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Area of Science:

  • Neuroimaging
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Human Connectome Project

Background:

  • Resting-state functional brain networks exhibit significant inter-individual variability.
  • Differences in functional networks during language tasks and their comparison to resting state remain underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize functional network variability across individuals during rest and a language task.
  • To investigate the uniqueness of functional brain networks in task versus resting states.
  • To compare the inter-individual variability architecture between task and resting states.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized T1 anatomical and functional brain imaging data from the Human Connectome Project (HCP).
  • Analyzed data from both resting-state and a story comprehension task.
  • Characterized and compared functional network variability between states and individuals.

Main Results:

  • Intrinsic and task-induced functional networks showed significant individual differences.
  • Language tasks constrained inter-individual variability in functional brain networks.
  • Inter-individual variability was broadly consistent and spatially heterogeneous across states, with higher variability in association areas.

Conclusions:

  • The functional network supporting language comprehension is unique at the individual level.
  • The architecture of inter-individual functional network variability is largely consistent between language tasks and resting states.