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Probabilistic Cognitive State Modeling (PCSM) accurately quantifies brain dynamics during task-based fMRI, revealing how cognitive states support flexible task transitions and processing modes.

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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuroimaging Analysis
  • Computational Psychiatry

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  • Understanding flexible cognitive task transitions and serial-parallel processing is key to human cognition.
  • Neuroimaging advances enable linking brain function with cognition, facilitating methods to quantify emergent cognitive properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and validate Probabilistic Cognitive State Modeling (PCSM) for quantifying dynamic brain states during task-based fMRI.
  • To derive interpretable cognitive properties like processing modes and demand from brain activity.

Main Methods:

  • PCSM integrates Finite Impulse Response (FIR) modeling of BOLD signals with Gaussian Mixture Model-Hidden Markov Models (GMM-HMM).
  • A ground-truth simulation with varied noise and transition probabilities validated PCSM's accuracy and stability.

Main Results:

  • PCSM accurately recovered ground-truth latent states (>98%) and provided stable parameter estimates.
  • Threshold analyses reliably distinguished parallel, mixed, and serial processing modes.
  • PCSM identified expected relationships between cognitive demand, resource availability, and bottleneck persistence.

Conclusions:

  • PCSM effectively reveals dynamic brain states underlying adaptive processing architectures.
  • This framework enables mapping individual cognitive dynamics and analyzing cognitive processing, demand, and serial bottlenecks in fMRI studies.