Frontal parietal control network regulates the anti-correlated default and dorsal attention networks.

ABSTRACT: Recent reports demonstrate the anti-correlated behaviors between the default (DF) and the dorsal attention (DA) networks. We aimed to investigate the roles of the frontal parietal control (FPC) network in regulating the two anti-correlated networks through three experimental conditions, including resting, continuous self-paced/attended sequential finger tapping (FT), and natural movie watching (MW), respectively. The two goal-directed tasks were chosen to engage either one of the two competing networks-FT for DA whereas MW for default. We hypothesized that FPC will selectively augment/suppress either network depending on how the task targets the specific network; FPC will positively correlate with the target network, but negatively correlate with the network anti-correlated with the target

SUBMITTER: Gao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3131466 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature