Neural activity and network analysis for understanding reasoning using the matrix reasoning task.

ABSTRACT: Reasoning requires the ability to manipulate mental representations and understand relationships between objects. There is a paucity of research regarding the functional connections between multiple brain areas that may interact during commonly used reasoning tasks. The present study aimed to examine functional activation and connectivity of frontoparietal regions during a Matrix Decision Making Task, completed by twenty-one right-handed healthy participants while undergoing fMRI. Voxel-wise whole brain analysis of neural response to the task revealed activation spanning dorsal and lateral prefrontal, occipital, and parietal regions. Utilizing Group Iterative Multiple Model Estimation, a data-driven approach that estimates the presence and direction of connectivity between specific ROIs, c

SUBMITTER: Caudle MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10533635 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature