Dynamic reconfiguration of frontal brain networks during executive cognition in humans
Heidelberg University · University Hospital Heidelberg · +3 more institutions
Abstract
The brain is an inherently dynamic system, and executive cognition requires dynamically reconfiguring, highly evolving networks of brain regions that interact in complex and transient communication patterns. However, a precise characterization of these reconfiguration processes during cognitive function in humans remains elusive. Here, we use a series of techniques developed in the field of "dynamic network neuroscience" to investigate the dynamics of functional brain networks in 344 healthy subjects during a working-memory challenge (the "n-back" task). In contrast to a control condition, in which dynamic changes in cortical networks were spread evenly across systems, the effortful working-memory condition…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 35.96
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 64
Authors
12- UBUrs BraunCorresponding
Heidelberg University, University Hospital Heidelberg, Central Institute of Mental Health
- ASAxel Schäfer
Heidelberg University, University Hospital Heidelberg, Central Institute of Mental Health
- HWHenrik Walter
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- SESusanne Erk
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- NRNina Romanczuk‐Seiferth
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Topics & keywords
- Control reconfiguration
- Cognitive flexibility
- Cognition
- Flexibility (engineering)
- Neuroscience
- Mechanism (biology)
- Task (project management)
- Neuropsychology