Dynamic causal brain circuits during working memory and their functional controllability

Weidong Cai; Srikanth Ryali; Ramkrishna Pasumarthy; Viswanath Talasila; Vinod Menon

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23509-x

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Dynamic causal brain circuits during working memory and their functional controllability

Weidong Cai,
Srikanth Ryali,
Ramkrishna Pasumarthy,
Viswanath Talasila,
Vinod Menon

Affiliations

Weidong Cai: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
Srikanth Ryali: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
Ramkrishna Pasumarthy: Department of Electrical Engineering, Robert Bosch Center of Data Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Viswanath Talasila: Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Center for Imaging Technologies, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology
Vinod Menon: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23509-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Working memory is a foundational component of cognition, but its mechanisms are poorly understood. Using a large sample of participants, this study identifies asymmetric dynamic interactions in cognitive control circuits, and their load-dependent network properties including controllability.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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