Individual variability in functional connectivity predicts performance of a perceptual task |
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Authors: | Baldassarre Antonello Lewis Christopher M Committeri Giorgia Snyder Abraham Z Romani Gian Luca Corbetta Maurizio |
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Institution: | Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, Foundation G. d'Annunzio, Chieti 66100, Italy. |
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Abstract: | People differ in their ability to perform novel perceptual tasks, both during initial exposure and in the rate of improvement with practice. It is also known that regions of the brain recruited by particular tasks change their activity during learning. Here we investigate neural signals predictive of individual variability in performance. We used resting-state functional MRI to assess functional connectivity before training on a novel visual discrimination task. Subsequent task performance was related to functional connectivity measures within portions of visual cortex and between visual cortex and prefrontal association areas. Our results indicate that individual differences in performing novel perceptual tasks can be related to individual differences in spontaneous cortical activity. |
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Keywords: | predisposition visual learning spontaneous activity |
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