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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Neuroscience

Background:

  • Human brain activity displays complex patterns, but their spatiotemporal dynamics and cognitive roles are not fully understood.
  • Characterizing large-scale brain activity is crucial for understanding cognition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the spatiotemporal dynamics of human cortical activity.
  • To identify functional roles of observed brain activity patterns in cognition.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of moment-by-moment fluctuations in human cortical functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signals.
  • Characterization of spiral-like, rotational wave patterns ('brain spirals') in cortical activity.

Main Results:

  • Widespread 'brain spirals' observed during resting and cognitive task states.
  • Brain spirals exhibit rotational wave propagation and non-stationary dynamics.
  • Spiral properties correlate with cognitive tasks and can classify them.
  • Interacting brain spirals coordinate distributed functional regions, enabling flexible activity flow.

Conclusions:

  • Brain spirals are a fundamental organizing principle of complex spatiotemporal brain dynamics.
  • These patterns have functional relevance for cognitive processing and task execution.
  • Brain spirals offer a novel framework for understanding brain function.