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Schacter"],"authorCount":4,"venue":"Neurobiology of Aging","year":2016,"type":"article","citedBy":239,"keywords":["dorsal attention network","medial temporal lobe","functional connectivity","anticorrelation","default mode network","large-scale brain networks"],"topic":{"topic":"Functional Brain Connectivity Studies","subfield":"Cognitive Neuroscience","field":"Neuroscience","domain":"Life Sciences"},"readAt":"2026-10-10T15:16:25.205Z"},"explanation":{"headline":"At rest, older adults showed weaker connectivity within the default and dorsal attention networks but stronger connectivity between them than young adults.","did":"The authors used functional magnetic resonance imaging in young (72) and older (79) participants, measuring brain connectivity during an autobiographical planning task and during rest.","gist":"Using fMRI in young and older adults, the study found weaker anticorrelation between the default and dorsal attention networks with ageing, during both a task and rest.","meaning":"The default network and dorsal attention network normally work in opposition, so activity in one tends to go with quieter activity in the other. 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