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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

   Default Mode Dynamics for Global Functional Integration

   Vatansever, Menon, Manktelow, Sahakian and Stamatakis · Journal of Neuroscience · 2015

   Using graph theory on fMRI data from 22 healthy volunteers doing a working-memory task of rising difficulty, the study links default mode network changes to whole-brain integration.

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   1. UncheckedIn 22 healthy volunteers doing an n-back task, brain modularity fell as demands rose, in step with slower correct responses.“Our predominant finding is that brain modularity decreases with greater task demands, thus adapting a more global workspace configuration, in direct relation to increases in reaction times to correct responses.”
   2. Unchecked“Flexible default mode regions dynamically switch community memberships and display significant changes in their nodal participation coefficient and strength, which may reflect the observed whole-brain changes in functional connectivity architecture.”