Neuroimage
March 1, 2017
M. Göttlich, Z. Ye, A. Rodríguez-Fornells et al.
Abstract Empathy is an essential ability for prosocial behavior. Previous imaging studies identified a number of brain regions implicated in affective and cognitive aspects of empathy. In this study, we investigated the neural correlates of empathy from a network perspective using graph theory and beta‐series correlations. Two independent data sets were acquired using the same paradigm that...
Frontiers in Neuroscience
February 27, 2017
Wei Jing, Daqing Guo, Yunxiang Zhang et al.
Functional MRI (fMRI) studies have demonstrated that the rodent brain shows a default mode network (DMN) activity similar to that in humans, offering a potential preclinical model both for physiological and pathophysiological studies. However, the neuronal mechanism underlying rodent DMN remains poorly understood. Here, we used electrophysiological data to analyze the power spectrum and...
Neuroimage
February 20, 2017
Abhrajeet V Roy, Keith W Jamison, Sheng He et al.
Binocular rivalry is a phenomenon in which perception spontaneously shifts between two different images that are dichoptically presented to the viewer. By elucidating the cortical networks responsible for these stochastic fluctuations in perception, we can potentially learn much about the neural correlates of visual awareness. We obtained concurrent EEG-fMRI data for a group of 20 healthy human...
Brain and Cognition
February 1, 2017
Frederick Travis, Niyazi Parim
This study used subjective reports and eLORETA analysis to assess to what extent Transcendental Meditation (TM) might involve focused attention-voluntary control of mental content. Eighty-seven TM subjects with one month to five years TM experience participated in this study. Regression analysis of years TM practice and self-reported transcendental experiences (lack of time, space and body...
Frontiers in Psychology
January 30, 2017
Xue-Ling Zhu, Qiuling Zhu, Can-Hua Jiang et al.
Recent studies have shown that substance dependence (addiction) is accompanied with altered activity patterns of the default mode network (DMN). However, the neural correlates of the resting-state DMN and betel quid dependence (BQD)-related physiopathological characteristics still remain unclear. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging images were obtained from 26 BQD individuals...
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
January 23, 2017
Anna L. Marsland, Dora C. H. Kuan, L. Sheu et al.
The default mode network (DMN) encompasses brain systems that exhibit coherent neural activity at rest. DMN brain systems have been implicated in diverse social, cognitive, and affective processes, as well as risk for forms of dementia and psychiatric disorders that associate with systemic inflammation. Areas of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and surrounding medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)...
Neuroimage
January 18, 2017
Hannah J. Scheibner, Carsten Bogler, Tobias Gleich et al.
136 citations
Focused attention meditations have been shown to improve psychological health and wellbeing and are nowadays an integral part of many psychotherapies. While research on the neural correlates of focused attention meditation is increasing, findings vary on whether meditations are associated with high or low activity in the default mode network (DMN). To clarify the relationship between focused...
Journal of Emerging Investigators
2017
Krista Wurscher, Amy ES Schauer
The Default Mode Network is a network of connected brain regions that are active when the brain is not focused on external tasks. Minor brain injuries, such as concussions, can affect this network and manifest symptoms. We measured the correlation between the symptoms people experienced after a concussion and their age at the time the concussion occurred. We hypothesized that some symptoms,...
Human Brain Mapping
2017
Deniz Vatansever, Anne E. Manktelow, Barbara J. Sahakian et al.
AbstractInitially identified during no‐task, baseline conditions, it has now been suggested that the default mode network (DMN) engages during a variety of working memory paradigms through its flexible interactions with other large‐scale brain networks. Nevertheless, its contribution to whole‐brain connectivity dynamics across increasing working memory load has not been explicitly assessed. The...
Yonsei Medical Journal
2017
Empathy is the ability to identify with or make a vicariously experience of another person's feelings or thoughts based on memory and/or self-referential mental simulation. The default mode network in particular is related to self-referential empathy. In order to elucidate the possible neural mechanisms underlying empathy, we investigated the functional connectivity of the default mode network...
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
2017
Laurens Van Calster, Arnaud D'Argembeau, Eric Salmon et al.
Abstract Neuroimaging studies have revealed the recruitment of a range of neural networks during the resting state, which might reflect a variety of cognitive experiences and processes occurring in an individual's mind. In this study, we focused on the default mode network (DMN) and attentional networks and investigated their association with distinct mental states when participants are not...
Neurosignals
2017
Davide Zanchi, Marie‐Louise Montandon, Indrit Sinanaj et al.
46 citations
BACKGROUND: Cognitive functions progressively deteriorate during aging and neurodegenerative diseases. The present study aims at investigating differences in working memory performance as well as functional brain changes during the earliest stages of cognitive decline in health elderly individuals. METHODS: 62 elderly individuals (41 females), including 41 controls (35 females) and 21 middle...