Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms

   Evidence for grid cells in a human memory network

   Doeller, Barry and Burgess · Nature · 2010

   Rat recordings suggested a brain-imaging signature of grid cells, and the authors report finding grid-cell-like signals in humans in a network of brain regions, strongest in right entorhinal cortex.

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   1. UncheckedIn people exploring a virtual environment, fMRI signals varied with running direction in a six-fold pattern, and more strongly at higher running speeds.“We then looked for this signal as participants explored a virtual reality environment, mimicking the rats' foraging task: fMRI activation and adaptation showing a speed-modulated six-fold rotational symmetry in running direction.”
   2. UncheckedA six-fold directional signal, taken as a sign of grid-cell-like activity, appeared in entorhinal, parietal, temporal and prefrontal brain areas in humans.“The signal was found in a network of entorhinal/subicular, posterior and medial parietal, lateral temporal and medial prefrontal areas.”
   3. UncheckedIn this fMRI study, a grid-cell-like directional signal was strongest in right entorhinal cortex and its coherence there tracked spatial memory performance.“The effect was strongest in right entorhinal cortex, and the coherence of the directional signal across entorhinal cortex correlated with spatial memory performance.”