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A JOINT SUBSPACE MAPPING BETWEEN STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL BRAIN CONNECTOMES

Sanjay Ghosh, Ashish Raj, Srikantan S. Nagarajan

IBRO Neuroscience Reports October 1, 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.08.1984 (opens in new tab)

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Key points Argues that although people interpret perceived objects as definite, the phenomenology of awareness and behavior reveals a convoluted experiential process underpinned by an adversarial association between default and executive control networks. Proposes that neurofeedback, by linking first-person narratives to third-person neural data, is well suited to neurophenomenological investigation and could enable more precise mapping of neurological and experiential data.

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of investigating the nature of human experience.Contemporary neurocognitive models pertaining to self-regulation and execution suggests that individuals interpret objects they perceive and approach as definite in their experiential encounter.Yet, a comprehensive analysis on the phenomenology of awareness and behavior reveals that during the process of detecting or interacting with objects, we experience them in a convoluted manner that underlies an adversarial association of default and executive control networks.In this regard, numerous studies have invested in specific tasks involving creative-thinking that engage large-scale networks during artistic performance to understand the intricate cognitive processes of goal-oriented, self-generated thinking when subjects interact with objects and the world around them.This perspective provides a cognitive neuroscience lens on first-person narrative and thirdperson neural data co-development through the use of neurofeedback, aiming to enhance our understanding of the dynamic interplay between large-scale neural networks and acknowledges the challenges associated with the concurrent acquisition of both phenomenological and neuroscientific data.These restrictions on the neurophenomenological method highlight the need for an experimental process or a specific task that would empower a more precise mapping of neurological and individual data.As neurofeedback is predicated on the principle of combining first-person narratives to third-person data, it is well suited for investigations within the neurophenomenology research paradigm.By doing so, research gaps and explanations for apparent discrepancies are elaborated, supporting executive function with a more in-depth phenomenological understanding of ourselves.

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