Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Task-induced brain state manipulation improves prediction of individual traits

  • Abigail S. Greene,
  • Siyuan Gao,
  • Dustin Scheinost,
  • R. Todd Constable

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04920-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Decoding or predicting cognitive traits from brain activity is an exciting prospect. Here, the authors show that task-based functional connectivity better predicts intelligence-related measures than rest-based connectivity, suggesting that cognitive tasks amplify individual differences in trait-relevant circuitry.