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The arrow-of-time in neuroimaging time series identifies causal triggers of brain function.

ABSTRACT: Moving from association to causal analysis of neuroimaging data is crucial to advance our understanding of brain function. The arrow-of-time (AoT), that is, the known asymmetric nature of the passage of time, is the bedrock of causal structures shaping physical phenomena. However, almost all current time series metrics do not exploit this asymmetry, probably due to the difficulty to account for it in modeling frameworks. Here, we introduce an AoT-sensitive metric that captures the intensity of causal effects in multivariate time series, and apply it to high-resolution functional neuroimaging data. We find that causal effects underlying brain function are more distinctively localized in space and time than functional activity or connectivity, thereby allowing us to trace neural pathways recruited in different conditions. Overall, we provide a mapping of the causal brain that challenges the association paradigm of brain function.

SUBMITTER: Bolton TAW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10258533 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The arrow-of-time in neuroimaging time series identifies causal triggers of brain function.

Bolton Thomas A W TAW Van De Ville Dimitri D Amico Enrico E Preti Maria G MG Liégeois Raphaël R

Human brain mapping 20230520 10

Moving from association to causal analysis of neuroimaging data is crucial to advance our understanding of brain function. The arrow-of-time (AoT), that is, the known asymmetric nature of the passage of time, is the bedrock of causal structures shaping physical phenomena. However, almost all current time series metrics do not exploit this asymmetry, probably due to the difficulty to account for it in modeling frameworks. Here, we introduce an AoT-sensitive metric that captures the intensity of c ...[more]

PMID: 37209360

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