Individual differences in mental imagery modulate effective connectivity of scene-selective regions during resting state.

ABSTRACT: Successful navigation relies on the ability to identify, perceive, and correctly process the spatial structure of a scene. It is well known that visual mental imagery plays a crucial role in navigation. Indeed, cortical regions encoding navigationally relevant information are also active during mental imagery of navigational scenes. However, it remains unknown whether their intrinsic activity and connectivity reflect the individuals' ability to imagine a scene. Here, we primarily investigated the intrinsic causal interactions among scene-selective brain regions such as Parahipoccampal Place Area (PPA), Retrosplenial Complex, and Occipital Place Area (OPA) using Dynamic Causal Modelling for resting-state functional magnetic resonance data. Second, we tested whether resting-state effective c

SUBMITTER: Tullo MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9098601 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature