Quantitative models reveal the organization of diverse cognitive functions in the brain

Tomoya Nakai; Shinji Nishimoto

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14913-w

Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Quantitative models reveal the organization of diverse cognitive functions in the brain

Tomoya Nakai,
Shinji Nishimoto

Affiliations

Tomoya Nakai: Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Shinji Nishimoto: Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14913-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The authors construct quantitative models of human brain activity evoked by 103 cognitive tasks and reveal the organization of diverse cognitive functions in the brain. Their model, which uses latent cognitive features, predicts brain activity and decodes tasks, even under novel task conditions.

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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