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  • Understanding the integration between these networks is crucial for comprehending brain function.
  • Previous research viewed these networks as largely dissociated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the voxel-scale interaction between the default network and dorsal attention network at rest.
  • To explore how retinotopic preferences influence the interplay between internal and external brain networks.
  • To determine if these networks are truly independent or exhibit coordinated activity.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized high-resolution 7T fMRI data from participants at rest.
  • Defined individualized whole-brain networks (DN and dATN).
  • Mapped retinotopic preferences of individual voxels within these networks during a visual task.

Main Results:

  • Despite overall independence at rest, a latent retinotopic code reveals complex voxel-scale interactions between DN and dATN.
  • Voxel interactions are structured by retinotopic preferences: similar visual field preferences lead to anti-correlated activity.
  • This retinotopic organization integrates with domain-specific network preferences, enabling parallel processing.

Conclusions:

  • The default network and dorsal attention network are not independent at rest; they interact at the voxel level.
  • Voxel-scale interactions preserve and encode information via BOLD responses, even without external stimuli.
  • Retinotopic coding may be a fundamental principle organizing brain-wide communication and integrating internal/external processing.